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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, July 30, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 36-65, 36-65 6th, 20 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Karstens (27, RHP, 2-6, 4.72)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-6) 89.2 103 52 47 24 52 18 4.72
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 1-4 39.2 44 26 22 10 27 8 4.99 46
2010-07-24 SDP L 6.0 7 4 2 2 5 0 96 49
2010-07-19 MIL L 6.0 3 3 3 0 6 2 66 60
2010-07-10 @MIL L 5.0 5 4 4 6 5 2 93 40
2010-07-04 PHI ND 6.0 9 5 5 0 2 1 86 36
2010-06-29 @CHC L 6.0 7 3 2 1 2 2 79 49
2010-06-24 @TEX ND 5.1 7 3 2 1 5 0 87 48
2010-06-19 CLE W 5.1 6 4 4 0 2 1 68 42
Last 5 v.STL 1-1 12.0 10 3 3 2 6 1 2.25 58
2010-05-08 STL W 6.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 74 68
2009-05-14 STL L 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 75 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-26   Road:   13-39   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  21-48   vsLHP:  15-17   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl:21-28   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 2-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 29  @COL  L   3-9       36-65  6th 20.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 28  @COL  W   6-2       36-64  6th 19.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 27  @COL  W   4-2       35-64  6th 19.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25   SDP  L   3-6       34-64  6th 20.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24   SDP  L   2-9       34-63  6th 20.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23   SDP  L   3-5       34-62  6th 19.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 22   MIL  L   2-3       34-61  6th 19.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 21   MIL  W  15-3       34-60  6th 19.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 20   MIL  W  11-9       33-60  6th 19.5 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 19   MIL  L   1-3       32-60  6th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Cardinals, 56-46, 56-46 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (35, RHP, 11-3, 3.09)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (11-3) 148.2 136 57 51 40 122 15 3.09
2009 (17-4) 192.2 156 49 48 38 144 7 2.24
2008 (0-1) 15.1 16 5 3 4 7 0 1.76
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.0 45 20 19 14 34 4 3.64 55
2010-07-25 @CHC ND 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 108 50
2010-07-20 PHI W 8.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 90 71
2010-07-15 LAD W 8.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 101 76
2010-07-08 @COL L 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 0 113 39
2010-07-03 MIL L 3.0 9 8 7 2 5 1 76 14
2010-06-28 ARI ND 7.0 6 3 3 4 5 2 109 54
2010-06-23 @TOR W 8.0 3 0 0 4 7 0 114 79
Last 5 v.PIT 4-0 38.0 24 8 7 6 40 2 1.66 71
2010-05-07 @PIT ND 7.0 8 2 2 0 8 0 107 61
2009-08-07 @PIT W 8.0 9 4 4 1 4 2 111 51
2009-04-09 PIT W 7.0 1 1 0 2 7 0 92 78
2006-09-01 PIT W 9.0 3 1 1 0 8 0 102 85
2006-06-13 @PIT W 7.0 3 0 0 3 13 0 111 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-16   Road:   22-30   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  37-30   vsLHP:  19-16   1-Run:  16-16
 vsEast: 14-8    vsCntrl:22-18   vsWest: 11-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 29  @NYM  L   0-4       56-46  2nd  0.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 28  @NYM  W   8-7 (13)  56-45  1st    Tied
100 Tue, Jul 27  @NYM  L   2-8       55-45  1st    Tied
 99 Sun, Jul 25  @CHC  W   4-3 (11)  55-44  1st  0.5 up
 98 Sat, Jul 24  @CHC  L   5-6       54-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23  @CHC  L   0-5       54-43  1st  0.5 up
 96 Thu, Jul 22   PHI  L   0-2 (11)  54-42  1st  1.5 up
 95 Wed, Jul 21   PHI  W   5-1       54-41  1st  1.5 up
 94 Tue, Jul 20   PHI  W   7-1       53-41  1st  0.5 up
 93 Mon, Jul 19   PHI  W   8-4       52-41  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 09, 2010 STL 11 @PIT  4        W:Adam Wainwright (5-1), L: Paul Maholm (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 08, 2010 PIT  2  STL  0        W:Jeff Karstens (1-1), L: Jaime Garcia (3-2), S: Octavio Dotel (6)
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
Season Series: 2010 - STL over 2-1; 2009 - STL won 10-5; 2008 - PIT won 10-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1191-1127

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

NYY  5.50

LAD  4.44

SEA  3.31

RA/G

SDP  3.43

SEA  4.39

ARI  5.68

BA

J. Hamilton  .362

J. Reyes  .280

L. Valbuena  .160

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Hudson  .356

B. Wood  .185

SLG

M. Cabrera  .653

C. Young  .463

B. Wood  .225

OPS

M. Cabrera  1.076

V. Martinez  .809

B. Wood  .411

ERA

J. Johnson  1.72

B. Cecil  3.89

N. Blackburn  6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow  9.96

K. Millwood  6.87

N. Blackburn  3.03

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

Pirates Batters (3.53 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
54.Garcia*
G/S/vB
53.Hawksworth
G/S/vB
63.MacDougal
G/S/vB
62.MacLane*
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
36.Reyes*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/83 .235/.311/.439/.750 .628/.844 .585 89/.961 0/0 7/6
13.Cedeno G/S/vP 18/.556 4/.000 4/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/1.100 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 306/226 .248/.287/.371/.658 .657/.658 .575 66/.991 9/1 5/7
19.Church* G/S/vP 9/.222 4/1.167 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 182/146 .183/.242/.314/.555 .459/.579 .386 36/.753 1/0 3/0
2.Crosby G/S/vP ··· ··· 18/1.611 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· 175/105 .224/.301/.295/.595 .589/.599 .652 23/.178 0/2 1/8
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 20/1.139 3/1.167 5/1.800 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/2.000 6/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 310/194 .258/.329/.412/.741 .551/.857 .788 43/.637 1/0 8/5
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/61 .143/.221/.208/.429 .741/.307 .358 13/.077 0/0 1/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 7/1.143 3/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 ··· 421/264 .277/.337/.449/.786 .679/.851 .827 90/.788 6/3 14/7
38.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/21 .148/.179/.148/.327 .286/.340 .500 28/.327 0/0 0/0
15.LaRoche G/S/vP 7/.453 5/.650 4/.000 4/.250 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 7/.286 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 228/147 .228/.296/.306/.602 .757/.520 .614 10/.425 1/1 3/11
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 7/.715 3/.000 3/1.167 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 396/279 .293/.367/.440/.807 .960/.742 .748 60/.665 21/7 8/4
85.Milledge G/S/vP 7/.858 4/1.750 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 328/213 .269/.334/.377/.711 .923/.604 .686 62/.730 5/3 3/0
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 189/130 .285/.346/.390/.735 .787/.711 .683 95/.831 10/4 2/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 211/156 .306/.341/.469/.811 .791/.817 .726 91/.839 2/2 5/5
24.Young# G/S/vP 5/1.000 5/.650 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 150/133 .254/.307/.449/.756 .941/.731 .598 35/1.090 1/0 5/4
IP 148.2 45.2 41.1 116.0 69.2 2.0 1.0 50.0 25.1 42.0 28.2 11.2 TOTAL .242/.306/.368/.674 .693/.665 .654 .742 60/24 72/83
ERA-K/9 3.09/7.4 3.15/6.7 3.05/5.2 2.33/7.3 5.30/5.8 0.00/0.0 9.00/0.0 1.98/7.0 3.55/6.0 2.36/8.8 3.14/7.2 2.31/6.9 3.37/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (68-8-6)
 Jaramillo (18-9-1)
 Kratz (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 615/.245 194/.222 171/.244 488/.236 327/.328 9/.000 4/.333 204/.210 104/.205 166/.207 121/.228 48/.205 .256  Milledge
 Church
 McCutchen
 Jones
 Young
 Tabata
59/0/24/6
13/4/33/5
0/93/0/4
1/0/45/4
0/0/14/2
35/10/0/2
OPS .692 .651 .651 .625 .878 .333 1.833 .606 .640 .611 .639 .657 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 272/.680 69/.755 68/.861 104/.578 150/.921 4/.500 1/ 80/.533 56/.586 59/.830 69/.739 22/.964 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.702 125/.595 103/.508 384/.638 177/.843 5/.200 3/1.667 124/.651 48/.703 107/.496 52/.503 26/.401 .679
Home 342/.645 91/.638 87/.578 226/.560 122/.911 / 3/.333 91/.334 59/.499 91/.561 49/.729 17/.673
Last 28d days 135/.762 52/.762 38/.898 98/.765 130/.939 9/.333 4/1.833 52/.567 24/.625 40/.608 30/.674 20/.821
HR/SB/CS 15/2/5 3/2/1 3/1/1 6/4/3 11/3/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 5/7/1 2/0/3 5/1/1 1/1/1 2/0/0 87/31/26
Usage ····X··· ·X···o·X ·o··X··· ·X······ X····X·· Xo······ ········ ·X··o··o ·Xo····o ·o··Xo·X Xo··oo·o ··X··o·X
Cardinals Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Karstens
G/S/vB
77.Carrasco
G/S/vB
53.Donnelly
G/S/vB
29.Dotel
G/S/vB
43.Gallagher
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
58.Jackson
G/S/vB
36.Ledezma*
G/S/vB
32.Lincoln
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/21 .139/.200/.250/.450 .220/.638 .541 19/.734 0/1 1/0
27.Greene G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 77/50 .265/.351/.412/.762 1.053/.611 .858 46/.750 2/0 2/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/2.214 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 426/313 .302/.378/.526/.904 .932/.894 .956 94/.975 7/2 19/2
15.Jay* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 122/100 .383/.437/.598/1.035 1.055/1.031 1.168 77/1.216 1/3 3/0
21.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 11/1.091 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 61/47 .204/.283/.333/.617 .857/.547 .829 14/1.044 0/0 2/0
3.Lopez# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 296/193 .268/.339/.400/.739 .869/.668 .811 96/.716 5/2 6/7
47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 8/1.042 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 313/227 .279/.341/.479/.819 .677/.872 .911 17/.787 0/3 11/0
12.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 67/40 .311/.338/.344/.683 .760/.632 .730 35/.697 0/0 0/2
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.500 346/242 .234/.313/.308/.621 .536/.659 .541 76/.652 6/4 4/5
5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.733 1/no AB 1/no AB 15/.884 ··· 6/1.133 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.167 3/.666 447/326 .295/.398/.545/.943 1.053/.901 1.005 97/.823 11/3 23/3
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 342/261 .271/.353/.508/.861 .747/.897 .694 63/.625 9/4 16/3
13.Ryan G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 284/184 .198/.264/.282/.546 .491/.576 .590 50/.434 8/2 2/12
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 346/286 .261/.326/.339/.664 .689/.659 .647 58/.710 5/2 3/13
34.Stavinoha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/50 .256/.295/.344/.639 .713/.573 .701 14/.143 0/0 2/0
44.Winn# G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.429 7/1.500 8/1.083 5/.200 11/.818 ··· 6/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 161/125 .243/.321/.379/.699 .314/.819 .722 36/.891 5/0 3/1
IP 89.2 55.2 30.2 40.0 31.2 44.2 4.0 1.1 50.2 38.1 56.1 TOTAL .262/.333/.411/.744 .730/.750 .776 .752 60/27 101/74
ERA-K/9 4.72/5.2 3.88/7.3 5.58/7.6 4.28/10.8 5.12/8.2 3.43/12.1 4.50/6.8 0.00/6.9 6.57/3.7 2.58/5.2 1.28/7.8 5.01/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 LaRue (3-3-1)
 Molina (26-23-4)
 Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 385/.292 232/.248 142/.234 173/.236 149/.248 180/.196 20/.389 4/.000 231/.311 163/.262 218/.176 .279  Jay
 Holliday
 Ludwick
 Stavinoha
 Rasmus
 Winn
 Craig
 Schumaker
5/10/21/4
96/0/0/2
1/5/67/2
5/0/18/1
0/89/0/1
20/9/28/1
3/0/8/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .858 .693 .804 .761 .829 .610 .956 .000 .898 .733 .501 .811
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/1.048 75/.742 48/1.049 79/1.055 71/.579 66/.747 8/1.125 1/.000 106/.926 65/.675 93/.462 .887
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.702 157/.669 94/.680 94/.532 78/1.038 114/.535 12/.817 3/.000 125/.875 98/.770 125/.530 .772
Road 216/.938 117/.702 67/1.052 69/.991 80/.862 90/.556 20/.956 4/.000 130/.813 73/.846 104/.591
Last 28d days 98/.832 60/.665 31/.707 29/.828 39/.559 42/.563 9/1.319 4/.000 95/1.072 37/.878 41/.546
HR/SB/CS 18/5/3 4/8/3 6/7/0 5/4/1 5/1/1 4/5/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 9/3/1 2/1/1 3/9/1 119/88/18
Usage ·····X·· ·o···Xo· ······o· ·Xo··o·· ·X···XX· ·oo·o··o X······· ·X······ ····X··· oX···X·X ··X·X··X

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.