Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: ARI @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, August 14, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

D'backs, 58-57, 58-57 3rd, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ian Kennedy (27, RHP, 10-9, 4.34)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-9)			145.0	162	74	70	30	126	21	4.34
2011 (21-4)			222.0	186	73	71	55	198	19	2.88
2010 (9-10)			194.0	163	87	82	70	168	26	3.80

Last 7 GS		4-2	44.1	51	24	23	8	36	9	4.67	50
2012-08-08	@PIT	L	4.0	8	6	5	2	3	2	84	25
2012-08-03	@PHI	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	108	49
2012-07-28	NYM	W	6.1	7	3	3	1	9	3	107	55
2012-07-23	COL	W	8.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	104	71
2012-07-18	@CIN	W	8.0	8	1	1	0	7	0	105	69
2012-07-13	@CHC	L	5.0	7	6	6	2	4	2	88	31
2012-07-04	SDP	ND	7.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	86	47

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	16.0	19	18	18	6	10	4	10.13	34
2012-05-08	STL	L	7.0	6	6	6	2	6	2	103	45
2011-07-08	@STL	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	100	49
2011-04-13	STL	L	3.0	7	9	9	2	1	1	69	8

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

 Home:   31-26   Road:   27-31   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  35-38   vsLHP:  23-19   1-Run:   8-17
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 23-18 IL: 9-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sun, Aug 12   WSN  W   7-4       58-57  3rd  5.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11   WSN  L   5-6       57-57  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10   WSN  L   1-9       57-56  3rd  4.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9  @PIT  W   6-3       57-55  3rd  4.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8  @PIT  L   6-7       56-55  3rd  5.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7  @PIT  W  10-4       56-54  3rd  4.0 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6  @PIT  L   0-4       55-54  3rd  4.0 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5  @PHI  L   4-5       55-53  3rd  4.0 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4  @PHI  L   0-3       55-52  3rd  3.0 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @PHI  W   4-2       55-51  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Cardinals, 62-53, 62-53 3rd, 7 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Kelly (24, RHP, 2-5, 3.47)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-5)			62.1	69	32	24	21	39	5	3.47

Last 7 GS		1-5	41.0	41	23	16	17	28	3	3.51	50
2012-08-08	SFG	L	5.0	9	7	4	1	3	0	88	29
2012-08-03	MIL	W	5.2	10	3	3	2	4	0	100	39
2012-07-28	@CHC	L	6.1	5	3	3	1	6	0	92	56
2012-07-23	LAD	L	6.0	4	3	2	3	1	1	96	52
2012-07-17	@MIL	L	6.0	6	3	2	1	4	1	84	53
2012-07-08	MIA	ND	6.0	2	1	0	5	5	0	97	66
2012-07-03	COL	L	6.0	5	3	2	4	5	1	96	53

Has never faced ARI as starter.

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

 Home:   34-23   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  38-41   vsLHP:  24-12   1-Run:  12-19
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:28-22   vsWest: 17-9  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sun, Aug 12  @PHI  L   7-8 (11)  62-53  3rd  7.0 gb
114 Sat, Aug 11  @PHI  W   4-1       62-52  3rd  6.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug 10  @PHI  L   1-3       61-52  3rd  6.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   SFG  W   3-1       61-51  3rd  5.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   SFG  L   0-15      60-51  3rd  6.0 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   SFG  L   2-4       60-50  3rd  6.0 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   SFG  W   8-2       60-49  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 09, 2012 STL  7 @ARI  2        W:Kyle Lohse (5-1), L: Wade Miley (3-1), S: Jason Motte (6)
Tue, May 08, 2012 STL  6 @ARI  1        W:Jake Westbrook (4-2), L: Ian Kennedy (3-2), S: none
Mon, May 07, 2012 STL  9 @ARI  6        W:Lance Lynn (6-0), L: Joe Saunders (2-2), S: Jason Motte (5)

Sun, Jul 10, 2011 STL  4  ARI  2        W:Jaime Garcia (9-3), L: Zach Duke (2-4), S: Fernando Salas (16)
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 STL  7  ARI  6        W:Fernando Salas (5-2), L: Joe Paterson (0-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 ARI  7 @STL  6        W:Ian Kennedy (9-3), L: Kyle Lohse (8-6), S: David Hernandez (7)
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 ARI  4 @STL  1        W:Joe Saunders (6-7), L: Kyle McClellan (6-6), S: David Hernandez (6)
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 STL 15 @ARI  5        W:Jake Westbrook (1-1), L: Ian Kennedy (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 ARI 13  STL  8        W:Armando Galarraga (2-0), L: Chris Carpenter (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 STL  8 @ARI  2        W:Kyle McClellan (1-0), L: Barry Enright (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 3-0; 2011 - STL won 4-3; 2010 - STL won 5-4; All-Time - STL leads 62-41

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 5.09 CIN 4.30 MIA 3.68	RA/G WSN 3.53 TEX 4.42 COL 5.77	BA A. McCutchen .362 Y. Alonso .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 A. LaRoche .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG D. Ortiz .609 C. Davis .436 J. Carroll .295	OPS J. Votto 1.069 C. Santana .773 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.22 C. Lee 3.85 E. Santana 5.82	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.31 G. Floyd 7.31 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.09

CIN 4.30

MIA 3.68

RA/G

WSN 3.53

TEX 4.42

COL 5.77

A. McCutchen .362

Y. Alonso .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. LaRoche .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

C. Davis .436

J. Carroll .295

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

C. Santana .773

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.22

C. Lee 3.85

E. Santana 5.82

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.31

G. Floyd 7.31

D. Lowe 3.29

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D'backs Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Kelly
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 62.Browning*
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.089 3/1.000 16/.388 ··· 2/1.000 18/.410 136/96 .212/.309/.331/.639 .574/.667 .683 84/.700 0/1 2/3

14.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 0/0 0/

44.Goldschmidt G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 405/268 .299/.358/.532/.890 1.223/.721 .887 104/.867 11/2 16/5

2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 461/316 .295/.347/.483/.831 .888/.805 .707 98/.734 8/3 14/4

28.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 6/1.100 ··· ··· 7/.286 3/.666 2/.000 4/1.500 9/.666 420/321 .279/.326/.451/.777 .656/.814 .663 93/1.032 4/1 13/17

13.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.486 1/.000 4/1.250 439/286 .277/.349/.546/.895 .841/.924 .726 108/.892 1/1 25/1

16.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/71 .250/.286/.440/.726 .903/.635 .719 14/.286 0/1 4/0

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 9/.958 12/.334 1/.000 5/.400 11/.920 400/282 .283/.393/.458/.851 .710/.911 .832 88/1.052 0/0 13/7

27.Nieves G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.900 56/47 .308/.339/.462/.801 1.806/.616 .896 5/1.400 0/0 2/1

8.Parra* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.900 13/.385 1/.000 3/.666 6/.334 316/259 .277/.345/.404/.749 .552/.794 .620 58/.745 12/8 6/2

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 ··· 5/1.200 6/.666 14/1.738 ··· 2/.000 7/.000 445/313 .273/.360/.405/.765 .805/.748 .706 93/.825 13/8 9/4

21.Wheeler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .217/.280/.304/.584 .000/.702 .333 25/.584 0/0 0/1

24.Young G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 11/.364 11/.282 15/1.110 ··· 1/.000 13/.490 276/172 .212/.312/.419/.731 .817/.678 .690 63/.764 6/2 11/1

IP 62.1 51.0 17.0 30.0 49.0 44.0 37.2 41.2 145.1 TOTAL .262/.330/.424/.754 .793/.736 .699 .780 66/40 121/66

ERA-K/9

3.47/5.6

2.29/6.7

4.24/4.2

7.20/7.2

2.57/10.3

3.89/5.7

5.02/5.7

4.54/9.3

3.90/8.5

3.78/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Montero (35-28-3)
Nieves (16-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 271/.283 208/.226 70/.210 142/.293 189/.182 178/.234 160/.262 185/.263 605/.256 .256 Kubel
Parra
Upton
Young
Johnson 95/0/2/11
29/44/12/7
0/0/106/4
0/67/0/2
0/0/1/0

OPS .737 .608 .587 .881 .545 .665 .773 .745 .696 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.817 81/.711 36/.515 46/.751 98/.406 86/.742 88/.657 72/.775 293/.694 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 150/.673 127/.542 34/.660 96/.944 91/.696 92/.590 72/.915 113/.725 312/.696 .688

Home 171/.774 109/.637 31/.278 63/.909 105/.534 97/.754 77/.761 100/.522 347/.727

Last 28d days 101/.769 51/.622 45/.773 26/.923 33/.315 35/.457 27/.483 35/.743 140/.510

HR/SB/CS 5/6/2 4/4/0 1/1/0 6/2/1 5/1/1 6/1/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 11/2/1 94/42/27

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

Cardinals Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. D'backs Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 52.Bergesen
G/S/vB 46.Corbin*
G/S/vB 30.Hernandez
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 48.Saito
G/S/vB 39.Shaw
G/S/vB 29.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 20/1.332 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.417 3/.666 6/.167 1/.000 2/.500 455/331 .284/.354/.546/.900 .834/.924 1.001 93/.906 10/5 28/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/139 .312/.385/.505/.890 .781/.950 1.062 51/1.048 1/0 4/5

21.Craig G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 312/214 .301/.362/.570/.932 1.136/.833 .994 94/.909 1/0 17/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 85/57 .226/.224/.369/.593 .393/.692 .547 18/.833 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 295/220 .233/.314/.335/.648 .827/.588 .632 76/.664 4/3 3/8

23.Freese G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 423/322 .300/.366/.476/.843 .917/.819 .788 83/.862 2/2 15/9

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 7/.143 6/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 469/314 .263/.333/.337/.670 .703/.653 .587 72/.505 12/4 5/12

7.Holliday G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/1.000 16/1.224 ··· 3/.666 492/350 .315/.394/.538/.933 1.121/.858 .971 104/1.032 4/2 22/2

8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 3/.000 0/0 0/1

19.Jay* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 287/202 .312/.388/.408/.796 .756/.812 .949 91/.908 13/2 3/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 405/307 .315/.365/.503/.867 1.042/.813 .852 81/.784 11/2 16/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/71 .254/.310/.338/.648 .598/.693 .504 7/.629 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 8/1.250 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 196/166 .310/.387/.421/.808 .685/.830 .760 53/.757 0/1 0/2

IP 145.0 44.0 6.2 58.0 50.0 37.2 7.1 39.0 45.1 TOTAL .276/.342/.434/.776 .805/.765 .801 .807 71/25 124/74

ERA-K/9

4.34/7.8

2.05/5.7

1.35/5.4

3.41/7.6

2.52/12.8

3.35/10.3

6.14/4.9

4.15/7.4

2.58/5.8

3.94/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (14-5-2)
Molina (28-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 630/.279 176/.208 25/.217 243/.237 205/.181 150/.214 35/.300 168/.277 175/.218 .259 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Craig
Carpenter
Jay 0/9/97/7
108/0/0/5
6/35/6/3
1/15/8/1
7/0/17/1
6/0/7/0
0/70/0/0

OPS .794 .629 .541 .639 .532 .610 .949 .769 .562 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.822 73/.763 12/.583 55/.790 99/.639 78/.652 15/.536 84/.852 48/.734 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.764 103/.541 13/.490 188/.595 106/.435 72/.563 20/1.228 84/.685 127/.501 .717

Road 351/.770 81/.613 / 138/.689 106/.623 65/.538 14/1.538 74/.501 92/.627

Last 28d days 137/.809 36/.625 25/.541 74/.486 42/.438 26/.195 35/.949 14/1.095 31/.229

HR/SB/CS 21/4/1 6/6/2 0/1/0 4/2/2 3/2/0 4/0/0 1/1/0 4/2/2 0/1/0 112/38/31

Usage ·····X·· ·o·X·o·o ··X····· ·X····X· ··o·X·o· ·o··o·o· ·o·X··o· ··X····· ··o··ooo

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.