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Game Preview: MIA @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, July 6, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Marlins, 40-42, 40-42 4th, 9 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ricky Nolasco (29, RHP, 7-6, 4.62)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-6)			97.1	102	52	50	27	60	10	4.62
2011 (10-12)			206.0	244	117	107	44	148	20	4.67
2010 (14-9)			157.2	169	82	79	33	147	24	4.51

Last 7 GS		2-4	43.0	43	26	24	13	28	5	5.02	48
2012-07-01	PHI	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	97	63
2012-06-25	STL	ND	6.2	4	1	0	3	4	0	111	65
2012-06-20	@BOS	L	3.1	9	9	9	1	1	1	64	6
2012-06-13	BOS	L	6.0	5	4	3	1	4	1	75	51
2012-06-08	TBR	L	6.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	99	50
2012-06-02	@PHI	W	7.0	8	4	4	2	5	1	87	48
2012-05-27	SFG	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	95	55

Last 5 v.STL		0-3	30.2	40	18	17	5	21	2	4.99	46
2012-06-25	STL	ND	6.2	4	1	0	3	4	0	111	65
2011-08-06	STL	L	7.0	10	2	2	1	3	1	112	51
2010-08-06	STL	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	6	1	94	24
2009-09-14	@STL	L	5.0	10	7	7	0	4	0	97	23
2008-09-05	@STL	ND	7.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	97	65

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

 Home:   22-22   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 7-3 
 vsRHP:  26-29   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 12-13   vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 11-6  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Thu, Jul  5  @MIL  W   4-0       40-42  4th  9.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  4  @MIL  W   7-6 (10)  39-42  4th  9.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3  @MIL  L  12-13(10)  38-42  4th  9.0 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  2  @MIL  L   5-6       38-41  4th  8.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1   PHI  W   5-2       38-40  4th  7.5 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30   PHI  W   3-2       37-40  4th  7.5 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 29   PHI  W   6-2       36-40  4th  8.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27   STL  W   5-3       35-40  4th  9.0 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26   STL  L   2-5       34-40  5th  9.0 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25   STL  L   7-8 (10)  34-39  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Cardinals, 44-39, 44-39 3rd, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (34, RHP, 7-6, 3.91)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-6)			99.0	107	48	43	26	65	8	3.91
2011 (12-9)			183.1	208	103	95	73	104	16	4.66
2010 (10-11)			202.2	203	99	95	68	128	20	4.22

Last 7 GS		3-3	43.0	47	24	22	10	27	5	4.60	49
2012-07-01	PIT	W	6.0	9	4	4	1	6	1	105	43
2012-06-25	@MIA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	74	50
2012-06-20	@DET	W	9.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	113	79
2012-06-14	CHW	W	6.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	67	51
2012-06-08	CLE	L	6.0	8	4	3	1	7	0	97	48
2012-06-03	@NYM	L	5.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	106	29
2012-05-29	@ATL	L	5.0	5	5	5	3	6	2	88	40

Last 5 v.MIA		1-0	33.1	31	11	11	5	25	3	2.97	58
2012-06-25	@MIA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	74	50
2011-08-05	@FLA	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	106	53
2011-05-05	FLA	ND	6.1	7	3	3	0	8	0	100	55
2010-08-07	@FLA	ND	7.0	6	3	3	0	9	2	105	62
2004-06-09	FLA	W	8.0	6	1	1	0	4	1	101	70

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

 Home:   21-19   Road:   23-20   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  29-30   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  6-12   vsCntrl:20-15   vsWest: 10-5  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 79 Sun, Jul  1   PIT  W   5-4       41-38  3rd  2.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 30   PIT  L   3-7       40-38  3rd  3.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 29   PIT  L   5-14      40-37  3rd  2.5 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 27  @MIA  L   3-5       40-36  2nd  2.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 26  @MIA  W   5-2       40-35  2nd  2.0 gb
 74 Mon, Jun 25  @MIA  W   8-7 (10)  39-35  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 MIA  5  STL  3        W:Anibal Sanchez (4-6), L: Sam Freeman (0-1), S: Heath Bell (15)
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 STL  5 @MIA  2        W:Kyle Lohse (7-2), L: Carlos Zambrano (4-6), S: Jason Motte (16)
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 STL  8 @MIA  7 (10)   W:Victor Marte (2-1), L: Chad Gaudin (1-1), S: Jason Motte (15)
Wed, Apr 04, 2012 STL  4 @MIA  1        W:Kyle Lohse (1-0), L: Josh Johnson (0-1), S: Jason Motte (1)

Sun, Aug 07, 2011 STL  8 @FLA  4        W:Mitchell Boggs (2-3), L: Mike Dunn (5-6), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 STL  2 @FLA  1        W:Chris Carpenter (7-8), L: Ricky Nolasco (8-8), S: Fernando Salas (21)
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 STL  3 @FLA  2        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-3), L: Anibal Sanchez (6-5), S: Lance Lynn (1)
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 STL  7 @FLA  4        W:Kyle McClellan (9-6), L: Clay Hensley (1-4), S: Fernando Salas (20)
Thu, May 05, 2011 STL  6  FLA  3        W:Jason Motte (1-0), L: Josh Johnson (3-1), S: Eduardo Sanchez (3)
Wed, May 04, 2011 FLA  8 @STL  7        W:Mike Dunn (2-1), L: Eduardo Sanchez (1-1), S: Juan Oviedo (11)
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 3-1; 2011 - STL won 6-2; 2010 - MIA won 3-2; All-Time - STL leads 90-61

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 5.23 WSN 4.25 SDP 3.55	RA/G WSN 3.50 SDP 4.35 COL 5.74	BA M. Cabrera .356 M. Cuddyer .266 R. Weeks .193	OBP J. Votto .464 M. Wieters .332 J. Arencibia .264	SLG J. Hamilton .646 K. Seager .423 J. Carroll .279	OPS J. Votto 1.082 D. Jeter .763 D. Gordon .562	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 I. Nova 4.05 J. Arrieta 6.13	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.81 J. Johnson 7.50 D. Lowe 3.01

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.23

WSN 4.25

SDP 3.55

RA/G

WSN 3.50

SDP 4.35

COL 5.74

M. Cabrera .356

M. Cuddyer .266

R. Weeks .193

OBP

J. Votto .464

M. Wieters .332

J. Arencibia .264

SLG

J. Hamilton .646

K. Seager .423

J. Carroll .279

OPS

J. Votto 1.082

D. Jeter .763

D. Gordon .562

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

I. Nova 4.05

J. Arrieta 6.13

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.81

J. Johnson 7.50

D. Lowe 3.01

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Marlins Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Buck G/S/vP 20/.753 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/2.100 9/.722 235/168 .177/.302/.328/.630 .497/.684 .586 69/.721 0/0 8/5

6.Cousins* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 40/37 .205/.205/.410/.615 .000/.667 .654 40/.615 0/1 1/0

29.Dobbs* G/S/vP 9/.222 6/.567 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 3/1.334 2/.000 6/.000 138/128 .296/.326/.384/.710 .700/.711 .655 54/.696 4/1 2/2

9.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 85/62 .220/.247/.280/.528 .356/.591 .484 25/.160 1/0 0/5

12.Infante G/S/vP 23/.772 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 4/.500 13/1.000 298/210 .286/.311/.452/.763 .805/.745 .819 93/.625 8/1 7/8

26.Kearns G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 11/.091 82/29 .260/.341/.438/.780 .679/.968 .790 24/.214 1/0 3/1

45.Lee G/S/vP 45/1.211 8/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.250 3/.333 7/.786 35/.338 281/217 .290/.338/.416/.754 .457/.841 .683 74/.739 0/0 5/3

5.Morrison* G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 275/199 .246/.320/.434/.754 .713/.770 .832 82/1.025 0/0 10/4

2.Ramirez G/S/vP 9/1.194 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 24/.482 351/256 .256/.330/.438/.768 .834/.744 .627 96/.646 10/4 12/7

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 13/1.212 11/1.064 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 8/.000 371/258 .270/.341/.388/.729 .683/.752 .639 110/.712 20/4 3/9

20.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 84/40 .400/.476/.786/1.261 1.454/1.064 1.426 66/1.310 3/4 5/2

17.Solano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 50/23 .349/.408/.465/.873 .770/1.010 .929 35/.732 1/0 0/1

27.Stanton G/S/vP 12/.500 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 319/231 .283/.364/.555/.918 1.100/.849 .793 87/.851 5/1 19/6

IP 99.0 36.1 4.0 8.0 27.1 36.0 37.1 28.2 27.2 102.2 TOTAL .243/.310/.393/.703 .705/.702 .663 .708 76/20 77/56

ERA-K/9

3.91/5.9

1.98/6.9

0.00/6.8

4.50/14.6

3.29/5.3

4.25/7.8

3.13/9.2

5.65/6.3

5.53/9.7

4.56/8.6

3.97/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (28-12-5)
Hayes (16-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 422/.273 148/.235 12/.000 35/.333 123/.297 161/.281 145/.194 124/.296 130/.286 439/.275 .263 Stanton
Morrison
Solano
Dobbs
Ruggiano
Kearns
Cousins 0/0/75/5
44/0/0/4
7/0/0/0
12/0/4/0
15/16/2/0
16/0/2/0
0/14/2/0

OPS .709 .597 .000 1.038 .767 .782 .591 .834 .786 .757 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.735 61/.826 3/.000 23/.870 64/.825 68/.784 80/.394 70/.723 57/.863 232/.748 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.682 87/.435 9/.000 12/1.383 59/.703 93/.780 65/.835 54/.981 73/.721 207/.767 .697

Home 209/.784 74/.636 12/.000 18/.980 72/.799 84/.848 79/.604 57/.860 72/.585 258/.808

Last 28d days 106/.649 41/.575 12/.000 12/.705 123/.767 49/.946 50/.635 35/1.142 44/.710 135/.720

HR/SB/CS 8/2/5 2/3/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 3/2/0 4/3/0 5/1/1 6/2/1 2/3/1 10/1/0 73/28/16

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

Cardinals Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB 21.Bell
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cishek
G/S/vB 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB 57.Gaudin
G/S/vB 23.LeBlanc*
G/S/vB 58.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 44/.853 4/1.000 4/1.000 4/.250 5/.000 3/2.000 3/2.333 ··· 330/245 .306/.394/.563/.957 .868/.988 1.115 100/1.043 8/4 20/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 149/99 .295/.369/.504/.873 .809/.906 1.155 31/.859 0/0 3/5

21.Craig G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/134 .299/.369/.604/.973 1.144/.902 1.016 96/.796 1/0 13/2

48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/37 .196/.196/.304/.500 .316/.595 .448 16/.813 0/1 1/1

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 206/166 .223/.314/.335/.649 .829/.605 .590 74/.567 3/3 3/5

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 310/246 .285/.332/.472/.804 .927/.773 .718 97/.763 1/2 13/5

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 16/.938 16/.688 4/.500 2/1.500 3/.666 4/2.000 3/.000 3/.666 359/244 .274/.339/.364/.703 .768/.673 .581 100/.454 9/3 5/7

27.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 172/90 .228/.287/.380/.666 .772/.566 .753 35/.676 8/2 4/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 21/1.428 14/.297 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 4/.250 9/1.389 4/.250 355/255 .318/.397/.526/.923 1.109/.852 .963 98/1.201 4/2 14/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 166/125 .324/.395/.407/.802 .708/.831 .894 49/.721 7/1 2/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 12/.606 9/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 5/.650 2/2.500 8/.875 302/235 .304/.357/.500/.857 1.071/.798 .908 86/.704 8/1 13/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 132/69 .252/.295/.341/.637 .582/.684 .474 35/.476 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 14/.814 7/1.143 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.000 2/1.500 123/108 .294/.361/.404/.764 .497/.801 .743 33/.634 0/1 0/1

IP 97.1 33.0 22.0 35.1 18.2 40.2 1.2 35.0 TOTAL .275/.341/.435/.776 .801/.766 .798 .741 52/21 96/48

ERA-K/9

4.62/5.5

6.00/8.5

2.45/8.2

2.29/8.7

5.79/11.1

4.65/6.9

0.00/5.3

5.66/6.4

4.23/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (6-2-1)
Molina (22-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 419/.271 155/.290 93/.177 156/.237 84/.250 176/.279 7/.167 153/.281 .261 Holliday
Robinson
Beltran
Craig
Schumaker
Jay
Greene
Carpenter 77/0/0/5
4/34/6/3
0/3/68/2
6/0/11/1
0/14/6/0
0/39/0/0
1/0/1/0
3/0/5/0

OPS .750 .848 .498 .715 .697 .787 .452 .743 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.784 74/.691 59/.389 67/.872 39/.695 91/.800 3/.667 67/.847 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.706 81/.986 34/.704 89/.596 45/.698 85/.774 4/.250 86/.662 .723

Road 182/.790 60/.926 49/.526 74/.746 25/.675 83/.874 7/.452 60/.561

Last 28d days 98/.669 43/.790 25/.821 53/.850 27/.195 83/.737 7/.452 58/.819

HR/SB/CS 10/8/3 3/2/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 0/1/0 4/0/2 0/0/0 2/6/2 66/44/17

Usage ····X··· ooX·oX·· o·oo···· o·Xoo··· ·Xo·ooo· ·oX····· ·oo····· ··XX··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.