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Game Preview: ATL @ STL, 8:15pm, Monday, April 26, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Braves, 8-10, 8-105th, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (34, RHP, 1-1, 2.89)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			18.2	15	6	6	7	7	1	2.89
2009 (2-1)			42.1	49	17	17	13	30	4	3.61
2008 (11-7)			142.0	125	53	50	40	85	11	3.17

Last 7 GS		2-2	43.2	44	16	16	15	25	5	3.30	53
2010-04-21	PHI	L	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	103	55
2010-04-15	@SDP	W	5.2	6	2	2	5	0	1	100	44
2010-04-09	@SFG	ND	7.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	77	65
2009-10-04	WSN	ND	7.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	93	64
2009-09-29	FLA	ND	5.0	7	4	4	3	5	2	93	39
2009-09-23	@NYM	W	6.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	87	47
2009-09-18	PHI	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	87	55

Last 5 v.STL		3-1	29.2	37	16	16	6	9	1	4.85	44
2009-09-12	@STL	ND	5.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	71	31
2007-08-25	@STL	L	5.0	9	5	5	3	0	0	82	26
2007-07-19	STL	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	93	65
2006-07-18	@STL	W	5.2	7	5	5	0	1	1	74	36
2005-08-06	@STL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	96	64

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

 Home:    5-4    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  1-5    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  5-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 25  @NYM  L   0-1  (5)   8-10  5th  3.0 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @NYM  L   1-3        8-9   5th  3.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @NYM  L   2-5        8-8   4th  2.0 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22   PHI  L   3-8        8-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21   PHI  L   0-2        8-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 20   PHI  W   4-3 (10)   8-5   1st    Tied
 12 Sun, Apr 18   COL  W   4-3        7-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17   COL  L   0-4        6-5   3rd  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16   COL  W   9-5        6-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 15  @SDP  W   6-2        5-4   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-10   Last 30: 8-10

Cardinals, 11-7, 11-71st, 2½ up

SP: Kyle Lohse (31, RHP, 0-1, 7.31)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-1)			16.0	19	13	13	7	5	0	7.31
2009 (6-10)			117.2	125	69	62	36	77	16	4.74
2008 (15-6)			200.0	211	88	84	49	119	18	3.78

Last 7 GS		1-3	36.1	45	29	25	12	19	4	6.19	41
2010-04-20	@ARI	ND	3.0	8	7	7	4	1	0	77	12
2010-04-15	HOU	L	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	94	60
2010-04-09	@MIL	ND	6.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	91	44
2009-10-03	MIL	L	6.0	8	5	2	1	5	1	105	46
2009-09-27	@COL	L	5.0	6	4	3	1	4	0	96	44
2009-09-21	@HOU	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	76	53
2009-09-12	ATL	ND	3.1	7	4	4	2	1	1	65	29

Last 5 v.ATL		2-0	29.0	33	11	11	9	20	3	3.41	51
2009-09-12	ATL	ND	3.1	7	4	4	2	1	1	65	29
2009-04-28	@ATL	ND	6.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	95	66
2008-08-23	ATL	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	90	45
2007-09-26	ATL	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	89	62
2007-09-04	@ATL	W	6.2	8	2	2	1	5	1	116	54

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

 Home:    4-2    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sun, Apr 25  @SFG  W   2-0       11-7   1st  2.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @SFG  L   0-2       10-7   1st  2.0 up
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @SFG  L   1-4       10-6   1st  2.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-7    Last 30:11-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 13, 2009 ATL  9 @STL  2        W:Javier Vazquez (13-9), L: Chris Carpenter (16-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 ATL  7 @STL  6        W:Mike Gonzalez (4-4), L: Ryan Franklin (2-3), S: Rafael Soriano (24)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 ATL  1 @STL  0        W:Jair Jurrjens (11-10), L: Joel Pineiro (14-10), S: Rafael Soriano (23)
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 STL  5 @ATL  3        W:Adam Wainwright (3-0), L: Javier Vazquez (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (7)
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 ATL  2  STL  1        W:Peter Moylan (1-1), L: Kyle McClellan (1-1), S: Mike Gonzalez (3)
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 STL  3 @ATL  2        W:Joel Pineiro (4-0), L: Jair Jurrjens (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (6)
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 STL  6  ATL  3        W:Braden Looper (12-10), L: Jo-Jo Reyes (3-10), S: Chris Perez (5)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 ATL  8 @STL  4        W:Buddy Carlyle (1-0), L: Kyle McClellan (2-6), S: Mike Gonzalez (6)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 STL 18  ATL  3        W:Adam Wainwright (7-3), L: Charlie Morton (3-8), S: Joel Pineiro (1)
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 ATL  9  STL  4        W:Jeff Bennett (2-4), L: Joel Pineiro (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - ATL won 4-2; 2008 - STL won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 1048-946

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.

Braves Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Lohse
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

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 540/362 .274/.336/.416/.752 .763/.747 .745 68/.440 10/2 13/3

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/48 .204/.259/.407/.666 .856/.628 .935 7/.429 0/0 2/0

23.Diaz G/S/vP 7/.429 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 425/273 .313/.390/.488/.878 1.103/.749 .883 42/.445 12/5 13/3

19.Escobar G/S/vP 11/.855 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· ··· 5/.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 604/421 .299/.377/.436/.812 .691/.864 .819 72/.502 5/4 14/13

25.Glaus G/S/vP 11/1.122 ··· 26/.235 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 9/.985 32/28 .172/.250/.241/.491 .250/.519 .523 66/.578 0/0 0/1

27.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/69 .141/.198/.212/.410 .217/.477 .286 / 0/1 1/1

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 21/.749 2/1.000 22/.980 ··· ··· ··· 10/.844 1/3.000 7/.453 224/175 .242/.348/.432/.780 .786/.778 .808 21/1.008 1/0 8/0

4.Infante G/S/vP 19/.526 ··· 12/.584 ··· ··· 4/.667 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 229/157 .305/.361/.389/.750 .730/.759 .747 28/.668 2/0 2/3

10.Jones# G/S/vP 17/1.647 2/1.000 6/1.100 ··· ··· 2/no AB 7/1.738 ··· 10/.633 596/413 .264/.388/.430/.818 .912/.772 .843 60/.896 4/1 18/22

16.McCann* G/S/vP 13/.558 1/3.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 551/368 .281/.349/.486/.834 .634/.932 .818 65/.925 4/1 21/12

24.McLouth* G/S/vP 17/.794 7/.619 9/.777 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 12/.166 1/.000 4/.500 591/410 .256/.352/.436/.788 .688/.833 .823 52/.552 19/6 20/1

14.Prado G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 503/335 .307/.358/.464/.822 .923/.774 .819 81/1.040 1/3 11/7

8.Ross G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 151/105 .273/.380/.508/.888 .648/.997 .963 13/.657 0/0 7/1

5.Sammons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/8 .182/.250/.182/.432 .500/.393 / 0/0 0/0

2.Schafer* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 195/134 .204/.313/.287/.600 .619/.592 .637 / 2/1 2/0

IP 117.2 58.0 61.0 40.0 66.2 43.2 56.2 41.0 TOTAL .228/.332/.352/.683 .688/.682 .650 .683 8/2 12/21

ERA-K/9

4.74/5.9

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

2.72/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (76-24-7)
Ross (21-19-5)
Sammons (0-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 512/.269 268/.311 250/.220 / 160/.209 288/.229 173/.197 244/.264 180/.233 .235 McLouth
Schafer
Hinske
Cabrera
Diaz
Prado
Infante 0/129/0/9
0/50/0/4
2/0/35/3
40/103/48/3
50/2/66/2
0/0/1/0
7/8/3/0

OPS .772 .856 .592 .612 .639 .589 .804 .657 .630

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 247/.739 120/1.096 114/.553 / 76/.724 125/.554 107/.398 95/.987 108/.517 .683

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.800 148/.667 136/.621 / 84/.513 163/.704 66/.889 149/.686 72/.874 .594

Home 284/.706 159/.862 129/.484 / 79/.518 143/.703 94/.548 132/.827 88/.650

Last 28d days 71/.768 36/.771 36/.621 77/.485 29/.629 32/.958 12/.633 30/.726 17/.307

HR/SB/CS 16/4/1 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·· ··o··X·· o···o·o· ··X····· ··o····· ·····X·· ····o·o· o···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.

Cardinals Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 68.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

66.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 20/.206 / /

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/15 .323/.353/.484/.837 .387/1.390 .855 59/.697 0/0 1/0

7.Holliday G/S/vP 13/.749 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 13/1.538 ··· 5/1.000 670/485 .313/.394/.515/.909 .807/.944 .982 74/.866 14/7 24/5

21.LaRue G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/.161 112/83 .240/.288/.327/.615 .607/.618 .546 4/.000 1/0 2/1

8.Lopez# G/S/vP 29/.611 3/.666 3/1.000 3/.333 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.000 680/519 .310/.383/.427/.810 .835/.802 .890 50/.779 6/6 9/17

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 542/393 .265/.329/.447/.775 .742/.787 .647 79/.855 4/2 22/1

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

4.Molina G/S/vP 8/.821 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 544/408 .293/.366/.383/.749 .717/.759 .811 68/.649 9/3 6/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 22/1.005 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 22/.604 700/515 .327/.443/.658/1.101 1.161/1.080 1.109 83/1.029 16/4 47/13

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 520/405 .251/.307/.407/.714 .474/.783 .738 63/1.125 3/1 16/6

13.Ryan G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 429/280 .292/.340/.400/.740 .664/.780 .771 63/.505 14/7 3/9

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 586/477 .303/.364/.393/.757 .518/.812 .747 75/.617 2/2 4/10

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/46 .230/.242/.379/.621 .717/.529 .675 10/.900 1/0 2/0

IP 42.1 67.1 156.1 67.2 73.0 56.1 55.2 15.2 TOTAL .246/.322/.414/.737 .599/.783 .687 .737 9/6 24/11

ERA-K/9

3.61/6.4

4.01/6.3

3.86/6.0

4.26/9.6

2.84/7.5

3.04/6.2

2.43/8.4

/0.0

1.72/14.9

3.86/7.3

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 180/.295 286/.264 669/.260 294/.256 309/.245 236/.248 240/.244 / 63/.154 .237 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 .768 .783 .766 .731 .651 .619 .701 .548 .682

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.833 141/.676 346/.702 150/.568 119/.851 116/.559 128/.530 / 21/.405 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.721 145/.885 323/.835 144/.894 190/.534 120/.676 112/.905 / 42/.624 .633

Road 76/.836 135/.851 337/.812 153/.820 160/.705 100/.608 123/.727 / 28/.690

Last 28d days 78/.647 29/.315 74/.808 44/.726 30/.541 30/.419 28/.450 21/.243 23/.551

HR/SB/CS 4/1/4 11/3/0 15/6/5 5/1/1 0/11/3 2/4/3 6/7/2 // 1/2/0 13/11/4

Usage ····X··· ···X·o·· ··X····· ·o·X·X·· ···X·X·· ·o·o·o·o ··X·o··· ··o·X··· ·····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.