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Game Preview: STL @ HOU, 8:05pm, Wednesday, June 6, 2012 @Minute Maid Park

Cardinals, 28-28, 28-28 3rd, 3 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (30, RHP, 4-6, 4.98)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-6) 65.0 68 39 36 20 57 8 4.98
2010 (20-11) 230.1 186 68 62 56 213 15 2.42
2009 (19-8) 233.0 216 75 68 66 212 17 2.63
Last 7 GS 4-3 45.1 44 23 20 15 36 3 3.97 52
2012-06-01 @NYM L 6.1 6 7 7 3 6 1 96 36
2012-05-27 PHI W 6.0 7 1 1 0 2 0 87 56
2012-05-22 SDP W 9.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 111 87
2012-05-17 @SFG L 5.2 6 5 2 4 1 0 103 40
2012-05-12 ATL L 4.1 9 5 5 5 5 0 108 25
2012-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 103 65
2012-05-01 PIT W 7.0 5 4 4 1 6 2 92 56
Last 5 v.HOU 4-1 38.0 30 3 3 5 28 0 0.71 70
2012-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 7 1 1 1 7 0 103 65
2010-07-09 @HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 3 4 0 109 71
2010-04-12 HOU W 8.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 105 76
2009-08-25 HOU W 8.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 114 81
2009-08-02 HOU L 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 98 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-11   Road:   15-17   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  19-21   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  4-11   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest:  7-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Tue, Jun  5  @HOU  L   8-9       28-28  3rd  3.0 gb
 55 Mon, Jun  4  @NYM  W   5-4       28-27  2nd  3.0 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3  @NYM  L   1-6       27-27  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2  @NYM  L   0-5       27-26  2nd  3.5 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1  @NYM  L   0-8       27-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 51 Wed, May 30  @ATL  L   7-10      27-24  2nd  1.5 gb
 50 Tue, May 29  @ATL  L   4-5       27-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 49 Mon, May 28  @ATL  W   8-2       27-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 27   PHI  W   8-3       26-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Sat, May 26   PHI  L   0-4       25-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Astros, 24-31, 24-31 4th, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Bud Norris (27, RHP, 5-2, 4.52)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-2) 63.2 66 34 32 25 64 7 4.52
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
2010 (9-10) 153.2 151 94 84 77 158 18 4.92
Last 7 GS 4-1 39.0 37 17 16 17 42 2 3.69 54
2012-05-31 @COL L 1.2 7 9 9 3 2 1 52 4
2012-05-26 @LAD ND 4.2 8 3 3 4 4 0 116 36
2012-05-21 CHC W 7.0 5 0 0 3 8 0 109 72
2012-05-16 MIL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 1 117 72
2012-05-11 @PIT W 6.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 94 74
2012-05-05 STL W 6.0 3 1 0 4 4 0 91 64
2012-04-30 NYM ND 6.2 7 3 3 1 7 0 108 54
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 31.0 22 12 7 16 21 1 2.03 58
2012-05-05 STL W 6.0 3 1 0 4 4 0 91 64
2011-07-27 @STL ND 6.0 4 2 1 2 5 0 94 61
2011-06-08 STL W 8.0 1 1 1 5 2 1 104 73
2011-05-18 @STL L 5.0 7 5 5 3 4 0 91 34
2011-04-26 STL ND 6.0 7 3 0 2 6 0 110 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-12   Road:    6-19   ExtrInn: 0-6 
 vsRHP:  16-24   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   9-9 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl:12-9    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Tue, Jun  5   STL  W   9-8       24-31  4th  6.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3   CIN  W   5-3       23-31  5th  7.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2   CIN  L   9-12      22-31  5th  8.5 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1   CIN  L   1-4       22-30  5th  7.5 gb
 51 Thu, May 31  @COL  L   5-11      22-29  5th  6.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 30  @COL  L   5-13      22-28  4th  6.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 28  @COL  L   6-7 (10)  22-27  4th  5.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 28  @COL  L   7-9       22-26  4th  5.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 27  @LAD  L   1-5       22-25  4th  5.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 26  @LAD  L   3-6       22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 HOU  9  STL  8        W:Lucas Harrell (5-4), L: Jaime Garcia (3-4), S: Brett Myers (14)
Sun, May 06, 2012 STL  8 @HOU  1        W:Adam Wainwright (2-3), L: J.A. Happ (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 HOU  8  STL  2        W:Bud Norris (2-1), L: Jaime Garcia (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2012 HOU  5  STL  4        W:Lucas Harrell (2-2), L: Kyle Lohse (4-1), S: Brett Myers (7)

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 STL  8 @HOU  0        W:Chris Carpenter (11-9), L: Brett Myers (7-14), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 STL 13 @HOU  6        W:Eduardo Sanchez (3-1), L: Enerio Del Rosario (0-3), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 HOU  5  STL  4 (10)   W:Mark Melancon (8-4), L: Octavio Dotel (5-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 HOU  5 @STL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-7), L: Jaime Garcia (10-5), S: Mark Melancon (10)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 HOU  4 @STL  2        W:Fernando Rodriguez (2-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-3), S: Mark Melancon (9)
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 STL  3  HOU  1        W:Jake Westbrook (9-4), L: Brett Myers (3-11), S: Fernando Salas (19)
Season Series: 2012 - HOU over 3-1; 2011 - STL won 10-5; 2010 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - STL leads 364-325

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  5.52

SEA  4.19

PIT  3.15

 RA/G

WSN  3.32

SEA  4.26

COL  5.45

 BA

P. Konerko  .366

H. Pence  .268

I. Davis  .160

 OBP

J. Votto  .478

H. Pence  .335

I. Davis  .226

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .709

A. Hill  .431

B. Ryan  .258

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.112

M. Teixeira  .762

I. Davis  .501

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.87

H. Kuroda  3.82

M. Minor  6.98

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.70

J. Weaver  7.43

H. Alvarez  2.63

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

Cardinals Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Norris
G/S/vB		 28.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 55.Cruz
G/S/vB		 59.Lopez
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 39.Myers
G/S/vB		 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/38 .294/.357/.510/.867 .516/1.039 .768 56/.867 0/0 2/2
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 15/.866 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.858 5/.400 46/.846 1/.000 3/.000 217/158 .275/.369/.550/.919 .856/.943 .740 89/.862 6/2 15/0
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 22/15 .316/.381/.421/.802 .533/.900 .967 22/.802 0/1 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 1/.000 5/.400 1/5.000 ··· 77/49 .358/.416/.716/1.132 1.189/1.099 .972 46/1.110 1/0 6/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 39/23 .179/.179/.205/.385 .375/.391 .421 18/.444 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 11/1.636 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.100 3/.666 2/.000 123/102 .226/.328/.358/.686 .667/.690 .675 53/.750 2/1 2/2
23.Freese G/S/vP 11/.573 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 3/.000 9/1.917 1/.000 ··· 199/157 .268/.322/.486/.808 .731/.828 .816 79/.632 0/0 10/3
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.546 35/.753 ··· 2/.000 245/168 .314/.370/.441/.811 .917/.765 .844 107/.659 9/2 5/5
27.Greene G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 130/65 .212/.279/.407/.686 .801/.564 .616 70/.631 6/1 4/3
60.Hill G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .167/.167/.333/.500 1.000/.000 .000 6/.500 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 29/.866 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 25/1.096 25/1.154 2/3.000 1/no AB 248/177 .271/.355/.459/.814 .925/.770 .809 106/.833 2/2 10/2
4.Molina G/S/vP 30/.592 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 11/.182 35/.581 3/.000 2/2.000 203/158 .328/.373/.527/.900 1.005/.870 .801 86/.925 5/0 8/2
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 86/43 .259/.291/.346/.636 .596/.677 .728 39/.448 1/0 1/1
IP 63.2 20.0 2.1 17.1 30.2 21.1 20.0 20.0 16.0 TOTAL .275/.339/.447/.786 .769/.793 .735 .737 38/12 69/32
ERA-K/9 4.52/9.0 5.40/9.0 3.86/7.8 3.12/6.8 2.35/7.0 2.53/8.9 2.25/6.8 4.05/9.0 2.81/9.0 4.04/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (3-2-1)
 Molina (16-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.262 96/.318 12/.250 74/.254 116/.226 89/.265 77/.194 90/.250 70/.242 .264  Holliday
 Robinson
 Beltran
 Craig
 Greene
 Chambers
55/0/0/3
3/23/2/2
0/1/46/1
1/0/5/0
0/0/1/0
1/6/1/0
OPS .727 .884 1.080 .671 .568 .688 .637 .733 .683 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.726 41/1.118 5/1.933 30/.646 36/.544 28/.649 38/.572 32/1.014 43/.493 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.728 55/.721 7/.533 44/.680 80/.577 61/.702 39/.701 58/.591 27/.986 .750
Home 137/.523 44/.765 / 34/.629 63/.444 41/.602 43/.478 40/.671 45/.707
Last 28d days 118/.733 30/1.090 12/1.080 37/.765 51/.762 43/.652 38/.789 33/.830 39/.733
HR/SB/CS 7/7/2 3/2/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 2/0/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 3/7/0 1/1/0 66/48/12
Usage ·····X·· o··o·oX· ·····oX· ·····Xo· o·X·o··· ···X·X·· X·oo···· ···X·X·· o···Xo··
Astros Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 63.Cleto
G/S/vB		 61.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 66.Marte
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 52.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 234/170 .327/.369/.475/.844 1.068/.755 .794 103/.813 9/3 3/7
19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 173/139 .221/.306/.331/.638 .397/.698 .546 66/.564 6/3 3/1
15.Castro* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/100 .243/.328/.364/.692 .221/.809 .644 51/.880 0/0 1/3
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/52 .250/.282/.338/.620 .649/.609 .631 28/.706 0/0 1/2
23.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.334 6/1.100 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 6/.334 2/.000 3/.333 202/158 .294/.342/.444/.785 .580/.840 .879 84/.757 2/0 5/7
4.Lowrie# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 199/147 .288/.367/.497/.864 .778/.893 .951 93/.868 2/0 9/6
21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .100/.100/.200/.300 .000/.375 .300 10/.300 0/0 0/0
14.Martinez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 200/147 .244/.342/.378/.720 .803/.691 .669 81/.728 0/1 5/0
44.Maxwell G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/46 .250/.341/.487/.828 .895/.768 1.101 51/.845 1/2 5/2
1.Schafer* G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 197/162 .256/.320/.341/.660 .395/.718 .706 73/.597 14/4 2/0
18.Snyder G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 94/63 .195/.298/.341/.639 .784/.571 .621 43/.886 0/0 3/1
29.Wallace* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 8/6 .500/.625/.667/1.292 .500/1.467 1.292 8/1.292 0/0 0/0
IP 65.0 24.2 4.0 2.1 26.0 23.1 21.1 8.1 TOTAL .255/.321/.386/.707 .653/.725 .730 .707 34/15 44/39
ERA-K/9 4.98/7.9 2.19/8.7 2.25/13.5 7.71/15.7 4.15/8.3 3.09/8.5 5.06/6.8 3.24/7.6 4.04/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (29-5-4)
 Snyder (19-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.275 103/.216 17/.375 13/.273 110/.243 89/.177 88/.232 34/.143 .261  Schafer
 Maxwell
 Bogusevic
 Martinez
 Martinez
0/46/0/3
7/15/6/2
0/4/42/1
46/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
OPS .788 .587 1.099 .748 .708 .554 .699 .443 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.737 42/.680 10/1.100 8/.661 49/.662 47/.377 48/.518 22/.536 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.847 61/.523 7/1.071 5/.900 61/.744 42/.755 40/.918 12/.250 .710
Road 127/.720 55/.573 17/1.099 13/.748 51/.528 48/.554 59/.785 24/.596
Last 28d days 137/.727 51/.633 17/1.099 13/.748 59/.856 45/.592 49/.880 34/.443
HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 1/2/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 3/3/0 3/1/1 4/1/0 0/0/0 45/19/12
Usage ····X··· X··X··o· X·o·X··· X·o·X··· o··X···X ·Xo···X· ·Xo···X· ·o·o···o

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.