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Game Preview: TOR @ STL, 7:15pm, Saturday, June 25, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Thursday, June 23, 2011. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Blue Jays, 37-39, 37-39 4th, 7½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (27, RHP, 4-1, 3.17)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-1) 59.2 46 22 21 16 41 5 3.17
2010 (2-0) 52.2 48 27 27 22 67 7 4.61
2009 (4-10) 96.0 102 58 57 35 83 13 5.34
Last 7 GS 3-1 24.1 21 9 10 3 13 2 3.70 53
2011-06-19 @CIN L 7.0 7 2 2 0 3 1 89 58
2011-06-08 @KCR W 7.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 102 53
2011-06-03 @BAL W 5.1 6 2 2 1 0 0 90 47
2011-05-23 @NYY W 5.0 2 1 1 1 5 0 75 63
2011-05-18 TBR ND 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
2011-05-07 DET ND 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 48
2011-04-27 @TEX ND 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 31.0 26 16 16 14 12 5 4.65 49
2009-10-03 @STL W 5.0 5 4 4 3 4 0 87 42
2008-04-21 STL ND 7.0 3 2 2 4 1 0 98 60
2008-04-16 @STL L 4.2 8 5 5 2 0 2 109 26
2007-09-26 STL L 6.0 5 3 3 4 3 1 85 49
2006-10-01 @STL W 8.1 5 2 2 1 4 2 103 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-18   Road:   20-21   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  26-31   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast: 13-18   vsCntrl:13-9    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 4-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Fri, Jun 24  @STL  W   5-4       37-39  4th  7.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 22  @ATL  L   1-5       36-39  4th  8.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 21  @ATL  L   1-5       36-38  4th  8.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 20  @ATL  L   0-2       36-37  4th  8.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 19  @CIN  L   1-2       36-36  4th  7.5 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 18  @CIN  W   4-0       36-35  4th  6.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 17  @CIN  W   3-2       35-35  4th  7.5 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 16   BAL  L   3-4       34-35  4th  7.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 15   BAL  W   4-1       34-34  4th  6.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 14   BAL  W   6-5 (11)  33-34  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Cardinals, 41-36, 41-36 2nd, 1 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Jaime Garcia (24, LHP, 6-2, 3.19)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-2) 93.0 91 41 33 22 84 4 3.19
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 2-2 36.2 53 30 26 12 29 4 6.38 40
2011-06-08 @HOU L 5.0 7 3 3 2 1 0 99 40
2011-05-28 @COL L 3.1 11 12 11 4 6 1 107 -6
2011-05-22 @KCR ND 5.0 7 3 3 0 4 1 84 45
2011-05-12 @CHC W 7.0 9 1 1 1 4 0 84 58
2011-05-01 @ATL ND 6.0 5 4 3 1 6 1 99 53
2011-04-26 @HOU ND 5.1 6 4 3 2 6 1 91 46
2011-04-14 @LAD W 5.0 8 3 2 2 2 0 91 41
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 6.0 6 3 3 0 4 1 4.50 52
2010-06-22 @TOR W 6.0 6 3 3 0 4 1 89 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-16   Road:   20-20   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  31-25   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:16-13   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Fri, Jun 24   TOR  L   4-5       41-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 23   PHI  W  12-2       41-35  1st    Tied
 75 Wed, Jun 22   PHI  L   0-4       40-35  2nd  0.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 21   PHI  L   2-10      40-34  2nd  0.5 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 19   KCR  W   5-4       40-33  1st    Tied
 72 Sat, Jun 18   KCR  W   5-4       39-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 71 Fri, Jun 17   KCR  L   4-5       38-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 70 Thu, Jun 16  @WSN  L   4-7 (10)  38-32  2nd  1.0 gb
 69 Wed, Jun 15  @WSN  L   0-10      38-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 68 Tue, Jun 14  @WSN  L   6-8       38-30  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 TOR  5 @STL  4        W:Jason Frasor (2-1), L: Fernando Salas (4-2), S: Frank Francisco (6)

Thu, Jun 24, 2010 TOR  5  STL  0        W:Brandon Morrow (5-5), L: Adam Wainwright (10-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 STL  1 @TOR  0        W:Chris Carpenter (9-1), L: Kevin Gregg (0-3), S: Ryan Franklin (14)
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 STL  9 @TOR  4        W:Jaime Garcia (7-3), L: Brett Cecil (7-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2005 TOR  5  STL  2        W:Ted Lilly (4-7), L: Jason Marquis (8-4), S: Miguel Batista (12)
Tue, Jun 14, 2005 STL  7 @TOR  0        W:Chris Carpenter (9-4), L: Chad Gaudin (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2005 TOR  4  STL  1        W:Roy Halladay (10-3), L: Jeff Suppan (5-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2003 STL 13  TOR  5        W:Woody Williams (8-1), L: Mark Hendrickson (4-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2003 STL  8  TOR  5        W:Jason Simontacchi (3-3), L: Cory Lidle (8-4), S: Cal Eldred (5)
Tue, Jun 03, 2003 STL 11  TOR  5        W:Matt Morris (7-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - TOR over 1-0; 2010 - STL won 2-1; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 6-4

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  5.35

TBR  4.12

SFG  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

CHW  4.27

CHC  5.01

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .345

C. Johnson  .239

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .452

D. DeJesus  .308

D. Uggla  .242

 SLG

P. Fielder  .649

J. Loney  .360

D. Barton  .267

 OPS

P. Fielder  1.095

C. Johnson  .679

C. Figgins  .525

 ERA

J. Beckett  1.86

M. Buehrle  3.73

J. Vazquez  6.37

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.78

T. Cahill  6.66

C. Pavano  3.52

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
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		 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB		 37.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/80 .247/.283/.462/.745 1.297/.619 .745 36/.651 0/0 10/2
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 9/.347 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 149/122 .289/.423/.545/.968 .671/1.038 .968 56/.726 5/3 23/3
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 98/81 .222/.268/.311/.579 1.101/.476 .579 40/.450 18/8 1/2
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.500 5/1.200 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 81/66 .260/.296/.325/.621 .481/.652 .621 23/.776 1/0 2/11
5.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 130/106 .254/.315/.368/.683 .768/.665 .683 47/.539 3/1 8/7
2.Hill G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/102 .252/.301/.330/.631 .586/.641 .631 52/.555 9/0 3/3
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 103/85 .256/.320/.467/.787 .533/.838 .787 50/1.031 1/1 15/2
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/43 .213/.288/.255/.544 .311/.599 .544 5/.600 1/2 2/1
8.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.586 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 ··· 43/33 .333/.395/.590/.985 1.200/.915 .985 18/.989 2/0 2/1
28.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 70/61 .194/.271/.339/.610 1.413/.502 .610 34/.535 4/1 4/3
16.Patterson* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 123/95 .241/.271/.375/.646 .903/.572 .646 57/.521 12/6 5/0
20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 16/.876 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/2.167 ··· 99/81 .236/.293/.258/.551 .873/.486 .551 32/.696 2/2 5/1
IP 93.0 27.0 25.1 14.0 31.0 34.1 12.1 TOTAL .242/.311/.374/.684 .773/.665 .684 .653 39/16 28/45
ERA-K/9 3.19/8.1 3.00/8.7 8.17/5.7 3.86/4.5 2.90/8.7 2.88/8.9 7.30/6.6 /0.0 6.12/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (17-6-4)
 Molina (5-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 174/.329 45/.220 64/.368 28/.286 63/.214 62/.245 27/.478 / .285  Bautista
 Patterson
 Nix
 Davis
 Rivera
0/0/33/5
20/12/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/25/0/0
10/0/1/0
OPS .866 .590 1.060 .869 .540 .684 1.413 .784
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.685 13/.523 24/.851 18/.746 19/.594 27/.675 8/1.911 / .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.920 32/.615 40/1.183 10/1.114 44/.516 35/.690 19/1.194 / .794
Home / 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ /
Last 28d days 24/.875 8/.661 15/.973 2/.000 13/.481 20/.703 9/1.250 /
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 1/0/0 3/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 // 29/9/6
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········
Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 29.Dotel
G/S/vB		 50.Francisco
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 20/1.072 ··· 1/.000 6/1.167 2/2.000 10/.400 2/.000 125/106 .343/.440/.743/1.183 .819/1.253 29/1.118 0/3 18/4
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/88 .274/.304/.411/.714 .301/.798 17/.669 2/1 1/3
38.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .067/.125/.133/.258 .000/.422 6/.000 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/1.842 3/.666 4/.250 3/1.000 4/.000 9/.819 ··· 100/86 .365/.460/.588/1.048 1.238/1.021 0/ 0/1 9/1
15.Jay* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/80 .330/.378/.495/.872 1.056/.831 27/.538 5/2 5/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 17/.301 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.850 ··· 112/95 .297/.339/.446/.785 .983/.752 22/.455 1/4 4/4
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 146/119 .262/.342/.423/.766 .561/.808 28/.693 5/1 6/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 19/.737 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 57/56 .226/.281/.358/.639 /.626 17/.765 0/1 2/0
3.Theriot G/S/vP 15/.498 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 121/101 .286/.317/.384/.701 .800/.680 30/.660 4/4 1/13
IP 59.2 33.1 20.1 21.0 30.2 31.0 30.2 TOTAL .289/.354/.454/.808 .712/.827 .616 14/6 33/51
ERA-K/9 3.17/6.2 4.05/4.9 4.43/11.1 4.71/10.3 2.64/7.9 4.35/6.1 3.23/8.2 5.73/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 126/.193 49/.233 51/.220 28/.360 42/.132 54/.196 52/.209 .250  Rasmus
 Jay
 Holliday
 Berkman
 Schumaker
 Hamilton
0/34/0/3
8/5/36/1
19/0/0/1
9/0/21/1
1/0/4/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .552 .661 .750 .927 .425 .594 .602 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.618 27/.870 22/1.010 19/1.056 22/.431 27/.593 26/.685 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.483 22/.396 29/.584 9/.625 20/.413 27/.593 26/.525 .680
Road 126/.552 49/.661 51/.750 28/.927 42/.425 54/.594 52/.602
Last 28d days 79/.656 6/.333 18/.461 10/1.056 17/.610 20/.776 21/.675
HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 1/2/1 2/0/0 1/2/0 1/2/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 34/22/10
Usage ·····X·· ··o·o··· ···X·o·X ·······X ···o··o· ··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.