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Game Preview: SFG @ STL, 8:15pm, Monday, August 6, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Giants, 59-49, 59-49 1st, ½ up

SP: Matt Cain (27, RHP, 10-4, 2.82)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-4) 146.2 117 51 46 30 135 16 2.82
2011 (12-11) 221.2 177 82 71 63 179 9 2.88
2010 (13-11) 223.1 181 84 78 61 177 22 3.14
Last 7 GS 1-2 46.2 46 21 20 10 35 8 3.86 54
2012-08-01 NYM L 5.0 7 2 2 3 5 1 97 47
2012-07-27 LAD ND 7.0 9 3 3 0 2 0 102 49
2012-07-21 @PHI ND 8.0 5 5 5 2 4 3 97 54
2012-07-15 HOU W 6.1 5 2 1 1 6 0 108 62
2012-07-05 @WSN ND 6.2 6 3 3 1 4 2 103 53
2012-06-29 CIN L 6.2 11 5 5 1 7 2 105 38
2012-06-24 @OAK ND 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 112 72
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 31.1 31 11 10 9 22 3 2.87 55
2012-05-17 STL W 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 112 45
2011-04-09 STL ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 99 61
2010-04-25 STL L 5.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 98 50
2009-07-01 @STL ND 7.0 6 1 1 3 3 0 92 61
2009-05-29 STL W 6.1 6 2 1 2 5 0 105 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-23   Road:   27-26   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  36-38   vsLHP:  23-11   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 12-15   vsCntrl:20-11   vsWest: 20-15 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sun, Aug  5  @COL  W   8-3       59-49  1st  0.5 up
107 Sat, Aug  4  @COL  W  11-6       58-49  1st  0.5 up
106 Fri, Aug  3  @COL  W  16-4       57-49  1st  0.5 up
105 Thu, Aug  2   NYM  L   1-9       56-49  1st  0.5 up
104 Wed, Aug  1   NYM  L   1-2       56-48  1st  1.0 up
103 Tue, Jul 31   NYM  W   4-1       56-47  1st  1.0 up
102 Mon, Jul 30   NYM  L   7-8 (10)  55-47  1st    Tied
101 Sun, Jul 29   LAD  L   0-4       55-46  1st    Tied
100 Sat, Jul 28   LAD  L   0-10      55-45  1st  1.0 up
 99 Fri, Jul 27   LAD  L   3-5 (10)  55-44  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Cardinals, 59-49, 59-49 3rd, 7 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (34, RHP, 10-8, 3.79)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (10-8) 133.0 140 63 56 36 85 8 3.79
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 4-2 46.0 48 21 19 13 26 1 3.72 51
2012-08-01 @COL W 6.0 9 5 5 4 2 0 93 32
2012-07-26 LAD W 7.0 7 4 3 1 6 0 94 54
2012-07-21 CHC W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 100 74
2012-07-15 @CIN L 7.1 9 4 4 1 5 0 105 48
2012-07-06 MIA L 6.2 5 2 1 2 2 0 89 58
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
Last 5 v.SFG 0-1 17.1 24 9 9 8 13 3 4.67 44
2011-06-01 SFG ND 5.2 9 3 3 2 4 0 100 41
2011-04-08 @SFG ND 5.2 8 3 3 4 2 2 108 39
2010-08-20 SFG L 6.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 113 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-21   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  37-38   vsLHP:  22-11   1-Run:  12-18
 vsEast:  8-13   vsCntrl:28-22   vsWest: 15-7  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sun, Aug  5   MIL  W   3-0       59-49  3rd  7.0 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4   MIL  W   6-1       58-49  3rd  8.0 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3   MIL  W   9-3       57-49  3rd  8.0 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @COL  L   2-8       56-49  3rd  8.0 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @COL  W   9-6       56-48  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @COL  W  11-6       55-48  3rd  7.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @CHC  L   2-4 (10)  54-48  3rd  7.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @CHC  L   2-3       54-47  3rd  6.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @CHC  W   9-6       54-46  3rd  5.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 26   LAD  W   7-4       53-46  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 17, 2012 SFG  7  STL  5        W:Matt Cain (3-2), L: Adam Wainwright (2-5), S: Santiago Casilla (9)
Wed, May 16, 2012 STL  4 @SFG  1        W:Jaime Garcia (3-2), L: Madison Bumgarner (5-3), S: Jason Motte (7)

Thu, Jun 02, 2011 SFG 12 @STL  7        W:Jonathan Sanchez (4-3), L: Lance Lynn (0-1), S: Jeremy Affeldt (1)
Wed, Jun 01, 2011 SFG  7 @STL  5 (11)   W:Sergio Romo (3-0), L: Ryan Franklin (1-4), S: Brian Wilson (15)
Tue, May 31, 2011 STL  4  SFG  3        W:Ryan Franklin (1-3), L: Javier Lopez (2-1), S: Fernando Salas (10)
Mon, May 30, 2011 SFG  7 @STL  3        W:Madison Bumgarner (2-6), L: Kyle McClellan (6-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 STL  6 @SFG  1        W:Kyle Lohse (1-1), L: Barry Zito (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 SFG  3  STL  2        W:Ramon Ramirez (1-0), L: Ryan Franklin (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 SFG  5  STL  4 (12)   W:Dan Runzler (1-1), L: Brian Tallet (0-1), S: none
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 STL  9  SFG  0        W:Jaime Garcia (11-6), L: Barry Zito (8-8), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - SFG won 5-2; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - SFG leads 1056-945

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
Giants Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.96 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
40.Fuentes*
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 237/131 .251/.289/.324/.614 .740/.511 .758 49/.625 4/1 1/5
9.Belt* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 291/218 .239/.340/.381/.721 .860/.672 .611 65/.536 7/1 4/2
7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 338/225 .238/.334/.352/.686 .716/.671 .733 57/.549 19/3 5/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 21/.333 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.000 7/.453 3/.000 9/.347 462/327 .352/.397/.530/.927 1.153/.835 1.028 98/.988 12/5 11/4
35.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 339/248 .232/.288/.331/.619 .552/.644 .701 65/.608 1/3 3/13
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 10/.650 2/5.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 8/.875 ··· 3/5.000 11/.989 426/286 .281/.328/.408/.736 .771/.719 .705 82/.730 19/5 6/5
8.Pence G/S/vP 17/1.159 11/.622 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 10/1.200 6/2.000 1/3.000 6/.533 35/.800 464/353 .267/.330/.440/.770 .738/.781 .831 86/.495 5/2 17/5
6.Pill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/27 .204/.260/.366/.626 .589/.721 .733 15/.557 1/0 4/2
28.Posey G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 401/287 .327/.394/.528/.922 1.226/.796 .924 89/1.278 1/1 16/8
29.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 143/88 .285/.294/.387/.681 .688/.676 .766 18/1.088 0/0 2/3
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 14/.643 1/2.000 1/.000 3/2.667 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 454/327 .277/.331/.367/.699 .618/.730 .594 98/.689 7/3 4/11
5.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 5/.200 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 36/.610 324/208 .268/.316/.319/.634 .629/.637 .665 96/.639 12/4 0/8
IP 133.0 47.2 11.1 28.0 57.1 47.0 42.0 35.2 38.2 138.1 TOTAL .261/.321/.384/.704 .727/.693 .741 .733 87/28 68/81
ERA-K/9 3.79/5.8 1.51/6.8 3.97/5.6 6.43/6.8 3.14/5.7 2.68/10.0 4.07/5.6 4.79/6.1 4.89/9.5 4.03/8.5 3.74/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Posey (58-21-1)
 Sanchez (19-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 562/.271 193/.225 45/.167 130/.287 246/.273 182/.189 171/.238 152/.273 175/.265 576/.259 .257  Pence
 Cabrera
 Blanco
 Pagan
 Theriot
 Pill
0/0/106/9
97/0/11/7
15/21/53/2
0/99/0/2
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .700 .576 .460 .870 .724 .560 .681 .796 .752 .706 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.763 75/.734 23/.224 44/.739 110/.787 92/.434 81/.764 83/.665 67/.789 279/.714 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.646 118/.474 22/.682 86/.935 136/.674 90/.687 90/.604 69/.957 108/.729 297/.699 .688
Home 290/.705 101/.587 19/.161 51/.886 146/.758 101/.543 93/.765 72/.817 94/.500 318/.748
Last 28d days 112/.700 40/.497 32/.657 14/.857 100/.725 32/.388 28/.500 23/.460 39/.766 137/.545
HR/SB/CS 8/3/5 2/4/0 0/0/0 6/2/1 5/6/2 5/1/1 6/1/0 7/2/2 3/3/2 11/2/1 87/38/26
Usage ····X··· X·o·oo·o ··oo···o ···o·X·· ··X····· X····X·· o·o·o··o ··o·X··X ···o·o·o ·X·····X
Cardinals Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Cain
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
46.Casilla
G/S/vB
34.Hensley
G/S/vB
70.Kontos
G/S/vB
49.Lopez*
G/S/vB
61.Loux
G/S/vB
31.Penny
G/S/vB
54.Romo
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 17/1.138 10/.500 2/.500 12/1.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.933 21/.667 1/.000 426/314 .286/.357/.537/.894 .834/.915 .994 83/.772 10/4 25/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/128 .291/.369/.477/.845 .799/.871 1.001 44/.781 1/0 4/5
21.Craig G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 284/197 .295/.359/.551/.910 1.037/.851 .976 85/.728 1/0 15/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 79/51 .218/.215/.359/.574 .393/.675 .558 12/.833 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 6/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 273/203 .250/.332/.360/.692 .892/.624 .698 61/.858 4/3 3/8
23.Freese G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 400/308 .311/.378/.497/.875 .989/.841 .822 81/1.061 2/2 15/9
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 38/.649 10/1.000 3/1.334 15/.582 ··· 2/.000 ··· 41/.814 5/.800 446/301 .266/.336/.344/.680 .740/.651 .583 73/.567 12/4 5/12
27.Greene G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 194/91 .222/.276/.364/.640 .710/.559 .712 21/.435 9/2 4/4
7.Holliday G/S/vP 44/.705 3/.666 1/.000 28/.857 ··· 3/1.000 3/.333 43/.981 7/.286 463/332 .324/.406/.554/.960 1.132/.894 1.006 95/1.125 4/2 21/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 256/185 .284/.364/.383/.747 .697/.766 .890 77/.664 11/1 3/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 14/.721 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.667 ··· 12/.833 6/1.667 384/294 .316/.364/.508/.872 1.058/.817 .872 82/.929 11/2 16/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/71 .258/.309/.344/.653 .607/.693 .500 5/1.100 1/0 2/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 24/.432 10/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 189/164 .317/.396/.433/.829 .836/.828 .791 60/.927 0/1 0/2
IP 146.2 44.1 40.0 40.0 22.1 24.0 18.2 16.2 34.1 TOTAL .277/.345/.437/.781 .815/.768 .807 .808 69/23 118/70
ERA-K/9 2.82/8.3 2.64/7.9 3.38/9.9 3.38/7.7 2.42/9.3 3.38/7.9 4.82/4.3 5.40/2.7 2.10/10.8 3.58/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (13-5-1)
 Molina (25-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 580/.219 184/.232 180/.228 181/.224 94/.233 110/.299 80/.307 75/.314 139/.177 .241  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Schumaker
 Craig
 Jay
 Greene
 Carpenter
0/9/90/5
101/0/0/5
4/35/6/3
1/15/8/1
7/0/17/1
0/63/0/0
1/0/2/0
6/0/7/0
OPS .638 .623 .703 .651 .660 .775 .875 .808 .546 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.706 77/.547 78/.726 73/.520 32/.325 68/.624 31/.900 28/.850 34/.644 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.575 107/.679 102/.685 108/.735 62/.831 42/1.024 49/.856 47/.785 105/.515 .722
Road 272/.737 116/.766 79/.726 103/.691 53/.639 75/.975 35/1.007 35/.943 76/.431
Last 28d days 107/.756 49/.367 37/.766 36/.521 37/.664 23/.542 12/.871 48/1.039 44/.876
HR/SB/CS 16/17/6 1/3/1 7/1/0 2/7/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 3/0/2 2/1/0 3/6/0 96/78/29
Usage ····X··· X·o··X·X ·oo···Xo ·o·XX·oo o·o·X··o oX··o·oo o··X···· ·o··o·o· Xo·o··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.