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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Monday, August 27, 2012 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 70-57, 70-57 2nd, 6 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (33, RHP, 13-2, 2.61)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (13-2) 169.0 151 52 49 32 104 14 2.61
2011 (14-8) 188.1 178 80 71 42 111 16 3.39
2010 (4-8) 92.0 129 75 67 35 54 9 6.55
Last 7 GS 4-0 46.2 37 11 11 11 34 3 2.12 62
2012-08-22 HOU W 7.0 3 2 2 0 3 2 87 66
2012-08-16 ARI ND 6.2 4 0 0 3 5 0 94 68
2012-08-10 @PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 101 70
2012-08-05 MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 100 67
2012-07-31 @COL W 6.0 9 5 5 2 5 1 101 37
2012-07-25 LAD ND 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 0 106 59
2012-07-20 CHC W 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 94 64
Last 5 v.PIT 3-0 30.0 29 12 10 4 23 1 3.00 55
2012-04-22 @PIT W 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 97 66
2011-09-12 @PIT ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 0 100 46
2011-08-28 PIT W 5.0 6 4 2 2 4 0 99 45
2011-08-17 @PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 100 65
2011-07-24 @PIT ND 5.0 4 2 2 0 4 0 64 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-26   Road:   30-31   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  43-45   vsLHP:  27-12   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:34-25   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Sun, Aug 26  @CIN  W   8-2       70-57  2nd  6.0 gb
126 Sat, Aug 25  @CIN  L   2-8       69-57  2nd  7.0 gb
125 Fri, Aug 24  @CIN  W   8-5       69-56  2nd  6.0 gb
124 Thu, Aug 23   HOU  W  13-5       68-56  2nd  7.0 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22   HOU  W   4-2       67-56  2nd  8.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21   HOU  W   7-0       66-56  3rd  8.0 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19   PIT  L   3-6 (19)  65-56  3rd  8.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18   PIT  W   5-4       65-55  3rd  7.5 gb
119 Fri, Aug 17   PIT  L   1-2       64-55  3rd  8.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16   ARI  L   1-2       64-54  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Pirates, 68-59, 68-59 3rd, 8 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (35, RHP, 15-4, 3.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (15-4) 151.1 141 63 61 48 133 16 3.63
2011 (11-11) 190.1 190 115 109 83 173 31 5.15
2010 (10-15) 186.2 204 118 109 78 145 25 5.26
Last 7 GS 5-1 51.1 44 20 19 15 47 8 3.33 59
2012-08-21 @SDP ND 6.1 12 4 4 5 7 0 110 35
2012-08-16 LAD W 6.2 7 6 6 1 7 2 94 42
2012-08-11 SDP L 5.2 9 5 4 2 10 2 104 41
2012-08-05 @CIN W 8.2 3 2 2 3 7 1 102 74
2012-07-31 @CHC W 9.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 108 91
2012-07-26 @HOU W 7.1 4 2 2 1 5 2 103 66
2012-07-21 MIA W 7.2 8 1 1 1 3 1 104 61
Last 5 v.STL 3-2 29.1 34 23 22 14 23 4 6.75 42
2012-05-02 @STL L 2.2 12 12 12 1 2 2 72 -13
2012-04-21 STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 76 76
2005-08-29 STL L 5.0 6 6 5 6 5 1 95 32
2005-08-04 @STL W 7.2 8 3 3 2 2 0 113 51
2004-08-12 STL W 7.0 5 2 2 3 7 1 103 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   38-25   Road:   30-34   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  49-44   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  25-21
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:31-22   vsWest: 13-19 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Sun, Aug 26   MIL  L   0-7       68-59  3rd  8.0 gb
126 Sat, Aug 25   MIL  W   4-0       68-58  3rd  8.0 gb
125 Fri, Aug 24   MIL  L   5-6       67-58  3rd  8.0 gb
124 Wed, Aug 22  @SDP  L   2-4       67-57  3rd  8.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @SDP  L   5-7 (10)  67-56  2nd  7.5 gb
122 Mon, Aug 20  @SDP  L   1-3       67-55  2nd  6.5 gb
121 Sun, Aug 19  @STL  W   6-3 (19)  67-54  2nd  6.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18  @STL  L   4-5       66-54  2nd  6.5 gb
119 Fri, Aug 17  @STL  W   2-1       66-53  2nd  6.0 gb
118 Thu, Aug 16   LAD  W  10-6       65-53  2nd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 19, 2012 PIT  6 @STL  3 (19)   W:Wandy Rodriguez (8-12), L: Barret Browning (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Barret Browning (1-2), L: Erik Bedard (7-13), S: Jason Motte (28)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 PIT  2 @STL  1        W:James McDonald (11-5), L: Jake Westbrook (12-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (34)
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Jake Westbrook (7-6), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: Jason Motte (17)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 PIT  7 @STL  3        W:Jeff Karstens (1-2), L: Lance Lynn (10-4), S: Jared Hughes (1)
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 PIT 14 @STL  5        W:Kevin Correia (4-6), L: Adam Wainwright (6-8), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2012 PIT  6 @STL  3        W:Erik Bedard (2-4), L: Jake Westbrook (3-2), S: none
Wed, May 02, 2012 STL 12  PIT  3        W:Lance Lynn (5-0), L: A.J. Burnett (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2012 STL 10  PIT  7        W:Adam Wainwright (1-3), L: Charlie Morton (1-2), S: Jason Motte (4)
Sun, Apr 22, 2012 STL  5 @PIT  1        W:Kyle Lohse (3-0), L: Erik Bedard (0-4), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 6-6; 2011 - STL won 9-7; 2010 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1209-1149

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  5.19

SFG  4.28

HOU  3.66

 RA/G

WSN  3.54

DET  4.31

COL  5.55

 BA

M. Cabrera  .346

K. Morales  .275

C. Pena  .190

 OBP

D. Wright  .410

M. Teixeira  .335

J. Smoak  .264

 SLG

G. Stanton  .601

N. Walker  .435

J. Carroll  .291

 OPS

M. Trout  .986

A. Pagan  .769

J. Smoak  .591

 ERA

D. Price  2.28

T. Milone  3.87

J. Guthrie  5.71

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.34

D. Haren  7.24

H. Alvarez  3.43

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

Cardinals Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 30.Resop
G/S/vB		 41.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 29/.935 4/.000 13/.496 3/.666 7/.572 1/.000 1/3.000 503/372 .272/.344/.516/.860 .855/.861 .775 104/.773 13/5 28/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 5/1.200 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 240/159 .310/.375/.495/.870 .736/.941 .759 44/1.022 1/1 4/5
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 365/257 .318/.378/.584/.962 1.149/.880 .903 105/1.080 1/0 20/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 104/72 .240/.250/.360/.610 .406/.704 .675 28/.757 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.500 7/.572 4/1.666 8/.000 ··· 2/2.000 321/241 .223/.297/.318/.615 .798/.556 .649 73/.432 4/3 3/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 7/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 465/354 .299/.370/.477/.847 .974/.807 .901 91/.670 2/2 17/12
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 43/.790 12/.955 6/.400 6/.500 5/.933 3/.000 1/5.000 519/353 .271/.333/.355/.688 .756/.655 .748 83/.656 12/4 5/14
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/.730 4/.000 14/1.107 5/1.400 4/1.250 ··· 4/1.250 547/395 .309/.384/.527/.911 1.076/.849 .920 111/.806 4/3 23/2
8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/2 .143/.250/.143/.393 .533/.000 .000 8/.393 0/0 0/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/2.000 6/.666 7/.715 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 5/1.600 342/246 .314/.388/.411/.799 .731/.826 .619 108/.929 15/2 4/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 11/.473 4/.250 12/.750 3/.666 7/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 442/339 .323/.375/.511/.886 1.082/.827 .883 80/1.010 11/2 17/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 155/77 .266/.316/.364/.680 .694/.664 .781 20/.900 1/0 2/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 12/.334 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 227/195 .312/.378/.411/.789 .638/.813 .879 53/.674 0/1 0/2
IP 151.1 47.0 49.2 62.1 63.2 43.0 40.1 TOTAL .277/.342/.433/.775 .816/.758 .759 .772 76/27 132/81
ERA-K/9 3.63/7.9 2.30/13.8 2.36/10.3 2.89/5.1 3.68/5.8 4.81/8.6 4.02/8.9 3.80/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (14-6-3)
 Molina (28-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 639/.245 189/.183 205/.175 258/.222 283/.262 176/.238 164/.226 .246  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Schumaker
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Jay
0/9/107/8
120/0/0/5
9/36/7/3
1/15/9/1
7/0/18/1
6/0/9/0
0/82/0/0
OPS .686 .568 .595 .668 .693 .731 .699 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.711 94/.421 106/.496 121/.673 118/.690 99/.739 76/.643 .663
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 282/.655 95/.709 99/.702 137/.663 165/.695 77/.720 88/.749 .727
Home 328/.643 89/.520 111/.476 124/.775 132/.698 82/.693 65/.589
Last 28d days 157/.703 33/.606 38/.710 52/.776 56/.564 36/.734 32/.522
HR/SB/CS 16/26/1 5/1/0 6/7/0 5/12/0 6/4/0 6/1/2 5/9/0 117/107/11
Usage ·····X·· ·o···o·X ·Xo····X ··X·o··X o···X··X o······· ·o···oo·
Pirates Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lohse
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 65.Dickson
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 17/.857 6/.900 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 12/.969 444/326 .237/.320/.462/.782 .672/.822 .755 93/.800 1/0 23/20
26.Barajas G/S/vP 13/.539 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.250 1/3.000 2/.000 13/.539 297/222 .202/.279/.342/.622 .476/.668 .588 57/.546 0/0 9/2
12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/.422 9/.536 ··· 3/.333 6/.334 14/.857 3/.666 4/.000 18/1.014 388/299 .219/.247/.312/.559 .711/.513 .563 78/.651 0/2 6/13
19.Clement* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
5.Harrison G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 1/4.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 199/114 .236/.285/.376/.661 .595/.710 .549 48/.612 5/3 3/4
46.Jones* G/S/vP 24/.770 10/.875 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 2/2.000 22/.546 381/328 .285/.320/.544/.864 .594/.907 .866 97/1.055 2/0 21/7
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 26/.828 11/.282 ··· 2/.000 9/.762 4/.250 2/2.500 6/.667 22/1.122 527/400 .343/.410/.569/.979 1.206/.906 1.002 116/.707 15/10 24/1
55.McKenry G/S/vP 5/1.200 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 200/154 .256/.330/.506/.836 .959/.800 .767 54/.684 0/0 11/1
69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 57/45 .208/.246/.396/.642 .367/.709 .594 32/.585 0/1 1/1
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.821 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/.500 4/.250 250/165 .214/.260/.321/.581 .695/.523 .608 54/.669 1/0 4/2
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/91 .278/.350/.444/.794 1.180/.641 .855 83/.762 1/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 20/1.359 6/1.267 ··· 2/.500 7/.286 3/.000 3/.333 8/1.083 13/1.455 312/229 .236/.301/.346/.647 .647/.647 .614 32/.748 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 24/1.150 6/.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.500 5/.400 4/1.750 13/.938 501/366 .280/.342/.435/.777 .599/.839 .721 82/.683 7/5 14/8
IP 169.0 59.0 3.1 77.1 54.2 51.1 41.0 48.0 166.0 TOTAL .245/.303/.402/.705 .706/.704 .684 .699 56/44 139/80
ERA-K/9 2.61/5.5 1.98/7.2 10.80/5.5 3.26/6.4 2.63/10.4 3.33/6.1 4.61/6.1 3.94/9.8 3.63/8.5 3.67/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (66-5-7)
 McKenry (41-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 688/.237 238/.207 20/.389 333/.280 214/.191 204/.225 173/.266 206/.243 683/.252 .254  Tabata
 Jones
 Harrison
 Snider
 McCutchen
25/0/64/6
0/0/52/3
1/0/12/1
12/0/20/1
0/122/0/1
OPS .636 .561 1.061 .739 .579 .648 .760 .690 .676 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 333/.667 93/.651 6/1.467 145/.850 105/.378 95/.691 94/.657 79/.703 321/.669 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 355/.607 145/.503 14/.896 188/.655 109/.774 109/.609 79/.882 127/.681 362/.682 .682
Road 330/.679 106/.538 13/1.357 115/.695 89/.572 88/.549 87/.769 91/.956 280/.649
Last 28d days 133/.602 60/.493 9/1.667 114/.823 41/.674 43/.483 29/.646 36/.611 137/.485
HR/SB/CS 14/5/3 4/4/0 1/0/0 6/6/4 7/1/1 6/1/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 12/2/1 103/42/30
Usage ····X··· o·o·o··X ·X······ ··X····X ··o·o··o o·oX···o oo·X···o o·oo···o 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.