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Game Preview: STL @ ARI, 9:40pm, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 @Chase Field

Cardinals, 18-11, 18-11 1st, 2½ up

SP: Jake Westbrook (34, RHP, 3-2, 2.12)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-2)			34.0	30	10	8	8	19	1	2.12
2011 (12-9)			183.1	208	103	95	73	104	16	4.66
2010 (10-11)			202.2	203	99	95	68	128	20	4.22

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.1	40	16	14	13	25	1	2.98	54
2012-05-03	PIT	L	6.1	9	4	4	1	4	1	89	42
2012-04-27	MIL	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	101	64
2012-04-21	@PIT	L	6.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	113	56
2012-04-15	CHC	W	7.0	4	2	1	1	2	0	93	64
2012-04-09	@CIN	W	7.0	3	1	0	4	2	0	88	67
2011-09-27	@HOU	ND	2.1	7	5	5	1	2	0	45	24
2011-09-22	NYM	ND	6.0	3	1	1	4	4	0	84	62

Last 5 v.ARI		2-0	13.1	14	7	4	2	8	2	2.70	53
2011-04-13	@ARI	W	5.1	9	5	2	2	3	1	102	37
2005-06-19	ARI	W	8.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	94	69

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

 Home:    8-4    Road:   10-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-10   vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   1-5 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl:16-11   vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Mon, May  7  @ARI  W   9-6       18-11  1st  2.5 up
 28 Sun, May  6  @HOU  W   8-1       17-11  1st  2.5 up
 27 Sat, May  5  @HOU  L   2-8       16-11  1st  2.5 up
 26 Fri, May  4  @HOU  L   4-5       16-10  1st  2.5 up
 25 Thu, May  3   PIT  L   3-6       16-9   1st  3.5 up
 24 Wed, May  2   PIT  W  12-3       16-8   1st  4.5 up
 23 Tue, May  1   PIT  W  10-7       15-8   1st  3.5 up
 22 Sun, Apr 29   MIL  L   2-3       14-8   1st  3.0 up
 21 Sat, Apr 28   MIL  W   7-3       14-7   1st  4.0 up
 20 Fri, Apr 27   MIL  W  13-1       13-7   1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-11

D'backs, 14-16, 14-16 3rd, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Ian Kennedy (27, RHP, 3-1, 3.23)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-1)			39.0	42	14	14	9	31	2	3.23
2011 (21-4)			222.0	186	73	71	55	198	19	2.88
2010 (9-10)			194.0	163	87	82	70	168	26	3.80

Last 7 GS		4-1	45.0	47	16	16	11	35	2	3.20	55
2012-05-03	@WSN	L	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	83	64
2012-04-28	@MIA	ND	6.1	7	1	1	3	5	0	105	57
2012-04-22	ATL	W	7.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	111	50
2012-04-17	PIT	ND	6.0	8	4	4	0	5	1	98	45
2012-04-12	@SDP	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	98	66
2012-04-06	SFG	W	6.2	9	3	3	2	3	1	98	45
2011-09-24	SFG	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	86	56

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	9.0	13	12	12	4	4	2	12.00	29
2011-07-08	@STL	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	100	49
2011-04-13	STL	L	3.0	7	9	9	2	1	1	69	8

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

 Home:    6-8    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  10-11   vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Mon, May  7   STL  L   6-9       14-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 29 Sun, May  6  @NYM  L   1-3       14-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5  @NYM  L   3-4       14-14  2nd  4.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  4  @NYM  W   5-4       14-13  2nd  3.5 gb
 26 Thu, May  3  @WSN  L   1-2       13-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 25 Wed, May  2  @WSN  L   4-5       13-12  2nd  4.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  1  @WSN  W   5-1       13-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @MIA  W   9-5       12-11  3rd  4.0 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @MIA  W   8-4       11-11  3rd  5.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @MIA  L   2-3       10-11  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 07, 2012 STL  9 @ARI  6        W:Lance Lynn (6-0), L: Joe Saunders (2-2), S: Jason Motte (5)

Sun, Jul 10, 2011 STL  4  ARI  2        W:Jaime Garcia (9-3), L: Zach Duke (2-4), S: Fernando Salas (16)
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 STL  7  ARI  6        W:Fernando Salas (5-2), L: Joe Paterson (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 ARI  7 @STL  6        W:Ian Kennedy (9-3), L: Kyle Lohse (8-6), S: David Hernandez (7)
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 ARI  4 @STL  1        W:Joe Saunders (6-7), L: Kyle McClellan (6-6), S: David Hernandez (6)
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 STL 15 @ARI  5        W:Jake Westbrook (1-1), L: Ian Kennedy (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 ARI 13  STL  8        W:Armando Galarraga (2-0), L: Chris Carpenter (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 STL  8 @ARI  2        W:Kyle McClellan (1-0), L: Barry Enright (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 ARI  4 @STL  2        W:Barry Enright (1-0), L: Jeff Suppan (0-4), S: Aaron Heilman (3)
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 STL  8  ARI  0        W:Adam Wainwright (11-5), L: Dontrelle Willis (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 1-0; 2011 - STL won 4-3; 2010 - STL won 5-4; All-Time - STL leads 60-41

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 2012 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 STL 5.55 MIL 3.93 PIT 2.79	RA/G WSN 2.93 TOR 4.07 BOS 5.75	BA M. Kemp .406 M. Scutaro .266 B. Ryan .147	OBP M. Kemp .488 T. Tulowitzki .331 C. Barmes .202	SLG M. Kemp .832 J. Hannahan .415 M. Byrd .184	OPS M. Kemp 1.319 M. Prado .743 M. Byrd .395	ERA J. Cueto 1.31 K. Drabek 3.34 C. Buchholz 9.09	K/9IP M. Scherzer 10.35 W. Chen 7.06 D. Lowe 2.39

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

STL 5.55

MIL 3.93

PIT 2.79

RA/G

WSN 2.93

TOR 4.07

BOS 5.75

M. Kemp .406

M. Scutaro .266

B. Ryan .147

OBP

M. Kemp .488

T. Tulowitzki .331

C. Barmes .202

SLG

M. Kemp .832

J. Hannahan .415

M. Byrd .184

OPS

M. Kemp 1.319

M. Prado .743

M. Byrd .395

ERA

J. Cueto 1.31

K. Drabek 3.34

C. Buchholz 9.09

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 10.35

W. Chen 7.06

D. Lowe 2.39

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Cardinals Batters (5.55 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 46.Corbin*
G/S/vB 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB 36.Miley*
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 39.Shaw
G/S/vB 49.Zagurski*
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 16/.976 ··· ··· 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 119/92 .280/.395/.530/.925 .883/.944 .792 91/.876 5/1 8/0

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/69 .263/.326/.447/.773 .364/.879 .467 78/.790 0/0 1/2

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/no AB 22/14 .421/.455/.895/1.349 1.625/1.156 1.562 22/1.349 1/0 2/1

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/10 .118/.118/.176/.294 .000/.500 .333 13/.385 0/0 0/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/53 .214/.323/.357/.680 .619/.677 .657 46/.769 0/1 1/2

23.Freese G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 111/90 .307/.369/.564/.934 .804/.941 .957 83/.824 0/0 7/0

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 7/.143 2/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 133/98 .342/.409/.496/.905 1.269/.766 .963 108/.871 6/0 2/3

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 55/30 .250/.345/.479/.825 1.016/.647 .980 46/.848 3/1 3/1

7.Holliday G/S/vP 5/1.267 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 133/102 .250/.323/.442/.765 .873/.777 .774 104/.767 2/1 6/0

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 94/73 .381/.429/.476/.905 .661/.981 .699 73/.973 3/1 2/0

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 113/94 .304/.357/.529/.887 1.324/.798 .774 91/.796 4/0 4/1

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/25 .325/.372/.450/.822 .915/.755 1.022 36/.667 1/0 1/1

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 32/31 .296/.406/.407/.814 .000/.842 .762 32/.814 0/1 0/0

IP 39.0 15.0 9.0 14.1 27.0 9.1 13.0 4.1 12.2 TOTAL .285/.357/.462/.819 .877/.803 .782 .794 27/6 37/14

ERA-K/9

3.23/7.2

1.80/7.2

7.00/8.0

2.51/12.6

2.33/6.3

5.79/11.6

2.77/7.6

8.31/4.2

1.42/7.1

4.06/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (1-0-0)
Molina (13-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 165/.278 58/.157 44/.351 57/.192 109/.172 39/.263 52/.217 18/.278 50/.256 .256 Beltran
Holliday
Schumaker
Jay
Carpenter
Robinson 0/0/26/1
29/0/0/1
0/2/0/0
0/21/0/0
1/0/3/0
3/7/2/0

OPS .758 .494 .891 .590 .541 .861 .707 .944 .662 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.787 20/.411 5/2.000 26/.599 31/.637 23/.870 27/.656 2/.000 15/.817 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.630 29/.519 12/.333 24/.536 55/.617 12/.879 21/.856 12/.583 27/.536 .717

Home 86/.828 27/.594 / 27/.382 48/.525 17/.824 27/1.119 11/.455 21/.396

Last 28d days 134/.733 52/.530 44/.891 45/.633 92/.617 27/.989 42/.804 18/.944 46/.551

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/0/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 1/0/1 3/0/0 2/0/1 2/0/1 0/1/0 32/11/11

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

D'backs Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 66.Marte
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 16.Romero*
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Blanco G/S/vP 14/.770 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.428 19/2 .158/.158/.158/.316 .333/.000 .286 19/.316 1/0 0/0

18.Bloomquist G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 92/52 .218/.261/.333/.594 .454/.583 .634 78/.559 3/2 0/2

44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 92/59 .232/.304/.341/.646 .536/.687 .506 78/.595 2/1 1/1

2.Hill G/S/vP 13/1.038 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 118/72 .240/.331/.413/.744 1.141/.496 .813 101/.740 3/1 4/3

13.Kubel* G/S/vP 22/.440 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.583 1/.000 4/1.250 111/70 .283/.360/.434/.795 .551/.805 .961 98/.871 1/0 3/0

16.McDonald G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.143 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/30 .333/.381/.513/.894 .833/.919 .816 38/.992 0/1 1/0

26.Montero* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 11/.586 9/.958 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 11/.920 108/75 .277/.370/.362/.732 .269/.855 .683 91/.699 0/0 2/4

37.Overbay* G/S/vP 9/.730 2/.500 2/.500 4/1.750 2/1.500 13/.408 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 45/30 .297/.422/.486/.909 .250/.847 .848 40/.713 0/0 1/1

8.Parra* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/1.500 4/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.334 101/67 .275/.323/.418/.741 .276/.854 .733 90/.788 8/2 2/1

11.Pollock G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 35/16 .188/.200/.188/.388 .160/.450 .332 35/.388 0/1 0/0

1.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 42/28 .351/.429/.757/1.185 1.833/1.184 1.310 42/1.185 0/0 4/2

14.Roberts G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 90/49 .190/.267/.316/.583 .671/.649 .547 72/.550 2/0 2/3

10.Upton G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· 11/.964 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 109/67 .234/.321/.372/.693 .725/.652 .671 97/.686 5/1 3/2

IP 34.0 12.0 12.2 13.0 10.2 6.0 9.0 11.1 33.2 TOTAL .249/.323/.392/.715 .644/.725 .738 .707 27/9 28/20

ERA-K/9

2.12/5.0

1.50/8.2

2.84/6.4

3.46/6.2

2.53/10.9

10.50/6.0

2.00/6.0

6.35/11.9

5.61/9.1

3.18/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Blanco (2-0-1)
Montero (9-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.236 43/.150 48/.159 53/.204 42/.205 30/.357 36/.176 57/.353 140/.281 .235 Kubel
Parra
Bloomquist
Pollock
Upton 25/0/2/6
11/14/4/2
1/0/0/0
0/7/2/0
0/0/26/0

OPS .586 .365 .570 .591 .544 1.043 .516 .921 .845 .646

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.674 12/.432 18/.292 19/.436 15/.343 14/.762 16/.588 18/1.029 57/.799 .619

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.538 31/.339 30/.731 34/.678 23/.685 16/1.250 19/.485 37/.830 83/.875 .660

Road 55/.515 27/.302 19/.393 21/.554 28/.606 14/1.874 26/.564 34/1.024 73/.655

Last 28d days 109/.630 25/.345 43/.515 46/.495 31/.505 27/1.010 32/.583 47/.803 118/.873

HR/SB/CS 1/0/2 0/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 7/1/0 23/14/6

Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· o··oX·o· ····XX·· Xo····o· X·X·o·o· oo·o·o·· X··X··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.