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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 4:05pm, Sunday, October 9, 2011 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 90-72, 3-2 in postseason

SP: Jaime Garcia (24, LHP, 13-7, 3.56)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 RegS (13-7) 194.2 207 100 77 50 156 15 3.56
2010 RegS (13-8) 163.1 151 64 49 64 132 9 2.70
2008 RegS (1-1) 16.0 14 10 10 8 8 4 5.63
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 45 24 19 8 30 4 4.01 50
2011-10-04 PHI L 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 1 100 54
2011-09-26 @HOU ND 4.0 4 4 4 1 5 1 64 42
2011-09-21 NYM W 7.2 6 4 0 0 5 0 91 64
2011-09-16 @PHI ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 104 65
2011-09-10 ATL W 6.0 8 3 3 0 4 1 74 48
2011-09-03 CIN W 6.0 7 2 1 1 6 0 95 57
2011-08-24 LAD L 5.0 9 7 7 2 3 1 97 22
Last 5 v.MIL 2-2 31.0 27 17 10 8 31 3 2.90 56
2011-08-02 @MIL ND 5.0 10 7 3 0 6 1 85 33
2011-05-06 MIL W 9.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 102 90
2010-09-08 @MIL L 4.0 7 7 7 2 4 1 77 22
2010-08-17 MIL L 6.0 5 3 0 3 6 1 102 59
2010-07-02 MIL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 94 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   46-37   Road:   47-37   ExtrInn: 8-13
 vsRHP:  73-53   vsLHP:  20-21   1-Run:  28-24
 vsEast: 25-15   vsCntrl:44-35   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Fri, Oct  7  @PHI  W   1-0         -               
  4 Wed, Oct  5   PHI  W   5-3         -               
  3 Tue, Oct  4   PHI  L   2-3         -               
  2 Sun, Oct  2  @PHI  W   5-4         -               
  1 Sat, Oct  1  @PHI  L   6-11        -               
162 Wed, Sep 28  @HOU  W   8-0       90-72  2nd  6.0 gb
161 Tue, Sep 27  @HOU  W  13-6       89-72  2nd  6.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @HOU  L   4-5 (10)  88-72  2nd  6.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   CHC  W   3-2       88-71  2nd  6.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   CHC  W   2-1       87-71  2nd  6.0 gb

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9
Brewers, 96-66, 3-2 in postseason

SP: Zack Greinke (27, RHP, 16-6, 3.83)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 RegS (16-6) 171.2 161 82 73 45 201 19 3.83
2010 RegS (10-14) 220.0 219 114 102 55 181 18 4.17
2009 RegS (16-8) 229.1 195 64 55 51 242 11 2.16
Last 7 GS 3-1 41.0 46 16 16 13 46 6 3.51 54
2011-10-02 ARI ND 5.0 8 4 4 0 7 3 86 42
2011-09-28 PIT W 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 74 57
2011-09-24 FLA ND 5.0 9 4 4 5 6 2 108 34
2011-09-18 @CIN W 7.0 2 1 1 3 10 0 115 76
2011-09-13 COL ND 5.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 116 60
2011-09-07 @STL L 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 1 87 57
2011-09-02 @HOU W 6.0 9 2 2 2 6 0 95 50
Last 5 v.STL 4-1 35.0 31 10 9 4 31 4 2.31 62
2011-09-07 @STL L 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 1 87 57
2011-08-01 STL W 6.0 7 2 2 1 5 1 103 54
2011-06-11 STL W 7.0 7 3 3 0 9 1 107 60
2010-06-25 STL W 8.0 7 2 1 2 6 0 106 66
2008-06-19 @STL W 7.0 2 1 1 1 7 1 112 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   60-24   Road:   39-44   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  81-49   vsLHP:  18-19   1-Run:  31-18
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:51-29   vsWest: 22-16 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Fri, Oct  7   ARI  W   3-2 (10)    -               
  4 Wed, Oct  5  @ARI  L   6-10        -               
  3 Tue, Oct  4  @ARI  L   1-8         -               
  2 Sun, Oct  2   ARI  W   9-4         -               
  1 Sat, Oct  1   ARI  W   4-1         -               
162 Wed, Sep 28   PIT  W   7-3       96-66  1st  6.0 up
161 Tue, Sep 27   PIT  W   6-4       95-66  1st  6.0 up
160 Mon, Sep 26   PIT  L   8-9       94-66  1st  6.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 25   FLA  W   9-5       94-65  1st  6.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 24   FLA  W   6-4       93-65  1st  6.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 STL  2  MIL  0        W:Chris Carpenter (9-9), L: Zack Greinke (14-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 STL  4  MIL  2        W:Kyle Lohse (13-8), L: Yovani Gallardo (15-10), S: Jason Motte (3)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 MIL  4 @STL  1        W:Randy Wolf (12-9), L: Jake Westbrook (11-8), S: John Axford (41)
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 STL  8 @MIL  4        W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Yovani Gallardo (15-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 STL  8 @MIL  3        W:Jake Westbrook (11-7), L: Randy Wolf (11-9), S: none
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

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2011 - tied 9-9; 2010 - MIL won 8-7; 2009 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - STL leads 125-101

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

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Cardinals Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Greinke
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
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 9/1.111 4/1.500 1/2.000 15/1.467 4/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 587/475 .301/.412/.547/.959 .804/.998 1.028 96/.991 2/6 31/6
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .375/.375/.625/1.000 /1.000 1.000 8/1.000 0/0 0/1
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 219/149 .315/.362/.555/.917 1.000/.875 .980 54/1.076 5/0 11/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 375/309 .264/.334/.353/.687 .518/.724 .706 34/.820 2/2 1/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 363/279 .297/.350/.441/.791 .900/.759 .795 69/.769 1/0 10/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/no AB 6/.833 6/.750 3/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .599 92/.755 9/5 8/14
7.Holliday G/S/vP 13/1.379 9/.619 1/2.000 9/.222 4/.000 4/.000 16/1.224 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .927 55/.662 2/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 9/.666 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 1/2.000 503/399 .297/.344/.424/.768 .727/.779 .791 91/.790 6/7 10/3
13.Laird G/S/vP 20/.650 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.250 1/no AB 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .651 15/.641 1/1 1/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 12/.788 8/.500 3/1.334 5/.400 7/.000 6/.833 5/1.000 518/399 .305/.349/.465/.814 .842/.806 .808 85/.969 4/5 14/6
5.Pujols G/S/vP 21/.770 8/.125 2/.000 14/1.269 9/.347 8/1.000 6/.733 651/527 .299/.366/.541/.906 .946/.897 .868 108/.846 9/1 37/14
8.Punto# G/S/vP 24/.559 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 13/.154 7/.572 ··· 166/109 .278/.388/.421/.809 .798/.814 .997 35/.924 1/1 1/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 16/.733 5/.200 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.666 6/.666 4/.000 400/357 .283/.333/.351/.685 .714/.682 .630 68/.546 0/2 2/8
3.Theriot G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.933 3/1.000 7/.858 9/.476 2/.000 4/1.167 483/346 .271/.321/.342/.662 .768/.620 .671 32/.751 4/6 1/18
IP 171.2 73.2 92.2 48.1 72.0 71.2 26.2 TOTAL .273/.341/.425/.766 .768/.765 .785 .792 57/39 162/116
ERA-K/9 3.83/10.5 1.95/10.5 4.08/8.5 2.42/5.2 3.50/7.6 2.64/9.9 2.03/7.8 3.64/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (16-4-3)
 Molina (46-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 715/.245 305/.212 381/.243 204/.260 291/.240 307/.243 108/.216 .246  Jay
 Holliday
 Berkman
 Craig
 Schumaker
 Chambers
19/75/56/5
115/0/0/4
16/0/110/4
26/5/18/3
6/5/31/1
6/5/1/0
OPS .708 .557 .700 .624 .638 .663 .620 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.738 138/.481 181/.661 90/.584 123/.690 173/.776 47/.689 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.679 167/.621 200/.733 114/.655 168/.601 134/.515 61/.565 .684
Home 385/.684 187/.497 207/.614 116/.559 155/.531 163/.730 58/.627
Last 28d days 127/.709 36/.310 32/.526 25/.638 36/.762 44/.498 24/.554
HR/SB/CS 19/8/6 4/6/2 11/8/2 1/2/1 4/2/0 4/11/1 2/1/0 147/102/37
Usage ······X· ·X····Xo ···XX··· ······X· ···oX··· ·X····X· ·o·X··o·
Brewers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
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 6/1.166 2/.000 5/.900 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.666 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .679 82/.693 4/4 13/21
8.Braun G/S/vP 22/.591 8/.625 8/.625 12/.639 2/1.500 1/.000 5/.000 629/488 .332/.397/.597/.994 1.049/.979 1.068 96/1.031 33/6 33/1
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.500 11/.808 4/.750 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 187/179 .178/.280/.223/.503 .833/.490 .484 23/.718 2/1 1/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 22/.654 6/.750 9/.583 5/1.800 5/.400 4/.500 4/3.417 692/499 .299/.415/.566/.981 .822/1.046 1.096 99/1.077 1/1 38/15
27.Gomez G/S/vP 12/.417 2/.000 10/.400 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 258/163 .225/.276/.403/.679 .857/.566 .761 25/.970 16/2 8/0
5.Green* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/37 .270/.270/.351/.622 /.622 .500 35/.543 0/0 0/0
15.Hairston G/S/vP 11/.455 3/2.334 8/.542 4/.750 2/.000 6/1.867 2/.000 376/256 .270/.344/.383/.727 .706/.735 .771 50/.765 3/2 5/11
1.Hart G/S/vP 21/.829 7/1.000 7/2.238 11/.495 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 551/429 .285/.356/.510/.866 1.057/.814 .984 95/.865 7/6 26/2
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 10/.600 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 255/239 .270/.329/.373/.703 .962/.686 .678 26/1.201 3/0 3/5
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 123/99 .252/.311/.459/.771 .513/.837 .648 31/.962 0/1 5/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 14/.286 6/.200 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 468/378 .265/.313/.391/.703 .869/.662 .804 66/.642 2/1 12/7
14.McGehee G/S/vP 20/.879 7/.858 11/.637 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 600/464 .223/.280/.346/.626 .413/.689 .704 65/.351 0/3 13/20
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 1/no AB 10/1.100 2/1.000 6/.666 3/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 429/382 .304/.357/.421/.778 .540/.808 .672 78/.787 13/4 4/2
23.Weeks G/S/vP 20/.900 7/.429 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 515/403 .269/.350/.468/.818 .832/.814 .902 46/.743 9/2 20/15
IP 194.2 60.2 54.0 68.0 33.0 62.0 75.0 TOTAL .261/.325/.425/.750 .733/.755 .805 .785 94/31 185/111
ERA-K/9 3.56/7.2 3.56/7.1 3.50/10.3 2.25/8.3 4.64/5.7 3.34/8.9 2.28/9.0 3.79/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (18-3-2)
 Lucroy (77-30-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 826/.273 260/.266 218/.185 268/.202 138/.270 256/.223 295/.186 .261  Braun
 Morgan
 Gomez
 Hart
 Hairston
 Kotsay
 Counsell
147/0/0/8
17/95/20/5
0/87/0/5
0/0/126/3
23/20/0/2
19/10/30/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .711 .711 .574 .558 .858 .623 .566 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 159/.770 92/.715 85/.845 99/.738 61/.873 118/.478 129/.649 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 667/.697 168/.710 133/.410 169/.454 77/.846 138/.748 166/.502 .714
Road 423/.816 130/.622 115/.631 136/.611 58/.753 114/.613 166/.670
Last 28d days 123/.646 19/.610 37/.480 50/.608 16/.821 46/.707 42/.518
HR/SB/CS 15/15/3 4/2/2 6/1/1 2/6/1 8/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 136/64/25
Usage ····X··· ······oX ···o··Xo ···oo·o· ···o··oo ···o··oo ···Xo·X·

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.