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Game Preview: STL @ CIN, 1:10pm, Sunday, May 15, 2011 @Great American Ball Park

Cardinals, 22-18, 22-18 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Chris Carpenter (36, RHP, 1-2, 4.32)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-2) 50.0 58 27 24 15 37 6 4.32
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 1-2 43.0 56 25 22 13 33 6 4.60 46
2011-05-10 @CHC W 7.0 13 4 4 2 4 0 116 37
2011-05-04 FLA ND 6.0 10 6 4 3 4 0 110 33
2011-04-29 @ATL ND 7.0 10 3 3 2 3 2 109 46
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
Last 5 v.CIN 4-0 35.1 19 7 7 9 34 1 1.78 69
2011-04-23 CIN ND 6.0 2 2 2 3 6 1 103 63
2010-09-05 CIN W 7.1 6 2 2 0 11 0 110 69
2010-08-09 @CIN W 7.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 98 61
2010-06-02 CIN W 8.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 112 74
2010-05-02 CIN W 7.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 100 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-9    Road:   12-9    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  16-14   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   3-9 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sat, May 14  @CIN  L   3-7       22-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 13  @CIN  L   5-6 (10)  22-17  1st  0.5 up
 38 Thu, May 12  @CHC  W   9-1       22-16  1st  1.5 up
 37 Wed, May 11  @CHC  L   4-11      21-16  1st  1.0 up
 36 Tue, May 10  @CHC  W   6-4       21-15  1st  1.0 up
 35 Sun, May  8   MIL  W   3-1       20-15  1st  1.5 up
 34 Sat, May  7   MIL  L   0-4       19-15  1st  1.5 up
 33 Fri, May  6   MIL  W   6-0       19-14  1st  1.5 up
 32 Thu, May  5   FLA  W   6-3       18-14  1st  1.5 up
 31 Wed, May  4   FLA  L   7-8       17-14  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Reds, 22-17, 22-17 1st, ½ up

SP: Travis Wood (24, LHP, 2-3, 5.28)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 44.1 51 26 26 14 40 3 5.28
2010 (5-4) 102.2 85 45 40 26 86 9 3.51
Last 7 GS 1-3 37.1 47 25 25 14 33 2 6.03 44
2011-05-09 @HOU W 6.2 6 0 0 1 6 0 106 67
2011-05-04 HOU ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 7 0 104 57
2011-04-29 FLA L 3.1 8 7 7 2 3 1 91 17
2011-04-23 @STL ND 6.1 8 3 3 1 5 1 87 49
2011-04-18 PIT L 3.1 8 6 6 1 3 0 84 22
2011-04-13 @SDP ND 6.2 5 1 1 3 5 0 98 62
2011-04-08 @ARI L 5.0 7 6 6 2 4 0 77 31
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 13.1 13 4 3 3 8 1 2.03 58
2011-04-23 @STL ND 6.1 8 3 3 1 5 1 87 49
2010-09-04 @STL W 7.0 5 1 0 2 3 0 101 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-9    Road:   10-8    ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  18-14   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   7-8 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl:17-10   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 39 Sat, May 14   STL  W   7-3       22-17  1st  0.5 up
 38 Fri, May 13   STL  W   6-5 (10)  21-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 37 Wed, May 11  @HOU  L   3-4       20-17  2nd  1.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 10  @HOU  W   7-3       20-16  2nd  1.0 gb
 35 Mon, May  9  @HOU  W   6-1       19-16  2nd  1.0 gb
 34 Sun, May  8  @CHC  W   2-0       18-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 33 Sat, May  7  @CHC  L   2-3       17-16  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Fri, May  6  @CHC  W   5-4       17-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  5   HOU  W  10-4       16-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 30 Wed, May  4   HOU  W   3-2       15-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 14, 2011 CIN  7  STL  3        W:Johnny Cueto (2-0), L: Kyle McClellan (5-1), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 CIN  6  STL  5 (10)   W:Francisco Cordero (3-1), L: Jason Motte (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 STL  3  CIN  0        W:Jake Westbrook (2-2), L: Edinson Volquez (2-1), S: Mitchell Boggs (3)
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 CIN  5 @STL  3        W:Aroldis Chapman (1-0), L: Miguel Batista (1-1), S: Francisco Cordero (3)
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 STL  4  CIN  2        W:Kyle McClellan (3-0), L: Matt Maloney (0-1), S: Mitchell Boggs (2)

Sun, Sep 05, 2010 STL  4  CIN  2        W:Chris Carpenter (15-5), L: Homer Bailey (3-3), S: Ryan Franklin (24)
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 CIN  6 @STL  1        W:Travis Wood (5-2), L: Adam Wainwright (17-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 STL  3  CIN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (13-6), L: Bronson Arroyo (14-9), S: Ryan Franklin (23)
Wed, Aug 11, 2010 STL  6 @CIN  1        W:Adam Wainwright (17-6), L: Bronson Arroyo (12-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 STL  8 @CIN  4        W:Jaime Garcia (10-5), L: Johnny Cueto (11-3), S: Ryan Franklin (20)
Season Series: 2011 - CIN over 3-2; 2010 - STL won 12-6; 2009 - Tied 8-8; All-Time - STL leads 1171-1081

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

STL  5.25

ATL  4.24

MIN  3.14

 RA/G

ATL  3.27

NYY  4.30

MIN  5.35

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

J. Johnson  1.63

J. Sanchez  3.68

J. Lackey  8.01

 K/9IP

M. Garza  11.77

J. Masterson  6.83

C. Pavano  3.42

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

Cardinals Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Wood*
G/S/vB		 33.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 45.Bray*
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 40.Masset
G/S/vB		 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 6/.666 1/3.000 18/.278 3/no AB 7/1.262 1/.000 140/110 .342/.429/.675/1.104 .926/1.155 1.097 83/1.131 0/2 10/1
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 53/36 .289/.377/.422/.800 .794/.796 .810 18/.774 3/0 1/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 106/91 .222/.287/.344/.632 .377/.667 .690 77/.651 1/0 1/2
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/39 .240/.345/.340/.685 1.099/.488 .760 45/.675 5/0 1/2
38.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .214/.267/.286/.552 .500/.573 .422 15/.552 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 5/.000 3/.667 12/.872 5/2.000 147/119 .394/.476/.614/1.090 1.308/1.043 1.136 104/1.034 0/1 5/1
15.Jay* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 54/45 .289/.407/.511/.919 .984/.904 .966 32/1.030 0/1 3/0
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· 4/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 41/32 .222/.300/.389/.689 .611/.691 .783 21/.778 0/1 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 11/.364 3/1.167 6/2.167 2/.000 130/103 .280/.320/.407/.727 .434/.804 .797 80/.746 1/2 2/3
5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 10/.600 3/1.167 14/1.269 6/.900 175/139 .273/.343/.429/.771 .839/.756 .768 102/.808 3/0 7/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 ··· 8/1.482 ··· 69/47 .255/.364/.382/.745 .654/.762 1.010 69/.745 1/0 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.667 3/.000 8/.393 2/.000 178/129 .305/.393/.461/.854 .941/.822 .884 103/.723 3/1 3/1
3.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 9/.250 ··· 16/.376 ··· 147/113 .280/.338/.311/.649 .838/.594 .727 74/.588 4/0 0/9
IP 44.1 13.1 12.2 17.2 27.1 23.2 22.0 TOTAL .284/.357/.430/.787 .809/.781 .849 .776 21/9 36/31
ERA-K/9 5.28/8.1 /0.0 1.35/7.4 4.26/10.6 2.04/6.1 3.62/7.9 4.18/10.3 2.45/8.2 4.09/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (5-3-1)
 Molina (11-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.302 / 50/.156 59/.146 69/.190 110/.204 103/.228 95/.225 .250  Rasmus
 Craig
 Holliday
 Greene
 Berkman
 Jay
 Hamilton
0/39/0/3
6/0/5/1
33/0/0/1
1/0/4/0
0/0/35/0
5/2/20/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .811 .462 .602 .578 .686 .659 .646 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/.727 / 23/.317 16/.538 32/.695 36/.568 36/.677 30/.500 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 161/.825 / 27/.579 43/.621 37/.479 74/.740 67/.649 65/.708 .731
Home 88/.872 / 30/.456 28/.593 40/.581 50/.903 49/.722 54/.514
Last 28d days 117/.929 / 30/.419 37/.709 46/.687 67/.867 63/.481 53/.668
HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 // 0/3/1 0/0/2 2/2/0 4/1/0 3/2/0 2/2/1 40/28/12
Usage ·····X·· ·o··ooo· ····X··· oX····oX ···X··o· ·X·oX·o· o··X·o·o
Reds Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.20 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
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 22/.477 ··· 6/.334 8/.250 7/.143 1/no AB 2/.500 158/129 .236/.312/.436/.748 .570/.786 .856 99/.748 4/1 8/2
43.Cairo G/S/vP 19/.728 10/1.029 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.167 1/2.000 3/.000 70/65 .286/.333/.349/.683 .500/.694 .632 47/.657 0/1 1/0
31.Gomes G/S/vP 14/.071 12/1.283 6/.334 8/.661 1/no AB 4/1.750 2/.000 140/114 .186/.329/.389/.718 1.042/.644 .692 78/.423 5/2 6/1
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 12/.432 2/.000 5/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 6/.167 2/.500 85/75 .280/.357/.400/.757 1.500/.656 .862 54/.718 0/0 2/1
28.Heisey G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 64/56 .250/.328/.446/.775 1.625/.666 .694 39/.711 2/0 3/0
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 34/.448 15/.817 ··· 27/.472 7/.143 6/1.250 3/1.000 85/72 .342/.388/.595/.983 .718/1.031 1.382 49/1.039 0/0 5/0
7.Janish G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 5/.650 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 117/101 .259/.284/.315/.599 .388/.633 .648 68/.554 1/1 0/3
15.Lewis* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 12/12 .417/.417/.667/1.083 /1.083 1.833 12/1.083 0/0 1/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP 40/.461 6/.167 12/.444 17/.502 2/2.500 3/.000 2/2.000 156/128 .326/.377/.486/.862 1.202/.794 .957 101/.860 2/0 5/1
16.Renteria G/S/vP 18/.561 35/.840 ··· 13/.718 9/1.381 3/.333 ··· 82/70 .261/.358/.290/.648 .944/.600 .844 62/.544 1/0 0/5
27.Rolen G/S/vP 28/.774 27/.422 4/.500 12/1.583 7/1.464 ··· 1/.000 74/61 .261/.284/.449/.733 .724/.735 .793 21/.810 0/0 2/1
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 15/.553 5/1.467 4/.500 5/.600 2/2.000 8/.750 3/.666 173/148 .276/.364/.467/.831 1.052/.792 .900 105/.830 13/1 7/0
19.Votto* G/S/vP 26/1.144 1/no AB 9/1.556 10/1.700 9/.347 6/.900 ··· 170/135 .346/.471/.566/1.037 1.233/.978 .947 102/.922 4/2 5/0
IP 50.0 16.0 18.2 13.2 6.0 17.1 15.2 TOTAL .268/.341/.426/.767 .929/.738 .825 .726 32/8 47/18
ERA-K/9 4.32/6.7 1.69/5.1 3.38/9.1 9.88/3.3 3.00/3.0 2.60/7.8 1.15/8.0 3.63/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (15-3-0)
 Hernandez (13-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 220/.293 79/.273 76/.229 70/.393 27/.238 73/.266 60/.170 .259  Bruce
 Heisey
 Lewis
 Gomes
 Stubbs
0/0/36/2
20/5/4/1
2/0/0/0
32/0/0/0
0/39/0/0
OPS .783 .763 .610 1.179 .766 .688 .481 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.814 23/1.089 27/.868 29/.900 21/.693 26/.664 24/.633 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.757 56/.637 49/.480 41/1.395 6/1.000 47/.700 36/.382 .727
Road 116/.895 51/.769 38/.438 47/1.336 17/.840 37/.675 30/.595
Last 28d days 119/.852 49/.817 42/.742 45/1.134 10/.667 44/.764 54/.435
HR/SB/CS 6/2/2 0/2/0 1/1/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/1/0 27/16/10
Usage ····X··· ·o·oo··· ··oX···o X··X···· ·o······ oX·X···o ·Xo···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.