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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 2:05pm, Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @Minute Maid Park

Cardinals, 69-61, 69-61 2nd, 7 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Suppan (35, RHP, 1-6, 5.72)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-6)			72.1	104	49	46	27	36	11	5.72
2009 (7-12)			161.2	200	106	95	74	80	25	5.29
2008 (10-10)			177.2	207	110	98	67	90	30	4.96

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.1	50	19	18	13	14	6	4.34	43
2010-07-31	PIT	W	5.1	5	0	0	0	5	0	74	63
2010-07-23	@CHC	L	6.0	10	5	5	3	0	3	89	29
2010-07-18	LAD	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	79	58
2010-07-10	@HOU	L	4.2	7	4	4	3	1	1	82	32
2010-06-30	ARI	L	5.2	9	4	3	3	2	1	109	36
2010-06-25	@KCR	L	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	86	42
2010-06-20	OAK	ND	4.2	7	2	2	1	2	1	78	43

Last 5 v.HOU		1-2	28.2	35	21	20	12	19	8	6.28	41
2010-07-10	@HOU	L	4.2	7	4	4	3	1	1	82	32
2009-09-19	HOU	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	101	66
2009-05-21	@HOU	ND	5.0	8	3	3	4	2	2	104	37
2009-04-25	@HOU	ND	6.0	4	4	3	4	6	2	98	52
2008-07-27	HOU	L	6.0	11	8	8	1	3	2	91	20

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

 Home:   41-23   Road:   28-38   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  46-39   vsLHP:  23-22   1-Run:  17-22
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:31-28   vsWest: 13-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Tue, Aug 31  @HOU  L   0-3       69-61  2nd  7.0 gb
129 Mon, Aug 30  @HOU  L   0-3       69-60  2nd  6.0 gb
128 Sun, Aug 29  @WSN  L   2-4       69-59  2nd  5.0 gb
127 Sat, Aug 28  @WSN  L   5-14      69-58  2nd  4.0 gb
126 Fri, Aug 27  @WSN  W   4-2       69-57  2nd  4.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 26  @WSN  L  10-11(13)  68-57  2nd  4.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 25  @PIT  L   2-5       68-56  2nd  3.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 24  @PIT  L   3-4       68-55  2nd  2.5 gb
122 Mon, Aug 23  @PIT  W  10-2       68-54  2nd  2.5 gb
121 Sun, Aug 22   SFG  W   9-0       67-54  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Astros, 61-71, 61-71 4th, 16 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Nelson Figueroa (36, RHP, 3-2, 2.77)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			55.1	42	19	17	18	41	4	2.77
2009 (3-8)			70.1	80	33	32	24	59	8	4.09
2008 (3-3)			45.1	48	26	23	26	36	3	4.57

Last 7 GS		1-3	45.0	28	11	9	17	34	3	1.80	63
2010-08-27	@NYM	L	7.0	3	2	1	5	2	0	114	62
2010-08-22	@FLA	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	98	66
2010-08-17	NYM	ND	5.0	4	2	1	3	4	0	89	54
2010-04-24	@ARI	ND	5.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	100	51
2009-10-04	HOU	W	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	113	86
2009-09-28	@WSN	L	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	104	54
2009-09-22	ATL	L	7.0	2	2	2	3	5	0	126	67

Last 5 v.STL		0-1	21.0	22	14	14	10	8	5	6.00	43
2004-08-28	STL	L	4.0	6	5	5	2	2	2	58	30
2004-08-20	@STL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	78	55
2003-08-21	@STL	ND	5.0	5	2	2	5	2	1	90	46
2002-04-18	STL	ND	6.0	6	5	5	3	3	1	86	40

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

 Home:   34-33   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  39-57   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 14-16   vsCntrl:35-24   vsWest:  9-19 IL: 3-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 31   STL  W   3-0       61-71  4th 16.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 30   STL  W   3-0       60-71  4th 16.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 29  @NYM  L   1-5       59-71  4th 16.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28  @NYM  W   4-1       59-70  4th 15.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27  @NYM  L   1-2       58-70  4th 16.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 26  @PHI  W   5-1       58-69  4th 15.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 25  @PHI  W   3-2       57-69  4th 15.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 24  @PHI  W   4-2 (16)  56-69  4th 15.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 23  @PHI  W   3-2       55-69  4th 16.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 22  @FLA  W   2-1       54-69  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 HOU  3  STL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (11-12), L: Chris Carpenter (14-5), S: Brandon Lyon (10)
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 HOU  3  STL  0        W:J.A. Happ (5-2), L: Jake Westbrook (7-10), S: none
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 STL  8  HOU  4        W:Chris Carpenter (12-3), L: J.A. Happ (2-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 HOU 18 @STL  4        W:Bud Norris (4-7), L: Jaime Garcia (9-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 02, 2010 HOU  9 @STL  4        W:Nelson Figueroa (3-1), L: Mike MacDougal (1-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 11, 2010 STL  4 @HOU  2        W:Blake Hawksworth (3-5), L: Wandy Rodriguez (6-11), S: Ryan Franklin (16)
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 HOU  4  STL  1        W:Brett Myers (6-6), L: Jeff Suppan (0-5), S: Matt Lindstrom (21)
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 STL  8 @HOU  0        W:Adam Wainwright (13-5), L: Bud Norris (2-6), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 - HOU over 9-5; 2009 - STL won 9-6; 2008 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 353-316

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 5.43

DET 4.48

SEA 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.53

FLA 4.34

PIT 5.44

J. Hamilton .361

D. Uggla .286

B. Wood .165

OBP

J. Morneau .437

Y. Torrealba .360

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .643

A. Jones .472

R. Tejada .215

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.077

V. Wells .819

B. Wood .410

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.21

D. Fister 3.73

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.93

C. Richard 7.05

M. Buehrle 4.00

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Cardinals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Figueroa
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 73.Chacin*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .263/.300/.316/.616 1.100/.467 .544 13/.558 0/0 0/0

77.Feliz G/S/vP 9/1.223 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 10/.350 ··· 8/.625 355/252 .231/.254/.322/.576 .696/.528 .511 62/.657 1/1 5/11

7.Holliday G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 24/1.011 ··· 23/1.185 546/401 .301/.370/.521/.891 .908/.885 .889 95/.842 8/3 23/2

15.Jay* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 232/177 .330/.379/.478/.857 .824/.867 .840 94/.698 2/4 4/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 3/.666 9/1.547 ··· 40/.776 399/269 .239/.322/.355/.677 .766/.633 .601 79/.419 8/2 7/12

12.Miles# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 13/.770 115/66 .327/.357/.365/.723 .732/.715 .794 34/.921 0/1 0/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.222 ··· 26/.551 448/315 .260/.327/.335/.662 .554/.709 .742 78/.782 7/4 5/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 13/.685 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 2/1.000 11/1.122 ··· 43/1.054 573/412 .316/.410/.598/1.008 1.040/.995 .932 99/1.184 12/3 35/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.714 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 12/.258 410/313 .263/.348/.493/.841 .745/.871 .955 43/.536 10/5 19/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 4/.500 ··· 7/.000 387/248 .219/.278/.297/.575 .553/.587 .460 78/.521 8/3 2/13

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 9/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 25/.969 425/347 .267/.331/.340/.671 .574/.693 .713 63/.755 5/2 4/15

44.Winn# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 9/.555 2/2.000 13/.462 ··· 11/.364 198/152 .249/.327/.376/.702 .333/.823 .689 30/.795 6/0 4/1

IP 55.1 6.1 33.1 33.2 41.0 64.0 12.0 185.0 TOTAL .265/.333/.410/.744 .719/.754 .711 .710 69/32 128/86

ERA-K/9

2.77/6.7

2.84/7.1

3.51/5.7

5.08/7.7

5.93/8.6

3.23/6.5

4.50/8.2

2.97/7.1

4.10/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Anderson (5-1-0)
Molina (32-28-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 220/.215 27/.269 149/.281 162/.310 191/.285 276/.236 53/.277 764/.248 .264 Jay
Schumaker
Holliday
Winn
Rasmus
Lohse 5/26/35/5
3/1/8/4
124/0/0/3
22/9/38/1
0/105/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .616 .796 .799 .797 .816 .635 .786 .674 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.732 8/.393 68/.613 58/.771 83/.788 123/.640 24/.492 339/.678 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.529 19/.947 81/.959 104/.811 108/.831 153/.629 29/1.009 425/.671 .735

Home 98/.479 5/.650 75/.826 77/.760 84/.756 147/.573 30/.905 351/.685

Last 28d days 81/.637 22/.818 30/.628 26/.940 48/.630 63/.489 34/.668 139/.698

HR/SB/CS 4/7/4 2/0/0 3/0/1 2/3/0 6/1/1 1/5/0 2/0/0 15/7/7 107/72/38

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

Astros Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 59.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 31/1.474 4/1.833 10/.844 ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 12/.334 188/159 .266/.324/.347/.671 .288/.740 .591 34/.778 0/0 1/6

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 78/32 .243/.321/.314/.635 .607/.677 .783 24/.500 7/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 13/.487 7/1.286 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 6/.334 7/1.000 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 533/419 .256/.330/.330/.659 .534/.693 .659 105/.698 44/12 2/3

15.Castro* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 3/.666 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 162/124 .200/.284/.290/.574 .272/.668 .537 61/.530 0/0 2/0

18.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 99/80 .234/.273/.277/.549 .377/.590 .413 22/.568 2/0 0/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.833 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 255/186 .329/.357/.488/.844 .669/.907 .750 102/.705 2/0 6/11

45.Lee G/S/vP 82/.798 6/1.333 37/.810 3/1.334 5/.933 8/.750 8/.500 ··· 6/.334 ··· 37/1.077 526/407 .248/.293/.420/.712 .818/.682 .741 100/.810 3/3 19/6

12.Manzella G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 243/187 .222/.265/.258/.523 .838/.429 .500 34/.584 0/1 1/8

4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 155/84 .254/.310/.472/.782 .869/.701 .861 35/.586 0/0 7/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 19/1.274 5/.600 12/.750 3/.000 5/.650 4/1.250 11/.728 1/2.000 6/1.166 ··· 6/1.000 537/414 .285/.326/.468/.794 .902/.762 .925 111/.924 16/7 20/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 226/166 .228/.262/.307/.569 .288/.672 .541 33/.584 0/0 3/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 204/138 .263/.293/.326/.619 .619/.620 .516 100/.524 0/0 0/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.833 90/70 .210/.289/.247/.536 .683/.494 .599 74/.492 0/0 0/1

IP 72.1 57.1 52.1 146.2 80.2 11.1 60.1 31.0 43.1 19.2 165.2 TOTAL .247/.302/.360/.663 .660/.663 .682 .644 82/30 87/97

ERA-K/9

5.72/4.5

3.61/6.1

3.61/5.5

2.33/7.2

5.13/5.9

8.74/8.0

2.24/7.6

3.77/5.8

2.70/8.7

1.83/7.8

4.51/5.8

3.50/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (19-12-4)
Quintero (30-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 334/.351 244/.248 216/.245 618/.237 373/.318 62/.353 245/.218 128/.209 173/.213 77/.186 700/.269 .256 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Michaels
Hernandez
Bourgeois 0/0/127/9
0/121/0/8
115/0/0/6
30/11/4/1
1/0/0/0
16/9/1/0

OPS .945 .705 .681 .620 .861 .969 .623 .616 .625 .603 .748 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.888 79/.768 86/.874 125/.565 171/.898 25/1.608 94/.575 71/.544 61/.850 34/.694 327/.764 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 204/.982 165/.675 130/.551 493/.635 202/.831 37/.618 151/.652 57/.708 112/.510 43/.533 373/.734 .682

Road 162/.961 120/.626 109/.799 311/.681 224/.850 25/.967 140/.863 60/.664 75/.670 56/.528 363/.785

Last 28d days / 33/.473 35/.787 104/.533 41/.679 35/1.104 36/.804 16/.321 / 29/.511 133/.700

HR/SB/CS 11/1/3 4/2/2 5/1/1 7/5/3 13/4/0 1/0/0 7/7/2 2/1/3 5/2/1 3/0/0 18/13/7 108/40/32

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