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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 71-64, 71-64 2nd, 9½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (33, RHP, 10-7, 4.75)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (10-7) 155.1 171 87 82 61 83 14 4.75
2010 (10-11) 202.2 203 99 95 68 128 20 4.22
2008 (1-2) 34.2 33 13 12 7 19 5 3.12
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.2 45 21 20 20 23 2 4.03 50
2011-08-26 PIT ND 6.0 7 4 4 5 3 0 110 40
2011-08-21 @CHC W 7.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 100 56
2011-08-15 @PIT L 5.2 9 5 4 1 3 2 110 35
2011-08-10 MIL L 8.0 6 3 3 5 4 0 118 57
2011-08-05 @FLA ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 106 53
2011-07-31 CHC L 6.0 3 4 4 3 3 0 77 50
2011-07-26 HOU W 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 0 97 56
Last 5 v.MIL 0-2 27.0 24 10 9 8 14 3 3.00 56
2011-08-10 MIL L 8.0 6 3 3 5 4 0 118 57
2011-06-12 @MIL L 5.0 8 4 4 1 0 1 78 34
2010-09-06 @MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 2 98 54
2006-06-17 @MIL ND 8.0 5 1 0 0 8 0 103 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-31   Road:   36-33   ExtrInn: 6-11
 vsRHP:  54-47   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 14-11   vsCntrl:33-29   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Tue, Aug 30  @MIL  W   2-1       71-64  2nd  9.5 gb
134 Sun, Aug 28   PIT  W   7-4       70-64  2nd 10.5 gb
133 Sat, Aug 27   PIT  L   0-7       69-64  2nd 10.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 26   PIT  W   5-4       69-63  2nd  9.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 25   PIT  W   8-4       68-63  2nd  9.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 24   LAD  L   4-9       67-63  2nd 10.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 23   LAD  L   2-13      67-62  2nd 10.0 gb
128 Mon, Aug 22   LAD  L   1-2       67-61  2nd  9.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 21  @CHC  W   6-2       67-60  2nd  8.5 gb
126 Sat, Aug 20  @CHC  L   0-3       66-60  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Brewers, 81-55, 81-55 1st, 9½ up

SP: Randy Wolf (34, LHP, 11-8, 3.37)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (11-8) 173.2 168 73 65 58 110 17 3.37
2010 (13-12) 215.2 213 107 100 87 142 29 4.17
2009 (11-7) 214.1 178 81 77 58 160 24 3.23
Last 7 GS 5-1 48.0 43 16 15 16 25 2 2.81 56
2011-08-26 CHC W 6.2 4 2 1 2 3 1 101 61
2011-08-20 @NYM ND 6.1 8 5 5 1 3 0 114 39
2011-08-15 LAD W 8.0 6 0 0 5 5 0 101 70
2011-08-10 @STL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 92 69
2011-08-03 STL W 6.0 9 5 5 2 2 1 113 34
2011-07-29 HOU W 7.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 117 71
2011-07-23 @SFG L 6.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 101 49
Last 5 v.STL 4-1 33.2 28 14 14 5 13 3 3.74 55
2011-08-10 @STL W 8.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 92 69
2011-08-03 STL W 6.0 9 5 5 2 2 1 113 34
2011-05-06 @STL L 5.0 7 6 6 1 2 1 82 30
2010-08-18 @STL W 8.1 3 1 1 1 4 0 102 76
2010-07-01 @STL W 6.1 4 1 1 1 4 1 94 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   50-17   Road:   31-38   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  66-39   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  28-16
 vsEast: 16-11   vsCntrl:41-22   vsWest: 18-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Tue, Aug 30   STL  L   1-2       81-55  1st  9.5 up
135 Sun, Aug 28   CHC  W   3-2       81-54  1st 10.5 up
134 Sat, Aug 27   CHC  W   6-4       80-54  1st 10.5 up
133 Fri, Aug 26   CHC  W   5-2       79-54  1st  9.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 24  @PIT  L   0-2       78-54  1st 10.0 up
131 Tue, Aug 23  @PIT  W  11-4       78-53  1st 10.0 up
130 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  L   2-9       77-53  1st  9.0 up
129 Mon, Aug 22  @PIT  W   8-1       77-52  1st  9.0 up
128 Sun, Aug 21  @NYM  W   6-2       76-52  1st  8.5 up
127 Sat, Aug 20  @NYM  W  11-9       75-52  1st  8.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:24-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 STL  2 @MIL  1        W:Edwin Jackson (11-9), L: Shaun Marcum (11-5), S: Fernando Salas (23)
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 STL  5  MIL  2        W:Chris Carpenter (8-8), L: Yovani Gallardo (13-8), S: Fernando Salas (22)
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 MIL  5 @STL  1        W:Randy Wolf (9-8), L: Jake Westbrook (9-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 MIL  5 @STL  3 (10)   W:LaTroy Hawkins (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (2-2), S: John Axford (33)
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 MIL 10  STL  5        W:Randy Wolf (8-8), L: Edwin Jackson (8-8), S: none
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 STL  8 @MIL  7 (11)   W:Kyle McClellan (8-6), L: Marco Estrada (2-7), S: Octavio Dotel (2)
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 MIL  6  STL  2        W:Zack Greinke (9-4), L: Chris Carpenter (6-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 MIL  4  STL  3        W:Shaun Marcum (7-2), L: Jake Westbrook (6-4), S: John Axford (18)
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 MIL  5  STL  3        W:Zack Greinke (6-1), L: Chris Carpenter (1-6), S: John Axford (17)
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 MIL  8  STL  0        W:Chris Narveson (3-4), L: Kyle Lohse (7-3), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 8-5; 2010 - MIL won 8-7; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - STL leads 117-97

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  5.47

CLE  4.25

SFG  3.35

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

PIT  4.26

BAL  5.21

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .342

A. McCutchen  .274

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .453

R. Howard  .339

V. Wells  .250

 SLG

J. Bautista  .642

I. Kinsler  .437

A. Dunn  .289

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.094

P. Bourjos  .776

A. Rios  .572

 ERA

J. Cueto  2.05

J. Garcia  3.73

J. Lackey  5.94

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.74

D. Hudson  6.93

B. Penny  3.74

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

Cardinals Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 63.de la Cruz
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 40.Saito
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 36/.417 4/1.500 1/.000 1/2.000 14/1.352 3/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 478/386 .286/.402/.565/.966 .807/1.007 1.028 93/.914 0/4 30/6
21.Craig G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 161/109 .317/.369/.517/.886 .998/.829 .962 39/.756 5/0 6/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 337/272 .259/.331/.352/.683 .494/.729 .715 37/.541 2/2 1/7
23.Freese G/S/vP 12/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 285/221 .300/.347/.430/.777 1.001/.714 .824 75/.608 0/0 8/9
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 47/.567 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.600 6/.750 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 262/195 .211/.277/.287/.564 .607/.548 .436 93/.586 5/4 3/7
7.Holliday G/S/vP 37/.835 8/.708 ··· 1/2.000 8/.250 3/.000 4/.000 16/1.224 447/349 .304/.400/.539/.940 .879/.954 .958 92/.813 1/1 19/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 1/2.000 402/308 .296/.345/.419/.764 .699/.784 .830 82/.721 6/5 8/3
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.250 1/no AB 93/76 .232/.297/.366/.663 .719/.647 .689 27/.579 1/1 1/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 30/.666 8/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 5/.000 6/.833 4/1.250 420/321 .296/.334/.455/.789 .821/.779 .792 61/.868 3/5 12/5
44.Patterson* G/S/vP 15/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 4/.000 4/1.250 4/.500 383/293 .244/.277/.364/.641 .770/.601 .646 28/.302 13/9 6/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 43/.802 7/.143 1/2.000 1/.000 13/1.212 7/.143 8/1.000 6/.733 529/423 .287/.361/.533/.894 .872/.900 .827 102/1.065 7/1 31/10
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.167 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.666 6/.666 3/.000 327/285 .299/.346/.372/.718 .733/.716 .653 75/.853 0/2 2/5
3.Theriot G/S/vP 32/.548 5/.933 ··· 2/1.000 7/.858 9/.476 2/.000 4/1.167 442/323 .275/.320/.338/.658 .727/.633 .660 45/.635 4/5 1/18
IP 173.2 62.2 4.2 83.2 41.0 61.0 60.0 19.1 TOTAL .270/.338/.418/.757 .748/.759 .776 .729 44/32 134/91
ERA-K/9 3.37/5.7 2.30/10.5 3.86/5.7 4.09/8.0 2.63/4.6 3.69/7.4 3.15/10.1 2.33/7.0 3.66/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (14-3-3)
 Molina (38-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 736/.257 266/.225 21/.278 343/.244 176/.269 247/.232 260/.249 81/.225 .246  Jay
 Patterson
 Holliday
 Berkman
 Craig
 Schumaker
19/49/56/5
54/37/18/4
98/0/0/4
12/0/88/2
19/4/11/2
5/2/21/1
OPS .720 .599 .611 .705 .632 .632 .691 .665 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.666 115/.534 13/.685 168/.667 76/.577 109/.712 144/.816 32/.763 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 590/.732 151/.649 8/.500 175/.740 100/.674 138/.570 116/.534 49/.599 .680
Home 363/.717 158/.532 4/.500 181/.613 98/.551 130/.506 131/.799 38/.691
Last 28d days 112/.616 43/.715 21/.611 74/.626 31/.789 34/.479 33/.617 29/.299
HR/SB/CS 17/17/1 4/6/2 0/0/0 10/6/2 1/2/0 4/2/0 4/10/1 2/1/0 119/88/29
Usage ····X··· ··XoX·o· ········ X······X ···X···X o······o ··ooo··· ····o·o·
Brewers Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 17/.647 2/.000 4/.583 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 490/383 .249/.267/.371/.639 .592/.652 .638 99/.576 4/4 10/15
8.Braun G/S/vP 10/1.100 8/.625 7/.715 10/.543 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 519/399 .331/.403/.588/.991 1.052/.973 1.082 99/1.051 30/4 25/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 11/.808 4/.750 5/.650 ··· ··· 161/153 .172/.280/.201/.482 .833/.466 .466 25/.873 2/1 0/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 13/1.438 6/.750 8/.661 3/2.500 5/.400 2/no AB 3/2.667 579/415 .294/.408/.543/.951 .815/1.008 1.055 106/.898 0/1 29/13
15.Hairston G/S/vP 9/.111 3/2.334 7/.453 3/.000 2/.000 6/1.867 1/.000 314/208 .271/.339/.377/.715 .747/.700 .749 68/.687 2/2 4/11
1.Hart G/S/vP 9/1.834 7/1.000 6/2.667 9/.111 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 442/339 .285/.360/.501/.861 .953/.834 .967 98/.962 6/6 21/1
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP 34/1.017 2/2.000 10/.600 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 227/212 .260/.317/.337/.654 1.033/.628 .682 26/.940 3/0 2/3
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 88/66 .241/.299/.418/.717 .561/.771 .713 17/1.078 0/1 3/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 394/315 .279/.318/.396/.714 .823/.685 .840 79/.691 1/1 9/6
14.McGehee G/S/vP 9/.111 7/.858 10/.700 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 522/403 .238/.293/.357/.650 .430/.715 .744 93/.702 0/3 11/18
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 8/.750 10/1.100 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 337/297 .311/.351/.434/.785 .606/.809 .709 87/.672 10/3 3/2
9.Wilson G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 87/36 .235/.271/.370/.641 .650/.629 .572 25/.360 1/0 2/2
IP 155.1 54.2 41.2 53.2 28.2 50.1 62.2 TOTAL .261/.323/.418/.741 .724/.746 .801 .747 83/27 146/91
ERA-K/9 4.75/4.8 3.62/7.6 3.46/9.9 1.68/8.2 4.71/5.6 2.50/7.7 2.30/9.2 3.88/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (16-2-2)
 Lucroy (65-23-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 679/.284 237/.269 171/.192 209/.197 120/.273 202/.212 244/.180 .262  Braun
 Morgan
 Kotsay
 Hairston
 Hart
 Wilson
 Counsell
121/0/0/5
14/75/15/4
18/9/28/2
23/18/0/2
0/0/102/2
3/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .775 .723 .610 .536 .861 .586 .556 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 311/.720 89/.717 70/.886 71/.713 49/.779 91/.469 106/.608 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.821 148/.728 101/.434 138/.445 71/.912 111/.678 138/.515 .730
Road 346/.764 120/.654 88/.627 112/.548 51/.792 85/.588 135/.694
Last 28d days 144/.758 56/.844 34/.733 36/.170 15/.651 33/.613 39/.489
HR/SB/CS 14/11/3 4/1/2 5/0/1 1/5/1 7/1/1 2/1/1 6/2/0 116/54/21
Usage ····X··· ···X··oX ···o··XX X·o··X·· o·o·o·o· o·X··o·X o··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.