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Game Preview: MIL @ STL, 2:15pm, Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @Busch Stadium III

Brewers, 56-64, 56-64 3rd, 12½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (33, LHP, 9-9, 4.86)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-9)			153.2	164	90	83	69	103	24	4.86
2009 (11-7)			214.1	178	81	77	58	160	24	3.23
2008 (12-12)			190.1	191	100	91	71	162	21	4.30

Last 7 GS		3-1	43.1	54	28	28	14	34	5	5.82	44
2010-08-12	ARI	W	6.0	7	4	4	4	8	1	118	46
2010-08-07	HOU	W	6.2	9	2	2	1	4	0	111	51
2010-08-01	@HOU	ND	6.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	76	60
2010-07-26	CIN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	103	63
2010-07-21	@PIT	L	5.2	13	12	12	2	4	2	108	-3
2010-07-16	@ATL	W	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	81	47
2010-07-11	PIT	ND	6.0	7	4	4	3	5	2	103	44

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	31.2	26	14	11	11	16	3	3.13	54
2010-07-01	@STL	W	6.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	94	64
2010-06-04	@STL	L	6.2	6	5	5	4	4	1	114	42
2010-04-11	STL	ND	6.2	6	4	2	3	3	1	107	50
2009-07-27	@STL	L	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	98	52
2008-08-29	STL	ND	6.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	93	60

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

 Home:   28-31   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  39-42   vsLHP:  17-22   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:27-28   vsWest: 11-16 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Tue, Aug 17  @STL  W   3-2       56-64  3rd 12.5 gb
119 Sun, Aug 15  @COL  L   5-6       55-64  3rd 12.5 gb
118 Sat, Aug 14  @COL  W   5-4 (10)  55-63  3rd 11.5 gb
117 Fri, Aug 13  @COL  L   4-5       54-63  3rd 12.5 gb
116 Thu, Aug 12   ARI  W   8-4       54-62  3rd 11.5 gb
115 Wed, Aug 11   ARI  L   2-8       53-62  3rd 12.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug 10   ARI  L   1-2       53-61  3rd 11.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug  9   ARI  L   4-7 (10)  53-60  3rd 11.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  8   HOU  W  11-6       53-59  3rd 11.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  7   HOU  W   5-2       52-59  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Cardinals, 65-52, 65-52 2nd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (28, RHP, 17-6, 1.99)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (17-6)			176.1	129	42	39	42	158	11	1.99
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		5-1	48.0	33	7	7	10	35	1	1.31	66
2010-08-11	@CIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	97	77
2010-08-06	@FLA	W	9.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	110	87
2010-08-01	PIT	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	109	66
2010-07-27	@NYM	L	5.0	6	6	6	3	6	1	93	34
2010-07-22	PHI	ND	6.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	96	66
2010-07-17	LAD	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	89	64
2010-07-09	@HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	3	4	0	109	71

Last 5 v.MIL		4-0	39.1	24	4	4	6	40	1	0.92	75
2010-07-04	MIL	W	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	99	82
2010-06-04	MIL	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	103	90
2009-10-02	MIL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	90	56
2009-09-09	@MIL	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	98	72
2009-07-07	@MIL	W	8.1	7	0	0	2	9	0	121	76

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

 Home:   39-21   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  44-36   vsLHP:  21-16   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 15-9    vsCntrl:30-23   vsWest: 11-14 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Tue, Aug 17   MIL  L   2-3       65-52  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 15   CHC  L   7-9       65-51  2nd  1.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug 14   CHC  L   2-3       65-50  1st    Tied
114 Fri, Aug 13   CHC  W   6-3       65-49  1st  1.0 up
113 Wed, Aug 11  @CIN  W   6-1       64-49  1st  1.0 up
112 Tue, Aug 10  @CIN  W   8-4       63-49  1st    Tied
111 Mon, Aug  9  @CIN  W   7-3       62-49  2nd  1.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  7  @FLA  L   4-5 (10)  61-49  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  6  @FLA  W   7-0       61-48  2nd  0.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  4   HOU  W   8-4       60-48  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 MIL  3 @STL  2        W:David Bush (6-10), L: Jaime Garcia (10-6), S: John Axford (18)
Sun, Jul 04, 2010 STL  7  MIL  1        W:Adam Wainwright (12-5), L: Yovani Gallardo (8-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 03, 2010 MIL 12 @STL  5        W:Manny Parra (3-5), L: Chris Carpenter (9-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 STL  5  MIL  0        W:Jaime Garcia (8-4), L: Chris Narveson (7-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 01, 2010 MIL  4 @STL  1        W:Randy Wolf (6-7), L: Blake Hawksworth (2-5), S: John Axford (9)
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 MIL  4 @STL  3 (10)   W:Zach Braddock (1-0), L: Jason Motte (2-2), S: John Axford (4)
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 STL  5  MIL  4 (11)   W:Mitchell Boggs (1-2), L: John Axford (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 STL  8  MIL  0        W:Adam Wainwright (8-3), L: Randy Wolf (4-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 MIL  8  STL  7        W:Trevor Hoffman (1-1), L: Kyle McClellan (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 STL  7 @MIL  1        W:Jaime Garcia (1-0), L: Yovani Gallardo (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - STL over 6-5; 2009 - Tied 9-9; 2008 - MIL won 10-5; All-Time - STL leads 111-86

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 5.24

LAA 4.43

SEA 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.39

TOR 4.34

ARI 5.45

J. Hamilton .359

J. Loney .285

L. Valbuena .163

OBP

J. Morneau .437

P. Polanco .357

B. Wood .183

SLG

M. Cabrera .629

I. Stewart .465

B. Wood .223

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.060

D. Valencia .812

B. Wood .406

ERA

A. Wainwright 1.99

M. Leake 3.78

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.49

B. Matusz 6.94

M. Buehrle 3.76

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

Brewers Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.81 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 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 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 41/.612 4/.000 12/.977 13/.308 9/.583 2/.000 ··· 10/1.100 3/2.667 6/.750 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 508/368 .290/.343/.465/.808 .681/.854 .933 94/.758 13/3 16/2

36.Cain G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/23 .364/.421/.455/.876 .971/.803 .962 33/.787 1/1 0/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 23/.695 1/no AB 12/.717 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 6/1.000 4/.750 17/1.493 ··· 4/.500 188/155 .246/.317/.305/.623 .544/.639 .703 32/.654 1/1 1/5

11.Dickerson* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/2.083 5/.800 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 4/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 63/58 .200/.226/.283/.509 .000/.555 .620 18/.548 3/0 0/0

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP 8/.000 3/1.000 9/1.158 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.000 ··· 14/.625 1/no AB 6/.334 255/206 .273/.337/.472/.809 .751/.823 .843 49/.795 2/0 8/1

21.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.334 5/.400 1/.000 10/.425 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 426/306 .249/.303/.338/.641 .657/.634 .643 90/.703 8/4 3/17

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 45/.642 4/.833 13/.685 13/.462 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 6/.750 14/.748 3/2.500 15/.862 1/5.000 3/.666 532/356 .266/.402/.483/.885 .652/1.005 .833 104/.835 1/0 25/1

27.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 8/.625 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 271/177 .228/.286/.350/.635 .597/.655 .686 33/.484 10/2 5/4

1.Hart G/S/vP 38/.737 2/.000 7/.857 12/.781 4/1.250 1/2.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.667 4/.250 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 441/313 .287/.342/.536/.879 1.018/.822 .806 72/.729 6/3 23/2

2.Inglett* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 125/105 .264/.344/.427/.771 .318/.855 .956 44/.522 1/0 1/1

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 203/146 .196/.315/.423/.738 .795/.715 .841 24/.446 2/0 9/4

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/133 .265/.302/.341/.643 .780/.595 .671 74/.584 4/2 2/4

14.McGehee G/S/vP 13/.237 4/.500 4/.500 12/1.033 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· ··· 490/351 .288/.347/.478/.825 .911/.793 .763 98/1.006 1/1 19/13

23.Weeks G/S/vP 28/.578 4/.500 13/.763 13/.930 5/.400 ··· ··· 9/.347 2/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.000 567/423 .276/.372/.485/.857 .933/.831 .848 112/.912 7/4 23/11

IP 176.1 53.0 47.1 132.1 74.1 7.1 1.0 57.0 28.0 43.1 32.0 14.1 146.2 TOTAL .263/.336/.432/.768 .740/.779 .776 .757 57/22 143/91

ERA-K/9

1.99/8.1

3.91/6.3

3.42/5.3

2.58/7.1

5.09/5.7

4.91/6.2

9.00/0.0

1.89/7.4

4.18/5.5

2.70/8.7

3.94/6.8

2.51/8.2

4.48/5.6

3.42/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (40-8-4)
Lucroy (25-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 684/.207 229/.260 195/.245 563/.240 345/.322 37/.267 4/.333 229/.204 118/.220 173/.213 138/.250 59/.222 619/.266 .254 Edmonds
Hart
Braun
Cain
Inglett
Gomez
Kottaras
Escobar
Dickerson 0/51/14/6
0/0/103/5
113/0/0/4
1/9/1/2
8/0/12/2
1/66/1/2
0/0/1/0
2/1/2/0
8/12/1/0

OPS .564 .739 .664 .632 .861 .739 1.833 .587 .655 .625 .677 .714 .749 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 311/.545 76/.801 76/.903 113/.579 158/.884 12/.875 1/ 87/.512 64/.574 61/.850 75/.777 25/.905 291/.763 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 373/.580 153/.709 119/.508 450/.645 187/.843 25/.678 3/1.667 142/.631 54/.752 112/.510 63/.553 34/.579 328/.736 .681

Home 331/.505 122/.795 100/.583 279/.596 140/.865 27/.879 3/.333 102/.297 67/.551 98/.589 66/.785 21/.788 310/.702

Last 28d days 130/.455 53/1.147 37/.632 100/.723 67/.906 37/.739 / 37/.632 25/.633 20/.472 28/.829 29/.939 104/.594

HR/SB/CS 11/5/4 4/2/2 4/1/1 7/4/3 11/3/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/7/1 2/0/3 5/2/1 1/1/1 3/0/0 17/12/7 99/33/29

Usage ······X· X··X··X· ····o·oo X······X ··X·o··· ··X···o· ········ o··o···X ······oo ········ ··o····· ····X··X ····X···

Cardinals Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 13.Braddock*
G/S/vB 39.Capuano*
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 58.McClendon
G/S/vB 54.Riske
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .286/.286/.429/.714 /.714 1.000 / 0/0 0/0

9.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 61/39 .161/.213/.250/.463 .287/.555 .552 24/.426 0/1 1/1

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 78/50 .265/.359/.412/.771 1.073/.611 .879 14/.629 2/0 2/5

60.Hill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/1.333/1.667 /1.667 1.667 3/1.667 0/0 1/0

7.Holliday G/S/vP 28/.899 3/.333 2/.000 23/1.078 8/1.125 6/.334 17/1.118 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 9/1.842 489/370 .303/.376/.526/.903 .945/.889 .917 96/.784 7/3 21/2

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 179/151 .356/.406/.525/.931 1.003/.917 .867 88/.827 1/4 3/0

21.LaRue G/S/vP 26/.824 ··· ··· 15/.933 1/.000 8/.804 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 6/.900 5/.400 63/49 .196/.274/.321/.596 .857/.523 .768 8/.661 0/0 2/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 34/.638 2/.000 1/.000 16/1.332 4/.000 10/.500 4/2.750 4/.250 ··· 7/1.858 17/.820 360/248 .249/.326/.364/.690 .874/.607 .771 92/.506 7/2 6/11

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 20/.550 2/.500 ··· 3/1.667 6/1.500 7/.715 5/.200 2/1.500 ··· 7/2.238 10/.844 382/274 .277/.342/.481/.823 .709/.868 .985 86/.827 0/3 14/1

12.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 19/.649 7/.286 6/1.200 11/.546 1/2.000 ··· 6/1.167 13/.154 95/60 .330/.344/.375/.719 .802/.673 .697 44/.644 0/0 0/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 18/.500 4/1.000 ··· 16/.498 14/.895 4/.000 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 17/.301 405/295 .253/.323/.328/.650 .530/.696 .567 84/.714 7/4 5/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 30/.967 3/.333 2/.500 33/1.636 16/.971 10/1.278 10/.800 3/.333 ··· 9/.619 28/1.033 515/384 .315/.410/.591/1.001 1.076/.974 1.095 102/1.055 11/3 31/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 6/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 400/309 .269/.352/.504/.856 .782/.878 .733 74/.755 10/5 19/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 15/1.071 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 12/1.852 344/232 .225/.284/.303/.587 .616/.572 .668 80/.759 8/3 2/13

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/1.250 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 19/.737 390/325 .263/.327/.340/.667 .632/.674 .623 63/.767 5/2 4/14

34.Stavinoha G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 99/54 .266/.303/.351/.654 .713/.605 .724 4/1.000 0/0 2/0

44.Winn# G/S/vP 28/.893 1/.000 ··· 11/1.545 2/.000 11/.400 12/1.100 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 10/.325 173/135 .235/.322/.362/.684 .297/.802 .708 20/.313 5/0 3/1

IP 153.2 42.1 24.0 24.1 46.2 16.0 38.2 39.2 3.0 23.1 49.0 TOTAL .266/.335/.414/.750 .751/.749 .779 .731 64/31 117/83

ERA-K/9

4.86/6.0

2.76/10.4

3.38/10.5

4.44/8.5

4.63/7.3

8.44/10.1

6.75/6.3

2.72/6.8

0.00/6.0

5.01/6.2

4.96/11.6

4.93/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Anderson (2-0-0)
Hill (0-0-0)
LaRue (3-3-2)
Molina (28-26-4)
Stavinoha (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 690/.272 172/.221 109/.245 106/.289 204/.270 74/.323 174/.284 162/.228 9/.000 104/.269 216/.235 .277 Jay
Holliday
Ludwick
Winn
Schumaker
Stavinoha
Rasmus
Lohse
Craig 5/15/34/4
111/0/0/3
1/5/83/3
21/9/31/1
3/1/4/1
5/0/18/1
0/103/0/1
1/0/0/0
4/0/14/0

OPS .811 .594 .694 .838 .779 .890 .897 .630 .000 .745 .714 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.920 89/.685 41/.523 39/.797 63/.981 28/.783 81/.924 61/.693 6/.000 32/.354 108/.798 .812

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 542/.780 83/.500 68/.792 67/.859 141/.694 46/.957 93/.872 101/.591 3/.000 72/.927 108/.635 .779

Road 323/.789 85/.500 51/.669 57/.784 98/.887 43/1.242 63/.846 74/.720 9/.000 56/.860 114/.588

Last 28d days 109/.661 56/.597 18/.850 39/.819 39/.918 20/1.084 38/.639 55/.850 9/.000 40/.958 15/1.169

HR/SB/CS 24/10/2 1/1/0 1/3/0 3/1/0 5/2/1 2/2/2 8/1/0 3/2/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 7/8/1 133/84/24

Usage ·····X·· X··X·X·· ··o··X·· ····o··X ··o···Xo ·······X ··X···o· X···ooo· ···X···· ··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.