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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @Minute Maid Park

Cardinals, 37-25, 37-25 1st, 2½ up

SP: Jaime Garcia (24, LHP, 6-1, 3.05)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-1)			76.2	69	33	26	18	71	4	3.05
2010 (13-8)			163.1	151	64	49	64	132	9	2.70
2008 (1-1)			16.0	14	10	10	8	8	4	5.63

Last 7 GS		3-1	46.1	43	22	19	9	41	3	3.69	56
2011-06-03	CHC	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	94	77
2011-05-28	@COL	L	3.1	11	12	11	4	6	1	107	-6
2011-05-22	@KCR	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	84	45
2011-05-17	PHI	ND	8.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	103	74
2011-05-12	@CHC	W	7.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	84	58
2011-05-06	MIL	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	102	90
2011-05-01	@ATL	ND	6.0	5	4	3	1	6	1	99	53

Last 5 v.HOU		0-1	10.1	16	12	7	2	9	1	6.10	36
2011-04-26	@HOU	ND	5.1	6	4	3	2	6	1	91	46
2010-08-03	HOU	L	5.0	10	8	4	0	3	0	99	26

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

 Home:   18-12   Road:   19-13   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  29-17   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest: 12-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Tue, Jun  7  @HOU  W   7-4       37-25  1st  2.5 up
 61 Sun, Jun  5   CHC  W   3-2 (10)  36-25  1st  2.0 up
 60 Sat, Jun  4   CHC  W   5-4 (12)  35-25  1st  2.0 up
 59 Fri, Jun  3   CHC  W   6-1       34-25  1st  2.0 up
 58 Thu, Jun  2   SFG  L   7-12      33-25  1st  2.0 up
 57 Wed, Jun  1   SFG  L   5-7 (11)  33-24  1st  2.5 up
 56 Tue, May 31   SFG  W   4-3       33-23  1st  2.5 up
 55 Mon, May 30   SFG  L   3-7       32-23  1st  2.5 up
 54 Sun, May 29  @COL  W   4-3       32-22  1st  2.5 up
 53 Sat, May 28  @COL  L   4-15      31-22  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Astros, 23-38, 23-38 6th, 13½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (26, RHP, 3-4, 3.95)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-4)			73.0	71	40	32	27	79	9	3.95
2010 (9-10)			153.2	151	94	84	77	158	18	4.92
2009 (6-3)			55.2	59	29	28	25	54	9	4.53

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.0	41	25	20	18	47	5	4.00	53
2011-06-02	@SDP	W	6.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	111	48
2011-05-28	ARI	L	5.0	7	6	2	2	4	1	102	39
2011-05-23	LAD	ND	7.0	6	3	2	3	5	1	116	57
2011-05-18	@STL	L	5.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	91	34
2011-05-13	NYM	ND	7.1	5	4	4	3	8	2	111	57
2011-05-07	@PIT	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	9	1	97	58
2011-05-01	MIL	W	7.2	3	0	0	3	11	0	116	81

Last 5 v.STL		2-2	32.2	34	18	15	7	28	3	4.13	52
2011-05-18	@STL	L	5.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	91	34
2011-04-26	STL	ND	6.0	7	3	0	2	6	0	110	56
2010-08-03	@STL	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	6	2	97	47
2010-07-09	STL	L	7.2	7	5	5	1	4	1	113	48
2010-05-13	@STL	W	8.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	99	74

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

 Home:   11-18   Road:   12-20   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-30   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:12-18   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Tue, Jun  7   STL  L   4-7       23-38  6th 13.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun  5  @SDP  L   2-7       23-37  6th 12.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  4  @SDP  L   3-6       23-36  6th 11.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  3  @SDP  L   1-3       23-35  6th 10.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  2  @SDP  W   7-4       23-34  6th  9.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  1  @CHC  W   3-1       22-34  6th 10.5 gb
 55 Tue, May 31  @CHC  W   7-3       21-34  6th 11.5 gb
 54 Mon, May 30  @CHC  W  12-7       20-34  6th 11.5 gb
 53 Sun, May 29   ARI  L   2-4       19-34  6th 12.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 28   ARI  L   3-11      19-33  6th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 STL  7 @HOU  4        W:Jake Westbrook (6-3), L: Brett Myers (2-5), S: Fernando Salas (11)
Thu, May 19, 2011 STL  4  HOU  2        W:Kyle McClellan (6-1), L: J.A. Happ (3-5), S: Fernando Salas (5)
Wed, May 18, 2011 STL  5  HOU  1        W:Kyle Lohse (5-2), L: Bud Norris (2-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 STL 11 @HOU  7        W:Kyle McClellan (4-0), L: Fernando Abad (1-2), S: Fernando Salas (1)
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 STL  6 @HOU  5        W:Kyle Lohse (4-1), L: J.A. Happ (1-4), S: Eduardo Sanchez (1)
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 HOU  6  STL  5        W:Brandon Lyon (2-1), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 01, 2010 HOU  5  STL  2        W:Nelson Figueroa (4-2), L: Jeff Suppan (1-7), S: Brandon Lyon (11)
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 HOU  3  STL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (11-12), L: Chris Carpenter (14-5), S: Brandon Lyon (10)
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 HOU  3  STL  0        W:J.A. Happ (5-2), L: Jake Westbrook (7-10), S: none
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 STL  8  HOU  4        W:Chris Carpenter (12-3), L: J.A. Happ (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 5-1; 2010 - HOU won 10-5; 2009 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - STL leads 358-318

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 5.12 CHC 4.08 SDP 3.42	RA/G ATL 3.31 FLA 4.14 CHC 5.17	BA J. Bautista .348 C. Lee .262 D. Uggla .170	OBP J. Bautista .500 D. Barton .335 C. Figgins .227	SLG J. Bautista .727 B. Phillips .404 A. Escobar .241	OPS J. Bautista 1.227 E. Aybar .747 C. Figgins .472	ERA J. Jurrjens 1.75 J. Niese 3.75 J. Vazquez 6.50	K/9IP C. Lee 10.34 R. Wolf 6.62 C. Pavano 3.45

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.12

CHC 4.08

SDP 3.42

RA/G

ATL 3.31

FLA 4.14

CHC 5.17

J. Bautista .348

C. Lee .262

D. Uggla .170

OBP

J. Bautista .500

D. Barton .335

C. Figgins .227

SLG

J. Bautista .727

B. Phillips .404

A. Escobar .241

OPS

J. Bautista 1.227

E. Aybar .747

C. Figgins .472

ERA

J. Jurrjens 1.75

J. Niese 3.75

J. Vazquez 6.50

K/9IP

C. Lee 10.34

R. Wolf 6.62

C. Pavano 3.45

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Cardinals Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB 66.Del Rosario
G/S/vB 52.Escalona*
G/S/vB 47.Fulchino
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 54.Melancon
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Berkman# G/S/vP 5/.650 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 211/164 .329/.445/.612/1.057 .958/1.086 1.129 78/.880 0/3 13/2

21.Craig G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 122/81 .336/.405/.523/.928 .971/.903 .907 73/1.024 4/0 4/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 5/3.333 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 178/147 .244/.302/.359/.661 .240/.744 .688 86/.644 2/1 1/2

27.Greene G/S/vP 7/.929 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 100/61 .212/.330/.294/.624 .697/.578 .760 55/.595 7/0 1/4

38.Hamilton* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/13 .188/.235/.250/.485 .500/.481 .422 4/.000 0/0 0/0

15.Jay* G/S/vP 10/.444 4/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 148/118 .323/.384/.459/.842 .808/.849 .963 103/.850 5/2 4/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 21/.762 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 211/159 .319/.373/.452/.825 .857/.815 .822 95/.943 1/4 3/3

5.Pujols G/S/vP 22/.668 4/1.250 ··· 4/1.417 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 273/215 .278/.352/.481/.833 .713/.865 .723 112/.906 5/0 14/5

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 21/.760 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 251/182 .269/.367/.440/.806 .847/.791 .841 87/.727 5/1 5/1

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 19/.504 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 100/85 .223/.270/.309/.579 .552/.583 .601 41/.445 0/1 1/0

3.Theriot G/S/vP 10/.800 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 238/178 .298/.343/.349/.692 .767/.667 .715 95/.741 4/1 0/11

IP 73.0 28.2 7.1 25.2 23.2 29.1 5.2 TOTAL .280/.354/.423/.777 .749/.786 .822 .759 34/15 54/39

ERA-K/9

3.95/9.7

3.45/5.0

2.45/8.6

4.56/8.1

2.66/7.6

1.84/8.3

1.59/12.6

4.60/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (21-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 310/.254 125/.264 30/.208 114/.250 105/.256 118/.222 21/.211 .271 Rasmus
Jay
Craig
Hamilton
Schumaker
Greene
Berkman 0/57/0/4
12/9/30/2
16/0/9/1
2/0/0/0
0/0/3/0
1/0/8/0
4/0/46/0

OPS .744 .687 .553 .766 .661 .569 .549 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.907 45/.619 17/.393 51/.706 36/.783 47/.507 12/.333 .810

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.562 80/.722 13/.762 63/.812 69/.597 71/.608 9/.873 .753

Home 184/.662 59/.661 13/.657 60/.817 57/.833 46/.486 11/.636

Last 28d days 130/.779 54/.471 29/.530 45/.916 64/.646 43/.654 21/.549

HR/SB/CS 9/5/4 2/3/1 0/2/0 3/6/0 0/1/1 1/2/0 0/1/0 66/52/14

Usage ·····X·· X··X··o· o·o···Xo ··X··o·· ··o··o·o ··X··Xoo X·o·X··o

Astros Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 44.Batista
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Barmes G/S/vP 3/.666 15/.895 3/2.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 1/no AB 143/108 .226/.329/.355/.684 .576/.718 .508 103/.736 0/0 3/2

11.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 59/37 .393/.424/.482/.906 1.000/.851 1.095 2/.000 13/2 0/0

21.Bourn* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 8/1.071 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 270/201 .273/.342/.368/.710 .529/.773 .708 113/.739 25/2 1/1

64.Cancel G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .000/.143/.000/.143 .000/.167 7/.143 0/0 0/0

16.Downs G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 72/56 .274/.361/.516/.877 .393/1.018 1.087 27/1.103 0/0 3/2

23.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.900 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 3/2.000 ··· 213/160 .227/.272/.399/.671 .529/.718 .580 88/.809 1/2 6/6

8.Keppinger G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 8/.750 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 42/36 .300/.317/.425/.742 1.833/.551 .742 42/.742 0/0 1/1

45.Lee G/S/vP 6/.666 20/.476 37/.810 ··· 6/.334 4/1.500 2/.000 241/185 .262/.303/.404/.707 .960/.630 .702 103/.807 2/0 5/3

4.Michaels G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/3.000 45/20 .146/.222/.268/.491 .657/.259 .606 25/.631 0/0 1/0

9.Pence G/S/vP 6/.834 4/.833 12/.750 1/2.000 7/1.000 4/.833 ··· 271/205 .313/.358/.484/.842 .718/.881 .872 109/.828 3/0 8/4

36.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 174/132 .263/.321/.322/.644 .623/.649 .650 39/.540 2/0 1/6

46.Towles G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/72 .194/.288/.337/.625 .558/.663 .696 55/.405 0/0 3/4

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/3.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 223/178 .318/.392/.462/.853 .557/.931 .967 88/.860 1/1 4/2

IP 76.2 26.2 20.1 12.0 25.1 28.2 8.1 TOTAL .260/.318/.384/.702 .673/.711 .722 .715 50/8 39/49

ERA-K/9

3.05/8.3

2.03/5.1

7.52/4.9

2.25/3.8

2.13/7.8

1.88/9.4

6.48/8.7

3.68/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cancel (2-0-1)
Towles (25-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.238 119/.212 96/.337 55/.273 103/.213 114/.202 41/.306 .254 Pence
Lee
Bourn
Michaels
Bourgeois 0/0/61/5
47/0/0/5
0/58/0/2
11/0/0/1
15/5/0/0

OPS .608 .687 .976 .802 .597 .544 .977 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.569 39/1.023 39/.767 37/.651 36/.688 50/.611 18/.903 .682

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.620 80/.530 57/1.130 18/1.126 67/.549 64/.492 23/1.035 .709

Road 172/.815 70/.745 60/1.091 34/.797 53/.547 58/.711 24/1.350

Last 28d days 138/.709 43/.657 34/.636 29/.858 38/.579 64/.563 20/1.295

HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 2/2/0 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/2/0 3/1/0 45/26/11

Usage ····X··· o··X··X· ······Xo o··o·o·o o··o···X X·oo··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.