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Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 28, 2010 @Nationals Park

Cardinals, 69-57, 69-57 2nd, 4 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (31, RHP, 2-5, 6.47)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-5)			55.2	75	48	40	22	32	5	6.47
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		2-4	33.2	49	32	24	13	25	5	6.42	38
2010-08-23	@PIT	W	5.1	6	2	2	2	4	1	97	50
2010-08-15	CHC	L	3.0	6	7	7	2	3	2	67	20
2010-05-22	LAA	L	3.1	7	6	6	3	1	0	77	20
2010-05-17	WSN	W	6.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	87	57
2010-05-12	HOU	L	5.0	10	9	4	4	2	1	91	19
2010-05-06	@PHI	L	4.0	9	5	3	1	3	1	105	30
2010-05-01	CIN	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	90	71

Last 5 v.WSN		3-0	26.2	25	11	10	7	12	0	3.38	52
2010-05-17	WSN	W	6.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	87	57
2008-06-03	@WSN	W	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	63	57
2008-04-06	WSN	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	102	70
2007-09-20	@WSN	ND	2.0	6	6	6	2	0	0	37	18
2007-08-14	@WSN	ND	6.2	5	2	2	3	4	0	118	57

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

 Home:   41-23   Road:   28-34   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  46-38   vsLHP:  23-19   1-Run:  17-22
 vsEast: 16-10   vsCntrl:31-26   vsWest: 13-15 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Fri, Aug 27  @WSN  W   4-2       69-57  2nd  4.0 gb
125 Thu, Aug 26  @WSN  L  10-11(13)  68-57  2nd  4.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 25  @PIT  L   2-5       68-56  2nd  3.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 24  @PIT  L   3-4       68-55  2nd  2.5 gb
122 Mon, Aug 23  @PIT  W  10-2       68-54  2nd  2.5 gb
121 Sun, Aug 22   SFG  W   9-0       67-54  2nd  3.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 21   SFG  W   5-1       66-54  2nd  3.5 gb
119 Fri, Aug 20   SFG  L   3-6       65-54  2nd  4.5 gb
118 Wed, Aug 18   MIL  L   2-3       65-53  2nd  3.0 gb
117 Tue, Aug 17   MIL  L   2-3       65-52  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Nationals, 54-75, 54-75 5th, 19½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (35, RHP, 8-9, 3.36)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-9)			169.0	168	66	63	54	89	11	3.36
2009 (9-12)			183.2	220	112	111	67	102	19	5.44
2008 (13-11)			180.0	257	129	121	43	67	25	6.05

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	49	19	18	16	24	2	3.57	51
2010-08-23	CHC	L	4.1	10	7	7	4	5	1	121	16
2010-08-18	@ATL	ND	7.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	94	50
2010-08-12	FLA	L	6.1	7	3	3	4	3	1	116	46
2010-08-07	@LAD	ND	7.0	5	2	1	3	2	0	107	60
2010-08-02	@ARI	W	7.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	91	68
2010-07-28	ATL	L	4.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	85	40
2010-07-22	@CIN	W	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	102	74

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	32.1	32	15	13	12	12	6	3.62	50
2009-06-23	STL	L	7.0	8	3	2	3	3	0	108	51
2009-04-23	@STL	L	4.1	9	7	7	1	0	3	79	16
2007-07-04	@STL	ND	7.0	10	3	3	0	4	2	90	49
2006-09-08	STL	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	1	98	66
2006-04-29	@STL	ND	7.0	3	1	0	4	4	0	99	69

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

 Home:   32-31   Road:   22-44   ExtrInn: 2-8 
 vsRHP:  41-55   vsLHP:  13-20   1-Run:  17-23
 vsEast: 22-26   vsCntrl:12-18   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Fri, Aug 27   STL  L   2-4       54-75  5th 19.5 gb
128 Thu, Aug 26   STL  W  11-10(13)  54-74  5th 19.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 25   CHC  L   0-4       53-74  5th 20.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 24   CHC  L   4-5       53-73  5th 20.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 23   CHC  L   1-9       53-72  5th 20.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 22  @PHI  L   0-6       53-71  5th 20.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 21  @PHI  W   8-1       53-70  5th 19.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20  @PHI  L   0-1       52-70  5th 20.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @ATL  W   6-2       52-69  5th 19.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @ATL  L   2-3       51-69  5th 20.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 STL  4 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (12-6), L: Scott Olsen (3-7), S: Ryan Franklin (22)
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 WSN 11  STL 10 (13)   W:Doug Slaten (4-1), L: Blake Hawksworth (4-8), S: none
Tue, May 18, 2010 STL  3  WSN  2        W:Chris Carpenter (5-1), L: Tyler Clippard (7-3), S: Ryan Franklin (9)
Mon, May 17, 2010 STL  6  WSN  2        W:Kyle Lohse (1-3), L: Craig Stammen (1-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 30, 2009 STL  2  WSN  1        W:Adam Wainwright (16-7), L: Garrett Mock (3-6), S: Ryan Franklin (35)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 STL  9  WSN  4        W:Mitchell Boggs (2-2), L: Craig Stammen (4-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 STL  3  WSN  2        W:Jason Motte (4-4), L: Jason Bergmann (2-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 STL  4 @WSN  1  (7)   W:Adam Wainwright (11-6), L: Collin Balester (0-1), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2009 WSN  6  STL  1        W:Shairon Martis (3-0), L: Joel Pineiro (4-1), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 STL  6 @WSN  2        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-2), L: Jordan Zimmermann (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - STL over 3-1; 2009 - STL won 6-1; 2008 - STL won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 290-275

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 5.34

DET 4.46

SEA 3.29

RA/G

SDP 3.46

SEA 4.35

ARI 5.41

J. Hamilton .358

A. Ramirez .285

L. Valbuena .162

OBP

M. Cabrera .437

A. Kearns .359

B. Wood .190

SLG

M. Cabrera .643

C. Santana .467

R. Tejada .204

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.080

C. Young .813

B. Wood .410

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.18

T. Hanson 3.76

K. Millwood 5.63

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.82

A. Sanchez 6.99

M. Buehrle 3.87

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Cardinals Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 45.Slaten*
G/S/vB 58.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .333/.375/.400/.775 1.100/.636 .718 9/.819 0/0 0/0

8.Craig G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/47 .188/.250/.313/.563 .602/.529 .414 48/.655 0/1 2/1

77.Feliz G/S/vP 27/.459 21/.979 5/.400 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 340/247 .235/.256/.321/.577 .736/.518 .507 55/.753 1/1 4/11

7.Holliday G/S/vP 34/.706 12/1.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 4/.750 2/.500 531/396 .302/.373/.525/.898 .925/.889 .902 96/.888 8/3 23/2

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 221/173 .338/.389/.480/.869 .910/.857 .858 91/.663 2/4 3/0

3.Lopez# G/S/vP 31/1.040 10/.786 4/.250 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 393/265 .240/.324/.355/.679 .779/.630 .605 87/.484 8/2 7/12

12.Miles# G/S/vP 12/.091 6/1.667 5/.600 ··· 6/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 109/66 .333/.358/.374/.732 .759/.715 .820 41/.832 0/1 0/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 14/.428 7/.762 9/1.056 3/.666 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 437/313 .260/.329/.337/.665 .545/.714 .753 82/.785 7/4 5/5

5.Pujols G/S/vP 40/1.025 12/.777 10/1.214 2/3.000 7/1.429 3/.667 1/no AB 558/407 .320/.414/.608/1.022 1.090/.996 .955 102/1.336 12/3 35/3

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 402/311 .269/.353/.503/.855 .782/.877 .991 52/.778 10/5 19/3

13.Ryan G/S/vP 8/1.893 2/.000 2/.500 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 374/244 .222/.282/.302/.585 .577/.589 .472 81/.659 8/3 2/13

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 8/1.071 1/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 411/343 .268/.333/.341/.674 .633/.682 .721 57/.746 5/2 4/14

44.Winn# G/S/vP 53/.636 26/1.479 4/1.000 4/1.750 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 191/149 .247/.328/.380/.708 .317/.827 .698 28/.757 6/0 4/1

IP 169.0 72.1 47.2 74.0 35.0 34.2 41.2 TOTAL .267/.336/.414/.751 .743/.754 .723 .766 69/32 126/84

ERA-K/9

3.36/4.7

4.11/6.2

2.83/8.9

3.28/10.5

2.57/8.0

2.86/8.0

3.24/7.3

4.18/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Anderson (5-1-0)
Molina (31-27-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 714/.264 310/.242 203/.220 309/.218 137/.195 149/.223 171/.229 .268 Jay
Holliday
Rasmus
Schumaker
Winn
Craig
Lohse 5/24/34/4
120/0/0/3
0/103/0/1
3/1/5/1
22/9/36/1
5/0/20/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .692 .724 .603 .670 .616 .599 .586 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.747 117/.821 92/.759 140/.736 50/.698 67/.371 64/.661 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 390/.646 193/.668 111/.475 169/.614 87/.569 82/.794 107/.541 .725

Home 377/.717 208/.696 112/.528 152/.632 75/.634 63/.490 101/.526

Last 28d days 141/.786 72/.737 41/.456 47/.679 58/.630 51/.437 41/.532

HR/SB/CS 11/4/7 9/6/3 3/4/0 6/3/1 5/3/0 1/1/1 0/1/0 113/56/28

Usage ····X··· XX·Xo·X· ·Xo····· ooX·o·o· ·o··Xo·X ·X··X·Xo ·Xo·o···

Nationals Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.81 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 48.MacDougal
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.667 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 336/294 .266/.323/.418/.741 .709/.746 .756 90/.686 12/2 9/3

6.Desmond G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 439/317 .283/.321/.419/.740 .854/.696 .796 97/.954 14/4 9/28

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 6/.333 8/1.333 9/.347 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.582 ··· 12/.750 529/368 .258/.350/.537/.887 .765/.941 .896 103/.731 0/0 31/8

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 137/81 .287/.311/.357/.668 .712/.638 .732 46/.591 0/0 0/4

22.Harris* G/S/vP 28/.558 4/.500 17/.544 ··· ··· 5/.200 5/1.850 2/.500 1/no AB 11/.473 212/194 .182/.289/.348/.637 .715/.630 .725 46/.590 3/2 7/2

20.Kennedy* G/S/vP 34/.912 1/.000 44/.567 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/.489 1/.000 17/.423 326/288 .258/.323/.344/.667 .721/.659 .645 82/.636 12/1 3/9

30.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 80/29 .113/.300/.226/.526 .744/.178 .513 27/.472 4/1 2/0

32.Mench G/S/vP 18/1.032 1/.000 28/1.824 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 6/1.000 14/8 .077/.143/.077/.220 .533/.000 .167 14/.220 0/0 0/0

1.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.583 9/.666 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 5/1.100 4/.500 ··· 4/1.000 482/357 .260/.318/.323/.641 .586/.660 .687 50/.588 31/15 0/5

28.Morse G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 174/103 .272/.316/.494/.810 .943/.718 .757 77/.555 0/1 9/0

23.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 158/125 .205/.240/.301/.542 .637/.516 .583 24/.899 0/0 2/5

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 39/.675 3/.000 25/.370 3/.666 1/.000 11/.282 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 39/.677 348/268 .269/.292/.341/.633 .775/.591 .688 72/.624 2/3 2/3

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 16/.599 7/1.086 7/.572 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 506/380 .300/.387/.528/.915 .952/.902 .900 109/.966 4/1 24/13

IP 55.2 56.1 52.1 146.2 78.2 9.2 59.1 31.0 17.1 158.2 TOTAL .254/.320/.394/.714 .758/.699 .751 .675 95/34 117/112

ERA-K/9

6.47/5.2

3.67/6.1

3.61/5.5

2.33/7.2

5.26/5.9

4.66/8.4

2.28/7.4

3.77/5.8

2.08/8.3

4.54/5.9

3.42/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Nieves (30-10-1)
Rodriguez (25-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 262/.323 241/.251 216/.245 618/.237 366/.322 51/.310 242/.216 128/.209 70/.190 673/.266 .254 Bernadina
Morgan
Maxwell
Morse
Gonzalez
Mench
Harris
Desmond 15/20/76/7
0/111/0/2
1/10/17/1
0/0/42/1
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
37/2/31/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .857 .714 .681 .620 .873 .836 .622 .616 .637 .746 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.970 78/.779 86/.874 125/.565 167/.909 19/1.324 94/.575 71/.544 30/.795 315/.764 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.775 163/.684 130/.551 493/.635 199/.844 32/.588 148/.652 57/.708 40/.522 358/.730 .681

Road 94/.974 117/.644 109/.799 311/.681 217/.870 14/.468 137/.868 60/.664 49/.565 336/.785

Last 28d days 42/1.080 43/.901 41/.868 130/.603 39/.833 38/.974 35/.769 20/.563 22/.589 130/.640

HR/SB/CS 5/1/2 4/2/2 5/1/1 7/5/3 13/3/0 0/0/0 7/7/2 2/1/3 3/0/0 18/13/7 105/39/31

Usage ····X··· oo··X··o XX····o· X····X·· ·oX····X ····X··X oX····o· oX··o·o· ·X·o···· ··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.