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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 12:35pm, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 80-68, 80-68 2nd, 6½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (27, RHP, 11-9, 3.75)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (11-9) 180.0 201 83 75 55 137 16 3.75
2010 (10-12) 209.1 214 111 104 78 181 21 4.47
2009 (13-9) 214.0 200 93 86 70 161 27 3.62
Last 7 GS 3-1 44.1 46 17 13 13 30 4 2.64 54
2011-09-09 ATL ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 98 53
2011-09-04 CIN ND 7.0 8 2 2 2 8 1 113 59
2011-08-30 @MIL W 7.0 6 1 1 0 3 0 91 64
2011-08-25 PIT W 6.0 6 4 1 3 2 0 106 49
2011-08-20 @CHC L 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 1 97 60
2011-08-14 COL W 5.1 8 2 2 3 4 1 95 45
2011-08-09 MIL ND 6.0 6 3 2 2 2 1 99 50
Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 25.0 26 13 9 11 8 1 3.24 48
2011-08-25 PIT W 6.0 6 4 1 3 2 0 106 49
2010-04-11 PIT W 7.0 10 4 4 2 3 1 98 42
2008-06-28 @PIT ND 6.2 6 3 3 2 3 0 104 51
2005-09-26 PIT W 5.1 4 2 1 4 0 0 95 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-34   Road:   39-34   ExtrInn: 7-12
 vsRHP:  62-50   vsLHP:  18-18   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 17-11   vsCntrl:39-33   vsWest: 16-17 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Tue, Sep 13  @PIT  W   6-4       80-68  2nd  6.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12  @PIT  L   5-6       79-68  2nd  6.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11   ATL  W   6-3       79-67  2nd  6.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 10   ATL  W   4-3       78-67  2nd  6.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9   ATL  W   4-3 (10)  77-67  2nd  7.0 gb
143 Wed, Sep  7   MIL  W   2-0       76-67  2nd  8.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6   MIL  W   4-2       75-67  2nd  9.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5   MIL  L   1-4       74-67  2nd 10.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  4   CIN  L   2-3 (10)  74-66  2nd  9.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  3   CIN  W   6-4       74-65  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Pirates, 67-81, 67-81 4th, 19½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (27, RHP, 9-9, 3.81)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-9) 153.2 169 74 65 68 96 6 3.81
2010 (2-12) 79.2 112 79 67 26 59 15 7.57
2009 (5-9) 97.0 102 49 49 40 62 7 4.55
Last 7 GS 1-3 42.1 44 16 15 19 29 1 3.19 52
2011-09-04 @CHC L 4.1 7 4 3 5 2 0 85 32
2011-08-30 @HOU L 5.1 6 4 4 4 8 1 96 44
2011-08-25 @STL L 4.1 9 5 5 2 1 0 84 24
2011-08-20 CIN ND 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 89 51
2011-08-14 @MIL ND 7.1 4 1 1 2 5 0 99 69
2011-08-08 @SFG W 8.0 6 0 0 3 4 0 115 71
2011-08-03 CHC ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 7 0 94 72
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 27.2 32 15 15 13 15 2 4.88 45
2011-08-25 @STL L 4.1 9 5 5 2 1 0 84 24
2011-07-24 STL ND 5.1 6 3 3 5 3 1 94 42
2011-04-04 @STL W 6.0 3 1 1 5 2 0 97 59
2010-09-27 @STL ND 6.0 10 4 4 0 4 1 83 40
2010-09-22 STL W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 94 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-43   Road:   33-38   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  46-63   vsLHP:  21-18   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:36-37   vsWest: 11-15 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Tue, Sep 13   STL  L   4-6       67-81  4th 19.5 gb
147 Mon, Sep 12   STL  W   6-5       67-80  4th 18.5 gb
146 Sun, Sep 11   FLA  L   1-4       66-80  4th 19.0 gb
145 Sat, Sep 10   FLA  L   0-3       66-79  4th 18.0 gb
144 Fri, Sep  9   FLA  L   4-13      66-78  4th 18.0 gb
143 Wed, Sep  7   HOU  W   5-4       66-77  4th 18.5 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6   HOU  L   1-4       65-77  4th 19.5 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5   HOU  W   3-1       65-76  4th 19.5 gb
140 Sun, Sep  4  @CHC  L   3-6       64-76  4th 19.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  3  @CHC  W   7-5       64-75  4th 18.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 STL  6 @PIT  4        W:Kyle McClellan (11-6), L: Joel Hanrahan (0-4), S: Jason Motte (6)
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 PIT  6  STL  5        W:Jason Grilli (2-1), L: Marc Rzepczynski (2-5), S: Joel Hanrahan (37)
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 STL  7  PIT  4        W:Kyle Lohse (12-8), L: Jeff Karstens (9-8), S: Jason Motte (1)
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 PIT  7 @STL  0        W:Brad Lincoln (1-0), L: Chris Carpenter (8-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Kyle McClellan (10-6), L: Jose Veras (2-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 STL  8  PIT  4        W:Edwin Jackson (10-9), L: Charlie Morton (9-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 STL  7 @PIT  2        W:Kyle Lohse (11-7), L: Paul Maholm (6-14), S: none
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 PIT  5  STL  4 (11)   W:Chris Resop (4-4), L: Arthur Rhodes (3-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 PIT  6  STL  2        W:James McDonald (8-6), L: Jake Westbrook (9-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 PIT  4  STL  3 (10)   W:Joe Beimel (1-1), L: Jason Motte (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 8-7; 2010 - STL won 9-6; 2009 - STL won 10-5; All-Time - PIT leads 1203-1142

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
Cardinals Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB
70.Hughes
G/S/vB
63.Leroux
G/S/vB
61.Locke*
G/S/vB
34.McCutchen
G/S/vB
47.Meek
G/S/vB
57.Moskos*
G/S/vB
30.Resop
G/S/vB
60.Thompson*
G/S/vB
43.Veras
G/S/vB
65.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 17/2.039 6/.333 9/1.056 ··· 4/.750 ··· 5/1.850 6/1.667 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 528/429 .290/.403/.548/.951 .798/.989 .997 93/.772 0/6 30/6
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 9/1.635 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 173/112 .318/.366/.503/.869 .880/.862 .904 37/.604 5/0 6/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/43 .258/.333/.339/.672 .721/.641 .678 / 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 358/292 .270/.341/.363/.704 .518/.747 .731 38/.807 2/2 1/7
23.Freese G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 316/242 .294/.339/.427/.765 .951/.710 .809 68/.558 0/0 9/10
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 2/1.000 11/1.056 5/.250 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/.583 2/.500 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 321/244 .221/.288/.328/.616 .639/.608 .516 91/.740 8/4 7/9
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/71 .196/.311/.265/.576 .601/.557 .655 0/ 10/0 1/5
7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/1.000 3/.000 11/1.455 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.536 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 7/.143 2/2.500 503/396 .295/.388/.528/.915 .857/.928 .922 97/.717 1/1 22/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/.750 4/1.000 6/.833 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 9/.000 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 447/351 .310/.357/.448/.805 .698/.834 .827 83/1.067 6/6 10/3
13.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 103/85 .242/.307/.374/.681 .873/.641 .689 20/.671 1/1 1/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 10/.900 2/.000 10/.633 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/1.800 3/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 462/355 .293/.332/.445/.777 .809/.767 .786 75/.792 4/5 12/6
44.Patterson* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/5.000 391/301 .241/.273/.362/.635 .770/.595 .648 14/.429 13/9 6/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 23/.780 9/.944 12/.889 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 9/1.194 8/.661 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.500 586/472 .297/.367/.548/.915 .911/.916 .876 98/1.024 7/1 35/14
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.167 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.250 1/no AB 139/84 .268/.378/.402/.780 .749/.798 .969 8/.775 1/1 0/2
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1 .000/.200/.000/.200 .250/.000 5/.200 0/0 0/0
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 22/1.095 3/.000 11/.364 ··· 5/.400 ··· 8/.833 6/.666 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 365/322 .295/.341/.360/.701 .714/.699 .658 75/.666 0/2 2/6
3.Theriot G/S/vP 16/.838 2/.500 8/.661 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/.900 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 455/330 .271/.320/.333/.653 .718/.629 .656 31/.519 4/5 1/18
IP 153.2 26.2 65.1 4.0 22.1 5.0 76.2 16.1 20.2 65.2 6.1 67.2 35.0 TOTAL .272/.339/.421/.760 .748/.764 .779 .754 49/36 149/101
ERA-K/9 3.81/5.6 3.04/9.8 1.79/7.9 0.00/4.5 1.61/8.9 5.40/1.8 3.40/4.7 3.86/7.2 2.61/4.3 4.52/10.4 4.26/1.4 3.59/10.0 4.37/7.7 3.92/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-2-1)
 Laird (16-4-3)
 Molina (43-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 688/.285 114/.206 259/.220 13/.077 89/.205 23/.313 328/.261 78/.319 92/.288 292/.271 31/.370 289/.202 152/.233 .268  Jay
 Berkman
 Patterson
 Holliday
 Craig
 Schumaker
 Chambers
 Robinson
 Greene
 Cruz
19/61/56/5
12/0/100/4
54/39/21/4
111/0/0/4
19/5/13/3
5/4/28/1
1/1/0/0
0/4/0/0
1/0/8/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .732 .638 .542 .154 .467 .767 .734 .761 .686 .758 .989 .630 .740 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 307/.961 44/.838 117/.528 5/.000 34/.717 3/.667 128/.817 33/.749 39/.947 111/.673 7/1.286 117/.698 62/.725 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 381/.553 70/.519 142/.553 8/.250 55/.305 20/.754 200/.681 45/.770 53/.488 181/.801 24/.885 172/.586 90/.750 .696
Home 305/.733 66/.549 161/.590 13/.154 40/.315 23/.767 189/.785 42/.733 61/.696 160/.864 31/.989 146/.487 83/.662
Last 28d days 99/.883 40/.414 53/.663 13/.154 60/.308 23/.767 54/.870 8/.393 11/.282 55/.865 31/.989 47/.758 41/.895
HR/SB/CS 6/16/5 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 0/2/0 7/8/2 1/0/0 0/2/0 7/8/3 1/3/0 6/5/1 6/7/0 137/104/32
Usage ········ ·Xo····· XXo···o· o·o·o·o· oo·X··Xo ···X···· ····o·X· ··o·X··· o···o··o ···oo··o ····X··· o··X···o ·oo···oo
Pirates Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Jackson
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
63.Cleto
G/S/vB
65.Dickson
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
46.McClellan
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
52.Sanchez
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 227/187 .193/.261/.285/.546 .589/.537 .478 14/.522 1/0 3/13
5.Cedeno G/S/vP 6/.833 7/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.764 7/1.286 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 423/324 .257/.306/.351/.657 .578/.680 .590 70/.729 2/5 2/13
3.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 24/19 .333/.333/.500/.833 .800/.842 .765 13/1.000 1/1 0/1
12.d'Arnaud G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 132/91 .200/.223/.264/.487 .618/.426 .553 24/.255 9/0 0/8
41.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.333 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.550 5/.000 8/.125 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 210/159 .301/.354/.487/.841 .968/.803 .933 72/.919 0/1 8/6
62.Harrison G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 183/135 .264/.275/.351/.626 .506/.670 .625 78/.724 3/1 1/6
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 22/15 .400/.455/.400/.855 .452/1.033 1.038 7/1.071 1/0 0/0
46.Jones* G/S/vP 7/.453 7/.762 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 12/.416 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 449/379 .247/.324/.441/.764 .474/.821 .781 77/.704 6/3 15/4
25.Lee G/S/vP 9/1.467 9/.583 ··· ··· 14/.873 9/.222 8/.625 6/1.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 423/327 .260/.312/.440/.752 .748/.752 .751 40/1.022 2/1 17/7
36.Ludwick G/S/vP 10/.425 3/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 522/396 .239/.311/.363/.674 .723/.658 .656 36/.780 1/1 12/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 7/1.262 11/.282 ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.821 6/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 628/478 .265/.366/.469/.835 .988/.786 .762 101/.792 20/9 23/7
55.McKenry G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 190/144 .227/.276/.326/.601 .536/.620 .578 32/.474 0/1 2/5
38.Paul* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 245/216 .251/.288/.335/.622 .175/.685 .503 33/.438 16/6 2/1
44.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 171/124 .308/.359/.455/.814 .656/.873 .849 78/.721 7/3 2/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 4/.250 5/1.550 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.500 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.933 ··· 382/292 .266/.349/.362/.711 .819/.679 .823 76/.704 16/7 4/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.500 7/.453 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 608/440 .273/.339/.402/.741 .654/.780 .728 101/.802 7/5 12/6
2.Wood G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 259/174 .211/.268/.333/.602 .629/.589 .675 27/.462 0/0 7/4
IP 180.0 57.0 4.1 8.1 47.2 136.0 62.1 31.0 55.1 67.2 28.2 TOTAL .244/.309/.365/.673 .659/.678 .668 .701 96/48 99/105
ERA-K/9 3.75/6.8 3.63/7.3 12.46/12.6 3.24/7.6 3.40/10.0 4.04/4.9 1.59/7.8 4.94/5.5 2.93/8.3 2.39/9.0 1.88/10.3 3.85/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (34-10-4)
 Jaramillo (1-1-0)
 McKenry (37-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 772/.289 246/.271 25/.333 34/.290 193/.181 578/.259 242/.205 130/.277 227/.224 267/.189 114/.151 .263  Ludwick
 McCutchen
 Tabata
 Paul
 Presley
 Jones
116/0/5/10
0/144/0/9
77/2/15/4
25/8/67/3
38/2/0/2
0/0/85/2
OPS .770 .726 1.107 .869 .572 .735 .539 .885 .625 .583 .515 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 394/.794 89/.717 13/1.189 12/.432 77/.824 231/.614 87/.664 55/.908 106/.491 117/.659 45/.451 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 378/.745 157/.731 12/1.017 22/1.109 116/.415 347/.814 155/.468 75/.869 121/.743 150/.523 69/.558 .729
Road 363/.811 120/.654 / 20/1.034 100/.594 253/.741 125/.582 53/.760 92/.605 146/.731 63/.552
Last 28d days 136/.731 36/.727 4/.500 20/1.137 36/.471 58/.731 50/.404 20/.750 41/.825 36/.702 /
HR/SB/CS 16/21/1 4/1/2 2/0/0 2/0/0 5/1/1 19/6/3 1/6/1 8/1/1 3/2/1 7/2/0 1/1/0 131/61/24
Usage ····X··· ········ ········ ········ ·oo·o··· ooo·o··X X·XXo··o o·o·o··· ·X·XX··o ·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.