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Game Preview: STL @ MIA, 7:10pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 @Marlins Park

Cardinals, 40-35, 40-35 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Joe Kelly (24, RHP, 1-0, 3.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-0)			15.1	23	7	6	2	8	2	3.52

Last 7 GS		1-0	15.1	23	7	6	2	8	2	3.52	45
2012-06-22	@KCR	W	6.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	93	43
2012-06-16	KCR	ND	4.1	7	3	2	1	3	1	81	41
2012-06-10	CLE	ND	5.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	79	52

Has never faced MIA as starter.

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

 Home:   17-16   Road:   23-19   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  28-27   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  6-11   vsCntrl:19-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Tue, Jun 26  @MIA  W   5-2       40-35  2nd  2.0 gb
 74 Mon, Jun 25  @MIA  W   8-7 (10)  39-35  2nd  2.0 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 24  @KCR  W  11-8       38-35  3rd  2.0 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 23  @KCR  W   8-2       37-35  3rd  3.0 gb
 71 Fri, Jun 22  @KCR  W  11-4       36-35  3rd  3.0 gb
 70 Thu, Jun 21  @DET  L   1-2 (10)  35-35  3rd  4.0 gb
 69 Wed, Jun 20  @DET  W   3-1       35-34  3rd  3.5 gb
 68 Tue, Jun 19  @DET  L   3-6       34-34  3rd  4.5 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 17   KCR  L   3-5 (15)  34-33  3rd  5.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 16   KCR  W  10-7       34-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Marlins, 34-40, 34-40 5th, 9 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Anibal Sanchez (28, RHP, 3-6, 3.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-6)			89.0	80	43	39	28	83	8	3.94
2011 (8-9)			196.1	187	85	80	64	202	20	3.67
2010 (13-12)			195.0	192	89	77	70	157	10	3.55

Last 7 GS		1-5	41.2	43	28	27	16	32	5	5.83	46
2012-06-22	TOR	L	3.1	7	6	6	4	3	0	80	21
2012-06-16	@TBR	ND	6.1	4	3	3	3	6	1	109	56
2012-06-10	TBR	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	87	41
2012-06-05	ATL	L	6.2	8	7	7	1	5	1	111	34
2012-05-29	WSN	W	7.0	3	1	0	1	5	0	101	73
2012-05-24	SFG	L	5.1	7	5	5	2	7	0	92	39
2012-05-19	@CLE	L	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	110	57

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	25.2	24	10	9	12	25	3	3.16	56
2011-08-05	STL	L	7.1	8	3	3	2	7	1	106	55
2011-05-03	@STL	ND	4.1	6	4	3	6	2	1	103	33
2010-05-19	@STL	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	119	75
2008-08-11	STL	L	7.0	6	3	3	2	8	1	103	59

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

 Home:   18-22   Road:   16-18   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  23-27   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  9-13   vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest: 11-6  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Tue, Jun 26   STL  L   2-5       34-40  5th  9.0 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25   STL  L   7-8 (10)  34-39  4th  8.0 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24   TOR  W   9-0       34-38  4th  8.0 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23   TOR  L   1-7       33-38  5th  9.0 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 22   TOR  L   5-12      33-37  4th  8.0 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 21  @BOS  L   5-6       33-36  4th  8.0 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 20  @BOS  L   5-15      33-35  4th  7.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 19  @BOS  L   5-7       33-34  4th  6.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17  @TBR  L   0-3       33-33  4th  6.0 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 16  @TBR  W   4-3 (15)  33-32  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 3-17   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 STL  5 @MIA  2        W:Kyle Lohse (7-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (4-6), S: Jason Motte (16)
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 STL  8 @MIA  7 (10)   W:Victor Marte (2-1), L: Chad Gaudin (1-1), S: Jason Motte (15)
Wed, Apr 04, 2012 STL  4 @MIA  1        W:Kyle Lohse (1-0), L: Josh Johnson (0-1), S: Jason Motte (1)

Sun, Aug 07, 2011 STL  8 @FLA  4        W:Mitchell Boggs (2-3), L: Mike Dunn (5-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 STL  2 @FLA  1        W:Chris Carpenter (7-8), L: Ricky Nolasco (8-8), S: Fernando Salas (21)
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 STL  3 @FLA  2        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-3), L: Anibal Sanchez (6-5), S: Lance Lynn (1)
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 STL  7 @FLA  4        W:Kyle McClellan (9-6), L: Clay Hensley (1-4), S: Fernando Salas (20)
Thu, May 05, 2011 STL  6  FLA  3        W:Jason Motte (1-0), L: Josh Johnson (3-1), S: Eduardo Sanchez (3)
Wed, May 04, 2011 FLA  8 @STL  7        W:Mike Dunn (2-1), L: Eduardo Sanchez (1-1), S: Juan Oviedo (11)
Tue, May 03, 2011 STL  7  FLA  5        W:Fernando Salas (1-0), L: Ryan Webb (0-3), S: Eduardo Sanchez (2)
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 3-0; 2011 - STL won 6-2; 2010 - MIA won 3-2; All-Time - STL leads 90-60

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 5.27 BAL 4.25 SDP 3.39	RA/G WSN 3.29 PHI 4.37 COL 5.71	BA C. Ruiz .361 D. Barney .268 B. Ryan .182	OBP J. Votto .478 A. Pierzynski .335 K. Suzuki .252	SLG J. Hamilton .656 B. Zobrist .429 K. Suzuki .264	OPS J. Votto 1.121 D. Jeter .766 K. Suzuki .516	ERA B. Beachy 2.00 C. Richard 3.95 M. Minor 6.14	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.80 A. Burnett 7.44 H. Alvarez 2.75

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.27

BAL 4.25

SDP 3.39

RA/G

WSN 3.29

PHI 4.37

COL 5.71

C. Ruiz .361

D. Barney .268

B. Ryan .182

OBP

J. Votto .478

A. Pierzynski .335

K. Suzuki .252

SLG

J. Hamilton .656

B. Zobrist .429

K. Suzuki .264

OPS

J. Votto 1.121

D. Jeter .766

K. Suzuki .516

ERA

B. Beachy 2.00

C. Richard 3.95

M. Minor 6.14

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.80

A. Burnett 7.44

H. Alvarez 2.75

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Cardinals Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB 21.Bell
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cishek
G/S/vB 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 34.Mujica
G/S/vB 58.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 18/.952 4/1.000 4/1.000 3/.333 5/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 301/225 .312/.402/.585/.987 .858/1.031 .821 103/.984 7/3 20/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 134/90 .286/.343/.513/.856 .761/.903 .597 16/.717 0/0 3/4

21.Craig G/S/vP 3/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/115 .311/.389/.585/.974 1.163/.901 .909 98/.844 1/0 9/2

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/30 .163/.163/.204/.367 .316/.400 .333 14/.500 0/1 0/1

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 6/.533 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 186/150 .236/.326/.360/.686 .808/.657 .702 77/.644 2/2 3/5

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 278/222 .281/.335/.488/.823 .955/.790 .872 98/.819 1/2 13/4

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 13/.398 16/.688 4/.500 2/1.500 3/.666 4/2.000 8/1.339 3/.666 329/227 .287/.352/.386/.737 .811/.705 .829 107/.503 9/3 5/8

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 163/87 .233/.290/.393/.683 .789/.587 .603 42/.543 8/2 4/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/1.674 14/.297 1/.000 3/.667 1/.000 4/.250 8/.542 4/.250 322/236 .301/.385/.498/.883 1.065/.819 .892 96/.975 3/2 12/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 136/108 .333/.383/.415/.798 .536/.865 .709 19/.594 4/1 2/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 9/1.000 8/1.125 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 5/.650 3/1.167 8/.875 276/219 .317/.369/.520/.888 1.147/.824 .815 87/.818 7/1 12/2

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/68 .246/.291/.339/.630 .552/.694 .769 48/.676 1/0 2/1

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 10/.650 7/1.143 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 5/.600 2/1.500 112/98 .303/.369/.424/.794 .536/.830 .796 22/.722 0/1 0/1

IP 89.0 27.1 21.2 31.0 14.0 38.2 33.1 32.2 TOTAL .276/.342/.440/.781 .790/.778 .755 .729 45/19 88/45

ERA-K/9

3.94/8.4

6.59/8.9

2.49/7.9

2.61/8.7

7.07/13.5

4.89/7.2

4.59/4.9

4.96/6.6

4.26/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (4-2-1)
Molina (22-13-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 368/.242 133/.300 90/.169 139/.243 68/.276 166/.277 140/.248 138/.256 .259 Holliday
Robinson
Beltran
Craig
Schumaker
Jay
Greene
Carpenter 69/0/0/4
4/33/4/3
0/3/61/2
6/0/10/1
0/14/5/0
0/31/0/0
1/0/1/0
2/0/5/0

OPS .682 .865 .477 .759 .779 .770 .719 .696 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 197/.619 67/.740 56/.352 63/.935 35/.698 86/.791 67/.820 64/.856 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.755 66/.987 34/.704 76/.614 33/.869 80/.748 73/.622 74/.557 .715

Home 206/.745 84/.849 44/.466 75/.698 52/.807 93/.713 69/.801 88/.871

Last 28d days 100/.920 31/.707 27/.704 49/1.069 11/.000 92/.832 46/.883 52/.774

HR/SB/CS 8/7/2 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 0/1/0 3/0/2 5/1/0 2/6/2 59/40/15

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

Marlins Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Kelly
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 61.Freeman*
G/S/vB 66.Marte
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB 52.Sanchez
G/S/vB 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 9/.722 208/149 .172/.303/.305/.607 .511/.646 .623 61/.638 0/0 6/5

6.Cousins* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 1/no AB ··· 32/30 .219/.219/.375/.594 .000/.633 .583 32/.594 0/1 0/0

29.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· 6/.567 ··· ··· 5/.200 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 121/112 .291/.322/.364/.686 .778/.678 .810 46/.676 2/1 1/1

9.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 80/60 .221/.250/.286/.536 .308/.611 .581 28/.218 1/0 0/5

12.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 13/1.000 265/187 .287/.311/.461/.771 .814/.752 .697 92/.575 8/1 7/8

26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 11/.091 75/25 .279/.347/.471/.817 .693/1.071 .790 21/.145 1/0 3/1

5.Morrison* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 248/183 .224/.302/.379/.681 .574/.721 .625 80/.685 0/0 7/4

2.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 3/no AB 24/.482 321/239 .260/.336/.442/.779 .817/.766 .900 97/.696 10/4 11/5

7.Reyes# G/S/vP ··· 11/1.064 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 1/no AB 8/.000 333/236 .273/.350/.386/.736 .700/.754 .841 104/.849 16/4 2/8

20.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/17 .341/.449/.707/1.156 1.385/.753 1.069 49/1.183 0/3 2/1

15.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 4/.250 175/123 .194/.234/.291/.525 .677/.464 .610 44/.484 1/0 2/2

17.Solano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 39/17 .364/.421/.455/.876 .809/.976 .833 30/.819 1/0 0/0

27.Stanton G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 4/1.833 3/.333 299/220 .274/.355/.538/.892 1.040/.838 .983 97/.721 4/1 17/6

IP 15.1 34.0 10.2 33.0 34.2 26.0 24.0 14.0 91.2 TOTAL .239/.307/.379/.686 .684/.687 .728 .659 66/19 62/50

ERA-K/9

3.52/4.7

2.12/7.1

5.91/7.6

3.55/7.6

3.38/8.8

5.19/6.2

5.25/9.8

5.79/8.4

4.32/8.2

3.88/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (24-10-5)
Hayes (16-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 72/.343 138/.220 46/.205 145/.260 135/.193 111/.291 114/.303 64/.167 386/.261 .260 Stanton
Morrison
Cousins
Solano
Dobbs
Ruggiano
Kearns 0/0/70/4
38/0/0/3
0/7/2/0
5/0/0/0
11/0/3/0
10/9/0/0
16/0/1/0

OPS .853 .576 .634 .736 .607 .818 .798 .620 .722 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.920 55/.806 25/.598 62/.707 76/.416 63/.741 51/.929 35/.546 204/.729 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/.752 83/.426 21/.675 83/.755 59/.854 48/.920 63/.686 29/.713 182/.714 .688

Road 27/.832 74/.560 35/.648 71/.669 66/.567 67/.811 56/.988 37/.503 181/.684

Last 28d days 72/.853 44/.622 46/.634 48/.877 53/.636 31/1.174 35/.657 38/.856 137/.615

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 2/3/0 1/1/0 3/3/0 5/1/1 5/2/1 1/3/1 1/0/0 8/1/0 61/26/15

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