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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 8:10pm, Monday, July 16, 2012 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 46-43, 46-43 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (25, RHP, 11-4, 3.41)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (11-4)			103.0	91	40	39	36	105	9	3.41
2011 (1-1)			34.2	25	12	12	11	40	3	3.12

Last 7 GS		3-3	39.1	43	22	21	16	45	5	4.81	49
2012-07-05	COL	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	101	69
2012-06-30	PIT	L	5.0	7	6	6	4	6	1	109	31
2012-06-24	@KCR	ND	5.1	9	6	6	1	2	3	89	27
2012-06-19	@DET	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	4	0	102	31
2012-06-13	CHW	W	7.1	3	0	0	1	12	0	112	83
2012-06-07	@HOU	W	6.0	6	2	2	2	11	1	103	61
2012-06-02	@NYM	L	4.2	5	3	2	4	3	0	105	43

Last 5 v.MIL		1-0	6.2	2	1	1	1	8	1	1.35	73
2012-04-08	@MIL	W	6.2	2	1	1	1	8	1	100	73

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

 Home:   23-20   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  31-34   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast:  8-13   vsCntrl:20-18   vsWest: 10-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul 15  @CIN  L   2-4       46-43  3rd  4.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 14  @CIN  L   2-3 (10)  46-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 13  @CIN  L   3-5       46-41  3rd  2.5 gb
 86 Sun, Jul  8   MIA  W   5-4       46-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   MIA  W   3-2       45-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6   MIA  L   2-3       44-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 83 Thu, Jul  5   COL  W   6-2       44-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 82 Wed, Jul  4   COL  W   4-1       43-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3   COL  L   2-3       42-39  3rd  2.5 gb
 80 Mon, Jul  2   COL  W   9-3       42-38  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Brewers, 42-46, 42-46 4th, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Mike Fiers (27, RHP, 3-3, 2.31)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-3)			46.2	41	12	12	9	50	2	2.31
2011 (0-0)			2.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		3-3	45.2	41	12	12	9	48	2	2.36	61
2012-07-05	MIA	L	7.1	7	2	2	1	9	0	107	64
2012-06-30	ARI	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	10	0	105	75
2012-06-24	@CHW	ND	7.1	5	0	0	1	7	0	102	74
2012-06-16	@MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	107	68
2012-06-09	SDP	L	6.0	10	4	4	1	6	0	91	41
2012-06-03	PIT	L	5.0	8	4	4	1	8	2	101	42
2012-05-29	@LAD	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	89	66

Has never faced STL as starter.

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

 Home:   24-22   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  30-34   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:18-18   vsWest: 15-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sun, Jul 15   PIT  W   4-1       42-46  4th  8.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 14   PIT  L   4-6       41-46  4th  8.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 13   PIT  W  10-7       41-45  4th  7.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  8  @HOU  W   5-3 (10)  40-45  4th  8.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7  @HOU  L   3-6       39-45  4th  8.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6  @HOU  W   7-1       39-44  4th  7.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  5   MIA  L   0-4       38-44  4th  8.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  4   MIA  L   6-7 (10)  38-43  4th  7.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3   MIA  W  13-12(10)  38-42  4th  6.0 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  2   MIA  W   6-5       37-42  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 MIL  3 @STL  2        W:Zack Greinke (3-1), L: Jaime Garcia (2-1), S: John Axford (5)
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 STL  7  MIL  3        W:Kyle Lohse (4-0), L: Marco Estrada (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 STL 13  MIL  1        W:Jake Westbrook (3-1), L: Yovani Gallardo (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 STL  9 @MIL  3        W:Lance Lynn (1-0), L: Randy Wolf (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 MIL  6  STL  0        W:Zack Greinke (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 STL 11 @MIL  5        W:Jaime Garcia (1-0), L: Yovani Gallardo (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 STL  2  MIL  0        W:Chris Carpenter (9-9), L: Zack Greinke (14-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 STL  4  MIL  2        W:Kyle Lohse (13-8), L: Yovani Gallardo (15-10), S: Jason Motte (3)
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 MIL  4 @STL  1        W:Randy Wolf (12-9), L: Jake Westbrook (11-8), S: John Axford (41)
Thu, Sep 01, 2011 STL  8 @MIL  4        W:Octavio Dotel (3-3), L: Yovani Gallardo (15-9), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 4-2; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 125-100

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 5.06 CIN 4.20 SDP 3.56	RA/G WSN 3.41 SDP 4.34 COL 5.61	BA A. McCutchen .371 J. Willingham .268 B. Ryan .183	OBP J. Votto .465 K. Johnson .334 J. Hardy .255	SLG A. McCutchen .651 N. Walker .424 B. Ryan .272	OPS A. McCutchen 1.074 J. Kipnis .758 B. Ryan .555	ERA R. Dempster 1.86 C. Lee 3.92 J. Arrieta 6.13	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.57 V. Worley 7.54 H. Alvarez 3.02

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.06

CIN 4.20

SDP 3.56

RA/G

WSN 3.41

SDP 4.34

COL 5.61

A. McCutchen .371

J. Willingham .268

B. Ryan .183

OBP

J. Votto .465

K. Johnson .334

J. Hardy .255

SLG

A. McCutchen .651

N. Walker .424

B. Ryan .272

OPS

A. McCutchen 1.074

J. Kipnis .758

B. Ryan .555

ERA

R. Dempster 1.86

C. Lee 3.92

J. Arrieta 6.13

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.57

V. Worley 7.54

H. Alvarez 3.02

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Cardinals Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Fiers
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 63.Thornburg
G/S/vB 40.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 44/.939 2/1.500 7/1.914 3/.333 ··· 8/.661 357/269 .294/.378/.529/.907 .836/.931 .792 95/.693 8/4 20/2

12.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 36/.906 4/.000 19/1.126 3/.000 ··· 6/1.166 54/44 .304/.407/.522/.929 .300/1.088 1.047 5/.200 1/0 1/1

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 154/103 .291/.364/.500/.864 .792/.900 .635 36/.822 0/0 3/5

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 209/154 .297/.364/.584/.947 1.100/.891 .836 84/.786 1/0 13/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/46 .197/.194/.333/.527 .286/.640 .556 22/.799 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 215/174 .225/.315/.332/.646 .807/.608 .695 58/.550 3/3 3/5

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 7/1.000 332/267 .290/.349/.472/.821 .944/.792 .863 86/.834 1/2 13/7

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 85/1.105 4/.500 6/.900 5/.000 ··· 3/1.000 388/266 .276/.339/.362/.701 .751/.679 .804 100/.604 11/3 5/8

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 176/90 .224/.286/.373/.658 .752/.566 .576 20/.472 8/2 4/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 10/.686 38/.668 5/.000 12/.781 4/.000 ··· 9/.111 382/279 .315/.393/.514/.906 1.094/.838 .871 100/1.070 4/2 14/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 6/1.500 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 193/146 .296/.367/.373/.740 .681/.758 .611 76/.590 7/1 2/0

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 17/.376 9/.000 29/.596 6/.833 ··· 2/1.000 315/248 .313/.364/.528/.892 1.071/.846 .879 71/.877 8/1 15/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 15/.900 3/.666 11/.364 7/.858 ··· 4/1.250 137/121 .322/.390/.438/.828 .464/.876 .864 47/.863 0/1 0/1

IP 46.2 36.1 39.1 39.1 40.2 40.2 7.1 38.0 TOTAL .274/.340/.431/.771 .785/.766 .749 .737 54/21 98/55

ERA-K/9

2.31/9.6

4.71/12.6

5.26/6.4

4.12/6.6

4.20/10.0

3.76/8.4

7.36/6.2

4.50/9.9

4.23/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (9-3-1)
Molina (22-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 187/.230 163/.239 173/.325 169/.268 179/.263 172/.263 32/.286 181/.270 .262 Holliday
Beltran
Craig
Jay
Greene
Carpenter
Schumaker 83/0/0/5
0/4/74/2
6/0/11/1
0/45/0/0
1/0/2/0
3/0/5/0
0/14/6/0

OPS .582 .763 .892 .726 .691 .760 1.212 .773 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.699 84/.673 79/.977 68/.777 82/.483 85/.767 8/.821 89/.734 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.480 79/.856 94/.822 101/.691 97/.873 87/.745 24/1.344 92/.810 .754

Home 106/.681 96/.794 86/.938 95/.895 118/.762 95/.835 32/1.212 96/.800

Last 28d days 84/.429 39/1.010 37/1.000 37/.875 40/.686 37/.773 32/1.212 41/.995

HR/SB/CS 2/5/1 6/2/2 8/1/1 5/5/1 1/7/3 5/7/0 5/0/0 3/6/0 93/69/21

Usage ········ o·X····X ········ ·X······ ·oX····o o·X····o ·X······ ··o····o

Brewers Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.13 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 63.Cleto
G/S/vB 58.Kelly
G/S/vB 66.Marte
G/S/vB 30.Motte
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

7.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 275/184 .296/.368/.442/.810 .772/.828 .813 91/.855 11/3 5/1

14.Bianchi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.555 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 13/1.062 1/.000 6/.500 47/.672 366/279 .312/.399/.615/1.014 1.077/.994 1.083 90/1.049 16/5 26/5

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 179/93 .232/.278/.421/.699 .674/.724 .782 59/.640 11/3 5/2

1.Hart G/S/vP 2/2.500 10/.700 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 12/.450 1/.000 4/.000 43/.768 366/279 .263/.321/.505/.826 .829/.825 .949 88/.877 2/0 16/2

45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 93/78 .235/.300/.444/.744 .731/.746 .858 18/.399 0/0 4/2

3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/.000 126/87 .215/.234/.281/.515 .285/.620 .583 35/.545 1/1 1/3

9.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/.334 109/93 .225/.426/.388/.813 .578/.842 .917 19/.778 0/0 3/0

12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/98 .285/.333/.431/.764 .624/.815 .956 75/.770 1/0 5/2

2.Morgan* G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.989 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 2/.000 4/1.417 15/1.071 229/213 .228/.300/.277/.578 .607/.576 .718 55/.547 8/4 2/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.629 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.000 ··· 3/.333 49/1.073 351/270 .272/.345/.470/.814 .858/.801 .880 94/.849 4/1 10/5

21.Ransom G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 182/124 .214/.309/.415/.724 .887/.645 .840 50/.752 0/1 8/3

23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/1.666 34/.594 363/273 .199/.317/.345/.662 .688/.653 .637 86/.793 6/0 8/12

IP 103.0 38.1 5.2 9.0 33.1 37.2 38.1 30.2 31.1 109.0 TOTAL .247/.320/.419/.739 .754/.735 .805 .769 67/20 104/54

ERA-K/9

3.41/9.2

1.88/7.0

1.59/7.9

7.00/15.0

2.70/5.7

4.54/7.6

3.05/9.2

5.28/6.2

4.88/9.8

4.62/8.4

3.93/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (19-5-0)
Maldonado (16-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 429/.235 157/.236 19/.105 41/.342 146/.273 169/.283 150/.201 133/.295 144/.266 465/.272 .261 Braun
Aoki
Gomez
Morgan
Hart
Ishikawa 80/0/0/5
12/17/38/3
0/56/0/1
9/45/17/0
0/0/52/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .679 .603 .211 1.127 .722 .819 .599 .829 .754 .753 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 229/.795 63/.850 8/.000 25/1.000 72/.811 69/.772 81/.415 75/.701 58/.848 238/.743 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.553 94/.437 11/.364 16/1.332 74/.636 100/.850 69/.813 58/1.002 86/.688 227/.762 .696

Road 251/.734 78/.574 6/.667 17/1.099 51/.723 81/.764 66/.567 71/.763 66/1.030 207/.682

Last 28d days 100/.918 34/.616 19/.211 18/1.021 101/.655 42/1.231 27/.528 29/.875 42/.670 106/.813

HR/SB/CS 9/2/4 2/3/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 3/5/0 6/3/0 5/1/1 6/2/2 2/3/1 11/1/0 78/31/17

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