Monday, September 10, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: STL @ SDP, 10:05pm, Monday, September 10, 2012 @PetCo Park

Cardinals, 75-65, 75-65 2nd, 8½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jaime Garcia (25, LHP, 4-6, 4.16)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-6)			93.0	108	47	43	23	73	5	4.16
2011 (13-7)			194.2	207	100	77	50	156	15	3.56
2010 (13-8)			163.1	151	64	49	64	132	9	2.70

Last 7 GS		1-4	41.2	48	25	22	9	37	4	4.75	49
2012-09-04	NYM	W	7.1	9	1	0	0	5	0	94	63
2012-08-30	@WSN	L	5.1	9	6	6	2	2	2	85	26
2012-08-25	@CIN	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	87	45
2012-08-19	PIT	ND	8.0	5	2	0	0	10	0	107	78
2012-06-05	@HOU	L	2.0	5	6	6	2	2	1	43	22
2012-05-26	PHI	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	91	48
2012-05-21	SDP	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	92	61

Last 5 v.SDP		1-0	27.0	19	5	5	8	23	2	1.67	65
2012-05-21	SDP	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	92	61
2011-04-03	SDP	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	102	86
2010-05-26	@SDP	ND	6.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	92	65
2008-07-20	SDP	ND	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	86	48

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

 Home:   43-29   Road:   32-36   ExtrInn: 4-10
 vsRHP:  48-51   vsLHP:  27-14   1-Run:  17-23
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:36-29   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Sun, Sep  9   MIL  W   5-4 (10)  75-65  2nd  8.5 gb
139 Sat, Sep  8   MIL  L   3-6       74-65  2nd  9.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7   MIL  L   4-5 (13)  74-64  2nd  8.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5   NYM  L   2-6       74-63  2nd  8.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4   NYM  W   5-1       74-62  2nd  8.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3   NYM  W   5-4       73-62  2nd  8.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2  @WSN  L   3-4       72-62  2nd  9.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1  @WSN  W  10-9       72-61  2nd  8.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 31  @WSN  L   0-10      71-61  2nd  9.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30  @WSN  L   1-8       71-60  2nd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Padres, 66-75, 66-75 4th, 13½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Eric Stults (32, LHP, 5-2, 2.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-2)			75.2	69	26	20	19	35	6	2.38
2011 (0-0)			12.0	11	8	8	4	7	4	6.00
2009 (4-3)			50.0	51	27	27	26	33	3	4.86

Last 7 GS		4-1	44.1	41	14	10	8	23	5	2.03	57
2012-09-04	@LAD	ND	6.0	7	1	1	1	1	1	90	54
2012-08-29	ATL	W	6.0	5	1	0	2	5	0	90	63
2012-08-24	@ARI	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	103	74
2012-08-18	SFG	ND	6.0	9	5	5	0	1	1	85	35
2012-08-13	@ATL	W	7.2	5	1	1	0	3	0	101	68
2012-08-06	CHC	W	5.1	5	0	0	2	5	0	79	61
2012-06-03	ARI	L	6.1	7	6	3	2	4	3	83	43

Has never faced STL as starter.

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

 Home:   35-34   Road:   31-41   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  46-46   vsLHP:  20-29   1-Run:  20-19
 vsEast: 12-20   vsCntrl:18-19   vsWest: 28-29 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Sun, Sep  9   ARI  W   8-2       66-75  4th 13.5 gb
140 Sat, Sep  8   ARI  L   5-8       65-75  4th 13.5 gb
139 Fri, Sep  7   ARI  W   6-5       65-74  4th 13.5 gb
138 Wed, Sep  5  @LAD  W   4-3       64-74  4th 13.5 gb
137 Tue, Sep  4  @LAD  W   6-3 (11)  63-74  4th 14.5 gb
136 Mon, Sep  3  @LAD  L   3-4 (11)  62-74  4th 15.5 gb
135 Sun, Sep  2  @COL  L  10-11      62-73  4th 14.5 gb
134 Sat, Sep  1  @COL  L   1-9       62-72  4th 13.5 gb
133 Fri, Aug 31  @COL  W   5-4       62-71  4th 12.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 29   ATL  W   8-2       61-71  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 23, 2012 STL  6  SDP  3        W:Lance Lynn (7-1), L: Jeff Suppan (2-3), S: Jason Motte (8)
Tue, May 22, 2012 STL  4  SDP  0        W:Adam Wainwright (3-5), L: Edinson Volquez (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 21, 2012 STL  4  SDP  3        W:Jason Motte (3-1), L: Andrew Cashner (2-3), S: none

Wed, May 25, 2011 SDP  3  STL  1        W:Mat Latos (2-6), L: Chris Carpenter (1-5), S: Heath Bell (10)
Tue, May 24, 2011 STL  3 @SDP  2 (11)   W:Miguel Batista (3-1), L: Ernesto Frieri (1-2), S: Eduardo Sanchez (5)
Mon, May 23, 2011 STL  3 @SDP  1        W:Kyle Lohse (6-2), L: Heath Bell (2-1), S: Fernando Salas (8)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 STL  2  SDP  0        W:Jaime Garcia (1-0), L: Dustin Moseley (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 SDP 11 @STL  3        W:Clayton Richard (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: none
Thu, Mar 31, 2011 SDP  5 @STL  3 (11)   W:Pat Neshek (1-0), L: Bryan Augenstein (0-1), S: Heath Bell (1)
Sun, Sep 19, 2010 STL  4  SDP  1        W:Adam Wainwright (19-11), L: Jon Garland (14-12), S: Ryan Franklin (25)
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 3-0; 2011 - Tied 3-3; 2010 - STL won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 262-178

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 5.10 BAL 4.34 HOU 3.62	RA/G TBR 3.59 ARI 4.28 COL 5.40	BA M. Cabrera .346 J. Morneau .275 J. Smoak .189	OBP P. Fielder .411 B. Revere .338 J. Smoak .258	SLG R. Braun .602 T. Hunter .439 J. Weeks .302	OPS R. Braun .989 N. Cruz .778 J. Smoak .569	ERA D. Price 2.54 J. Johnson 3.81 R. Romero 5.85	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.23 A. Sanchez 7.39 H. Alvarez 3.34

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.10

BAL 4.34

HOU 3.62

RA/G

TBR 3.59

ARI 4.28

COL 5.40

M. Cabrera .346

J. Morneau .275

J. Smoak .189

OBP

P. Fielder .411

B. Revere .338

J. Smoak .258

SLG

R. Braun .602

T. Hunter .439

J. Weeks .302

OPS

R. Braun .989

N. Cruz .778

J. Smoak .569

ERA

D. Price 2.54

J. Johnson 3.81

R. Romero 5.85

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.23

A. Sanchez 7.39

H. Alvarez 3.34

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Cardinals Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Padres Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Stults*
G/S/vB 29.Boxberger
G/S/vB 58.Brach
G/S/vB 61.Burns
G/S/vB 34.Cashner
G/S/vB 57.Gregerson
G/S/vB 49.Kelly
G/S/vB 40.Layne*
G/S/vB 39.Mikolas
G/S/vB 54.Thatcher*
G/S/vB 55.Thayer
G/S/vB 50.Vincent
G/S/vB 41.Werner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .400/.400/.600/1.000 /1.000 1.000 5/1.000 1/0 0/0

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 542/403 .262/.334/.494/.828 .845/.822 .736 87/.458 13/5 29/2

12.Berkman# G/S/vP 3/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 96/76 .263/.385/.450/.835 .712/.868 .907 6/.533 2/0 2/4

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 278/192 .303/.371/.481/.852 .692/.927 .762 65/.723 1/1 4/7

56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/35 .262/.340/.357/.698 .237/.878 .739 7/1.095 0/1 0/0

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 419/303 .306/.360/.541/.901 1.085/.828 .829 107/.815 2/0 20/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/82 .250/.258/.362/.620 .395/.729 .735 35/.687 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 362/273 .228/.301/.322/.622 .832/.555 .645 67/.512 6/3 4/13

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 505/385 .299/.368/.476/.844 .932/.816 .903 82/.850 3/2 18/13

7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 593/433 .302/.378/.522/.900 1.028/.853 .907 101/.744 4/3 26/3

8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/7 .167/.231/.167/.397 .533/.286 .000 10/.522 0/0 0/1

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 402/293 .323/.398/.420/.818 .783/.831 .653 115/.875 16/4 4/0

38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/4 .286/.286/.429/.714 .667/.750 .333 7/.714 0/0 0/0

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 477/371 .321/.373/.505/.877 1.080/.820 .869 72/.932 11/2 18/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/82 .255/.311/.346/.658 .691/.623 .774 25/.711 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 270/228 .288/.345/.391/.736 .490/.780 .789 74/.552 1/1 1/3

IP 75.2 18.1 57.0 11.0 41.2 64.1 14.0 10.2 27.2 28.0 48.2 18.0 24.1 TOTAL .274/.338/.426/.764 .795/.752 .742 .709 83/29 141/93

ERA-K/9

2.38/4.2

2.95/12.8

4.11/10.7

4.09/9.0

3.46/10.8

2.38/9.1

7.07/7.1

1.69/15.1

3.90/6.8

3.54/10.0

4.07/7.0

2.00/8.5

2.59/8.5

3.90/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Anderson (0-0-0)
Cruz (17-7-3)
Molina (32-26-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 313/.245 84/.235 246/.223 60/.346 172/.213 260/.216 64/.322 42/.158 126/.262 122/.238 201/.254 71/.188 96/.198 .244 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Jay
Craig
Carpenter
Chambers 0/9/116/9
131/0/0/6
13/36/8/3
1/15/9/1
0/95/0/1
8/0/23/1
7/0/11/1
7/10/3/1

OPS .660 .766 .702 .895 .620 .621 1.026 .404 .774 .639 .659 .538 .611 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.450 37/.699 94/.737 29/.987 76/.500 104/.692 37/1.028 26/.374 49/.685 57/.452 85/.727 30/.549 36/.478 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.732 47/.821 152/.680 31/.804 96/.718 156/.573 27/1.024 16/.450 77/.832 65/.806 116/.609 41/.531 60/.682 .724

Home 135/.748 35/.688 127/.710 29/.874 89/.568 140/.460 36/1.008 23/.499 70/.732 61/.614 102/.598 34/.514 72/.606

Last 28d days 104/.660 25/.775 50/.724 39/.720 19/.526 44/.569 64/1.026 42/.404 45/.841 7/.486 34/.830 35/.323 96/.611

HR/SB/CS 6/6/2 2/3/1 9/10/2 0/1/0 4/11/2 7/5/1 5/0/0 0/1/0 4/1/0 1/1/2 4/10/1 1/0/1 3/4/1 142/132/42

Usage ·····X·· oX··Xo·· o·o··XXX ·X····oo ··X····· ··o·oXX· ·X·····X o·o·oooo ·X······ ··o·oo·o ··o·oXo· ·X··X·oo X·····X·

Padres Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 61.Freeman*
G/S/vB 58.Kelly
G/S/vB 66.Marte
G/S/vB 40.Miller
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 44.Mujica
G/S/vB 64.Rosenthal
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

23.Alonso* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.667 ··· 3/2.667 1/2.000 4/.833 530/386 .266/.340/.381/.721 .685/.734 .726 86/.619 3/0 7/10

5.Amarista* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 272/205 .257/.297/.406/.703 .705/.702 .708 54/.604 7/4 5/3

21.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 196/158 .239/.313/.278/.591 .633/.582 .476 25/.507 2/1 0/4

2.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.833 368/255 .236/.316/.319/.635 .497/.697 .678 95/.608 29/1 2/11

13.Denorfia G/S/vP 9/.472 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 327/149 .296/.354/.459/.813 .907/.702 .768 54/.972 10/3 7/1

11.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/169 .283/.359/.388/.747 .946/.630 .846 74/.840 7/2 4/8

12.Grandal# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/110 .269/.365/.485/.850 1.038/.764 .655 73/.717 0/0 7/4

15.Guzman G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 274/150 .252/.319/.411/.729 .886/.603 .691 27/.704 3/3 6/1

7.Headley# G/S/vP 11/.573 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.222 606/414 .284/.368/.489/.857 .779/.906 .774 106/.950 14/6 27/10

14.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 135/121 .260/.319/.333/.652 .607/.656 .633 24/.440 0/2 1/1

24.Maybin G/S/vP 8/.250 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 10/.200 495/348 .240/.307/.335/.642 .600/.659 .729 90/.761 25/6 6/3

3.Parrino# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 112/69 .188/.282/.260/.542 .508/.563 .615 5/.900 1/0 1/5

18.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2.750 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 330/235 .263/.370/.511/.880 1.024/.822 .831 84/.906 0/1 16/2

25.Venable* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.833 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 14/.742 407/342 .261/.338/.442/.780 .670/.800 .675 68/1.010 22/6 9/7

IP 93.0 64.0 15.0 95.0 38.2 2.0 62.0 56.0 12.2 43.2 51.2 173.2 TOTAL .245/.317/.377/.693 .700/.690 .672 .749 129/40 104/99

ERA-K/9

4.16/7.1

2.39/6.9

4.80/7.8

3.51/6.3

4.66/7.7

0.00/18.0

2.90/10.3

3.05/6.3

3.55/9.2

4.53/6.4

4.01/9.6

4.04/8.5

3.82/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Baker (46-9-7)
Grandal (29-8-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 396/.300 260/.216 64/.200 409/.276 178/.304 7/.143 241/.191 221/.222 53/.191 183/.263 221/.250 728/.263 .259 Guzman
Maybin
Quentin
Kotsay
Denorfia
Amarista
Venable 40/0/7/4
0/127/0/3
67/0/3/2
17/0/8/2
44/7/67/2
22/9/4/1
10/17/97/1

OPS .745 .588 .640 .749 .858 .286 .592 .636 .610 .747 .703 .705 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.726 103/.664 30/.775 175/.913 71/.809 5/.400 114/.394 104/.660 20/.413 99/.679 84/.684 345/.711 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.750 157/.538 34/.526 234/.631 107/.890 2/.000 127/.770 117/.613 33/.737 84/.827 137/.716 383/.698 .692

Road 200/.808 115/.512 40/.700 140/.761 81/.764 / 99/.588 97/.531 26/.626 94/.769 100/.904 300/.691

Last 28d days 111/.710 52/.508 11/.282 138/.773 6/1.833 7/.286 52/.750 43/.514 35/.526 23/.577 36/.500 123/.749

HR/SB/CS 5/2/2 5/6/0 2/1/0 8/8/5 6/4/0 0/0/0 9/1/2 6/1/0 2/0/0 7/2/2 4/3/3 13/2/1 119/49/33

Usage ·····X·· X·o···X· ·o··X·oo X·····X· ·o··o··· ····X··· X·X···X· o·X···oo ·X···o·· ·o··o··· ·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.