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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 8, 2010 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 19-11, 19-111st, 4½ up

SP: Jaime Garcia (23, LHP, 3-1, 1.13)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-1) 32.0 19 6 4 13 23 0 1.13
2008 (1-1) 16.0 14 10 10 8 8 4 5.63
Last 7 GS 3-1 37.0 24 9 7 14 27 2 1.70 62
2010-05-03 @PHI W 6.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 91 64
2010-04-28 ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 102 73
2010-04-23 @SFG L 6.0 7 4 2 3 2 0 89 45
2010-04-17 NYM ND 7.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 97 78
2010-04-10 @MIL W 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 95 62
2008-07-20 SDP ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 4 2 86 48
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-3    Road:    9-8    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  16-7    vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl: 9-4    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Fri, May  7  @PIT  W   4-3       19-11  1st  4.5 up
 29 Thu, May  6  @PHI  L   2-7       18-11  1st  3.5 up
 28 Wed, May  5  @PHI  L   0-4       18-10  1st  4.0 up
 27 Tue, May  4  @PHI  L   1-2 (10)  18-9   1st  5.0 up
 26 Mon, May  3  @PHI  W   6-3       18-8   1st  5.0 up
 25 Sun, May  2   CIN  W   6-0       17-8   1st  4.5 up
 24 Sat, May  1   CIN  W   6-3       16-8   1st  4.0 up
 23 Fri, Apr 30   CIN  L   2-3       15-8   1st  3.0 up
 22 Thu, Apr 29   ATL  W  10-4       15-7   1st  4.0 up
 21 Wed, Apr 28   ATL  W   6-0       14-7   1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Pirates, 13-16, 13-164th, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (27, RHP, 0-1, 6.17)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 11.2 17 8 8 5 7 2 6.17
2009 (4-6) 108.0 115 66 65 45 52 12 5.42
2008 (2-6) 51.1 56 32 23 13 23 7 4.03
Last 7 GS 2-3 34.2 44 21 21 11 17 2 5.45 43
2010-05-02 @LAD L 5.0 11 6 6 1 3 1 79 23
2010-04-27 @MIL ND 6.2 6 2 2 4 4 1 101 54
2009-10-04 @CIN L 2.1 4 2 2 1 2 0 44 42
2009-09-30 @CHC W 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 61 50
2009-09-25 LAD ND 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 48 50
2009-06-05 @HOU L 5.2 9 6 6 4 2 0 109 25
2009-05-30 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 87 60
Last 5 v.STL 0-1 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 4.50 48
2009-05-14 STL L 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 75 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-5    Road:    5-11   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   8-12   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 8-8    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Fri, May  7   STL  L   3-4       13-16  4th  5.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  6   CHC  W  11-1       13-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  5   CHC  W   4-2       12-15  4th  5.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  4   CHC  W   3-2       11-15  4th  6.5 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @LAD  L   3-9       10-15  4th  7.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  1  @LAD  L   1-5       10-14  4th  6.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @LAD  L   2-6       10-13  4th  5.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @LAD  W   2-0       10-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @MIL  W   6-5 (14)   9-12  4th  5.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @MIL  W   7-3        8-12  6th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 07, 2010 STL  4 @PIT  3        W:Ryan Franklin (2-0), L: Evan Meek (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 06, 2009 PIT  6  STL  5        W:Jesse Chavez (1-4), L: Ryan Franklin (2-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 05, 2009 STL  2 @PIT  1 (10)   W:Blake Hawksworth (2-0), L: Matt Capps (3-8), S: Ryan Franklin (37)
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 STL 14 @PIT  7        W:Adam Wainwright (17-7), L: Kevin Hart (4-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 09, 2009 STL  7 @PIT  3        W:Joel Pineiro (10-9), L: Matt Capps (2-7), S: Kyle McClellan (2)
Sat, Aug 08, 2009 STL  5 @PIT  3        W:Adam Wainwright (13-7), L: Charlie Morton (2-5), S: Ryan Franklin (26)
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 STL  6 @PIT  4        W:Chris Carpenter (11-3), L: Jose Ascanio (0-2), S: Ryan Franklin (25)
Thu, May 14, 2009 STL  5 @PIT  1        W:Trever Miller (1-0), L: Jeff Karstens (1-2), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 PIT  5  STL  2        W:Ross Ohlendorf (4-3), L: Joel Pineiro (4-3), S: Matt Capps (6)
Tue, May 12, 2009 PIT  7  STL  1        W:Zach Duke (4-3), L: Todd Wellemeyer (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - STL leads 1-0; 2009 - STL won 10-5; 2008 - PIT won 10-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1190-1126

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

TBR  5.93

SDP  4.55

HOU  2.76

 RA/G

TBR  2.97

DET  4.66

PIT  6.34

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .87

K. Correia  3.97

R. Porcello  7.50

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.91

K. Davies  6.48

N. Blackburn  2.48

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

Cardinals Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (6.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 45.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 53.Donnelly
G/S/vB		 29.Dotel
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 Penn
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
66.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/11 .056/.150/.056/.206 .222/.182 .200 16/.259 0/1 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 110/80 .344/.402/.510/.912 1.112/.839 .589 93/.983 1/0 3/4
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 6/2.267 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 123/101 .298/.350/.474/.823 .652/.862 .976 101/.704 2/1 4/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/1.091 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 12/11 .091/.167/.182/.348 .000/.382 .125 9/.472 0/0 0/0
8.Lopez# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 50/30 .273/.347/.432/.779 .929/.665 .706 38/.921 2/0 1/0
47.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 127/96 .252/.341/.414/.756 .515/.830 .512 109/.833 0/2 4/0
22.Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/17 .185/.214/.259/.474 .697/.313 .432 27/.450 1/0 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 108/76 .313/.380/.438/.817 .689/.872 1.064 90/.773 4/1 2/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 15/.884 5/1.400 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· 132/104 .313/.402/.574/.975 .599/1.081 .907 110/.963 1/0 7/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 109/89 .299/.426/.609/1.035 .433/1.182 1.354 87/.933 4/4 6/1
13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 100/78 .186/.278/.256/.534 .568/.521 .488 83/.596 0/0 0/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 125/107 .225/.312/.288/.600 1.000/.533 .598 102/.583 1/1 1/3
34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/18 .381/.381/.667/1.048 .667/1.111 1.273 19/.895 0/0 2/0
IP 11.2 9.0 11.1 9.1 11.0 19.0 2.1 TOTAL .262/.338/.416/.754 .645/.787 .741 .754 16/10 31/16
ERA-K/9 6.17/5.4 /0.0 7.00/8.0 8.74/11.9 7.71/13.5 3.27/3.3 0.95/9.5 30.86/0.0 5.98/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (0-1-0)
 Molina (5-6-1)
 Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.347 / 43/.258 57/.313 40/.200 46/.263 76/.206 16/.615 .289  Holliday
 Rasmus
 Stavinoha
 Mather
 Lohse
 Craig
 Ludwick
28/0/0/1
0/29/0/1
1/0/4/0
4/7/3/0
1/0/0/0
2/0/4/0
0/3/27/0
OPS 1.020 .880 1.032 .786 .817 .515 1.534 .863
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/1.647 / 16/.771 23/1.676 16/1.308 18/.850 29/.659 7/1.690 1.017
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 26/.359 / 27/.949 34/.631 24/.400 28/.797 47/.427 9/1.413 .790
Home / / 20/.511 34/.889 20/1.122 26/.935 40/.572 7/2.143
Last 28d days 54/1.020 / 30/.955 46/1.198 40/.786 36/.733 62/.456 5/1.300
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 // 2/1/0 3/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/4/0 0/0/0 38/26/3
Usage ········ ··XX···· ··Xo·X·· ·o·····X X·oX···· ········
Pirates Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 31.Franklin
G/S/vB		 53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB		 46.McClellan
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 60.Motte
G/S/vB		 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/1.350 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 96/71 .226/.250/.323/.573 .560/.577 .729 80/.524 4/0 2/2
19.Church* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 63/48 .254/.302/.458/.759 .695/.779 .861 56/.739 0/0 2/0
6.Clement* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/58 .176/.235/.324/.559 .680/.497 .361 65/.519 0/0 3/1
2.Crosby G/S/vP ··· ··· 18/1.611 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 45/27 .289/.400/.421/.821 .667/.923 .917 40/.824 0/1 1/4
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.167 5/1.800 1/no AB 4/2.000 6/.400 1/.000 1/.000 103/68 .283/.359/.457/.816 .710/.872 .788 81/.821 1/0 3/0
3.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 119/90 .194/.294/.282/.576 .408/.628 .342 95/.515 2/1 2/3
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/13 .190/.227/.381/.608 .722/.538 .625 21/.638 0/0 1/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 123/79 .248/.374/.436/.810 .703/.873 .967 100/.736 2/0 4/3
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 1/no AB 5/.650 4/.000 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 91/61 .325/.407/.463/.869 .913/.848 .854 70/.968 0/1 3/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 123/87 .325/.369/.491/.860 .975/.811 .971 100/.937 10/2 4/2
85.Milledge G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 5/.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 109/81 .250/.306/.330/.636 .697/.613 .736 89/.664 2/1 0/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
58.Raynor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/4 .200/.273/.200/.473 .286/.833 .533 10/.400 0/0 0/0
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/.200 3/.666 4/.250 / /// / / / /
24.Young# G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 3/.000 47/38 .233/.298/.372/.670 .556/.698 .768 39/.528 0/0 0/2
IP 32.0 11.1 13.1 12.0 12.1 6.0 11.2 8.1 TOTAL .242/.315/.374/.689 .669/.698 .713 .677 21/6 25/25
ERA-K/9 1.13/6.5 3.97/7.2 2.70/5.4 3.00/7.5 2.92/9.5 3.00/9.0 3.09/7.7 1.08/5.4 2.72/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (26-2-2)
 Jaramillo (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 125/.176 51/.267 51/.240 54/.300 53/.234 22/.167 51/.283 34/.120 .234  McCutchen
 Jones
 Church
 Young
 Milledge
 Raynor
0/28/0/3
0/0/23/2
5/3/9/2
0/0/1/1
25/0/0/1
0/1/2/0
OPS .472 .775 .555 .800 .755 .707 .744 .564 .638
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/.376 19/.921 18/.778 24/.937 20/.308 13/1.021 16/.606 20/.757 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.496 32/.692 33/.431 30/.693 33/1.049 9/.222 35/.797 14/.305 .607
Road 75/.603 32/.705 31/.492 26/.749 29/1.094 15/1.103 25/1.202 17/.371
Last 28d days 100/.463 39/.899 37/.486 50/.825 43/.707 21/.745 42/.649 28/.607
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 2/3/0 1/0/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 17/7/7
Usage ····X··· ··X··o·· X···o·X· ·X·X··X· ····X··X o···o··· oX···o·o ·ooo··o·

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.