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Game Preview: HOU @ STL, 4:15pm, Monday, April 12, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Astros, 0-6, 0-66th, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (31, LHP, 0-1, 4.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			6.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	4.50
2009 (14-12)			205.2	192	77	69	63	193	21	3.02
2008 (9-7)			137.1	136	65	54	44	131	14	3.54

Last 7 GS		2-4	43.0	48	17	17	10	42	2	3.56	54
2010-04-06	SFG	L	6.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	96	46
2009-10-02	@NYM	L	6.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	109	46
2009-09-27	CIN	W	6.0	9	2	2	1	9	0	107	54
2009-09-21	STL	L	5.0	9	6	6	0	5	1	85	30
2009-09-14	@CIN	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	111	60
2009-09-09	ATL	ND	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	85	71
2009-09-04	PHI	W	7.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	111	70

Last 5 v.STL		1-3	29.0	24	12	12	4	24	3	3.72	56
2009-09-21	STL	L	5.0	9	6	6	0	5	1	85	30
2009-08-25	@STL	L	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	93	72
2009-08-01	@STL	ND	4.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	53	56
2009-07-21	STL	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	104	70
2009-04-12	@STL	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	91	51

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sun, Apr 11   PHI  L   1-2        0-6   6th  4.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   PHI  L   6-9        0-5   6th  4.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   PHI  L   0-8        0-4   6th  3.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  7   SFG  L   4-10       0-3   6th  2.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  6   SFG  L   0-3        0-2   6th  1.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   SFG  L   2-5        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-6    Last 20: 0-6    Last 30: 0-6

Cardinals, 4-2, 4-21st, 1 up

SP: Adam Wainwright (28, RHP, 1-0, 2.57)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	2.57
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		4-1	47.0	44	19	17	11	54	3	3.26	59
2010-04-07	@CIN	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	95	67
2009-10-02	MIL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	90	56
2009-09-26	@COL	W	8.0	10	3	2	1	11	1	130	62
2009-09-20	CHC	ND	7.0	5	3	2	2	10	0	104	65
2009-09-15	FLA	L	7.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	104	62
2009-09-09	@MIL	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	98	72
2009-09-04	@PIT	W	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	0	98	28

Last 5 v.HOU		4-1	33.0	25	5	5	5	26	2	1.36	65
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
2008-05-28	HOU	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	110	79

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @MIL  L   7-8        4-2   1st  1.0 up
  5 Sat, Apr 10  @MIL  W   7-1        4-1   1st  1.0 up
  4 Fri, Apr  9  @MIL  W   5-4        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Thu, Apr  8  @CIN  L   1-2        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @CIN  W   6-3        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @CIN  W  11-6        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-2    Last 20: 4-2    Last 30: 4-2

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, Aug 26, 2009 STL  3  HOU  2        W:Joel Pineiro (13-9), L: Roy Oswalt (7-5), S: Ryan Franklin (34)
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 STL  1  HOU  0        W:Adam Wainwright (15-7), L: Wandy Rodriguez (12-8), S: Ryan Franklin (33)
Sun, Aug 02, 2009 HOU  2 @STL  0        W:Bud Norris (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (12-7), S: Jose Valverde (12)
Sat, Aug 01, 2009 STL  3  HOU  1        W:Chris Carpenter (10-3), L: Jeff Fulchino (4-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 31, 2009 STL  4  HOU  3        W:Trever Miller (3-0), L: Alberto Arias (2-1), S: Ryan Franklin (24)
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 HOU  4  STL  3        W:Jose Valverde (1-2), L: Ryan Franklin (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - STL won 9-6; 2008 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 348-307

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

LAD 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.

Astros Batters (2.17 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.00 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 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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Blum# G/S/vP 11/.455 4/1.833 8/.804 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 7/.453 427/394 .247/.314/.367/.681 .907/.663 .598 18/.458 0/1 10/3

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 19/.897 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 5/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 678/525 .285/.354/.384/.738 .723/.742 .765 22/.682 61/12 3/3

77.Feliz G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 625/481 .266/.308/.386/.694 .662/.704 .658 24/.667 0/1 12/15

23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/15 .091/.130/.091/.221 .125/.267 .393 10/.600 0/0 0/0

28.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· 344/232 .256/.320/.387/.707 .802/.660 .806 22/.981 0/2 7/8

45.Lee G/S/vP 25/.260 4/1.250 35/.799 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 5/1.200 662/524 .300/.343/.489/.831 .892/.816 .751 24/.297 5/3 26/2

12.Manzella G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .200/.200/.200/.400 1.000/.000 .000 15/.619 0/0 0/0

3.Matsui# G/S/vP 22/.762 4/2.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 533/411 .250/.302/.357/.659 .756/.630 .639 11/.400 19/3 9/6

4.Michaels G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 7/.286 152/92 .237/.322/.430/.752 .763/.744 .588 7/1.000 1/2 4/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 26/.884 3/no AB 10/.900 ··· 1/no AB 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 647/518 .282/.346/.472/.818 .895/.798 .795 21/.333 14/11 25/5

55.Quintero G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/2.250 168/134 .236/.286/.376/.662 .840/.614 .554 7/.286 0/0 4/5

46.Towles G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 53/37 .188/.250/.354/.604 .804/.518 .819 15/.200 0/0 2/0

IP 233.0 58.0 61.0 40.0 66.2 43.2 56.2 41.0 TOTAL .222/.244/.304/.548 .669/.475 .548 0/1 2/3

ERA-K/9

2.63/8.2

4.19/7.1

1.92/6.5

/0.0

2.03/4.5

3.38/6.9

2.06/9.5

4.76/8.6

3.29/7.2

3.59/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Quintero (14-12-5)
Towles (10-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 970/.244 268/.311 250/.220 / 160/.209 288/.229 173/.197 244/.264 180/.233 .236 Pence
Bourn
Lee
Keppinger
Michaels 0/0/157/16
0/154/0/11
154/0/0/9
2/0/0/1
31/14/3/0

OPS .646 .856 .592 .612 .639 .589 .804 .657 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 451/.764 120/1.096 114/.553 / 76/.724 125/.554 107/.398 95/.987 108/.517 .545

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 519/.545 148/.667 136/.621 / 84/.513 163/.704 66/.889 149/.686 72/.874 .790

Home 535/.577 159/.862 129/.484 / 79/.518 143/.703 94/.548 132/.827 88/.650

Last 28d days 25/.481 12/.350 14/.742 25/.507 12/.606 11/1.355 6/.533 9/1.194 7/.286

HR/SB/CS 17/12/5 3/3/2 2/1/1 // 2/0/1 4/0/0 5/1/1 10/0/1 2/4/3 8/2/1

Usage

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 (6.17 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (6.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB 48.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 63.Gervacio
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

66.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 6/.333 / /

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/15 .323/.353/.484/.837 .387/1.390 .855 21/.508 0/0 1/0

7.Holliday G/S/vP 20/1.139 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/1.000 18/1.194 11/2.036 3/.000 670/485 .313/.394/.515/.909 .807/.944 .982 27/1.291 14/7 24/5

21.LaRue G/S/vP 11/.705 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 4/.000 112/83 .240/.288/.327/.615 .607/.618 .546 4/.000 1/0 2/1

8.Lopez# G/S/vP 21/.807 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 8/1.467 31/.762 9/.666 680/519 .310/.383/.427/.810 .835/.802 .890 17/.610 6/6 9/17

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 29/.691 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 9/2.292 7/1.428 542/393 .265/.329/.447/.775 .742/.787 .647 22/.325 4/2 22/1

22.Mather G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 / /// / 7/.452 / /

4.Molina G/S/vP 29/.562 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 17/.765 5/.000 544/408 .293/.366/.383/.749 .717/.759 .811 21/1.048 9/3 6/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 37/.523 3/1.667 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.200 7/.786 31/.907 10/.200 700/515 .327/.443/.658/1.101 1.161/1.080 1.109 27/1.319 16/4 47/13

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 8/.125 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 520/405 .251/.307/.407/.714 .474/.783 .738 23/1.448 3/1 16/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP 18/.444 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.667 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 429/280 .292/.340/.400/.740 .664/.780 .771 21/.349 14/7 3/9

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 13/.616 8/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 13/1.462 4/1.000 586/477 .303/.364/.393/.757 .518/.812 .747 23/.668 2/2 4/10

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 91/46 .230/.242/.379/.621 .717/.529 .675 3/1.667 1/0 2/0

IP 205.2 61.1 82.0 21.0 47.1 78.2 70.2 55.1 TOTAL .243/.322/.457/.779 .647/.813 .779 2/0 12/4

ERA-K/9

3.02/8.4

3.23/8.5

3.40/7.8

2.14/10.7

5.89/7.4

2.86/6.5

4.84/6.4

5.04/5.4

6.00/6.5

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 849/.250 261/.178 336/.233 83/.219 219/.281 314/.205 304/.272 248/.293 .326 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 .695 .669 .680 .620 .804 .629 .872 .779 .888

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.502 125/.700 157/.712 26/.850 114/.850 136/.617 171/.674 119/.770 .915

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 689/.742 136/.640 179/.652 57/.527 105/.757 178/.635 133/1.118 129/.787 .859

Road 419/.775 135/.631 176/.693 49/.619 83/.667 173/.690 152/.826 127/.973

Last 28d days 27/.756 15/.557 16/.975 7/.833 9/1.000 14/.896 29/1.131 15/.690

HR/SB/CS 21/3/4 10/2/4 7/4/2 1/3/1 5/5/2 7/3/2 18/3/3 2/1/0 7/2/0

Usage

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.