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Game Preview: STL @ TBR, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 2, 2011 @Tropicana Field

Cardinals, 45-38, 45-38 1st, 1 up

SP: Kyle McClellan (27, RHP, 6-4, 4.02)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (6-4)			85.0	85	42	38	27	43	11	4.02
2010 (1-4)			75.1	58	20	19	23	60	9	2.27
2009 (4-4)			66.2	56	27	25	34	51	4	3.38

Last 7 GS		1-4	41.1	41	26	22	12	21	8	4.79	47
2011-06-26	TOR	L	5.1	8	5	5	3	4	1	92	33
2011-06-21	PHI	ND	7.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	90	61
2011-06-15	@WSN	L	5.0	7	5	3	0	3	1	77	40
2011-05-30	SFG	L	4.0	7	7	7	2	2	2	75	20
2011-05-24	@SDP	ND	6.0	2	2	0	0	4	1	75	68
2011-05-19	HOU	W	8.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	90	69
2011-05-14	@CIN	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	1	3	94	40

Has never faced TBR as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   21-18   Road:   24-20   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  33-26   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  12-12
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:16-13   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 8-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Fri, Jul  1  @TBR  W   5-3       45-38  1st  1.0 up
 82 Thu, Jun 30  @BAL  W   9-6       44-38  1st    Tied
 81 Wed, Jun 29  @BAL  W   5-1       43-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28  @BAL  W   6-2       42-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 79 Sun, Jun 26   TOR  L   0-5       41-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 25   TOR  L   3-6       41-37  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Rays, 45-37, 45-37 3rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (28, RHP, 2-4, 5.58)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-4)			40.1	47	28	25	10	24	5	5.58
2010 (12-8)			174.1	159	86	85	61	131	25	4.39
2009 (13-6)			180.2	185	84	79	59	125	17	3.94

Last 7 GS		2-3	34.1	38	23	20	9	20	4	5.24	45
2011-06-26	@HOU	ND	3.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	66	27
2011-06-20	@MIL	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	85	66
2011-05-04	TOR	L	4.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	62	38
2011-04-28	@MIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	84	70
2011-04-21	CHW	L	4.2	6	6	5	2	4	0	89	32
2011-04-16	MIN	ND	7.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	108	54
2011-04-10	@CHW	L	2.2	5	5	3	2	1	2	46	31

Has never faced STL as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   19-21   Road:   26-16   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  32-28   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  13-7 
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  6-9  IL:10-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Fri, Jul  1   STL  L   3-5       45-37  3rd  5.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jun 29   CIN  L   3-4       45-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 80 Tue, Jun 28   CIN  W   4-3       45-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 79 Mon, Jun 27   CIN  L   0-5       44-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 78 Sun, Jun 26  @HOU  W  14-10      44-34  3rd  2.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 25  @HOU  W   7-2       43-34  3rd  2.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 24  @HOU  W   5-1       42-34  3rd  2.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 22  @MIL  W   6-3       41-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 21  @MIL  L   1-5       40-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 20  @MIL  W   8-4       40-33  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 STL  5 @TBR  3        W:Jake Westbrook (7-4), L: Wade Davis (7-6), S: Fernando Salas (14)

Sun, May 18, 2008 STL  5  TBR  4        W:Chris Perez (1-0), L: Gary Glover (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 17, 2008 STL  9  TBR  8 (10)   W:Ryan Franklin (2-1), L: Dan Wheeler (0-3), S: none
Fri, May 16, 2008 TBR  3 @STL  1        W:Andy Sonnanstine (6-1), L: Braden Looper (5-3), S: Troy Percival (11)
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 STL  8 @TBD  5        W:Jeff Suppan (6-6), L: Doug Waechter (3-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (21)
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 STL  5 @TBD  2        W:Matt Morris (8-0), L: Mark Hendrickson (2-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (20)
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 STL  6 @TBD  4        W:Mark Mulder (8-4), L: Travis Harper (1-5), S: Jason Isringhausen (19)
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 1-0; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 6-1

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 NYY 5.33 CHC 4.11 SDP 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.24 MIL 4.24 HOU 5.04	BA J. Reyes .352 J. Bruce .267 A. Dunn .171	OBP J. Bautista .473 C. Jones .337 C. Figgins .233	SLG J. Bautista .674 J. Damon .416 C. Figgins .249	OPS J. Bautista 1.147 M. Trumbo .757 C. Figgins .482	ERA J. Jurrjens 1.89 M. Buehrle 3.65 F. Carmona 5.89	K/9IP C. Kershaw 9.87 B. Anderson 6.59 C. Pavano 3.74

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.33

CHC 4.11

SDP 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.24

MIL 4.24

HOU 5.04

J. Reyes .352

J. Bruce .267

A. Dunn .171

OBP

J. Bautista .473

C. Jones .337

C. Figgins .233

SLG

J. Bautista .674

J. Damon .416

C. Figgins .249

OPS

J. Bautista 1.147

M. Trumbo .757

C. Figgins .482

ERA

J. Jurrjens 1.89

M. Buehrle 3.65

F. Carmona 5.89

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 9.87

B. Anderson 6.59

C. Pavano 3.74

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Cardinals Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 74.Howell*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 36.Russell
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/3.500 15/.673 14/1.393 5/.900 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 295/222 .296/.407/.593/.999 .872/1.044 1.100 88/.897 0/3 20/5

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 226/181 .246/.315/.354/.669 .283/.763 .673 56/.690 2/1 1/4

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 110/79 .363/.400/.471/.871 1.020/.813 1.046 16/.904 0/0 2/3

38.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/32 .175/.233/.225/.458 .364/.491 .348 26/.439 0/0 0/0

7.Holliday G/S/vP 7/.143 9/1.556 3/.666 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 6/.900 241/177 .322/.423/.551/.974 .967/.977 1.059 61/.973 0/1 10/2

15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 219/165 .308/.353/.444/.798 .708/.826 .859 78/.684 5/2 6/1

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 275/205 .280/.330/.404/.734 .738/.732 .705 72/.452 1/4 4/4

8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.250 5/1.250 4/.667 9/.762 ··· ··· ··· 87/54 .288/.369/.438/.807 .787/.817 1.032 8/1.375 1/0 0/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 330/236 .258/.347/.443/.789 .868/.759 .803 85/.702 5/2 9/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 4/.000 165/136 .258/.291/.348/.639 .733/.620 .624 72/.745 0/1 2/0

3.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 316/229 .295/.345/.351/.696 .788/.661 .729 88/.696 4/4 1/14

IP 40.1 29.2 32.2 11.1 36.2 25.0 29.1 34.2 TOTAL .270/.341/.416/.757 .733/.766 .790 .694 35/19 77/56

ERA-K/9

5.58/5.4

3.03/8.8

2.20/6.1

10.32/7.2

3.93/7.1

3.96/6.1

2.45/3.4

5.71/2.6

3.63/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (27-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.287 118/.153 125/.227 55/.319 145/.208 111/.247 127/.248 147/.288 .237 Rasmus
Holliday
Jay
Berkman
Schumaker
Hamilton 0/77/0/4
51/0/0/3
15/11/48/2
11/0/49/1
2/0/6/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .813 .480 .586 .918 .663 .711 .698 .910 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.773 48/.487 50/.763 23/.713 64/.582 57/.735 39/.542 74/1.046 .673

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.847 70/.475 75/.480 32/1.084 81/.728 54/.685 88/.757 73/.777 .698

Home 100/.869 54/.352 48/.562 24/.982 54/.228 54/.678 77/.691 53/.840

Last 28d days 41/.815 28/.259 50/.738 37/.941 37/.867 37/.889 35/.693 12/1.000

HR/SB/CS 5/9/2 0/5/2 2/1/1 3/0/0 4/3/0 3/3/0 1/5/1 10/1/2 76/47/18

Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ···X·oX· X·o··o·· o··o·oo· o···oo·· o···Xo·· ····o···

Rays Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 175/146 .184/.231/.215/.446 .368/.461 .529 55/.602 2/0 1/6

22.Damon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/1.185 ··· ··· 28/.913 ··· 331/239 .269/.316/.416/.732 .657/.760 .592 100/.719 7/4 9/0

5.Fuld* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 251/192 .236/.293/.354/.647 .489/.693 .603 38/.669 16/8 3/3

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 186/165 .224/.290/.335/.626 .569/.631 .586 60/.613 1/1 3/2

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/60 .200/.260/.347/.607 .694/.547 .700 33/.363 4/5 3/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 275/230 .307/.367/.537/.904 .752/.934 .929 73/.559 4/0 11/0

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 236/189 .333/.394/.455/.849 .660/.900 .881 100/.824 1/2 3/0

3.Longoria G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/.977 ··· 222/174 .250/.342/.484/.827 .692/.863 .663 88/.899 1/1 10/6

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.933 ··· 177/108 .219/.309/.400/.709 .982/.537 .807 45/.645 5/2 3/6

16.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/41 .300/.328/.500/.828 .833/.825 .752 50/.889 1/1 3/0

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 129/60 .177/.271/.301/.572 .683/.445 .605 36/.877 0/0 4/2

2.Upton G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/1.089 ··· 319/240 .223/.307/.394/.701 .851/.654 .578 97/.673 20/4 12/2

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/1.037 ··· 349/252 .263/.348/.467/.815 .862/.804 .756 106/.845 7/1 9/5

IP 85.0 30.1 14.1 32.2 38.0 12.1 1.0 TOTAL .243/.310/.395/.706 .717/.702 .664 .720 70/30 78/40

ERA-K/9

4.02/4.6

2.97/8.6

3.77/4.4

2.76/8.8

2.61/8.8

7.30/6.6

0.00/18.0

3.95/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (37-7-4)
Shoppach (10-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 364/.257 121/.236 66/.250 135/.220 151/.188 63/.327 5/.250 .259 Joyce
Fuld
Upton
Ruggiano
Damon
Zobrist
Rodriguez
Johnson 10/0/66/5
57/4/3/3
0/78/0/3
15/2/2/1
14/0/0/0
0/0/23/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0

OPS .724 .656 .754 .629 .565 1.005 .650 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.575 41/.839 44/.598 45/.773 69/.562 25/.979 2/.500 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.810 80/.569 22/1.076 90/.558 82/.567 38/1.023 3/.667 .725

Road 155/.766 68/.570 38/.782 69/.571 83/.650 38/1.278 /

Last 28d days 79/.769 41/.644 12/.444 35/.701 49/.624 22/1.060 5/.650

HR/SB/CS 11/5/1 2/1/2 0/0/0 1/1/1 3/2/0 4/1/0 0/0/0 72/34/14

Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·o ·o······ ·o···X·· oX·X···X ········ ·····X··

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.