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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Saturday, July 23, 2011 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 52-47, 52-47 2nd, 1 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Jaime Garcia (24, LHP, 9-4, 3.11)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-4) 124.1 121 56 43 32 106 8 3.11
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 3-2 42.2 45 20 14 12 34 4 2.95 53
2011-07-17 @CIN L 7.0 6 2 1 0 6 0 103 65
2011-07-10 ARI W 6.0 7 2 2 2 5 1 90 53
2011-07-05 CIN W 6.0 2 1 1 3 4 0 95 65
2011-06-30 @BAL W 5.1 10 5 5 1 3 2 89 30
2011-06-25 TOR L 7.0 5 5 1 4 4 1 95 55
2011-06-19 KCR ND 5.1 7 3 2 1 5 0 92 48
2011-06-14 @WSN ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 107 54
Last 5 v.PIT 0-1 6.0 7 1 1 2 7 0 1.50 59
2010-05-08 @PIT L 6.0 7 1 1 2 7 0 110 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-21   Road:   27-26   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  37-34   vsLHP:  15-13   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 14-13 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 99 Fri, Jul 22  @PIT  W   6-4       52-47  2nd  1.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 21  @NYM  W   6-2       51-47  3rd  1.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 20  @NYM  L   5-6 (10)  50-47  3rd  2.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 19  @NYM  L   2-4       50-46  3rd  1.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 17  @CIN  L   1-3       50-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 16  @CIN  W   4-1       50-44  1st  0.5 up
 93 Fri, Jul 15  @CIN  L   5-6       49-44  1st    Tied
 92 Sun, Jul 10   ARI  W   4-2       49-43  1st    Tied
 91 Sat, Jul  9   ARI  W   7-6       48-43  1st    Tied
 90 Fri, Jul  8   ARI  L   6-7       47-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Pirates, 51-46, 51-46 2nd, 1 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (30, RHP, 11-7, 4.04)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (11-7) 122.2 128 62 55 27 63 14 4.04
2010 (10-10) 145.0 152 89 87 64 115 20 5.40
2009 (12-11) 198.0 194 92 86 64 142 17 3.91
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.0 45 24 22 8 26 5 4.83 48
2011-07-17 @HOU ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 4 1 95 53
2011-07-09 CHC L 3.2 9 5 5 1 2 0 66 24
2011-07-03 @WSN W 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 93 57
2011-06-28 @TOR W 6.0 5 4 4 1 3 2 94 48
2011-06-22 BAL W 6.0 9 4 3 1 5 0 97 44
2011-06-17 @CLE L 5.2 4 2 1 3 2 1 94 54
2011-06-12 NYM L 7.2 7 4 4 0 4 0 96 53
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 32.1 31 9 8 15 17 2 2.23 55
2011-04-06 @STL W 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 89 68
2010-05-26 STL ND 6.0 5 0 0 6 5 0 105 61
2009-08-22 STL L 5.2 10 5 5 2 2 2 95 29
2008-04-10 STL W 7.2 5 0 0 2 4 0 100 71
2005-08-20 @STL L 6.0 6 4 3 3 3 0 102 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-24   Road:   26-22   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  33-36   vsLHP:  18-10   1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:24-15   vsWest:  9-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 22   STL  L   4-6       51-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 96 Wed, Jul 20   CIN  L   1-3       51-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 95 Tue, Jul 19   CIN  W   1-0       51-44  1st  0.5 up
 94 Mon, Jul 18   CIN  W   2-0       50-44  1st  0.5 up
 93 Sun, Jul 17  @HOU  W   7-5 (11)  49-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 16  @HOU  L   4-6       48-44  3rd  1.0 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 15  @HOU  W   4-0       48-43  1st    Tied
 90 Sun, Jul 10   CHC  W   9-1       47-43  3rd  1.0 gb
 89 Sat, Jul  9   CHC  L   3-6       46-43  3rd  1.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul  8   CHC  W   7-4       46-42  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 STL  6 @PIT  4        W:Chris Carpenter (6-7), L: Paul Maholm (6-10), S: Fernando Salas (18)
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 PIT  3 @STL  1        W:Kevin Correia (2-0), L: Chris Carpenter (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (4)
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 STL  3  PIT  2        W:Miguel Batista (1-0), L: Garrett Olson (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (1)
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 PIT  4 @STL  3        W:Charlie Morton (1-0), L: Kyle Lohse (0-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (3)

Wed, Sep 29, 2010 STL  4  PIT  1        W:P.J. Walters (2-0), L: James McDonald (4-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 PIT  7 @STL  2        W:Brian Burres (4-4), L: Jeff Suppan (2-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 STL  6  PIT  4        W:Dennys Reyes (3-1), L: Sean Gallagher (2-1), S: Kyle McClellan (2)
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 STL  9 @PIT  2        W:Jeff Suppan (2-7), L: Brian Burres (3-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 PIT 11  STL  6        W:Charlie Morton (2-11), L: Kyle Lohse (4-8), S: none
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 PIT  5  STL  2        W:Paul Maholm (8-15), L: Jake Westbrook (8-11), S: Evan Meek (4)
Season Series: 2011 - tied 2-2; 2010 - STL won 9-6; 2009 - STL won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 1198-1136

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  5.42

ATL  4.14

SEA  3.26

 RA/G

PHI  3.30

CLE  4.31

BAL  5.24

 BA

J. Reyes  .349

P. Polanco  .274

A. Dunn  .163

 OBP

J. Bautista  .465

N. Markakis  .336

A. Rios  .255

 SLG

J. Bautista  .686

C. Jones  .428

C. Getz  .285

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.151

C. Jones  .768

A. Rios  .559

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.81

T. Cahill  3.77

J. Happ  5.88

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.35

B. Myers  6.70

B. Penny  3.78

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

Cardinals Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Correia
G/S/vB		 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 34.McCutchen
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 43.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 13/.906 21/.929 4/.500 7/1.071 4/1.833 2/.500 1/.000 357/272 .288/.401/.597/.997 .853/1.046 1.097 83/1.027 0/3 26/5
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 260/206 .261/.328/.367/.695 .460/.756 .664 39/.839 2/2 1/6
23.Freese G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 172/129 .306/.355/.420/.775 1.114/.668 .895 78/.665 0/0 4/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 29/.829 7/.429 1/.000 10/1.500 7/.619 2/1.000 3/.000 310/234 .312/.406/.545/.952 .888/.970 .937 92/.843 0/1 14/2
15.Jay* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 270/201 .309/.358/.444/.803 .768/.815 .844 71/.823 5/3 7/1
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 58/44 .235/.316/.373/.688 .729/.669 .776 9/.667 0/1 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 15/.453 2/.000 1/.000 8/.804 3/1.667 2/2.500 ··· 321/239 .276/.324/.413/.737 .772/.725 .718 62/.608 2/5 6/4
5.Pujols G/S/vP 20/.900 18/1.094 6/1.167 9/.958 7/1.286 1/2.000 ··· 370/288 .280/.351/.524/.876 .937/.859 .808 52/.994 5/0 22/9
8.Punto# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 8/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 117/67 .263/.345/.374/.719 .679/.745 .923 38/.677 1/1 0/2
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 9/.904 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 374/276 .241/.327/.402/.730 .844/.691 .745 64/.554 5/2 9/3
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 15/1.148 2/1.000 ··· 9/.222 6/.750 1/.000 1/2.000 211/178 .273/.322/.366/.688 .726/.682 .659 63/.815 0/1 2/2
3.Theriot G/S/vP 14/1.026 7/1.071 1/no AB 7/.453 4/.666 1/.000 1/.000 365/267 .274/.320/.333/.654 .760/.615 .672 68/.430 4/4 1/15
IP 122.2 14.2 1.0 43.2 50.1 44.1 43.1 TOTAL .268/.338/.417/.755 .757/.754 .777 .754 36/24 97/67
ERA-K/9 4.04/4.6 4.91/6.7 0.00/9.0 1.24/7.8 2.15/4.7 3.45/10.8 3.12/9.1 3.38/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (6-3-1)
 Molina (29-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.267 65/.293 5/.250 165/.204 203/.250 189/.228 181/.183 .256  Jay
 Rasmus
 Holliday
 Berkman
 Schumaker
15/20/55/4
0/88/0/4
66/0/0/4
12/0/60/1
3/0/10/0
OPS .721 .877 .900 .516 .689 .666 .572 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.696 30/.597 3/.333 72/.473 80/.834 65/.642 73/.630 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.741 35/1.129 2/1.500 93/.550 123/.598 124/.678 108/.531 .668
Home 206/.850 24/.382 5/.900 94/.473 131/.711 100/.746 92/.472
Last 28d days 94/.837 6/1.000 5/.900 28/.464 49/.515 43/.785 39/.514
HR/SB/CS 14/4/5 3/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 4/5/2 5/2/2 3/4/1 83/61/19
Usage ·····X·· o··o·o·· o······· ···ooX·· o·X·ooo· X··o·Xo· ··o··oX·
Pirates Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 43.Miller*
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 37.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 40.Walters
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/1.334 5/.000 1/2.000 4/2.250 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 280/206 .256/.314/.348/.662 .719/.642 .596 23/1.048 1/5 2/5
23.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/83 .274/.305/.345/.650 .638/.664 .644 45/.762 4/1 0/2
46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.417 11/.546 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 277/237 .239/.326/.416/.742 .489/.786 .704 62/.602 4/3 9/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 3/2.000 8/.125 1/.000 5/1.150 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/.733 417/311 .282/.381/.489/.869 .983/.830 .804 89/.920 15/5 14/6
55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 102/77 .250/.278/.326/.604 .455/.649 .602 67/.680 0/0 1/2
37.Overbay* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.750 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 360/255 .236/.304/.359/.663 .716/.640 .660 79/.621 1/1 7/8
38.Paul* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 140/119 .254/.279/.338/.618 .243/.686 .375 15/.267 9/3 1/1
51.Pearce G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 62/26 .291/.339/.382/.721 .794/.628 .923 / 0/0 1/3
44.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 93/61 .333/.402/.494/.896 .808/.940 1.006 93/.896 4/2 1/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 398/277 .272/.334/.406/.740 .612/.804 .660 80/.834 6/2 9/4
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 180/124 .209/.275/.344/.619 .741/.564 .630 47/.748 0/0 5/1
IP 124.1 35.1 15.2 37.1 48.0 5.1 2.2 TOTAL .246/.313/.362/.675 .685/.671 .637 .704 69/32 62/68
ERA-K/9 3.11/7.7 3.06/8.7 4.02/5.2 2.41/8.4 2.63/8.8 3.38/11.9 0.00/6.7 3.93/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McKenry (14-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 521/.252 147/.237 76/.295 155/.246 188/.190 27/.273 10/.000 .260  McCutchen
 Diaz
 Paul
 Jones
 Presley
 Pearce
0/94/0/8
8/0/38/3
16/4/47/2
0/0/66/2
20/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .653 .653 .875 .667 .568 .771 .100 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 105/.561 50/.718 51/.662 54/.875 84/.562 13/.862 5/.000 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.677 97/.620 25/1.342 101/.557 104/.573 14/.690 5/.200 .727
Road 275/.811 79/.583 44/.932 82/.632 100/.728 12/.817 3/.333
Last 28d days 102/.717 40/.669 11/1.445 26/.769 50/.492 27/.771 10/.100
HR/SB/CS 8/9/1 2/1/2 1/1/0 1/1/1 5/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 86/37/15
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o···o ···o···o ··oX···o o·o···Xo ···o···o ·······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.