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Game Preview: FLA @ STL, 8:15pm, Monday, May 2, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

Marlins, 17-9, 17-9 2nd, ½ GB, 4 up in WC

SP: Chris Volstad (24, RHP, 2-1, 5.32)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-1) 22.0 23 16 13 10 14 3 5.32
2010 (12-9) 175.0 187 94 89 60 102 17 4.58
2009 (9-13) 159.0 169 100 92 59 107 29 5.21
Last 7 GS 5-1 43.2 40 18 15 13 21 3 3.09 53
2011-04-26 LAD W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 108 59
2011-04-21 PIT W 5.1 4 5 5 3 5 1 86 42
2011-04-12 @ATL L 4.2 8 5 5 2 3 2 82 29
2011-04-06 WSN ND 5.0 4 4 1 4 1 0 95 46
2010-09-30 PIT W 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 92 53
2010-09-25 @MIL W 6.2 6 0 0 0 2 0 90 64
2010-09-20 STL W 9.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 118 78
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 19.2 20 9 9 6 5 1 4.12 49
2010-09-20 STL W 9.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 118 78
2009-06-10 STL L 5.2 10 6 6 1 0 1 96 24
2008-08-12 STL W 5.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 72 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-5    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  13-5    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 7-2    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Sun, May  1  @CIN  W   9-5       17-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 30  @CIN  L   3-4 (10)  16-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 29  @CIN  W   7-6       16-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 23 Wed, Apr 27   LAD  L   4-5 (10)  15-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Tue, Apr 26   LAD  W   4-2       15-7   1st  0.5 up
 21 Mon, Apr 25   LAD  W   5-4       14-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 20 Sun, Apr 24   COL  W   6-3       13-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Sat, Apr 23   COL  L   1-3       12-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 18 Fri, Apr 22   COL  W   4-1       12-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 17 Thu, Apr 21   PIT  W   9-5       11-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-9 
Cardinals, 16-12, 16-12 1st, 2 up

SP: Kyle Lohse (32, RHP, 4-1, 1.64)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-1) 38.1 23 7 7 5 24 1 1.64
2010 (4-8) 92.0 129 75 67 35 54 9 6.55
2009 (6-10) 117.2 125 69 62 36 77 16 4.74
Last 7 GS 4-1 51.1 36 11 11 11 31 2 1.93 65
2011-04-27 @HOU W 7.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 97 70
2011-04-21 WSN W 9.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 111 87
2011-04-15 @LAD W 7.1 6 2 2 1 6 0 104 63
2011-04-10 @SFG W 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 96 73
2011-04-04 PIT L 7.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 95 53
2010-10-02 COL ND 7.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 87 72
2010-09-27 PIT ND 6.0 10 4 4 2 2 1 106 36
Last 5 v.FLA 2-2 23.1 23 16 13 7 18 5 5.01 47
2008-08-12 @FLA L 4.1 6 4 4 0 5 1 80 40
2007-08-08 FLA W 6.1 6 4 4 3 3 2 99 45
2007-07-20 @FLA L 6.2 8 7 4 1 5 2 86 40
2006-09-28 @FLA W 6.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 99 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  12-8    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Sun, May  1  @ATL  L   5-6       16-12  1st  2.0 up
 27 Sat, Apr 30  @ATL  W   3-2       16-11  1st  2.0 up
 26 Fri, Apr 29  @ATL  W   5-3 (11)  15-11  1st  1.5 up
 25 Thu, Apr 28  @HOU  W  11-7       14-11  1st  1.0 up
 24 Wed, Apr 27  @HOU  W   6-5       13-11  1st  0.5 up
 23 Tue, Apr 26  @HOU  L   5-6       12-11  1st    Tied
 22 Sun, Apr 24   CIN  W   3-0       12-10  1st  0.5 up
 21 Sat, Apr 23   CIN  L   3-5       11-10  1st    Tied
 20 Fri, Apr 22   CIN  W   4-2       11-9   1st  0.5 up
 19 Thu, Apr 21   WSN  W   5-0       10-9   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 FLA  4  STL  0        W:Chris Volstad (10-9), L: Chris Carpenter (15-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 FLA  5  STL  4 (10)   W:Clay Hensley (2-4), L: Ryan Franklin (6-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 STL  7 @FLA  0        W:Adam Wainwright (16-6), L: Ricky Nolasco (12-8), S: none
Thu, May 20, 2010 STL  4  FLA  2        W:Adam Wainwright (6-2), L: Nate Robertson (4-4), S: Ryan Franklin (10)
Wed, May 19, 2010 FLA  5 @STL  1        W:Anibal Sanchez (3-2), L: Blake Hawksworth (0-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 FLA  5 @STL  2        W:Josh Johnson (15-4), L: Joel Pineiro (14-11), S: Leo Nunez (22)
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 FLA  2 @STL  1        W:Sean West (7-5), L: Adam Wainwright (18-8), S: Leo Nunez (21)
Mon, Sep 14, 2009 STL 11  FLA  6        W:Blake Hawksworth (4-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (11-9), S: none
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 STL  6 @FLA  5        W:Trever Miller (2-0), L: Leo Nunez (2-3), S: Ryan Franklin (14)
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 STL 13 @FLA  4        W:Adam Wainwright (6-4), L: Chris Volstad (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - FLA won 3-2; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 81-58

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
Marlins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB
44.Batista
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
31.Franklin
G/S/vB
43.Miller*
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Bonifacio# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 77/50 .319/.373/.449/.823 1.054/.725 1.047 68/.784 2/1 1/1
14.Buck G/S/vP 17/.243 4/1.250 ··· 14/1.055 3/.667 ··· ··· 96/71 .227/.292/.409/.701 .820/.657 .647 83/.649 0/0 3/2
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 110/78 .283/.345/.505/.851 .419/1.035 .776 95/.921 2/2 4/0
33.Cousins* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/26 .138/.219/.276/.495 .167/.564 .347 25/.504 1/1 1/0
29.Dobbs* G/S/vP 4/.500 4/1.000 3/1.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.333 ··· 50/49 .372/.440/.558/.998 .000/1.020 1.262 48/.998 0/0 2/0
9.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 14/10 .538/.538/1.000/1.538 2.000/1.333 1.500 12/1.455 0/0 1/0
18.Helms G/S/vP 12/1.242 5/1.400 ··· 4/.500 4/1.250 ··· ··· 29/8 .259/.286/.370/.656 .881/.000 .706 27/.708 0/0 0/0
13.Infante G/S/vP 22/.546 2/1.000 ··· 13/.539 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 116/84 .229/.278/.295/.573 .617/.556 .613 102/.578 2/1 0/0
56.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 2.000 3/.667 0/0 0/0
22.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 42/29 .105/.190/.132/.322 .408/.281 .229 34/.306 0/0 0/1
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/1.500 6/1.500 2/.000 10/.844 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 102/78 .200/.294/.289/.583 1.100/.431 .753 88/.596 3/4 1/5
15.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/87 .289/.381/.433/.814 .962/.770 .810 99/.756 0/0 3/1
27.Stanton G/S/vP ··· 3/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/67 .236/.345/.458/.804 .840/.794 .509 81/.776 0/0 3/0
IP 38.1 12.0 14.2 9.1 4.1 12.2 9.1 TOTAL .253/.327/.403/.730 .771/.715 .741 .727 11/9 23/13
ERA-K/9 1.64/5.6 0.75/3.8 1.84/9.2 8.68/2.9 4.15/4.2 1.42/7.8 0.96/9.7 3.28/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (14-2-3)
 Hayes (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 140/.173 59/.265 58/.189 48/.333 22/.294 52/.217 36/.182 .248  Cousins
 Bonifacio
 Stanton
 Coghlan
3/3/11/3
10/1/7/3
0/0/20/1
0/24/0/0
OPS .434 .747 .529 1.095 .899 .571 .523 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.385 20/1.283 21/.744 21/.736 17/.796 20/.594 17/.627 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.482 39/.495 37/.416 27/1.409 5/1.250 32/.557 19/.433 .694
Home 57/.445 18/.675 28/.686 23/.876 6/1.267 27/.725 16/.250
Last 28d days 114/.376 54/.714 46/.459 43/1.063 21/.950 43/.554 36/.523
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/2/0 1/1/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 21/12/7
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·X·· ·Xo··X·X X···o··· ··oooo·· X·Xo·o·· ·X·XX··o
Cardinals Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Volstad
G/S/vB
38.Choate*
G/S/vB
40.Dunn*
G/S/vB
32.Hensley
G/S/vB
34.Mujica
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
44.Sanches
G/S/vB
58.Webb
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 6/.500 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 103/78 .398/.456/.753/1.209 .905/1.304 1.117 88/1.269 0/2 8/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/54 .226/.259/.358/.617 .393/.651 .356 57/.639 0/0 0/2
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 94/69 .356/.394/.471/.865 .962/.830 .500 81/.959 0/0 2/2
27.Greene G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/18 .250/.323/.393/.715 .891/.583 .500 30/.741 5/0 1/1
38.Hamilton* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .333/.429/.500/.929 1.000/.900 1.000 7/.929 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 8/1.500 1/.000 ··· 24/.724 6/.167 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.333 96/75 .418/.521/.646/1.166 1.371/1.116 1.180 91/1.105 0/1 3/1
15.Jay* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 39/32 .226/.385/.323/.707 .629/.721 .657 32/.695 0/1 1/0
13.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 33/25 .241/.313/.414/.726 .700/.708 .536 32/.751 0/0 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 88/70 .291/.333/.405/.738 .229/.875 .651 73/.844 1/1 1/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 10/.543 2/no AB ··· 7/1.714 6/1.166 4/1.250 6/1.166 3/.333 122/93 .245/.303/.445/.749 .910/.701 .812 105/.792 2/0 7/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 35/23 .222/.344/.333/.677 .543/.718 .457 35/.677 1/0 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 125/87 .299/.392/.467/.859 .782/.891 .788 109/.839 3/1 3/0
3.Theriot G/S/vP 12/.432 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 109/80 .303/.355/.343/.699 .869/.640 .616 91/.760 3/0 0/7
IP 22.0 5.1 9.2 10.1 10.1 13.2 15.0 13.1 TOTAL .295/.361/.448/.809 .791/.815 .711 .843 18/7 28/23
ERA-K/9 5.32/5.7 1.69/15.3 0.00/13.0 2.61/5.2 6.10/5.2 2.63/9.9 1.80/6.6 2.70/3.4 3.23/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (4-2-1)
 Molina (8-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 101/.271 24/.182 40/.097 43/.278 43/.275 55/.216 56/.100 58/.314 .228  Jay
 Hamilton
 Berkman
 Rasmus
 Holliday
 Greene
5/2/12/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/25/0
0/27/0/0
21/0/0/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .807 .568 .392 .718 .726 .586 .396 .741 .661
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/1.171 16/.250 17/.404 21/.675 15/.695 23/.594 29/.447 23/.534 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 52/.483 8/1.333 23/.384 22/.754 28/.742 32/.581 27/.345 35/.889 .637
Road 24/1.285 12/.583 17/.327 10/.500 17/.937 25/.882 23/.664 25/.501
Last 28d days 101/.807 16/.563 35/.350 35/.775 39/.766 47/.618 42/.477 51/.658
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 0/2/0 21/16/3
Usage ·····X·· oo··ooo· ·XX·X··o o···Xo·o ·oX·o·o· o·X·oo·o X···X·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.