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Game Preview: STL @ TEX, 8:05pm, Sunday, October 23, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Cardinals, 90-72, 9-5 in postseason

SP: Edwin Jackson (27, RHP, 12-9, 3.79)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 RegS (12-9)			199.2	225	92	84	62	148	16	3.79
2010 RegS (10-12)			209.1	214	111	104	78	181	21	4.47
2009 RegS (13-9)			214.0	200	93	86	70	161	27	3.62

Last 7 GS		2-0	37.0	45	19	19	11	25	4	4.62	47
2011-10-16	@MIL	ND	2.0	4	4	4	0	2	3	48	34
2011-10-10	@MIL	ND	4.1	7	2	2	1	3	1	82	43
2011-10-05	PHI	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	77	57
2011-09-25	CHC	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	108	58
2011-09-20	NYM	ND	5.0	9	5	5	4	4	0	94	29
2011-09-14	@PIT	W	6.2	8	2	2	0	5	0	100	55
2011-09-09	ATL	ND	6.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	98	53

Last 5 v.TEX		2-2	34.1	32	12	12	15	30	4	3.15	57
2011-05-16	TEX	L	5.1	11	4	4	3	6	0	111	33
2009-05-21	TEX	W	8.0	7	3	3	5	7	1	132	58
2009-04-12	TEX	ND	6.0	5	4	4	3	3	2	97	46
2008-08-16	@TEX	L	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	101	61
2007-08-11	@TEX	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	110	86

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   49-39   Road:   50-38   ExtrInn: 8-13
 vsRHP:  77-55   vsLHP:  22-22   1-Run:  30-25
 vsEast: 25-15   vsCntrl:48-37   vsWest: 16-17 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Sat, Oct 22  @TEX  W  16-7         -               
 13 Thu, Oct 20   TEX  L   1-2         -               
 12 Wed, Oct 19   TEX  W   3-2         -               
 11 Sun, Oct 16  @MIL  W  12-6         -               
 10 Fri, Oct 14   MIL  W   7-1         -               
  9 Thu, Oct 13   MIL  L   2-4         -               
  8 Wed, Oct 12   MIL  W   4-3         -               
  7 Mon, Oct 10  @MIL  W  12-3         -               
  6 Sun, Oct  9  @MIL  L   6-9         -               
  5 Fri, Oct  7  @PHI  W   1-0         -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9

Rangers, 96-66, 8-5 in postseason

SP: Derek Holland (24, LHP, 16-5, 3.95)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 RegS (16-5)			198.0	201	97	87	67	162	22	3.95
2010 RegS (3-4)			57.1	55	30	26	24	54	6	4.08
2009 RegS (8-13)			138.1	160	98	94	47	107	26	6.12

Last 7 GS		4-0	38.0	36	19	16	16	36	10	3.79	52
2011-10-15	DET	ND	4.2	7	4	4	0	5	3	69	39
2011-10-10	DET	ND	2.2	4	3	3	4	0	1	76	34
2011-10-01	TBR	W	5.0	6	3	1	2	2	1	93	47
2011-09-25	SEA	W	5.0	5	3	3	1	7	2	74	51
2011-09-20	@OAK	W	7.0	2	1	1	3	7	1	107	73
2011-09-14	CLE	W	7.0	6	1	1	3	6	1	107	64
2011-09-07	@TBR	ND	6.2	6	4	3	3	9	1	107	54

Has never faced STL as starter.

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   56-31   Road:   48-40   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  76-49   vsLHP:  28-22   1-Run:  23-25
 vsEast: 25-23   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest: 40-17 IL:10-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Sat, Oct 22   STL  L   7-16        -               
 12 Thu, Oct 20  @STL  W   2-1         -               
 11 Wed, Oct 19  @STL  L   2-3         -               
 10 Sat, Oct 15   DET  W  15-5         -               
  9 Thu, Oct 13  @DET  L   5-7         -               
  8 Wed, Oct 12  @DET  W   7-3 (11)    -               
  7 Tue, Oct 11  @DET  L   2-5         -               
  6 Mon, Oct 10   DET  W   7-3 (11)    -               
  5 Sat, Oct  8   DET  W   3-2         -               
  4 Tue, Oct  4  @TBR  W   4-3         -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 STL 16 @TEX  7        W:Lance Lynn , L: Matt Harrison , S: none
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 TEX  2 @STL  1        W:Mike Adams , L: Jason Motte , S: Neftali Feliz 
Wed, Oct 19, 2011 STL  3  TEX  2        W:Chris Carpenter , L: C.J. Wilson , S: Jason Motte 

Sun, Jun 13, 2004 STL 13 @TEX  2        W:Woody Williams (4-6), L: R.A. Dickey (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 TEX  7  STL  2        W:Ryan Drese (3-3), L: Chris Carpenter (7-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 STL 12 @TEX  7        W:Jeff Suppan (6-5), L: Juan Dominguez (1-2), S: none

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 2-1; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 4-2

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 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 R. Wolf 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

R. Wolf 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Cardinals Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Berkman# G/S/vP 4/1.250 5/1.600 12/1.000 5/.650 7/.762 1/.000 1/2.000 9/1.056 587/475 .301/.412/.547/.959 .804/.998 1.028 96/.991 2/6 31/6

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 219/149 .315/.362/.555/.917 1.000/.875 .980 54/1.076 5/0 11/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 375/309 .264/.334/.353/.687 .518/.724 .706 34/.820 2/2 1/8

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 363/279 .297/.350/.441/.791 .900/.759 .795 69/.769 1/0 10/12

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/.453 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.000 ··· 3/.666 11/.455 369/282 .231/.298/.348/.646 .634/.650 .599 92/.755 9/5 8/14

7.Holliday G/S/vP 1/2.000 6/1.133 9/.889 ··· 6/.167 3/1.167 1/.000 5/1.000 516/406 .296/.388/.525/.912 .883/.918 .927 55/.662 2/1 22/3

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 503/399 .297/.344/.424/.768 .727/.779 .791 91/.790 6/7 10/3

13.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/.500 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .651 15/.641 1/1 1/3

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 5/.733 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 518/399 .305/.349/.465/.814 .842/.806 .808 85/.969 4/5 14/6

5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 13/.530 2/1.000 ··· 10/1.025 ··· 1/5.000 9/1.222 651/527 .299/.366/.541/.906 .946/.897 .868 108/.846 9/1 37/14

8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/1.800 1/no AB 8/.708 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 8/.000 166/109 .278/.388/.421/.809 .798/.814 .997 35/.924 1/1 1/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 400/357 .283/.333/.351/.685 .714/.682 .630 68/.546 0/2 2/8

3.Theriot G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.733 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 483/346 .271/.321/.342/.662 .768/.620 .671 32/.751 4/6 1/18

IP 198.0 73.2 32.0 62.1 53.1 45.0 169.0 51.0 TOTAL .273/.341/.425/.766 .768/.765 .785 .792 57/39 162/116

ERA-K/9

3.95/7.4

1.47/9.0

3.94/6.2

2.74/7.8

4.39/8.6

3.80/8.4

3.51/6.7

2.29/7.8

3.79/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (16-4-3)
Molina (46-19-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 843/.262 277/.169 129/.216 252/.194 230/.250 196/.263 693/.234 215/.236 .244 Jay
Holliday
Berkman
Craig
Schumaker 19/75/56/5
115/0/0/4
16/0/110/4
26/5/18/3
6/5/31/1

OPS .724 .496 .614 .598 .738 .768 .649 .591 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.601 159/.538 64/.391 140/.561 110/.574 88/.802 412/.709 94/.587 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 632/.765 118/.439 65/.837 112/.644 120/.900 108/.739 281/.560 121/.594 .679

Home 386/.792 142/.447 72/.494 151/.634 124/.712 112/.752 386/.694 130/.542

Last 28d days 104/.683 38/.550 43/.710 36/.523 25/.606 14/.929 59/.506 28/.677

HR/SB/CS 22/7/9 5/9/0 3/3/4 4/1/3 7/4/0 6/1/3 16/2/3 3/4/2 170/85/46

Usage ·······X ··X····X X··X···o ··X····o X··o···· X······· X·oo···X X·······

Rangers Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Jackson
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 28.Dotel
G/S/vB 62.Lynn
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 6/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .674 98/.843 37/12 5/25

29.Beltre G/S/vP 15/.900 1/.000 23/.626 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.633 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 1.078 95/1.224 1/1 32/11

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 7/1.428 8/1.125 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 274/228 .301/.323/.426/.749 .818/.735 .685 45/.600 10/5 5/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 13/1.045 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.100 1/2.000 9/.555 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .953 44/.490 9/5 29/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .862 40/.886 18/0 1/2

6.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.733 13/7 .455/.462/.818/1.280 1.750/1.000 .956 13/1.280 1/0 1/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .912 96/.965 8/1 25/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 20/1.122 ··· 8/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 6/2.334 1/.000 9/.847 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .933 105/1.043 30/4 32/11

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .741 44/.484 2/2 16/5

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 13/1.692 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .783 93/.837 11/6 11/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 9/.222 1/3.000 5/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 2/.500 5/1.150 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.011 81/1.411 4/2 30/3

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.000 3/2.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .827 32/.748 0/2 7/9

15.Treanor G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.166 242/186 .214/.338/.291/.628 .601/.636 .692 11/.091 2/2 3/4

10.Young G/S/vP 24/.697 1/.000 13/.641 2/.000 1/.000 10/.000 6/.750 1/3.000 30/1.060 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .931 98/.806 6/2 11/8

IP 199.2 60.2 54.0 34.2 68.0 33.0 62.0 75.0 183.1 TOTAL .283/.340/.460/.800 .804/.798 .860 .910 143/45 210/114

ERA-K/9

3.79/6.7

3.56/7.1

3.50/10.3

3.12/10.4

2.25/8.3

4.64/5.7

3.34/8.9

2.28/9.0

4.66/5.1

3.79/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (21-12-1)
Torrealba (56-27-7)
Treanor (42-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 861/.290 260/.266 218/.185 136/.203 268/.202 138/.270 256/.223 295/.186 809/.290 .261 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Chavez
Moreland
Gentry 18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
12/66/6/3
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0

OPS .768 .711 .574 .591 .558 .858 .623 .566 .789 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.800 92/.715 85/.845 55/.723 99/.738 61/.873 118/.478 129/.649 384/.734 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 429/.736 168/.710 133/.410 81/.504 169/.454 77/.846 138/.748 166/.502 425/.838 .714

Road 394/.813 130/.622 115/.631 71/.751 136/.611 58/.753 114/.613 166/.670 401/.814

Last 28d days 145/.762 19/.610 37/.480 / 50/.608 16/.821 46/.707 42/.518 110/.801

HR/SB/CS 16/22/1 4/2/2 6/1/1 3/2/1 2/6/1 8/1/1 3/2/2 7/2/0 16/13/4 136/64/25

Usage ······X· o······· X··o··o· X·o···X· ··oo··o· ··oo···· ··oo··X· o·oo··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.