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Game Preview: STL @ CIN, 7:10pm, Friday, August 24, 2012 @Great American Ball Park

Cardinals, 68-56, 68-56 2nd, 7 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (25, RHP, 13-5, 3.73)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (13-5) 142.1 132 60 59 53 143 13 3.73
2011 (1-1) 34.2 25 12 12 11 40 3 3.12
Last 7 GS 2-1 39.1 41 20 20 17 38 4 4.58 50
2012-08-18 PIT ND 4.1 4 3 3 3 8 0 86 48
2012-08-12 @PHI ND 5.0 4 4 4 2 2 1 86 43
2012-08-07 SFG L 6.0 8 4 4 3 6 1 105 43
2012-08-02 @COL ND 6.0 7 2 2 4 4 0 103 50
2012-07-27 @CHC W 5.0 8 6 6 2 3 1 95 28
2012-07-22 CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 3 5 0 100 66
2012-07-16 @MIL ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 10 1 109 71
Has never faced CIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-26   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  41-44   vsLHP:  27-12   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:32-24   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Thu, Aug 23   HOU  W  13-5       68-56  2nd  7.0 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22   HOU  W   4-2       67-56  2nd  8.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21   HOU  W   7-0       66-56  3rd  8.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19   PIT  L   3-6 (19)  65-56  3rd  8.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18   PIT  W   5-4       65-55  3rd  7.5 gb
119 Fri, Aug 17   PIT  L   1-2       64-55  3rd  8.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16   ARI  L   1-2       64-54  3rd  7.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   ARI  W   5-2       64-53  2nd  7.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   ARI  W   8-2       63-53  3rd  7.0 gb
115 Sun, Aug 12  @PHI  L   7-8 (11)  62-53  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Reds, 76-50, 76-50 1st, 7 up

SP: Mat Latos (24, RHP, 10-3, 3.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-3) 156.2 136 68 62 49 140 21 3.56
2011 (9-14) 194.1 168 82 75 62 185 16 3.47
2010 (14-10) 184.2 150 63 60 50 189 16 2.92
Last 7 GS 3-1 47.0 36 14 12 16 37 4 2.30 61
2012-08-19 CHC ND 8.0 6 4 2 3 6 0 114 61
2012-08-14 NYM ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 104 69
2012-08-08 @MIL ND 7.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 97 74
2012-08-03 PIT W 7.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 100 72
2012-07-29 @COL W 8.0 4 2 2 3 8 1 117 71
2012-07-23 @HOU W 5.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 95 44
2012-07-18 ARI L 4.2 6 5 5 2 3 2 75 33
Last 5 v.STL 1-3 24.0 36 26 26 11 20 2 9.75 33
2012-07-13 STL ND 5.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 97 53
2012-04-18 @STL L 5.2 9 8 8 3 6 1 112 22
2011-05-25 STL W 8.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 94 73
2010-09-17 @STL L 1.1 9 8 8 2 1 0 51 3
2009-08-14 @STL L 4.0 8 7 7 3 1 1 84 16
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-22   Road:   35-28   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  52-35   vsLHP:  24-15   1-Run:  22-18
 vsEast: 17-11   vsCntrl:34-21   vsWest: 18-10 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Thu, Aug 23  @PHI  L   3-4 (11)  76-50  1st  7.0 up
125 Wed, Aug 22  @PHI  W   3-2       76-49  1st  8.0 up
124 Tue, Aug 21  @PHI  W   5-4       75-49  1st  7.5 up
123 Mon, Aug 20  @PHI  L   5-12      74-49  1st  6.5 up
122 Sun, Aug 19   CHC  W   5-4       74-48  1st  6.5 up
121 Sat, Aug 18   CHC  L   7-9       73-48  1st  6.5 up
120 Sat, Aug 18   CHC  W   5-3       73-47  1st  6.5 up
119 Fri, Aug 17   CHC  W   7-3       72-47  1st  6.0 up
118 Thu, Aug 16   NYM  L   4-8       71-47  1st  6.0 up
117 Wed, Aug 15   NYM  W   6-1       71-46  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 CIN  4  STL  2        W:Homer Bailey (8-6), L: Jake Westbrook (7-8), S: Aroldis Chapman (13)
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 CIN  3  STL  2 (10)   W:Sam LeCure (3-2), L: Victor Marte (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 CIN  5  STL  3        W:Alfredo Simon (1-1), L: Adam Wainwright (7-9), S: Aroldis Chapman (12)
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 CIN  6 @STL  3        W:Bronson Arroyo (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (0-3), S: Sean Marshall (2)
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 STL 11  CIN  1        W:Jaime Garcia (2-0), L: Mat Latos (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 STL  2  CIN  1 (10)   W:Jason Motte (1-0), L: Sam LeCure (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 CIN  4  STL  3        W:Aroldis Chapman (2-0), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 STL  3 @CIN  1        W:Kyle Lohse (2-0), L: Mike Leake (0-1), S: Jason Motte (2)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 STL  7 @CIN  1        W:Jake Westbrook (1-0), L: Homer Bailey (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 CIN  3 @STL  2 (10)   W:Bill Bray (5-2), L: Fernando Salas (5-6), S: Francisco Cordero (30)
Season Series: 2012 - CIN over 5-4; 2011 - CIN won 9-6; 2010 - STL won 12-6; All-Time - STL leads 1179-1092

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

TEX  5.14

SFG  4.31

HOU  3.70

 RA/G

WSN  3.53

DET  4.36

COL  5.58

 BA

A. McCutchen  .349

J. Upton  .273

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .414

D. Pedroia  .336

J. Smoak  .254

 SLG

R. Braun  .602

C. Rasmus  .434

J. Carroll  .285

 OPS

M. Trout  1.011

I. Kinsler  .770

J. Smoak  .579

 ERA

D. Price  2.28

T. Milone  3.87

R. Wolf  5.69

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.34

V. Worley  7.20

D. Lowe  3.42

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

Cardinals Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Latos
G/S/vB		 33.Arredondo
G/S/vB		 50.Broxton
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 63.LeCure
G/S/vB		 51.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 31.Simon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 8/3.150 4/1.417 7/.953 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 10/.000 2/.000 489/359 .276/.348/.526/.874 .846/.884 .801 99/.810 13/5 28/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 230/151 .302/.374/.490/.864 .756/.922 .737 42/1.008 1/0 4/5
21.Craig G/S/vP 5/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 351/244 .313/.376/.572/.948 1.141/.858 .863 97/.976 1/0 18/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 99/67 .232/.242/.358/.600 .406/.697 .657 23/.748 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 318/238 .225/.300/.321/.622 .798/.563 .662 79/.471 4/3 3/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 5/1.800 4/1.750 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 8/.250 3/.000 5/.600 461/350 .298/.367/.477/.844 .974/.802 .894 92/.682 2/2 17/11
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 21/.929 2/.000 2/.500 4/.833 ··· 2/1.000 15/.696 2/.500 507/341 .269/.333/.355/.688 .756/.654 .753 71/.654 12/4 5/14
7.Holliday G/S/vP 11/.364 4/.500 22/.623 4/.833 ··· 8/.542 10/1.056 5/.650 533/382 .303/.381/.519/.900 1.062/.837 .898 106/.698 4/3 23/2
8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1 .167/.286/.167/.452 .533/.000 .000 7/.452 0/0 0/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 12/1.219 2/.500 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 4/1.167 10/.543 2/2.000 328/233 .316/.393/.418/.810 .739/.838 .625 100/.939 14/2 4/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 12/.833 4/1.750 7/1.000 4/.500 ··· 6/.650 26/.840 2/.000 432/329 .324/.377/.509/.886 1.082/.825 .882 79/1.002 11/2 16/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 153/76 .262/.314/.362/.675 .676/.673 .775 18/.889 1/0 2/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 7/1.238 2/.000 6/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 11/.364 2/1.000 215/183 .300/.371/.400/.771 .638/.794 .853 47/.593 0/1 0/2
IP 156.2 51.0 41.2 62.0 20.0 44.0 48.0 47.0 TOTAL .275/.341/.431/.772 .813/.756 .753 .743 75/26 129/80
ERA-K/9 3.56/8.0 2.65/9.4 3.02/6.0 1.31/16.3 2.70/8.6 3.48/9.0 2.81/11.1 2.49/8.6 3.44/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (14-6-3)
 Molina (28-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 648/.232 217/.202 179/.291 236/.139 83/.200 188/.255 202/.243 207/.269 .251  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Schumaker
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Jay
0/9/104/7
117/0/0/5
9/36/7/3
1/15/9/1
7/0/18/1
6/0/9/0
0/79/0/0
OPS .700 .650 .754 .430 .627 .715 .620 .725 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.812 106/.533 89/.782 72/.301 43/.510 91/.668 77/.520 102/.667 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.568 111/.753 90/.726 164/.487 40/.754 97/.758 125/.683 105/.780 .689
Home 371/.694 135/.610 79/.732 127/.504 45/.522 98/.588 93/.464 130/.722
Last 28d days 144/.487 46/.783 28/1.044 51/.464 10/.944 40/.816 38/.358 43/.929
HR/SB/CS 21/16/3 6/5/2 1/4/2 3/5/1 2/1/0 3/2/3 3/1/2 1/5/2 119/70/34
Usage ····X··· X··X··oo ··X···X· ·Xo·oXo· X······· X··X·X·· o·X··X·· X····X·X
Reds Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 62.Browning*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 7/.715 5/.200 18/.889 495/342 .260/.335/.524/.859 .733/.916 .961 101/1.056 7/2 26/5
43.Cairo G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 5/.400 130/94 .169/.200/.266/.466 .509/.449 .503 51/.569 3/0 1/4
2.Cozart G/S/vP 1/5.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.000 519/398 .253/.296/.414/.710 .704/.712 .777 112/.821 3/0 14/13
21.Frazier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 354/251 .293/.350/.558/.908 .949/.891 .856 105/1.023 3/2 18/6
29.Hanigan G/S/vP 1/2.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 7/.143 3/1.667 ··· 7/.453 10/.200 293/221 .292/.384/.364/.748 .879/.707 .634 68/.897 0/0 2/4
28.Heisey G/S/vP 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/4.000 ··· 7/.453 2/1.000 289/219 .277/.317/.406/.723 .770/.708 .680 34/.899 5/3 4/3
48.Ludwick G/S/vP ··· 6/1.417 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 4/2.000 3/1.333 9/1.232 376/269 .270/.341/.567/.908 1.019/.865 .931 97/1.149 0/1 25/1
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/.666 11/7 .100/.091/.400/.491 1.250/.000 .000 11/.491 0/0 1/1
26.Paul* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 49/45 .310/.396/.476/.872 .250/.922 .919 38/.789 3/1 1/0
4.Phillips G/S/vP 1/.000 16/.467 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 8/.375 2/.000 5/1.750 33/.668 477/339 .289/.328/.438/.766 .749/.774 .860 92/.650 10/1 13/4
27.Rolen G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 12/.633 248/183 .245/.323/.405/.727 .614/.768 .881 61/1.011 1/1 6/9
6.Stubbs G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.476 ··· ··· 9/.666 5/.900 2/3.000 9/.819 17/.548 441/320 .229/.294/.378/.672 .851/.602 .693 107/.691 28/6 14/4
15.Valdez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 147/108 .197/.224/.219/.443 .575/.396 .564 46/.266 2/1 0/2
IP 142.1 57.0 19.1 74.1 53.2 49.1 39.2 46.0 160.1 TOTAL .256/.319/.428/.748 .785/.734 .789 .804 72/23 147/74
ERA-K/9 3.73/9.0 2.05/7.1 5.12/5.1 3.27/5.9 2.68/10.4 3.47/6.0 4.76/6.1 4.11/9.6 3.65/8.6 3.64/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (30-24-2)
 Navarro (2-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 597/.248 231/.214 84/.247 318/.276 209/.185 197/.228 169/.266 200/.251 661/.250 .253  Bruce
 Stubbs
 Heisey
 Paul
 Ludwick
 Frazier
 Valdez
0/0/121/6
0/106/0/4
47/25/11/4
7/0/1/2
85/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
0/5/0/0
OPS .723 .579 .702 .735 .574 .656 .766 .712 .679 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 305/.837 92/.659 43/.647 143/.848 104/.382 93/.707 93/.665 78/.713 319/.667 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.611 139/.526 41/.757 175/.644 105/.765 104/.610 76/.891 122/.712 342/.689 .680
Road 346/.783 99/.577 39/.828 100/.675 84/.557 81/.559 83/.783 85/1.033 258/.653
Last 28d days 96/.868 60/.550 51/.983 124/.771 36/.656 45/.599 28/.696 31/.715 138/.513
HR/SB/CS 13/7/8 4/4/0 2/1/0 6/6/4 7/1/1 6/1/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 12/2/1 101/42/30
Usage ·····X·· ·o··XX·o X···Xo·· ····X··· ·o··oX·X X···oo·· X···o·oo o···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.