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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 47-43, 47-43 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Joe Kelly (24, RHP, 1-1, 2.70)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			33.1	35	13	10	13	21	3	2.70

Last 7 GS		1-1	33.1	35	13	10	13	21	3	2.70	52
2012-07-08	MIA	ND	6.0	2	1	0	5	5	0	97	66
2012-07-03	COL	L	6.0	5	3	2	4	5	1	96	53
2012-06-27	@MIA	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	85	55
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 MIL as starter.

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

 Home:   23-20   Road:   24-23   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  32-34   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  11-15
 vsEast:  8-13   vsCntrl:21-18   vsWest: 10-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Mon, Jul 16  @MIL  W   3-2       47-43  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Brewers, 42-47, 42-47 4th, 8 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Randy Wolf (35, LHP, 2-6, 5.80)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-6)			99.1	122	68	64	34	65	13	5.80
2011 (13-10)			212.1	214	95	87	66	134	23	3.69
2010 (13-12)			215.2	213	107	100	87	142	29	4.17

Last 7 GS		0-2	42.1	49	30	28	12	34	7	5.95	44
2012-07-04	MIA	ND	7.0	6	5	5	3	6	2	112	48
2012-06-29	ARI	L	4.0	9	8	7	0	6	2	76	20
2012-06-23	@CHW	ND	5.1	8	5	5	0	4	1	89	36
2012-06-18	TOR	ND	6.1	8	4	4	1	6	2	102	46
2012-06-13	@KCR	ND	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	95	60
2012-06-07	CHC	ND	6.2	4	1	0	2	6	0	117	68
2012-06-01	PIT	L	6.0	8	6	6	4	5	0	117	33

Last 5 v.STL		3-2	32.0	34	16	16	5	18	4	4.50	50
2012-04-08	STL	L	5.0	9	3	3	1	7	0	108	43
2011-09-05	@STL	W	8.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	112	73
2011-08-31	STL	L	5.0	7	6	6	0	3	3	76	32
2011-08-10	@STL	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	92	69
2011-08-03	STL	W	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	113	34

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

 Home:   24-23   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  30-35   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest: 15-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Mon, Jul 16   STL  L   2-3       42-47  4th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 STL  3 @MIL  2        W:Jason Motte (4-3), L: John Axford (2-6), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 5-2; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 126-100

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 PHI 4.24 SDP 3.52	RA/G WSN 3.43 SDP 4.32 COL 5.60	BA A. McCutchen .372 J. Reddick .268 B. Ryan .186	OBP J. Votto .465 T. Hunter .337 J. Hardy .255	SLG A. McCutchen .649 N. Walker .428 B. Ryan .275	OPS A. McCutchen 1.073 A. Gonzalez .759 C. Pennington .556	ERA R. Dempster 1.86 H. Bailey 3.93 J. Arrieta 6.13	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.57 V. Worley 7.54 D. Lowe 3.26

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.06

PHI 4.24

SDP 3.52

RA/G

WSN 3.43

SDP 4.32

COL 5.60

A. McCutchen .372

J. Reddick .268

B. Ryan .186

OBP

J. Votto .465

T. Hunter .337

J. Hardy .255

SLG

A. McCutchen .649

N. Walker .428

B. Ryan .275

OPS

A. McCutchen 1.073

A. Gonzalez .759

C. Pennington .556

ERA

R. Dempster 1.86

H. Bailey 3.93

J. Arrieta 6.13

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.57

V. Worley 7.54

D. Lowe 3.26

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Cardinals Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Wolf*
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 44/1.036 4/.833 44/.939 2/1.500 7/1.914 3/.333 ··· 8/.661 358/270 .293/.377/.527/.904 .836/.927 .787 92/.694 8/4 20/2

12.Berkman# G/S/vP 39/.412 5/1.200 36/.906 4/.000 19/1.126 3/.000 ··· 6/1.166 55/45 .298/.400/.511/.911 .300/1.061 1.017 6/.167 1/0 1/1

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 158/107 .285/.361/.489/.850 .792/.878 .619 40/.769 0/0 3/5

21.Craig G/S/vP 15/.134 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 214/159 .296/.364/.577/.941 1.100/.885 .828 85/.800 1/0 13/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/46 .197/.194/.333/.527 .286/.640 .556 22/.799 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 218/177 .226/.315/.332/.646 .807/.609 .694 58/.513 3/3 3/5

23.Freese G/S/vP 21/.781 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 7/1.000 336/271 .292/.354/.472/.826 .944/.798 .872 86/.876 1/2 13/7

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 57/.652 2/2.000 85/1.105 4/.500 6/.900 5/.000 ··· 3/1.000 393/271 .275/.338/.360/.697 .751/.673 .793 100/.613 11/3 5/8

27.Greene G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 176/90 .224/.286/.373/.658 .752/.566 .576 19/.498 8/2 4/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 46/.835 11/.830 38/.668 5/.000 12/.781 5/.400 ··· 9/.111 387/284 .317/.393/.512/.905 1.094/.837 .869 101/1.052 4/2 14/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/.500 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 35/.686 9/.444 17/.376 10/.000 29/.596 7/.715 ··· 2/1.000 320/253 .311/.362/.526/.887 1.071/.841 .870 72/.879 8/1 15/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 6/.167 6/.333 15/.900 3/.666 11/.364 7/.858 ··· 4/1.250 142/126 .323/.397/.435/.833 .464/.880 .871 49/.933 0/1 0/1

IP 99.1 37.0 39.1 39.2 40.2 41.2 7.1 38.0 TOTAL .273/.340/.429/.769 .785/.763 .746 .744 54/21 98/55

ERA-K/9

5.80/5.9

5.35/12.4

5.26/6.4

4.08/6.6

4.20/10.0

3.67/8.4

7.36/6.2

4.50/9.9

4.22/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (9-3-1)
Molina (23-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 444/.306 170/.252 173/.325 170/.266 179/.263 176/.263 32/.286 181/.270 .262 Holliday
Beltran
Schumaker
Craig
Jay
Greene
Carpenter 84/0/0/5
0/5/75/2
0/15/6/1
6/0/11/1
0/46/0/0
1/0/2/0
3/0/6/0

OPS .867 .784 .892 .722 .691 .754 1.212 .773 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.654 89/.688 79/.977 68/.777 82/.483 85/.767 8/.821 89/.734 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.923 81/.886 94/.822 102/.684 97/.873 91/.733 24/1.344 92/.810 .753

Home 264/.813 103/.828 86/.938 96/.885 118/.762 99/.821 32/1.212 96/.800

Last 28d days 82/.968 41/.931 37/1.000 38/.851 33/.670 38/.809 10/.971 41/.995

HR/SB/CS 13/9/4 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 ········ Xo·X···· ········ o·X····· ··oX···· Xo·X···· ··X····· ···o····

Brewers Batters (4.54 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 62.Browning*
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/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 279/187 .292/.366/.436/.803 .780/.814 .799 90/.883 11/3 5/1

14.Bianchi G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 9/.555 ··· 1/.000 14/1.227 1/.000 6/.500 47/.672 370/283 .312/.397/.614/1.011 1.077/.991 1.076 89/1.036 16/5 26/5

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 183/97 .238/.283/.423/.706 .674/.736 .792 58/.643 12/3 5/2

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 10/.700 ··· 1/5.000 13/.413 1/.000 4/.000 43/.768 370/283 .263/.321/.510/.831 .829/.831 .956 87/.931 2/0 17/2

45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 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/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 6/.334 109/93 .225/.426/.388/.813 .578/.842 .917 18/.620 0/0 3/0

12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/102 .283/.331/.425/.756 .624/.802 .931 74/.790 1/0 5/2

2.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 11/.989 ··· ··· 7/.572 2/.000 4/1.417 15/1.071 229/213 .228/.300/.277/.578 .607/.576 .718 54/.494 8/4 2/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 ··· ··· 9/.000 ··· 3/.333 49/1.073 355/274 .268/.341/.464/.805 .858/.788 .860 93/.768 4/1 10/5

21.Ransom G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 185/127 .216/.310/.420/.730 .887/.655 .847 52/.743 0/1 8/3

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 3/1.666 34/.594 367/277 .199/.316/.344/.660 .688/.650 .634 85/.785 6/0 8/12

IP 33.1 38.1 6.0 37.2 40.0 30.2 31.1 109.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.419/.738 .754/.733 .801 .757 68/20 105/54

ERA-K/9

2.70/5.7

1.88/7.0

3.00/7.5

4.54/7.6

2.93/9.2

5.28/6.2

4.88/9.8

4.62/8.4

3.90/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.273 157/.236 21/.100 169/.283 156/.200 133/.295 144/.266 465/.272 .260 Braun
Aoki
Gomez
Morgan
Hart
Ishikawa 81/0/0/5
12/17/39/3
0/57/0/1
9/45/17/0
0/0/52/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .722 .603 .243 .819 .595 .829 .754 .753 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.811 63/.850 9/.111 69/.772 81/.415 75/.701 58/.848 238/.743 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 74/.636 94/.437 12/.333 100/.850 75/.787 58/1.002 86/.688 227/.762 .695

Road 51/.723 78/.574 8/.661 81/.764 72/.562 71/.763 66/1.030 207/.682

Last 28d days 101/.655 34/.616 21/.243 37/1.253 33/.524 29/.875 39/.729 106/.813

HR/SB/CS 3/5/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 6/3/0 5/1/1 6/2/2 2/3/1 11/1/0 79/32/17

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