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Game Preview: STL @ ATL, 7:35pm, Friday, April 29, 2011 @Turner Field

Cardinals, 14-11, 14-11 1st, 1 up

SP: Chris Carpenter (36, RHP, 0-2, 3.90)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 30.0 25 14 13 8 26 4 3.90
2010 (16-9) 235.0 214 99 84 63 179 21 3.22
2009 (17-4) 192.2 156 49 48 38 144 7 2.24
Last 7 GS 1-3 43.0 36 20 16 14 31 4 3.35 55
2011-04-23 CIN ND 6.0 2 2 2 3 6 1 103 63
2011-04-17 @LAD ND 7.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 105 73
2011-04-12 @ARI L 4.0 8 8 8 3 4 2 83 15
2011-04-06 PIT L 6.0 8 2 1 0 6 1 106 56
2011-03-31 SDP ND 7.0 2 2 2 2 4 0 98 67
2010-09-30 COL W 9.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 100 77
2010-09-25 @CHC L 4.0 7 5 2 4 1 0 95 31
Last 5 v.ATL 2-2 28.0 30 20 18 7 19 2 5.79 45
2010-09-10 @ATL L 5.0 8 8 6 0 4 1 79 27
2010-04-27 ATL W 6.0 3 2 2 3 4 0 89 59
2009-09-13 ATL L 6.0 9 7 7 2 3 0 95 27
2008-07-30 @ATL ND 4.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 67 48
2006-07-19 ATL W 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 77 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Thu, Apr 28  @HOU  W  11-7       14-11  1st  1.0 up
 24 Wed, Apr 27  @HOU  W   6-5       13-11  1st  0.5 up
 23 Tue, Apr 26  @HOU  L   5-6       12-11  1st    Tied
 22 Sun, Apr 24   CIN  W   3-0       12-10  1st  0.5 up
 21 Sat, Apr 23   CIN  L   3-5       11-10  1st    Tied
 20 Fri, Apr 22   CIN  W   4-2       11-9   1st  0.5 up
 19 Thu, Apr 21   WSN  W   5-0       10-9   1st    Tied
 18 Wed, Apr 20   WSN  W   5-3        9-9   1st    Tied
 17 Wed, Apr 20   WSN  L   6-8        8-9   1st    Tied
 16 Sun, Apr 17  @LAD  L   1-2        8-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-11
Braves, 13-13, 13-13 3rd, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Tim Hudson (35, RHP, 3-2, 3.57)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-2) 35.1 33 15 14 5 17 1 3.57
2010 (17-9) 228.2 189 74 72 74 139 20 2.83
2009 (2-1) 42.1 49 17 17 13 30 4 3.61
Last 7 GS 4-2 48.1 42 20 19 10 24 3 3.54 55
2011-04-23 @SFG W 8.2 9 2 2 0 4 0 113 62
2011-04-18 @LAD L 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 0 92 46
2011-04-13 FLA L 6.0 7 5 5 2 2 1 82 38
2011-04-08 PHI W 7.2 8 3 2 0 2 0 100 55
2011-04-03 @WSN W 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 85 71
2010-10-03 PHI W 7.0 2 4 4 1 3 2 99 59
2010-09-28 FLA ND 6.0 7 1 1 4 4 0 100 54
Last 5 v.STL 1-2 28.0 39 19 19 10 13 3 6.11 40
2010-09-12 STL L 5.0 9 6 6 2 5 2 103 28
2010-04-26 @STL ND 6.0 6 3 3 3 4 1 94 49
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-5    Road:    9-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-9    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  6-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Wed, Apr 27  @SDP  W   7-0       13-13  3rd  4.0 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 26  @SDP  W   8-2       12-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 24 Mon, Apr 25  @SDP  L   3-5 (13)  11-13  4th  5.0 gb
 23 Sun, Apr 24  @SFG  W   9-6 (10)  11-12  4th  5.0 gb
 22 Sat, Apr 23  @SFG  W   5-2       10-12  4th  5.0 gb
 21 Fri, Apr 22  @SFG  W   4-1        9-12  4th  5.0 gb
 20 Thu, Apr 21  @LAD  L   3-5 (12)   8-12  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 20  @LAD  L   1-6        8-11  4th  4.0 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 19  @LAD  W  10-1        8-10  4th  3.0 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 18  @LAD  L   2-4        7-10  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 12, 2010 STL  7 @ATL  3        W:Kyle Lohse (3-7), L: Tim Hudson (15-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 ATL  6  STL  3 (12)   W:Craig Kimbrel (3-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (2-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 ATL  8  STL  6        W:Peter Moylan (6-2), L: Chris Carpenter (15-6), S: Billy Wagner (33)
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 STL 11 @ATL  4        W:Adam Wainwright (18-10), L: Jair Jurrjens (7-5), S: none
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 STL 10  ATL  4        W:Adam Wainwright (4-1), L: Jair Jurrjens (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 STL  6  ATL  0        W:Jaime Garcia (2-1), L: Kenshin Kawakami (0-4), S: none
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 STL  5  ATL  4        W:Chris Carpenter (3-0), L: Derek Lowe (3-2), S: Jason Motte (1)
Mon, Apr 26, 2010 STL  4  ATL  3        W:Dennys Reyes (2-0), L: Takashi Saito (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (7)
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)
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - STL won 6-2; 2009 - ATL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 1054-948

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 2011 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 2010 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Hudson
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
19.Linebrink
G/S/vB
50.Martinez
G/S/vB
34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
39.Venters*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 9/1.306 ··· 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 481/389 .248/.368/.413/.781 .517/.847 .679 88/1.276 3/2 14/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/30 .265/.324/.324/.648 1.000/.559 1.004 50/.619 1/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 270/192 .296/.361/.404/.765 .873/.721 .580 82/.902 1/1 4/9
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 122/64 .221/.328/.327/.655 .678/.634 .570 28/.745 2/0 2/8
38.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .143/.200/.143/.343 /.343 .000 5/1.000 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 19/.912 1/.000 9/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 675/496 .312/.390/.532/.922 .982/.900 .909 78/1.145 9/5 28/3
15.Jay* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 323/247 .300/.359/.422/.780 .741/.791 .729 33/.697 2/4 4/1
13.Laird G/S/vP 7/1.071 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 299/177 .207/.263/.304/.567 .501/.611 .539 28/.708 3/1 5/5
4.Molina G/S/vP 14/.901 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 2/.000 1/5.000 2/.500 521/370 .262/.329/.342/.671 .570/.714 .730 75/.750 8/4 6/5
5.Pujols G/S/vP 28/1.308 2/.000 13/1.447 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 700/504 .312/.414/.596/1.011 1.076/.983 .990 104/.847 14/4 42/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 288/190 .238/.313/.302/.615 .608/.600 .580 25/.611 6/2 1/8
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 9/1.556 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 534/403 .276/.361/.498/.859 .810/.875 .947 105/.859 12/8 23/5
3.Theriot G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 640/462 .270/.321/.312/.633 .673/.617 .638 94/.734 20/9 2/10
IP 228.2 20.2 57.1 26.0 44.0 36.1 83.0 TOTAL .301/.367/.464/.830 .833/.829 .923 .833 18/6 28/21
ERA-K/9 2.83/5.5 0.44/17.4 4.40/8.2 4.85/7.6 2.45/7.4 6.69/6.2 1.95/10.1 3.07/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (58-30-5)
 Molina (35-33-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 920/.229 88/.125 249/.262 110/.272 181/.230 180/.311 350/.204 .235  Holliday
 Jay
 Rasmus
 Lohse
155/0/0/8
9/27/61/5
0/134/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .641 .437 .780 .746 .647 .906 .552 .636
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 445/.667 41/.523 129/.901 49/.890 84/.598 85/.573 115/.570 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 475/.616 47/.361 120/.647 61/.630 97/.690 95/1.223 235/.543 .592
Home 488/.592 51/.307 131/.865 69/.721 90/.588 82/.795 189/.532
Last 28d days 143/.588 32/.391 40/.918 57/.764 47/.601 20/.722 40/.258
HR/SB/CS 20/11/11 0/3/0 11/8/1 3/1/1 2/3/0 4/0/0 1/3/2 15/12/8
Usage ·····X·· ·o···ooX ···oo··o ···X···X ···oX··o ·······o ···oo·o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Braves Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
G/S/vB
44.Batista
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Conrad# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 177/136 .250/.324/.487/.811 .810/.811 .798 12/.258 5/1 8/8
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 24/21 .167/.167/.333/.500 1.667/.333 .455 93/.776 0/0 1/0
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP 27/.425 23/.357 7/2.000 13/.500 5/1.600 4/.500 2/1.500 640/477 .250/.294/.447/.741 .691/.758 .701 99/.684 1/2 23/19
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 623/421 .277/.393/.456/.849 .755/.895 .830 101/.812 11/6 18/6
23.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .000/.167/.000/.167 .500/.000 .200 8/.125 0/0 0/0
20.Hinske* G/S/vP 6/.000 9/1.431 3/1.334 23/.936 10/.844 2/1.500 1/.000 320/298 .256/.338/.456/.793 1.219/.759 .796 26/.763 0/0 11/2
10.Jones# G/S/vP 10/1.000 29/.973 2/1.000 6/1.100 7/1.738 1/no AB ··· 381/250 .265/.381/.426/.806 .766/.828 .954 97/.827 5/0 10/10
Mather G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/30 .217/.242/.283/.525 .492/.563 .500 / 1/1 0/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 14/.940 9/.730 2/1.500 6/.833 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 566/410 .269/.375/.453/.828 .783/.845 .835 89/.758 5/2 21/14
13.McLouth* G/S/vP 21/.686 10/.311 8/.619 9/.777 13/.154 3/.333 ··· 288/229 .190/.298/.322/.620 .378/.685 .858 98/.671 7/2 6/2
14.Prado G/S/vP 10/.800 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 651/464 .307/.350/.459/.809 .747/.834 .882 116/.679 5/3 15/11
8.Ross G/S/vP 11/.546 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 145/59 .289/.392/.479/.871 .886/.834 .917 19/.927 0/1 2/4
26.Uggla G/S/vP 6/.500 6/.533 2/1.500 10/.856 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 674/515 .287/.369/.508/.877 .983/.845 .823 103/.628 4/1 33/18
IP 235.0 82.2 67.1 65.0 36.0 52.1 30.2 TOTAL .229/.297/.373/.670 .583/.704 .698 .677 5/8 27/12
ERA-K/9 3.22/6.9 3.70/6.0 3.61/7.0 3.46/5.8 4.00/5.5 2.24/9.3 3.52/8.5 3.38/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (84-36-5)
 Ross (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 969/.244 350/.234 285/.243 264/.230 151/.233 208/.220 133/.241 .249  Heyward
 McLouth
 Hinske
 Mather
0/0/140/5
8/71/0/1
50/0/0/0
7/14/8/0
OPS .680 .693 .696 .661 .640 .618 .748 .692
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.659 137/.758 97/.763 111/.750 87/.551 72/.789 55/.866 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 541/.696 213/.651 188/.664 153/.597 64/.759 136/.531 78/.665 .696
Road 428/.759 125/.684 145/.642 135/.750 76/.717 93/.678 79/.598
Last 28d days 99/.724 49/.696 52/.594 36/1.144 20/1.007 43/.569 32/.550
HR/SB/CS 21/3/9 9/8/3 5/2/2 7/2/1 2/1/3 5/3/1 4/2/0 18/12/6
Usage ·····X·· X·X··Xo· ··X·X·X· ·o···X·· ooo··o·· o·o···X· XX··oX··

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.