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Game Preview: STL @ SFG, 10:15pm, Friday, April 23, 2010 @AT&T Park

Cardinals, 10-5, 10-51st, 2 up

SP: Jaime Garcia (23, LHP, 1-0, 0.69)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			13.0	5	1	1	5	10	0	0.69
2008 (1-1)			16.0	14	10	10	8	8	4	5.63

Last 7 GS		1-0	18.0	10	4	4	6	14	2	2.00	63
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 SFG as starter.

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

 Home:    4-2    Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-3    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 21  @ARI  W   9-4       10-5   1st  2.5 up
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @ARI  L   7-9        9-5   1st  1.5 up
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @ARI  W   4-2        9-4   1st  1.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 18   NYM  W   5-3        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 11 Sat, Apr 17   NYM  L   1-2 (20)   7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 16   NYM  W   4-3        7-3   1st  2.0 up
  9 Thu, Apr 15   HOU  L   1-5        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Wed, Apr 14   HOU  W   2-1        6-2   1st  1.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 12   HOU  W   5-0        5-2   1st  1.0 up
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @MIL  L   7-8        4-2   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-5    Last 30:10-5

Giants, 8-7, 8-72nd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Tim Lincecum (26, RHP, 3-0, 0.90)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-0)			20.0	13	2	2	3	24	1	0.90
2009 (15-7)			225.1	168	69	62	68	261	10	2.48
2008 (18-5)			227.0	182	72	66	84	265	11	2.62

Last 7 GS		5-2	45.0	31	12	12	16	52	2	2.40	64
2010-04-17	@LAD	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	106	69
2010-04-11	ATL	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	10	1	108	68
2010-04-05	@HOU	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	98	76
2009-10-01	ARI	W	7.0	2	2	2	2	7	0	100	70
2009-09-25	CHC	L	7.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	101	61
2009-09-20	@LAD	L	4.0	4	5	5	4	3	1	87	33
2009-09-14	COL	W	7.0	6	1	1	4	11	0	116	68

Last 5 v.STL		4-0	28.0	20	5	5	7	29	1	1.61	68
2009-06-29	@STL	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	95	91
2008-04-19	@STL	W	7.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	95	67
2008-04-13	STL	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	11	0	110	62
2007-07-07	@STL	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	106	50

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

 Home:    4-2    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-4    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  1-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 21  @SDP  L   2-5        8-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @SDP  L   0-1        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @SDP  L   2-3 (10)   8-5   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @LAD  L   1-2        8-4   1st  2.0 up
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @LAD  W   9-0        8-3   1st  2.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @LAD  L   8-10       7-3   1st  2.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 14   PIT  W   6-0        7-2   1st  1.5 up
  8 Tue, Apr 13   PIT  L   5-6        6-2   1st  1.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 12   PIT  W   9-3        6-1   1st  1.5 up
  6 Sun, Apr 11   ATL  W   6-3        5-1   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 STL  5  SFG  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (7-7), L: Barry Zito (4-8), S: Ryan Franklin (19)
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 STL  2  SFG  1 (10)   W:Ryan Franklin (2-0), L: Bob Howry (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 SFG  6 @STL  3        W:Randy Johnson (8-5), L: Chris Carpenter (5-3), S: Brian Wilson (21)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 SFG 10 @STL  0        W:Tim Lincecum (8-2), L: Brad Thompson (2-4), S: none
Sun, May 31, 2009 SFG  5  STL  3        W:Merkin Valdez (2-0), L: Adam Wainwright (5-3), S: Brian Wilson (12)
Sat, May 30, 2009 STL  6 @SFG  2        W:Chris Carpenter (3-0), L: Barry Zito (1-6), S: none
Fri, May 29, 2009 SFG  4  STL  2        W:Matt Cain (6-1), L: Joel Pineiro (5-5), S: Brian Wilson (11)
Sun, Apr 20, 2008 SFG  8 @STL  2        W:Jonathan Sanchez (1-1), L: Braden Looper (3-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 SFG  3 @STL  0        W:Tim Lincecum (3-0), L: Joel Pineiro (0-2), S: Brian Wilson (5)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 STL 11  SFG  1        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-0), L: Matt Cain (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - SFG won 4-3; 2008 - SFG won 4-3; All-Time - SFG leads 1047-939

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

SFG 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS Lincecum
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 43.Hinshaw*
G/S/vB 60.Joaquin
G/S/vB 49.Martinez
G/S/vB 52.Medders
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 45.Runzler*
G/S/vB 38.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

66.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.259 / /

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/15 .323/.353/.484/.837 .387/1.390 .808 48/.735 0/0 1/0

7.Holliday G/S/vP 32/.754 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 4/.500 ··· 8/.875 670/485 .313/.394/.515/.909 .807/.944 .832 62/.941 14/7 24/5

21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 112/83 .240/.288/.327/.615 .607/.618 .673 4/.000 1/0 2/1

8.Lopez# G/S/vP 10/.200 10/.211 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.071 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 680/519 .310/.383/.427/.810 .835/.802 .728 44/.796 6/6 9/17

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 7/.286 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 542/393 .265/.329/.447/.775 .742/.787 .885 67/.944 4/2 22/1

22.Mather G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 18/.485 / /

4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 544/408 .293/.366/.383/.749 .717/.759 .688 56/.688 9/3 6/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/.944 10/.944 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 700/515 .327/.443/.658/1.101 1.161/1.080 1.093 71/1.034 16/4 47/13

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 520/405 .251/.307/.407/.714 .474/.783 .687 55/1.112 3/1 16/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 429/280 .292/.340/.400/.740 .664/.780 .712 53/.535 14/7 3/9

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 13/1.212 7/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 586/477 .303/.364/.393/.757 .518/.812 .766 65/.653 2/2 4/10

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 91/46 .230/.242/.379/.621 .717/.529 .576 9/.778 1/0 2/0

IP 225.1 62.1 6.0 10.2 30.0 68.2 34.0 8.2 72.1 TOTAL .251/.330/.438/.768 .637/.809 .826 .768 5/5 23/9

ERA-K/9

2.48/10.4

1.73/7.9

12.00/3.0

4.22/10.1

7.50/5.7

3.01/7.6

3.97/10.9

1.04/11.4

2.74/10.3

3.13/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Freese (1-0-0)
LaRue (10-5-1)
Molina (32-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 905/.206 248/.197 33/.385 51/.238 148/.351 300/.248 143/.233 38/.188 303/.223 .222 Ludwick
Holliday
Rasmus
Stavinoha
Schumaker 1/1/133/9
155/0/0/7
9/124/6/3
13/0/10/0
39/6/11/0

OPS .561 .583 1.169 .754 .954 .698 .631 .597 .595 .634

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 506/.583 111/.683 17/1.071 21/.568 70/1.171 122/.775 53/.542 20/.259 150/.532 .786

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.532 137/.507 16/1.290 30/.867 78/.752 178/.647 90/.684 18/.978 153/.657 .550

Home 494/.509 118/.698 17/1.480 31/.827 70/1.051 131/.746 61/.640 22/.431 158/.559

Last 28d days 76/.457 26/.842 / 27/.927 / 32/1.115 24/.458 33/.653 20/.259

HR/SB/CS 10/20/5 3/4/1 2/0/1 1/2/0 4/5/0 6/2/1 1/2/0 1/1/0 3/5/1 12/11/3

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Giants Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.53 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Bowker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/67 .194/.247/.373/.620 .000/.672 .786 39/.528 1/0 2/0

2.Burriss# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 220/170 .238/.292/.267/.560 .722/.510 .494 / 11/4 0/7

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.347 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 576/438 .250/.319/.433/.752 .928/.695 .700 47/.706 3/2 23/9

34.Downs G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/49 .170/.250/.264/.514 .282/.568 .741 1/2.000 1/0 1/0

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.833 ··· ··· 13/.595 ··· 11/1.091 597/400 .241/.310/.384/.694 .650/.716 .784 65/.780 0/6 15/4

10.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 363/325 .261/.329/.387/.715 .594/.730 .935 7/1.429 2/2 9/3

14.Lewis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 336/271 .258/.348/.390/.738 .492/.795 .802 18/.590 8/4 4/3

1.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 36/.684 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 520/393 .265/.285/.442/.727 .878/.678 .856 46/.809 0/0 20/5

28.Posey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/12 .118/.118/.118/.235 .000/.333 .000 / 0/0 0/0

16.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.718 ··· 2/2.500 9/1.381 1/.000 10/.700 510/379 .250/.307/.328/.635 .629/.637 .615 61/.757 7/2 5/14

29.Rohlinger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/11 .158/.200/.211/.411 .111/.636 .523 / 0/0 0/0

33.Rowand G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.182 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/2.334 546/415 .261/.319/.419/.738 .636/.770 .718 48/.790 4/1 15/3

21.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.500 14/.357 ··· 7/.000 4/1.000 1/3.000 2/.500 489/353 .293/.326/.416/.742 .807/.716 .739 / 5/1 7/5

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 633/474 .330/.387/.556/.943 1.028/.914 1.012 67/.979 5/5 25/14

12.Schierholtz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 308/250 .267/.302/.400/.702 1.026/.626 .677 27/.819 3/1 5/2

13.Torres# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 170/92 .270/.343/.533/.876 1.116/.667 .946 23/.349 6/1 6/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.833 432/327 .289/.329/.495/.824 .760/.843 .967 62/.897 3/1 16/9

8.Velez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 307/237 .267/.308/.400/.708 .503/.769 .711 37/.833 11/5 5/9

22.Whiteside G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/109 .228/.269/.339/.607 .203/.701 .764 16/.976 0/0 2/5

IP 58.0 61.0 40.0 66.2 43.2 56.2 41.0 TOTAL .274/.342/.431/.773 .840/.748 .802 .773 5/3 15/8

ERA-K/9

/0.0

4.19/7.1

1.92/6.5

2.03/4.5

3.38/6.9

2.06/9.5

4.76/8.6

3.29/7.2

2.94/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (85-25-4)
Posey (1-1-0)
Sandoval (1-1-0)
Whiteside (20-13-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 268/.311 250/.220 160/.209 288/.229 173/.197 244/.264 180/.233 .232 Schierholtz
Rowand
Lewis
Velez
Torres
Bowker
DeRosa 0/0/86/10
0/137/0/5
83/0/0/3
42/12/5/2
33/37/5/2
13/0/5/1
18/0/10/1

OPS .856 .592 .612 .639 .589 .804 .657 .634

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 120/1.096 114/.553 76/.724 125/.554 107/.398 95/.987 108/.517 .688

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 148/.667 136/.621 84/.513 163/.704 66/.889 149/.686 72/.874 .601

Road / 109/.848 121/.706 81/.706 145/.574 79/.636 112/.776 92/.664

Last 28d days 49/.348 33/.846 32/.604 26/.708 32/.958 12/.633 29/.752 17/.307

HR/SB/CS // 3/3/2 2/1/1 2/0/1 4/0/0 5/1/1 10/0/1 2/4/3 9/6/4

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

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.