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Game Preview: STL @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, September 25, 2010 @Wrigley Field

Cardinals, 79-74, 79-74 2nd, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (35, RHP, 15-8, 3.28)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (15-8) 222.0 203 93 81 57 174 21 3.28
2009 (17-4) 192.2 156 49 48 38 144 7 2.24
2008 (0-1) 15.1 16 5 3 4 7 0 1.76
Last 7 GS 2-4 45.0 47 29 23 8 35 3 4.60 49
2010-09-20 @FLA L 6.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 86 50
2010-09-15 CHC L 6.1 7 5 5 1 6 1 100 44
2010-09-10 @ATL L 5.0 8 8 6 0 4 1 79 27
2010-09-05 CIN W 7.1 6 2 2 0 11 0 110 69
2010-08-31 @HOU L 7.0 6 3 2 2 3 0 92 56
2010-08-26 @WSN ND 6.0 10 6 3 1 1 0 93 34
2010-08-21 SFG W 7.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 111 66
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 34.0 37 12 12 5 22 4 3.18 55
2010-09-15 CHC L 6.1 7 5 5 1 6 1 100 44
2010-08-14 CHC L 6.0 6 3 3 0 3 2 94 51
2010-07-25 @CHC ND 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 108 50
2010-05-28 @CHC W 6.2 7 1 1 1 5 1 108 60
2009-09-19 CHC ND 8.0 8 0 0 2 4 0 101 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-28   Road:   33-46   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  54-47   vsLHP:  25-27   1-Run:  18-22
 vsEast: 18-15   vsCntrl:36-37   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Fri, Sep 24  @CHC  W   7-1       79-74  2nd  6.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23  @PIT  W   9-2       78-74  2nd  7.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22  @PIT  L   6-11      77-74  2nd  8.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 21  @PIT  L   2-5       77-73  2nd  8.0 gb
149 Mon, Sep 20  @FLA  L   0-4       77-72  2nd  7.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 19   SDP  W   4-1       77-71  2nd  6.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 18   SDP  L   4-8       76-71  2nd  7.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep 17   SDP  W  14-4       76-70  2nd  6.0 gb
145 Thu, Sep 16   SDP  W   4-0       75-70  2nd  7.0 gb
144 Wed, Sep 15   CHC  L   3-7       74-70  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Cubs, 69-84, 69-84 5th, 16½ GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Casey Coleman (22, RHP, 2-2, 5.02)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-2) 43.0 45 24 24 22 21 3 5.02
Last 7 GS 2-2 34.2 35 16 16 17 16 3 4.15 48
2010-09-18 @FLA W 6.0 5 3 3 4 5 0 91 51
2010-09-12 @MIL L 6.0 5 1 1 3 3 0 91 58
2010-09-06 HOU ND 6.0 8 4 4 5 2 1 117 37
2010-08-29 @CIN ND 6.0 8 4 4 0 2 1 86 42
2010-08-23 @WSN W 6.1 3 1 1 2 3 0 103 64
2010-08-18 SDP L 4.1 6 3 3 3 1 1 82 37
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-45   Road:   35-39   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  44-56   vsLHP:  25-28   1-Run:  20-31
 vsEast: 17-14   vsCntrl:31-43   vsWest: 13-17 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Fri, Sep 24   STL  L   1-7       69-84  5th 16.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23   SFG  L   0-13      69-83  5th 16.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22   SFG  W   2-0       69-82  5th 16.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 21   SFG  L   0-1       68-82  5th 17.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @FLA  W  13-3       68-81  5th 15.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @FLA  W   5-3       67-81  5th 16.5 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17  @FLA  W   2-0       66-81  5th 16.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 15  @STL  W   7-3       65-81  5th 18.0 gb
145 Tue, Sep 14  @STL  W   7-2       64-81  5th 18.0 gb
144 Mon, Sep 13  @STL  W   5-1       63-81  5th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 STL  7 @CHC  1        W:Adam Wainwright (20-11), L: Tom Gorzelanny (7-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 CHC  7 @STL  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (9-6), L: Chris Carpenter (15-7), S: Carlos Marmol (31)
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 CHC  7 @STL  2        W:Randy Wells (7-13), L: Adam Wainwright (18-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 CHC  5 @STL  1        W:Jeff Samardzija (1-1), L: Jaime Garcia (13-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 15, 2010 CHC  9 @STL  7        W:Ryan Dempster (11-8), L: Kyle Lohse (1-5), S: Carlos Marmol (21)
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 CHC  3 @STL  2        W:Carlos Zambrano (4-6), L: Chris Carpenter (13-4), S: Carlos Marmol (20)
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 STL  6  CHC  3        W:Jake Westbrook (7-7), L: Thomas Diamond (0-3), S: Ryan Franklin (21)
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 STL  4 @CHC  3 (11)   W:Ryan Franklin (5-1), L: Brian Schlitter (0-1), S: Dennys Reyes (1)
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 CHC  6  STL  5        W:Tom Gorzelanny (6-5), L: Blake Hawksworth (4-6), S: Carlos Marmol (18)
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 CHC  5  STL  0        W:Randy Wells (5-7), L: Jeff Suppan (0-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - CHC over 8-5; 2009 - STL won 10-6; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; All-Time - CHC leads 1160-1093

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2010 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.33

ARI  4.47

SEA  3.16

RA/G

SDP  3.59

COL  4.37

PIT  5.41

BA

J. Hamilton  .361

A. Huff  .285

B. Wood  .152

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

G. Blanco  .360

B. Wood  .181

SLG

J. Bautista  .635

T. Hunter  .467

B. Wood  .217

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

P. Burrell  .819

B. Wood  .398

ERA

J. Johnson  2.30

S. Marcum  3.77

K. Millwood  5.29

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo  9.71

M. Cain  7.06

K. Kendrick  4.15

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cardinals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Coleman
G/S/vB
64.Berg
G/S/vB
48.Cashner
G/S/vB
20.Diamond
G/S/vB
57.Maine*
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
62.Mateo
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
52.Silva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/21 .280/.308/.360/.668 1.100/.571 .652 6/.833 0/0 0/0
8.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 96/49 .207/.271/.356/.627 .713/.549 .622 7/1.286 0/1 3/1
63.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/7 .556/.600/.778/1.378 1.667/1.238 1.378 10/1.378 1/0 0/0
77.Feliz G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.250 17/.971 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 8/.804 418/294 .218/.239/.296/.535 .624/.498 .474 74/.373 1/1 5/13
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/60 .211/.318/.326/.644 .697/.602 .548 32/.330 2/0 2/7
64.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
60.Hill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/1.333/1.667 /1.667 / 0/0 1/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 9/.347 6/1.467 2/1.500 3/.666 3/1.167 5/1.400 641/471 .315/.390/.540/.931 .981/.912 .928 106/1.114 8/4 27/2
15.Jay* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 308/233 .302/.359/.429/.788 .751/.798 .730 83/.544 2/4 4/1
22.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/29 .204/.232/.278/.510 .437/.583 .548 8/.661 1/0 0/0
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 7/.286 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 139/78 .297/.324/.336/.659 .648/.667 .765 30/.407 0/1 0/4
4.Molina G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 2/1.500 ··· 7/1.285 23/.772 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 521/370 .262/.329/.342/.671 .570/.714 .730 84/.702 8/4 6/5
19.Pagnozzi G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/9 .188/.188/.250/.438 .625/.250 .385 17/.438 0/0 0/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 24/.675 28/.705 1/no AB 3/1.167 7/1.171 6/.334 670/482 .310/.409/.596/1.005 1.084/.973 .975 108/.908 13/4 41/4
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 5/.200 9/.444 1/.000 3/1.666 4/.000 3/.000 500/376 .277/.363/.510/.874 .776/.906 .947 98/.950 11/7 23/3
13.Ryan G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 17/.706 3/.333 2/.000 3/.500 ··· 459/300 .221/.273/.293/.567 .561/.570 .497 81/.491 10/3 2/16
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.400 9/.444 ··· 3/.000 6/.666 2/.000 498/413 .267/.331/.345/.676 .554/.700 .717 84/.647 5/3 5/16
34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 123/60 .263/.293/.347/.640 .618/.663 .596 23/.609 0/0 2/0
44.Winn# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 7/.629 13/.993 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 10/1.100 227/176 .245/.311/.365/.676 .440/.750 .631 34/.487 6/0 4/1
IP 43.0 38.2 50.0 27.2 10.2 72.2 71.1 19.1 47.2 15.0 113.0 TOTAL .263/.331/.406/.738 .721/.745 .711 .671 75/37 146/98
ERA-K/9 5.02/4.4 5.35/3.0 5.22/8.3 7.16/11.0 2.53/8.4 2.72/15.8 2.78/10.9 6.52/11.7 5.10/7.9 6.00/4.2 4.22/6.4 4.36/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Anderson (5-1-0)
 Hill (0-0-0)
 Molina (35-33-7)
 Pagnozzi (4-0-0)
 Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 194/.273 180/.282 232/.272 133/.306 45/.205 311/.152 296/.215 84/.270 213/.281 74/.237 480/.273 .258  Holliday
 Jay
 Schumaker
 Stavinoha
 Rasmus
 Winn
 Craig
 Lohse
 Mather
147/0/0/8
7/27/54/5
3/1/11/4
5/0/22/1
0/126/0/1
24/9/45/1
5/0/23/0
1/0/0/0
6/13/6/0
OPS .753 .741 .821 .900 .622 .509 .584 .887 .829 .850 .734 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.891 64/.685 89/.911 49/.771 11/1.114 139/.496 108/.560 34/.936 87/.735 28/.503 180/.708 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.674 116/.767 143/.763 84/.976 34/.491 172/.520 188/.597 50/.852 126/.895 46/1.068 300/.749 .733
Home 80/1.005 87/.736 111/.825 99/.878 30/.497 174/.510 137/.529 48/.818 115/1.053 13/.762 277/.754
Last 28d days 107/.797 20/.666 51/.772 53/1.068 40/.532 45/.303 29/.493 48/.804 36/.933 51/.710 24/1.162
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 3/0/1 8/5/2 5/1/0 1/0/0 1/9/1 3/2/0 6/1/0 11/3/1 3/3/0 11/7/3 151/108/28
Usage ······X· XX····o· ···X··Xo ·X···X·· X··o·o·· ··X···oX ·o·····o oX···X·· Xo····o· ·····X·· ········
Cubs Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
54.Garcia*
G/S/vB
53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB
48.MacDougal
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
36.Reyes*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
40.Walters
G/S/vB
35.Westbrook
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/.917 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 218/71 .272/.321/.416/.737 .942/.306 .901 39/1.156 1/0 4/7
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 74/47 .250/.311/.294/.605 .755/.522 .619 54/.704 0/0 0/2
24.Byrd G/S/vP 23/.800 3/.333 4/.250 3/.000 4/2.000 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 6/.334 604/425 .291/.344/.432/.776 .909/.719 .736 85/.596 5/1 12/3
53.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/4 .333/.385/.750/1.135 .708/2.000 .400 7/1.738 0/0 1/0
13.Castro G/S/vP 9/.444 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 474/337 .306/.351/.417/.768 .874/.725 .877 74/.686 9/7 3/27
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 11/.582 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/4.500 3/1.000 462/380 .257/.333/.364/.697 .643/.709 .775 74/.472 3/2 5/14
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 18/.347 7/1.514 7/.762 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 6/.500 3/2.334 3/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.333 406/358 .271/.380/.451/.831 .877/.824 .847 56/.871 6/8 13/1
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/13 .133/.133/.200/.333 1.000/.231 .000 13/.385 0/0 0/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 203/166 .220/.250/.304/.554 .648/.533 .516 34/.839 1/0 1/3
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/2.500 ··· 42/35 .158/.238/.237/.475 1.171/.353 .762 29/.630 0/0 0/1
22.Nady G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 14/.967 4/.500 2/.000 3/.666 6/.666 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 316/181 .258/.313/.366/.679 .649/.702 .613 79/.629 0/0 6/2
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 59/.848 3/1.167 8/1.125 4/.750 7/1.000 5/.650 7/.143 3/1.667 5/.000 6/1.500 1/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 479/358 .241/.294/.458/.752 .780/.742 .864 64/.847 0/0 24/15
19.Scales# G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .143/.250/.143/.393 2.000/.143 .000 8/.393 0/0 0/0
56.Snyder* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/8 .182/.250/.182/.432 .000/.661 .333 12/.432 0/0 0/0
12.Soriano G/S/vP 43/.837 7/.000 39/1.079 3/.666 4/.000 6/.833 6/.833 2/.000 6/.733 4/.833 1/.000 5/.000 19/.378 509/345 .257/.317/.495/.812 .927/.758 .795 68/.717 5/1 22/7
IP 222.0 64.2 61.1 163.1 90.0 15.2 71.2 34.0 49.2 37.0 26.0 23.0 189.2 TOTAL .258/.320/.406/.726 .799/.697 .744 .698 52/30 146/139
ERA-K/9 3.28/7.1 3.76/6.7 3.52/5.9 2.70/7.3 4.90/6.0 6.89/7.5 2.39/7.2 3.97/5.6 2.36/9.2 3.65/6.1 3.46/8.3 7.83/7.0 4.37/5.6 3.65/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (2-1-0)
 Hill (32-6-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 914/.245 273/.248 249/.233 695/.243 407/.309 78/.303 293/.215 142/.223 198/.220 158/.246 112/.253 105/.309 806/.267 .259  Soriano
 Byrd
 Fukudome
 Nady
 Baker
 Fuld
 Snyder
 Hoffpauir
125/0/0/6
0/145/0/6
0/0/105/4
6/0/23/2
0/0/4/0
6/3/0/0
3/0/3/0
3/0/1/0
OPS .683 .706 .668 .638 .848 .842 .634 .635 .623 .675 .718 .873 .742 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 399/.668 93/.727 103/.776 136/.550 184/.880 29/1.464 117/.612 81/.538 67/.821 86/.828 45/.686 48/1.017 366/.765 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 515/.695 180/.695 146/.591 559/.660 223/.822 49/.530 176/.647 61/.765 131/.526 72/.486 67/.740 57/.760 440/.723 .692
Road 405/.748 141/.651 128/.769 333/.700 248/.816 32/.799 169/.786 72/.694 90/.678 82/.572 72/.580 69/.774 437/.788
Last 28d days 131/.716 32/.637 33/.588 77/.779 38/.680 16/.388 51/.692 14/.825 25/.610 20/.652 41/.882 20/1.011 133/.721
HR/SB/CS 21/3/9 5/2/2 7/1/1 9/6/3 15/4/2 1/1/0 9/7/2 2/1/3 5/2/1 2/1/1 3/1/0 5/1/0 20/13/8 130/47/37
Usage ····X··· ···X···X o····X·X ········ ····X·o· ··o···o· Xo····X· ·X·o··o· ·X····o· ·o·o··o· ·o····Xo ··X····· ···X····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.