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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Friday, July 9, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Cardinals, 45-40, 45-40 2nd, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (28, RHP, 12-5, 2.24)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (12-5)			128.1	96	35	32	32	123	10	2.24
2009 (19-8)			233.0	216	75	68	66	212	17	2.63
2008 (11-3)			132.0	122	51	47	34	91	12	3.20

Last 7 GS		5-2	49.1	37	14	12	11	46	6	2.19	64
2010-07-04	MIL	W	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	99	82
2010-06-29	ARI	W	6.1	5	0	0	3	7	0	102	67
2010-06-24	@TOR	L	4.0	6	5	4	0	6	3	75	38
2010-06-19	OAK	W	8.0	5	1	0	1	4	0	100	73
2010-06-14	SEA	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	108	58
2010-06-09	@LAD	L	6.0	8	4	4	5	6	1	113	41
2010-06-04	MIL	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	103	90

Last 5 v.HOU		4-1	33.0	28	4	4	5	25	1	1.09	65
2010-04-12	HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	105	76
2009-08-25	HOU	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	114	81
2009-08-02	HOU	L	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	98	58
2009-04-11	HOU	W	5.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	102	60
2008-06-07	@HOU	W	5.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	69	48

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   27-15   Road:   18-25   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  30-27   vsLHP:  15-13   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  7-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Thu, Jul  8  @COL  L   2-4       45-40  2nd  3.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  7  @COL  L   7-8       45-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  6  @COL  L   9-12      45-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  4   MIL  W   7-1       45-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  3   MIL  L   5-12      44-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  2   MIL  W   5-0       44-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  1   MIL  L   1-4       43-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 30   ARI  L   2-4       43-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 29   ARI  W   8-0       43-34  1st  0.5 up
 76 Mon, Jun 28   ARI  W   6-5       42-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Astros, 35-51, 35-51 5th, 13½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (25, RHP, 2-5, 5.98)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-5)			55.2	63	42	37	30	65	6	5.98
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		1-3	38.0	44	29	26	17	42	6	6.16	44
2010-07-03	@SDP	ND	7.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	113	73
2010-06-28	@MIL	ND	5.0	9	5	4	1	6	1	97	36
2010-05-23	TBR	ND	5.0	6	5	4	3	10	3	114	44
2010-05-18	@LAD	L	4.1	7	6	6	3	3	0	75	25
2010-05-13	@STL	W	8.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	99	74
2010-05-07	SDP	L	4.0	5	5	4	3	7	2	94	38
2010-05-02	@ATL	L	4.2	8	7	7	4	3	0	96	19

Last 5 v.STL		4-0	26.0	18	2	1	9	25	0	0.35	68
2010-05-13	@STL	W	8.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	99	74
2010-04-15	@STL	W	5.0	4	1	0	3	9	0	106	63
2009-09-23	STL	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	99	61
2009-08-02	@STL	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	91	74

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   19-24   Road:   16-27   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  26-41   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:18-12   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Thu, Jul  8   PIT  W   2-0       35-51  5th 13.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  7   PIT  W   6-3       34-51  5th 14.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  6   PIT  W   6-2       33-51  5th 14.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  4  @SDP  L   2-3       32-51  5th 15.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  3  @SDP  L   0-1       32-50  5th 14.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  2  @SDP  L   0-3       32-49  5th 14.0 gb
 80 Thu, Jul  1  @SDP  W   6-3 (10)  32-48  5th 13.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 30  @MIL  W   5-1       31-48  5th 13.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 29  @MIL  L   5-7       30-48  5th 13.5 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 28  @MIL  W   9-5       30-47  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 13, 2010 HOU  4 @STL  1        W:Bud Norris (2-4), L: Chris Carpenter (4-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (9)
Wed, May 12, 2010 HOU  9 @STL  6        W:Wandy Rodriguez (2-4), L: Kyle Lohse (0-3), S: Matt Lindstrom (8)
Tue, May 11, 2010 HOU  6 @STL  3        W:Brett Myers (2-2), L: Brad Penny (3-3), S: Matt Lindstrom (7)
Thu, Apr 15, 2010 HOU  5 @STL  1        W:Bud Norris (1-1), L: Kyle Lohse (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 STL  2  HOU  1        W:Brad Penny (1-0), L: Brett Myers (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (3)
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 STL  5  HOU  0        W:Adam Wainwright (2-0), L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 23, 2009 HOU  3  STL  0        W:Bud Norris (6-3), L: John Smoltz (3-7), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 STL 11 @HOU  2        W:Joel Pineiro (15-11), L: Yorman Bazardo (0-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 STL  7 @HOU  3        W:Kyle Lohse (6-8), L: Wandy Rodriguez (13-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 27, 2009 HOU  4 @STL  3        W:Jose Valverde (2-2), L: Kyle McClellan (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - HOU leads 4-2; 2009 - STL won 9-6; 2008 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 350-311

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

BOS 5.40

LAA 4.58

PIT 3.20

RA/G

SDP 3.33

FLA 4.44

ARI 5.76

M. Cabrera .347

J. Gomes .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

C. Guillen .351

B. Wood .186

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

J. Heyward .455

B. Wood .228

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.070

J. Bruce .803

B. Wood .414

ERA

J. Johnson 1.70

H. Kuroda 3.87

C. Narveson 6.02

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.26

A. Harang 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.19

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Cardinals Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 41.Daigle
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 43.Sampson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Greene G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 46/31 .256/.304/.465/.769 1.324/.502 .596 18/.922 1/0 2/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/.583 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 20/1.067 17/1.409 6/.167 354/264 .305/.379/.524/.902 .871/.911 .897 102/1.095 6/1 14/1

15.Jay* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 61/59 .368/.390/.614/1.004 1.000/1.004 .928 16/1.768 0/0 3/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 4/.000 50/38 .205/.286/.364/.649 .879/.573 .377 16/.875 0/0 2/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 8/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 8/1.467 34/.816 10/.600 222/139 .278/.348/.414/.763 .837/.713 .720 86/.774 5/1 5/5

12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 12/.834 9/.236 38/27 .324/.351/.382/.734 1.000/.642 .751 28/.787 0/0 0/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 10/1.100 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 23/.565 7/.000 289/203 .226/.306/.296/.601 .451/.666 .755 77/.412 6/3 3/4

5.Pujols G/S/vP 12/.523 3/1.667 ··· 2/2.500 7/.619 9/.958 37/.921 13/.237 372/274 .302/.409/.559/.968 1.128/.909 .897 102/.983 9/3 20/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 11/.182 6/.834 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 9/.111 2/.000 298/232 .278/.365/.537/.902 .776/.937 1.054 92/.802 9/4 16/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 4/.500 5/.000 2/.000 240/159 .196/.265/.290/.555 .505/.579 .465 69/.448 7/1 2/12

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 13/.322 9/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.000 20/1.228 6/.666 300/251 .257/.319/.327/.646 .696/.637 .651 65/.722 4/2 2/11

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 88/47 .265/.307/.361/.668 .785/.567 .626 38/.547 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/.715 1/2.000 5/.400 12/.500 10/.400 11/1.363 132/102 .226/.305/.313/.618 .271/.729 .737 46/.597 3/0 1/1

IP 55.2 21.1 21.0 8.2 34.1 38.1 113.1 25.0 TOTAL .261/.332/.413/.745 .732/.750 .719 .749 51/20 87/65

ERA-K/9

5.98/10.5

4.64/7.6

3.86/8.6

6.23/5.2

2.88/7.6

3.52/6.8

3.57/6.7

5.76/5.0

4.43/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-3-1)
Molina (20-19-4)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 254/.292 94/.277 98/.284 47/.357 151/.292 168/.243 486/.264 115/.314 .275 Jay
Stavinoha
Rasmus
Holliday
Winn
Schumaker 4/2/12/3
5/0/16/1
0/78/0/1
80/0/0/1
20/7/21/1
2/0/1/0

OPS .818 .798 .703 1.045 .714 .660 .725 .883 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.859 45/.600 39/.785 16/1.625 71/.623 78/.716 210/.797 49/.680 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.792 49/.976 59/.648 31/.771 80/.792 90/.614 276/.668 66/1.024 .750

Home 109/.915 54/.727 55/.744 32/.942 96/.833 87/.568 235/.757 57/.971

Last 28d days 49/.682 34/.728 42/.823 35/1.252 34/.607 54/.711 114/.751 23/.711

HR/SB/CS 6/7/3 3/0/0 0/1/0 2/3/0 1/4/1 1/1/0 11/6/5 4/0/0 66/51/27

Usage ·····X·· ·oX·o·o· ·X···X·o ·X······ ·o·····o ·o··X·XX ····X··· ··o····o

Astros Batters (3.50 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 62.MacLane*
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

17.Berkman# G/S/vP 30/.887 1/.000 8/1.625 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 1/5.000 16/.732 293/235 .253/.365/.466/.831 .644/.879 .901 92/1.021 3/1 12/1

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 23/12 .278/.435/.333/.768 1.261/.350 .650 23/.768 3/1 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 23/.915 5/1.800 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.833 1/.000 4/.500 347/285 .262/.337/.340/.677 .564/.701 .743 96/.640 28/7 1/1

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/33 .175/.283/.275/.558 .154/.713 .762 46/.558 0/0 1/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 7/.286 2/1.500 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 262/201 .223/.248/.308/.556 .704/.512 .643 46/.513 1/1 3/10

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 75/57 .301/.320/.411/.731 .513/.798 .448 53/.809 1/0 0/5

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.167 1/2.000 6/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 334/253 .280/.333/.372/.705 .790/.677 .733 104/.661 2/1 2/6

45.Lee G/S/vP 28/.230 4/1.250 36/.777 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.800 ··· 6/.334 5/1.200 342/273 .240/.287/.401/.687 .851/.647 .754 95/.805 1/3 12/3

4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 98/53 .245/.276/.468/.744 .756/.730 .707 40/1.086 0/0 5/0

26.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/13 .059/.238/.059/.297 .250/.322 .000 18/.349 0/0 0/1

9.Pence G/S/vP 29/.793 3/no AB 11/.818 ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.572 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 335/269 .260/.310/.426/.737 .767/.729 .796 96/.744 10/5 12/3

55.Quintero G/S/vP 7/.453 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/1.800 164/138 .232/.270/.335/.605 .195/.684 .582 35/.273 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/19 .150/.190/.250/.440 .000/.488 .522 18/.516 0/0 0/1

IP 128.1 36.2 33.2 99.2 48.0 0.0 39.2 20.0 33.2 25.1 TOTAL .237/.295/.349/.644 .663/.639 .674 .692 50/21 56/68

ERA-K/9

2.24/8.6

2.70/6.6

3.74/5.1

2.17/7.2

4.88/6.6

0.00/0.0

2.27/7.5

4.05/5.8

2.41/10.1

3.55/7.1

3.43/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (3-6-1)
Quintero (25-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 501/.212 153/.219 140/.260 417/.229 224/.318 1/1.000 163/.211 83/.214 134/.213 106/.218 .256 Bourn
Pence
Lee
Michaels
Bourgeois 0/80/0/8
0/0/82/6
76/0/0/5
18/9/3/1
4/2/0/0

OPS .594 .623 .691 .600 .849 5.000 .620 .689 .645 .630 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.535 48/.704 55/.893 94/.540 102/.857 / 62/.535 44/.569 47/.891 59/.720 .740

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.640 105/.586 85/.556 323/.617 122/.841 1/5.000 101/.671 39/.828 87/.520 47/.515 .682

Road 242/.711 84/.647 67/.808 237/.662 130/.812 1/5.000 93/.888 36/1.000 60/.770 62/.589

Last 28d days 133/.626 45/.561 31/1.277 112/.646 100/.748 1/5.000 45/.669 23/.554 34/.790 37/.722

HR/SB/CS 10/4/3 2/2/1 3/0/1 4/2/3 8/3/0 1/0/0 4/5/1 2/0/2 5/1/1 1/1/0 73/25/22

Usage ····X··· oo···X·X ··X···o· ·X····X· ··X····X ·o······ ·XX····· ·oo····· ·Xo···o· X·X··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.