Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 2:10pm, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 47-44, 47-44 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (30, RHP, 7-9, 4.62)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-9)			109.0	115	59	56	31	102	11	4.62
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		3-3	44.0	47	20	20	11	45	3	4.09	53
2012-07-13	@CIN	L	6.1	5	4	4	2	4	1	93	49
2012-07-04	COL	W	6.0	8	1	1	1	7	0	104	58
2012-06-29	PIT	L	5.0	11	7	7	1	7	2	100	23
2012-06-23	@KCR	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	109	60
2012-06-17	KCR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	109	68
2012-06-12	CHW	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	99	64
2012-06-06	@HOU	W	5.2	7	3	3	1	8	0	114	50

Last 5 v.MIL		2-2	36.2	23	10	10	5	38	2	2.45	68
2012-04-07	@MIL	L	5.2	4	3	3	1	6	1	88	54
2010-08-18	MIL	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	106	57
2010-07-04	MIL	W	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	99	82
2010-06-04	MIL	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	103	90
2009-10-02	MIL	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	90	56

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

 Home:   23-20   Road:   24-24   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  32-34   vsLHP:  15-10   1-Run:  11-16
 vsEast:  8-13   vsCntrl:21-19   vsWest: 10-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @MIL  L   2-3       47-44  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Brewers, 43-47, 43-47 4th, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Tyler Thornburg (23, RHP, 0-0, 7.36)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-0)			7.1	8	6	6	2	5	5	7.36

Last 7 GS		0-0	5.1	7	5	5	0	2	4	8.44	36
2012-06-19	TOR	ND	5.1	7	5	5	0	2	4	93	36

Has never faced STL as starter.

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

 Home:   25-23   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  31-35   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl:19-19   vsWest: 15-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Tue, Jul 17   STL  W   3-2       43-47  4th  8.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 MIL  3  STL  2        W:Randy Wolf (3-6), L: Joe Kelly (1-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (2)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 5-3; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 126-101

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 5.07 PHI 4.23 SDP 3.57	RA/G WSN 3.43 ARI 4.30 COL 5.60	BA A. McCutchen .374 A. Rodriguez .270 B. Ryan .188	OBP J. Votto .465 J. Altuve .337 J. Hardy .257	SLG A. McCutchen .657 K. Morales .428 B. Ryan .279	OPS A. McCutchen 1.083 H. Ramirez .763 C. Pennington .550	ERA R. Dempster 1.86 H. Bailey 3.93 J. Arrieta 6.13	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.57 J. Johnson 7.63 D. Lowe 3.26

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.07

PHI 4.23

SDP 3.57

RA/G

WSN 3.43

ARI 4.30

COL 5.60

A. McCutchen .374

A. Rodriguez .270

B. Ryan .188

OBP

J. Votto .465

J. Altuve .337

J. Hardy .257

SLG

A. McCutchen .657

K. Morales .428

B. Ryan .279

OPS

A. McCutchen 1.083

H. Ramirez .763

C. Pennington .550

ERA

R. Dempster 1.86

H. Bailey 3.93

J. Arrieta 6.13

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.57

J. Johnson 7.63

D. Lowe 3.26

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

Cardinals Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Thornburg
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 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 ··· 4/.833 44/.939 2/1.500 8/1.625 3/.333 8/.661 362/270 .290/.373/.522/.895 .803/.927 .772 92/.621 8/4 20/2

12.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 36/.906 4/.000 19/1.126 3/.000 6/1.166 56/45 .292/.393/.500/.893 .273/1.061 .988 7/.143 1/0 1/1

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 162/108 .284/.358/.482/.840 .784/.869 .613 44/.742 0/0 3/5

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 218/159 .301/.367/.575/.942 1.092/.885 .834 85/.825 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 4/.250 1/no AB 219/178 .225/.313/.330/.643 .807/.605 .688 55/.499 3/3 3/5

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 7/1.000 340/272 .298/.359/.479/.838 .962/.807 .892 86/.940 1/2 13/7

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 85/1.105 4/.500 6/.900 5/.000 4/.750 397/272 .275/.339/.360/.699 .760/.671 .794 99/.611 11/3 5/9

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· 179/90 .221/.282/.368/.651 .734/.566 .563 22/.449 8/2 4/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 11/.830 38/.668 5/.000 12/.781 5/.400 9/.111 388/284 .317/.394/.512/.906 1.100/.837 .872 98/1.048 4/2 14/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 6/1.500 3/.666 3/.666 2/.500 196/146 .297/.366/.378/.744 .703/.758 .625 79/.608 7/1 2/0

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 17/.376 10/.000 29/.596 8/.875 2/1.000 324/254 .313/.363/.525/.889 1.052/.845 .873 72/.908 8/1 15/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 6/.333 15/.900 3/.666 11/.364 8/.750 4/1.250 143/127 .320/.394/.432/.826 .464/.872 .859 45/.977 0/1 0/1

IP 7.1 37.0 39.1 39.2 41.2 42.2 38.1 TOTAL .274/.340/.428/.768 .783/.763 .745 .743 54/21 98/57

ERA-K/9

7.36/6.2

5.35/12.4

5.26/6.4

4.08/6.6

4.10/10.1

3.59/8.4

4.46/9.9

4.19/8.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 32/.286 170/.252 173/.325 170/.266 182/.258 181/.267 182/.268 .263 Holliday
Beltran
Schumaker
Craig
Jay
Greene
Carpenter 85/0/0/5
0/6/76/2
0/15/6/1
6/0/11/1
0/47/0/0
1/0/2/0
4/0/7/0

OPS 1.212 .784 .892 .722 .679 .761 .768 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/.821 89/.688 79/.977 68/.777 83/.477 88/.740 90/.725 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 24/1.344 81/.886 94/.822 102/.684 99/.854 93/.776 92/.810 .754

Home 32/1.212 103/.828 86/.938 96/.885 121/.742 104/.830 97/.791

Last 28d days 10/.971 41/.931 37/1.000 38/.851 36/.611 43/.835 42/.968

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

Usage ···X···· ·Xo·X··· ········ ·o·X···· o··oX··· XXo·X··· o···o···

Brewers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 62.Browning*
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 283/190 .293/.368/.435/.803 .771/.819 .801 94/.881 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 47/.672 9/.555 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 14/1.227 1/.000 6/.500 373/286 .309/.394/.608/1.002 1.077/.979 1.059 88/.922 16/5 26/5

27.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 2/3.000 187/101 .240/.288/.421/.709 .674/.740 .795 57/.599 12/3 5/2

1.Hart G/S/vP 43/.768 10/.700 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 13/.413 1/.000 5/.000 374/287 .263/.320/.507/.827 .829/.826 .946 87/.876 2/0 17/2

45.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 94/79 .232/.297/.439/.736 .731/.736 .840 19/.377 0/0 4/2

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 129/89 .226/.244/.290/.534 .329/.629 .615 38/.611 1/1 1/3

9.Kottaras* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 111/95 .220/.418/.378/.796 .578/.821 .879 19/.583 0/0 3/0

12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 142/103 .279/.326/.419/.745 .607/.794 .906 72/.667 1/0 5/2

2.Morgan* G/S/vP 15/1.071 11/.989 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 2/.000 4/1.417 230/213 .227/.299/.276/.575 .564/.576 .711 51/.437 8/4 2/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 49/1.073 7/.629 ··· 3/.666 ··· 9/.000 ··· 4/.833 359/278 .271/.343/.464/.807 .858/.792 .863 93/.778 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 48/.777 0/1 8/3

23.Weeks G/S/vP 34/.594 9/.333 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 4/1.250 371/281 .200/.315/.352/.668 .688/.660 .649 85/.849 6/0 9/12

IP 109.0 38.1 6.2 39.1 37.2 40.0 30.2 32.2 TOTAL .246/.319/.418/.737 .752/.732 .798 .729 68/20 106/54

ERA-K/9

4.62/8.4

1.88/7.0

2.70/6.7

2.75/5.7

4.54/7.6

2.93/9.2

5.28/6.2

4.68/9.6

3.89/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 465/.272 157/.236 25/.125 170/.272 169/.283 156/.200 133/.295 150/.264 .260 Braun
Aoki
Gomez
Morgan
Hart
Ishikawa 82/0/0/5
13/17/40/3
0/58/0/2
9/45/18/0
0/0/52/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .753 .603 .285 .717 .819 .595 .829 .746 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.743 63/.850 11/.091 81/.785 69/.772 81/.415 75/.701 59/.833 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.762 94/.437 14/.429 89/.656 100/.850 75/.787 58/1.002 91/.686 .695

Road 207/.682 78/.574 12/.606 75/.710 81/.764 72/.562 71/.763 72/.988

Last 28d days 106/.813 34/.616 25/.285 125/.662 37/1.253 33/.524 29/.875 45/.702

HR/SB/CS 11/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 4/5/0 6/3/0 5/1/1 6/2/2 2/3/1 80/32/17

Usage ····X··· ··oo···· oo·oo··· X······· ···oX··· ·X······ ··oo···· X··Xo···

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.