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Game Preview: FLA @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

Marlins, 18-10, 18-10 2nd, 1 GB, 4½ up in WC

SP: Javier Vazquez (35, RHP, 2-2, 6.39)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-2) 25.1 27 21 18 19 14 4 6.39
2010 (10-10) 157.1 155 96 93 65 121 32 5.32
2009 (15-10) 219.1 181 75 70 44 238 20 2.87
Last 7 GS 2-3 35.0 43 32 29 23 15 7 7.46 36
2011-04-29 @CIN W 6.0 4 4 4 3 3 2 87 48
2011-04-23 COL L 6.0 4 3 3 5 5 0 94 52
2011-04-15 @PHI ND 5.0 5 3 3 4 1 0 73 42
2011-04-09 @HOU W 6.0 8 4 4 2 4 0 92 42
2011-04-03 NYM L 2.1 6 7 4 5 1 2 67 19
2010-09-29 @TOR L 4.2 10 7 7 2 0 3 89 14
2010-09-10 @TEX ND 5.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 88 38
Last 5 v.STL 2-3 38.0 32 16 16 5 33 2 3.79 60
2009-09-13 @STL W 9.0 7 2 2 0 8 0 94 73
2009-04-29 STL L 8.0 9 5 5 1 8 0 99 51
2006-06-20 STL W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 97 51
2005-07-06 STL L 9.0 3 2 2 0 8 1 113 81
2003-05-04 @STL L 6.0 6 5 5 2 6 1 99 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-5    Road:    8-5    ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  14-6    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 8-3    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Tue, May  3  @STL  L   5-7       18-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 27 Mon, May  2  @STL  W   6-5       18-9   1st    Tied
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-10
Cardinals, 17-13, 17-13 1st, 2½ up

SP: Chris Carpenter (36, RHP, 0-2, 3.89)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 37.0 35 17 16 10 29 6 3.89
2010 (16-9) 235.0 214 99 84 63 179 21 3.22
2009 (17-4) 192.2 156 49 48 38 144 7 2.24
Last 7 GS 1-2 46.0 39 18 17 12 33 6 3.33 57
2011-04-29 @ATL ND 7.0 10 3 3 2 3 2 109 46
2011-04-23 CIN ND 6.0 2 2 2 3 6 1 103 63
2011-04-17 @LAD ND 7.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 105 73
2011-04-12 @ARI L 4.0 8 8 8 3 4 2 83 15
2011-04-06 PIT L 6.0 8 2 1 0 6 1 106 56
2011-03-31 SDP ND 7.0 2 2 2 2 4 0 98 67
2010-09-30 COL W 9.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 100 77
Last 5 v.FLA 2-1 31.0 26 10 10 6 20 1 2.90 58
2010-09-20 @FLA L 6.0 5 4 4 2 6 1 86 50
2009-06-09 @FLA ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 89 50
2005-08-29 @FLA W 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 94 65
2005-08-02 FLA W 9.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 109 82
2004-08-10 @FLA ND 2.1 5 1 1 1 0 0 54 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-7    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-9    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Tue, May  3   FLA  W   7-5       17-13  1st  2.5 up
 29 Mon, May  2   FLA  L   5-6       16-13  1st  1.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 03, 2011 STL  7  FLA  5        W:Fernando Salas (1-0), L: Ryan Webb (0-3), S: Eduardo Sanchez (2)
Mon, May 02, 2011 FLA  6 @STL  5        W:Edward Mujica (3-1), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-2), S: Leo Nunez (10)

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
Season Series: 2011 - tied 1-1; 2010 - FLA won 3-2; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 82-59

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 (4.61 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Carpenter
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 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 85/58 .329/.386/.461/.846 1.054/.772 1.054 68/.841 2/1 1/1
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/.666 4/1.250 1/.000 14/1.055 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 104/79 .223/.298/.394/.692 .820/.648 .635 82/.638 0/0 3/2
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 120/87 .271/.342/.477/.818 .406/.983 .719 95/.819 2/2 4/0
33.Cousins* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 33/27 .138/.242/.276/.518 .167/.593 .425 25/.558 1/1 1/0
29.Dobbs* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.917 5/.800 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 58/57 .340/.397/.500/.897 .000/.914 1.013 54/.878 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 1/2.000 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 31/10 .241/.267/.345/.611 .881/.000 .632 28/.681 0/0 0/0
13.Infante G/S/vP 5/.800 3/1.334 ··· 13/.539 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 126/94 .217/.264/.278/.542 .617/.516 .541 102/.547 2/1 0/0
56.Martinez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/.333/.667 /.667 2.000 3/.667 0/0 0/0
16.Petersen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
2.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.333 7/1.262 2/.000 10/.844 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 112/88 .194/.295/.276/.570 1.100/.431 .688 88/.568 4/4 1/6
15.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 123/97 .318/.398/.477/.875 .962/.852 .946 99/.832 0/0 4/1
27.Stanton G/S/vP 2/.500 4/1.750 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 94/77 .256/.351/.512/.863 .840/.867 .665 90/.833 0/0 4/0
IP 37.0 12.2 15.2 9.1 4.2 13.2 12.1 TOTAL .254/.327/.401/.729 .768/.716 .737 .715 12/9 25/14
ERA-K/9 3.89/7.1 0.71/4.3 2.30/9.2 8.68/2.9 3.86/3.8 1.32/7.2 1.46/9.5 3.43/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (15-3-3)
 Hayes (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.248 63/.283 63/.211 48/.333 23/.278 55/.204 49/.200 .249  Bonifacio
 Cousins
 Stanton
 Coghlan
12/1/7/3
3/3/11/3
0/0/22/1
0/26/0/0
OPS .731 .764 .591 1.095 .854 .538 .532 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.820 20/1.283 23/.792 21/.736 18/.746 21/.563 22/.634 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.647 43/.546 40/.488 27/1.409 5/1.250 34/.523 27/.453 .701
Home 74/.557 22/.749 33/.786 23/.876 7/1.000 30/.646 29/.387
Last 28d days 104/.798 51/.775 47/.535 39/1.127 18/.789 38/.431 49/.532
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 0/2/0 1/1/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 23/13/7
Usage ····X··· ·o·X·X·X ·X·Xo··X ··X···o· ·o··oooo X·X·Xo·o Xo·X·XX·
Cardinals Batters (5.37 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Vazquez
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 28/.547 1/3.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 2/1.000 3/2.000 3/1.167 111/86 .402/.477/.773/1.251 .905/1.352 1.216 88/1.370 0/2 9/1
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/25 .324/.410/.471/.881 .973/.821 .888 22/.988 3/0 1/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 71/62 .237/.288/.407/.695 .393/.735 .579 60/.732 0/0 1/2
27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 35/22 .219/.286/.344/.629 .891/.473 .300 34/.649 5/0 1/1
38.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .286/.375/.429/.804 1.000/.733 .667 8/.804 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 26/.668 6/.167 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 105/84 .409/.505/.648/1.152 1.371/1.105 1.138 100/1.097 0/1 4/1
15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 41/34 .212/.366/.303/.669 .629/.674 .564 33/.671 0/1 1/0
13.Laird G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 33/25 .241/.313/.414/.726 .700/.708 .536 28/.870 0/0 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.666 96/78 .291/.337/.395/.732 .229/.853 .654 77/.810 1/2 1/1
5.Pujols G/S/vP 21/1.000 2/no AB ··· 9/1.270 6/1.166 4/1.250 6/1.166 4/.250 131/102 .231/.298/.419/.717 .910/.664 .728 106/.753 2/0 7/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 29/.705 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 7/.000 ··· 1/2.000 37/25 .250/.382/.357/.739 .543/.804 .619 37/.739 1/0 0/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.100 134/96 .302/.388/.457/.845 .782/.868 .767 110/.837 3/1 3/0
3.Theriot G/S/vP 16/.626 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 119/90 .306/.359/.343/.702 .869/.650 .635 93/.757 4/0 0/8
IP 25.1 5.1 9.2 12.2 13.0 14.2 15.0 15.0 TOTAL .293/.363/.446/.809 .791/.814 .725 .856 19/8 31/24
ERA-K/9 6.39/5.0 1.69/15.3 0.00/13.0 2.84/4.3 4.85/4.2 2.45/9.8 1.80/6.6 3.60/4.2 3.41/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (4-2-1)
 Molina (9-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.278 24/.182 40/.097 53/.250 50/.239 60/.218 56/.100 65/.316 .230  Craig
 Berkman
 Jay
 Hamilton
 Rasmus
 Holliday
 Greene
5/0/3/1
0/0/27/0
5/2/12/0
1/0/0/0
0/29/0/0
23/0/0/0
1/0/3/0
OPS .895 .568 .392 .733 .648 .592 .396 .743 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/1.130 16/.250 17/.404 25/.914 19/.544 25/.598 29/.447 26/.679 .711
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.629 8/1.333 23/.384 28/.579 31/.712 35/.589 27/.345 39/.789 .636
Road 75/.793 12/.583 17/.327 20/.639 24/.708 30/.848 23/.664 32/.557
Last 28d days 103/.750 16/.563 31/.325 38/.751 40/.782 44/.661 39/.516 55/.685
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 1/0/1 1/0/1 1/1/1 1/0/0 0/2/0 24/17/4
Usage ····X··· ··oo··oo ···XX·X· Xoo···Xo oX·oX·o· ·Xo·X·oo ··X···X· X··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.