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Game Preview: STL @ KCR, 2:10pm, Saturday, June 26, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Cardinals, 40-33, 40-33 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Blake Hawksworth (27, RHP, 1-4, 5.63)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-4)			32.0	47	24	20	13	22	5	5.63
2009 (4-0)			40.0	29	10	9	15	20	2	2.03

Last 7 GS		0-1	4.0	7	6	6	3	5	0	13.50	26
2010-06-07	@LAD	L	4.0	7	6	6	3	5	0	67	26

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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

 Home:   23-12   Road:   17-21   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  27-24   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest:  5-10 IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Fri, Jun 25  @KCR  L   2-4       40-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 24  @TOR  L   0-5       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Wed, Jun 23  @TOR  W   1-0       40-31  1st  1.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 22  @TOR  W   9-4       39-31  1st  1.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 20   OAK  L   2-3       38-31  1st  1.5 up
 68 Sat, Jun 19   OAK  W   4-3       38-30  1st  1.5 up
 67 Fri, Jun 18   OAK  W   6-4       37-30  1st  0.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 16   SEA  L   1-2       36-30  1st    Tied
 65 Tue, Jun 15   SEA  W   4-2       36-29  1st    Tied
 64 Mon, Jun 14   SEA  W   9-3       35-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Royals, 31-43, 31-43 4th, 9½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 4-5, 6.15)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-5)			74.2	83	52	51	37	50	7	6.15
2009 (8-9)			123.0	122	76	72	66	86	18	5.27
2008 (9-7)			113.0	121	57	51	43	71	10	4.06

Last 7 GS		2-3	35.0	45	29	28	19	21	3	7.20	38
2010-06-20	@ATL	ND	4.1	4	4	4	7	6	0	103	38
2010-06-15	HOU	ND	3.0	6	6	6	2	1	0	70	22
2010-06-09	@MIN	L	6.2	8	5	4	5	1	1	100	36
2010-06-02	LAA	L	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	0	80	20
2010-05-28	@BOS	W	5.0	7	5	5	2	5	1	102	36
2010-05-22	COL	L	6.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	102	64
2010-05-17	@BAL	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	101	51

Last 5 v.STL		1-3	22.0	24	16	13	9	15	4	5.32	45
2009-06-19	STL	L	2.2	9	8	7	2	2	3	58	10
2009-05-22	@STL	L	6.0	3	2	2	2	7	0	104	63
2008-06-28	STL	L	6.1	7	5	3	2	2	1	100	43
2008-06-17	@STL	W	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	108	64

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

 Home:   15-19   Road:   16-24   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  28-34   vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:  10-16
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  3-10 IL: 7-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 25   STL  W   4-2       31-43  4th  9.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 23  @WSN  W   1-0       30-43  4th 11.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 22  @WSN  L   3-4       29-43  4th 12.0 gb
 71 Mon, Jun 21  @WSN  L   1-2       29-42  4th 12.0 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 20  @ATL  L   5-8       29-41  4th 11.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 19  @ATL  L   4-5       29-40  4th 10.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 18  @ATL  L   4-6       29-39  4th  9.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 17   HOU  W   5-2       29-38  4th  9.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 16   HOU  L   2-4       28-38  4th 10.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 15   HOU  W  15-7       28-37  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 KCR  4  STL  2        W:Zack Greinke (3-8), L: Jeff Suppan (0-3), S: Joakim Soria (18)

Sun, Jun 21, 2009 STL 12 @KCR  5        W:Adam Wainwright (8-4), L: Gil Meche (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 STL  7 @KCR  1        W:Chris Carpenter (5-1), L: Brian Bannister (5-4), S: Ryan Franklin (17)
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 STL 10 @KCR  5        W:Brad Thompson (2-2), L: Kyle Davies (3-7), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2009 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Brian Bannister (4-1), L: Joel Pineiro (5-4), S: Juan Cruz (2)
Sat, May 23, 2009 STL  5  KCR  0        W:Kyle Lohse (4-3), L: Luke Hochevar (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 STL  5  KCR  0        W:Todd Wellemeyer (4-4), L: Kyle Davies (2-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 STL  9 @KCR  6        W:Chris Perez (2-0), L: Brian Bannister (7-7), S: Ryan Franklin (11)
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 STL  5 @KCR  1        W:Mitchell Boggs (3-0), L: Kyle Davies (3-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 KCR  7  STL  2        W:Gil Meche (6-8), L: Joel Pineiro (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - KCR leads 1-0; 2009 - STL won 5-1; 2008 - KCR won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 33-25

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 5.52

COL 4.60

PIT 3.33

RA/G

SDP 3.27

FLA 4.44

ARI 5.73

R. Cano .361

H. Kendrick .278

A. Ramirez .165

OBP

J. Morneau .451

R. Martin .351

A. Ramirez .233

SLG

B. Boesch .624

G. Soto .454

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.072

C. Young .802

A. Ramirez .513

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.60

J. Cueto 3.97

K. Davies 6.15

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.44

A. Harang 6.70

J. Lannan 2.88

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Cardinals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 53.Texeira
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 263/187 .300/.367/.412/.779 .897/.730 .597 72/.692 1/1 4/9

7.Holliday G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 303/230 .305/.376/.504/.880 .925/.866 .854 100/1.024 6/1 11/1

21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.000 1/5.000 11/.182 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/31 .135/.200/.243/.443 .311/.486 .394 15/.220 0/0 1/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 7/1.286 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 174/109 .242/.324/.392/.716 .694/.728 .694 76/.618 4/1 4/3

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 8/1.792 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 296/216 .273/.337/.485/.822 .688/.871 .728 86/.776 0/3 11/0

12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 19/13 .211/.211/.211/.421 .667/.308 .429 19/.421 0/0 0/2

4.Molina G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 248/174 .240/.319/.321/.640 .482/.708 .827 74/.496 6/3 3/4

5.Pujols G/S/vP 8/1.125 8/1.500 22/1.455 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 321/240 .307/.424/.538/.962 .944/.966 .908 101/1.043 6/3 15/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/199 .278/.375/.556/.930 .816/.961 1.057 77/1.026 8/4 14/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/138 .208/.279/.317/.596 .591/.597 .494 66/.660 4/1 2/10

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 11/.728 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 265/223 .261/.319/.328/.647 .720/.634 .621 72/.687 2/2 1/10

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/34 .288/.323/.424/.746 .816/.689 .719 18/.572 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 5/1.200 11/.777 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 109/88 .260/.324/.365/.689 .333/.781 .797 38/.854 3/0 1/0

IP 74.2 36.1 28.2 25.1 17.1 27.2 29.2 19.1 TOTAL .260/.332/.410/.742 .698/.759 .712 .769 41/20 71/55

ERA-K/9

6.15/6.0

3.96/8.4

2.51/7.8

3.20/6.0

3.12/4.7

2.60/11.4

3.94/6.7

4.19/2.8

4.74/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (3-3-1)
Molina (16-17-3)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 336/.281 158/.231 119/.243 112/.268 71/.200 114/.243 134/.259 76/.242 .268 Ludwick
Holliday
Winn
Rasmus
Schumaker
Stavinoha 1/5/63/2
69/0/0/1
18/5/16/1
0/66/0/1
1/0/0/0
5/0/9/0

OPS .795 .697 .659 .762 .637 .687 .670 .666 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 165/.748 52/.718 53/.864 54/.681 27/.546 58/.787 63/.708 36/.775 .786

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.841 106/.686 66/.496 58/.835 44/.689 56/.581 71/.636 40/.574 .748

Home 127/.727 74/.621 51/.746 56/.761 31/.791 61/.613 56/.597 43/.526

Last 28d days 94/.947 114/.742 28/.635 30/.670 58/.623 36/.668 53/.602 44/.769

HR/SB/CS 7/8/2 3/2/1 2/3/2 3/1/1 3/0/0 4/0/0 0/1/0 1/1/1 78/65/19

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

Royals Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 35.Ottavino
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 171/136 .315/.339/.394/.733 .385/.819 .646 74/.639 1/3 2/6

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 266/216 .263/.292/.394/.686 .812/.658 .670 90/.605 0/1 5/8

46.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 20/16 .471/.550/1.000/1.550 4.000/1.171 .833 20/1.550 0/0 2/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 71/41 .188/.243/.344/.587 .810/.432 .796 18/.575 4/2 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 315/265 .323/.375/.481/.855 .779/.869 .874 97/.764 0/0 7/3

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 306/239 .284/.310/.433/.743 .699/.765 .766 95/.624 3/0 7/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 17/.728 ··· 3/1.666 10/.333 ··· ··· 9/.347 313/240 .320/.389/.475/.864 .769/.892 .898 101/.932 3/3 5/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/88 .224/.296/.255/.551 .839/.486 .656 32/.789 6/1 0/2

6.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 18/.334 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 10/1.171 311/253 .279/.342/.471/.813 .698/.839 .780 99/.802 1/0 13/0

18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 24/.390 1/3.000 7/.629 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 11/.788 282/234 .258/.321/.306/.627 .826/.585 .732 95/.504 5/7 0/9

12.Maier* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 201/165 .256/.337/.358/.695 .732/.685 .660 59/.621 0/1 2/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .174/.310/.217/.528 .393/.583 .443 13/.906 1/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 312/243 .295/.342/.375/.717 .620/.746 .708 98/.698 20/8 3/2

IP 32.0 30.2 31.0 85.1 34.1 18.0 29.0 14.1 19.2 TOTAL .280/.334/.406/.740 .723/.744 .757 .710 45/27 52/53

ERA-K/9

5.63/6.2

2.93/6.4

2.32/5.5

1.79/7.4

2.36/7.9

3.00/6.5

2.17/10.9

7.53/5.7

3.20/5.9

3.19/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (60-19-3)
Pena (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.348 130/.209 123/.219 354/.220 140/.198 71/.183 114/.194 69/.317 82/.221 .247 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Guillen
Podsednik 2/9/61/4
5/51/1/3
4/4/6/1
0/0/13/1
68/1/0/0

OPS .902 .623 .578 .582 .615 .652 .574 1.064 .642 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.929 41/.729 46/.759 80/.477 47/.427 35/.464 36/.768 28/1.147 45/.839 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.885 89/.576 77/.464 274/.613 93/.710 36/.844 78/.489 41/1.012 37/.410 .668

Road 85/.893 76/.621 55/.582 198/.618 73/.924 30/.868 51/.725 48/1.194 47/.496

Last 28d days 58/.864 36/.378 36/.693 128/.667 50/.540 30/.574 37/.464 42/1.185 21/1.271

HR/SB/CS 5/3/0 2/1/1 1/0/1 3/1/2 4/5/1 2/0/2 3/1/1 4/1/1 1/1/0 57/21/20

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

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.