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Game Preview: STL @ CHC, 4:10pm, Saturday, August 20, 2011 @Wrigley Field

Cardinals, 66-59, 66-59 2nd, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (27, RHP, 9-8, 4.04)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (9-8)			147.0	169	71	66	47	113	14	4.04
2010 (10-12)			209.1	214	111	104	78	181	21	4.47
2009 (13-9)			214.0	200	93	86	70	161	27	3.62

Last 7 GS		4-2	47.1	57	22	19	14	27	7	3.61	50
2011-08-14	COL	W	5.1	8	2	2	3	4	1	95	45
2011-08-09	MIL	ND	6.0	6	3	2	2	2	1	99	50
2011-08-03	@MIL	L	7.0	14	10	8	1	6	4	118	18
2011-07-29	CHC	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	95	61
2011-07-24	@CLE	W	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	106	54
2011-07-16	@DET	W	9.0	9	0	0	2	2	0	101	69
2011-07-06	KCR	L	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	122	50

Last 5 v.CHC		2-2	29.0	33	20	20	12	17	3	6.21	43
2011-07-29	CHC	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	95	61
2011-07-01	@CHC	W	6.0	5	4	4	1	5	1	95	50
2010-07-07	CHC	L	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	0	100	32
2010-05-02	@CHC	L	4.0	11	8	8	1	0	2	88	7
2009-06-23	CHC	ND	7.0	4	2	2	4	7	0	113	64

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

 Home:   32-27   Road:   34-32   ExtrInn: 6-11
 vsRHP:  49-43   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast: 14-11   vsCntrl:28-27   vsWest: 16-14 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Fri, Aug 19  @CHC  L   4-5 (10)  66-59  2nd  7.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17  @PIT  W   7-2       66-58  2nd  7.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16  @PIT  L   4-5 (11)  65-58  2nd  7.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15  @PIT  L   2-6       65-57  2nd  6.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 14   COL  W   6-2       65-56  2nd  5.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 13   COL  L   1-6       64-56  2nd  5.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 12   COL  W   6-1       64-55  2nd  4.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 11   MIL  W   5-2       63-55  2nd  4.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 10   MIL  L   1-5       62-55  2nd  5.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug  9   MIL  L   3-5 (10)  62-54  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Cubs, 55-70, 55-70 5th, 18½ GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (27, RHP, 5-9, 3.80)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-9)			139.2	133	70	59	49	143	11	3.80
2010 (15-10)			204.2	193	94	89	63	150	28	3.91
2009 (8-12)			203.0	177	93	89	79	189	25	3.95

Last 7 GS		1-2	44.2	39	16	14	16	44	4	2.82	58
2011-08-14	@ATL	ND	5.0	6	4	2	1	5	0	87	47
2011-08-09	WSN	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	9	2	105	55
2011-08-03	@PIT	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	103	74
2011-07-29	@STL	L	5.2	8	6	6	2	3	1	89	30
2011-07-24	HOU	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	9	1	107	65
2011-07-19	PHI	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	117	67
2011-07-14	FLA	ND	7.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	113	68

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	15.0	21	14	13	7	11	2	7.80	36
2011-07-29	@STL	L	5.2	8	6	6	2	3	1	89	30
2011-05-11	STL	W	5.0	3	1	1	3	7	0	85	61
2008-05-17	@STL	ND	4.1	10	7	6	2	1	1	85	16

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

 Home:   30-33   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  41-51   vsLHP:  14-19   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:24-32   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Fri, Aug 19   STL  W   5-4 (10)  55-70  5th 18.5 gb
124 Wed, Aug 17  @HOU  L   3-4       54-70  5th 19.0 gb
123 Tue, Aug 16  @HOU  L   5-6       54-69  5th 18.0 gb
122 Mon, Aug 15  @HOU  W   4-3       54-68  5th 17.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 14  @ATL  W   6-5       53-68  5th 17.0 gb
120 Sat, Aug 13  @ATL  W   8-4       52-68  5th 17.0 gb
119 Fri, Aug 12  @ATL  L   4-10      51-68  5th 17.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 11   WSN  W   4-3       51-67  5th 16.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 10   WSN  W   4-2       50-67  5th 17.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug  9   WSN  L   1-3       49-67  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 CHC  5  STL  4 (10)   W:Sean Marshall (6-5), L: Octavio Dotel (2-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 31, 2011 CHC  6 @STL  3        W:Ryan Dempster (8-8), L: Jake Westbrook (9-5), S: Carlos Marmol (20)
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 STL 13  CHC  5        W:Kyle Lohse (9-7), L: Rodrigo Lopez (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 STL  9  CHC  2        W:Edwin Jackson (8-7), L: Matt Garza (4-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Fernando Salas (3-0), L: Rodrigo Lopez (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 STL  5  CHC  4 (12)   W:Eduardo Sanchez (2-1), L: Jeff Samardzija (3-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 STL  6  CHC  1        W:Jaime Garcia (6-1), L: Ryan Dempster (4-5), S: none
Thu, May 12, 2011 STL  9 @CHC  1        W:Jaime Garcia (5-0), L: Casey Coleman (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 11, 2011 CHC 11  STL  4        W:Matt Garza (2-4), L: Jake Westbrook (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 STL  6 @CHC  4        W:Chris Carpenter (1-2), L: Kerry Wood (1-2), S: Eduardo Sanchez (4)
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 7-3; 2010 - CHC won 9-6; 2009 - STL won 10-6; All-Time - CHC leads 1164-1101

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G NYY 5.43 BAL 4.17 SEA 3.38	RA/G PHI 3.29 BOS 4.16 BAL 5.34	BA A. Gonzalez .346 K. Fukudome .272 A. Dunn .168	OBP J. Bautista .457 M. Joyce .338 V. Wells .234	SLG J. Bautista .639 I. Kinsler .431 C. Getz .284	OPS J. Bautista 1.096 P. Bourjos .768 A. Rios .564	ERA J. Cueto 1.89 M. Pineda 3.77 J. Reyes 5.44	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.44 D. Holland 6.84 B. Penny 3.60

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.43

BAL 4.17

SEA 3.38

RA/G

PHI 3.29

BOS 4.16

BAL 5.34

A. Gonzalez .346

K. Fukudome .272

A. Dunn .168

OBP

J. Bautista .457

M. Joyce .338

V. Wells .234

SLG

J. Bautista .639

I. Kinsler .431

C. Getz .284

OPS

J. Bautista 1.096

P. Bourjos .768

A. Rios .564

ERA

J. Cueto 1.89

M. Pineda 3.77

J. Reyes 5.44

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.44

D. Holland 6.84

B. Penny 3.60

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Cardinals Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 17.Garza
G/S/vB 43.Grabow*
G/S/vB 50.Lopez
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 32.Ortiz
G/S/vB 40.Russell*
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Berkman# G/S/vP 18/.355 20/.667 11/.697 19/.883 22/.914 15/1.012 ··· 3/.666 40/.964 439/351 .292/.405/.579/.984 .822/1.027 1.060 79/.872 0/4 28/5

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 139/91 .323/.384/.540/.924 .999/.881 1.046 17/.882 4/0 6/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 320/258 .261/.337/.355/.692 .466/.746 .706 55/.610 2/2 1/6

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/4.500 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 252/191 .319/.365/.466/.831 1.019/.773 .888 75/.944 0/0 8/7

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 26/1.154 8/.250 12/.705 16/.698 2/.000 ··· 10/.300 235/172 .204/.275/.284/.559 .648/.525 .434 105/.687 5/3 3/5

7.Holliday G/S/vP 15/.690 11/.364 13/1.462 9/.347 8/1.071 7/1.571 4/.833 7/.821 4/.250 410/317 .305/.407/.548/.955 .828/.987 .976 95/.969 1/1 18/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/1.334 3/1.000 3/.000 7/.821 ··· 7/.762 5/.800 2/.500 366/276 .293/.341/.407/.748 .673/.772 .793 91/.611 6/5 7/2

13.Laird G/S/vP 15/.583 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/2.400 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 83/67 .250/.321/.361/.682 .771/.659 .689 24/.698 1/1 0/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.666 8/.393 13/.462 12/1.310 25/.791 9/.333 2/.000 6/1.267 6/.750 391/296 .296/.336/.443/.779 .842/.759 .764 66/.916 3/5 9/5

44.Patterson* G/S/vP 14/1.269 10/.600 3/.000 4/.666 4/.583 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 378/288 .244/.278/.364/.641 .770/.601 .646 41/.431 13/9 6/0

5.Pujols G/S/vP 8/.804 15/1.467 18/.878 25/.781 31/.772 16/1.367 5/.933 14/1.843 47/1.062 492/390 .285/.354/.539/.892 .872/.898 .808 117/.953 6/0 30/10

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/1.467 9/.583 12/1.167 6/.334 11/.364 1/.000 4/.000 10/.650 4/.500 290/250 .289/.341/.368/.710 .762/.702 .663 74/.765 0/2 2/5

3.Theriot G/S/vP 3/1.167 10/1.225 11/.989 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.667 2/.000 428/312 .277/.320/.343/.663 .727/.638 .673 63/.711 4/5 1/17

IP 139.2 51.2 58.0 58.1 59.0 22.1 58.0 69.2 39.1 TOTAL .270/.340/.421/.760 .747/.765 .779 .772 42/30 125/82

ERA-K/9

3.80/9.2

4.88/5.6

4.66/4.5

4.01/11.4

2.75/8.8

6.45/7.3

4.19/5.7

3.36/9.0

3.43/9.8

4.60/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (13-3-3)
Molina (34-14-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 600/.247 238/.275 253/.291 259/.224 241/.242 99/.275 246/.272 305/.196 175/.233 .266 Jay
Patterson
Holliday
Berkman
Schumaker
Craig 18/40/56/5
53/37/15/4
88/0/0/4
12/0/79/2
5/2/17/1
18/1/10/1

OPS .671 .819 .817 .667 .583 .829 .782 .623 .737 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 271/.632 86/.658 112/.671 114/.632 88/.569 50/1.074 95/.603 120/.661 61/.785 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.703 152/.910 141/.940 145/.695 153/.591 49/.578 151/.897 185/.597 114/.713 .765

Home 326/.616 125/.892 136/.754 139/.667 120/.676 19/.895 109/.912 136/.659 89/.722

Last 28d days 132/.684 42/.696 89/.857 59/.699 45/.483 32/.730 25/.671 56/.598 28/.643

HR/SB/CS 11/8/4 7/3/2 7/2/3 3/10/1 1/7/1 5/0/0 10/5/3 4/14/1 4/2/1 122/84/37

Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·X ····X··· o··X·oo· o···ooo· ··X···oo ····o·Xo o·o·ooo· ···oo···

Cubs Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Jackson
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 28.Dotel
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 174/77 .287/.310/.395/.706 .866/.504 .600 27/.708 0/0 2/1

15.Barney G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 437/353 .296/.331/.377/.708 .832/.677 .682 95/.792 6/2 2/9

24.Byrd G/S/vP 16/.813 3/.333 10/.583 2/.000 3/.667 3/.000 3/2.000 351/272 .301/.346/.426/.772 .705/.792 .748 98/.778 2/1 6/3

41.Campana* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/90 .279/.312/.337/.648 .438/.699 .663 25/.897 15/1 1/1

13.Castro G/S/vP 10/.522 2/2.000 4/.833 5/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 550/424 .309/.335/.432/.767 .836/.746 .795 112/.834 14/5 7/20

21.Colvin* G/S/vP 3/.833 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 158/126 .144/.197/.301/.499 .191/.581 .472 54/.711 0/0 5/1

9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 8/.750 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 195/167 .266/.292/.410/.702 .911/.667 .723 29/.960 1/0 4/6

55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 121/98 .210/.288/.314/.602 .282/.677 .489 16/.606 1/0 2/6

5.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.900 3/.666 5/.000 1/.000 7/1.238 ··· 1/.000 196/120 .348/.385/.547/.932 .950/.919 1.069 46/.958 2/1 5/1

22.Pena* G/S/vP 14/.357 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 11/.091 9/.222 2/.000 472/359 .224/.346/.456/.802 .592/.868 .766 99/.847 0/2 23/7

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/.847 4/.833 26/.850 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 491/388 .297/.342/.512/.854 .714/.892 .907 95/.819 0/1 23/9

12.Soriano G/S/vP 16/.975 9/.000 7/.453 8/.804 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 389/295 .243/.283/.460/.743 .880/.699 .739 83/.734 1/1 20/7

18.Soto G/S/vP 13/.231 6/.333 4/.500 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.000 369/280 .241/.325/.427/.752 .945/.694 .686 85/.816 0/0 13/11

IP 147.0 48.2 38.2 49.1 25.1 46.1 58.2 TOTAL .264/.317/.411/.727 .749/.720 .737 .784 44/16 119/103

ERA-K/9

4.04/6.9

3.51/7.9

3.72/9.8

1.82/8.2

5.33/5.3

2.72/7.6

2.30/9.2

3.84/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (16-6-2)
Soto (67-29-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 636/.294 210/.271 160/.193 195/.207 111/.287 186/.207 231/.186 .262 Byrd
Soriano
Johnson
Colvin
DeWitt
Campana
Baker 0/84/0/6
99/0/0/6
22/22/26/3
10/8/28/1
20/0/0/1
18/24/1/1
1/0/7/0

OPS .778 .725 .614 .566 .916 .580 .564 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 345/.791 76/.783 64/.926 66/.738 46/.835 85/.465 102/.591 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.763 134/.694 96/.425 129/.478 65/.967 101/.676 129/.543 .728

Road 311/.838 115/.653 88/.627 106/.561 50/.809 84/.580 129/.718

Last 28d days 138/.925 63/.894 38/.513 38/.190 17/1.269 28/.576 43/.546

HR/SB/CS 14/18/1 3/1/2 5/0/1 1/4/1 7/1/0 2/1/1 6/2/0 108/49/19

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