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Game Preview: PIT @ STL, 4:05pm, Saturday, August 18, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Pirates, 66-53, 66-53 2nd, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (33, LHP, 7-12, 4.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-12)			116.1	114	65	59	51	111	12	4.56
2011 (5-9)			129.1	118	63	52	48	125	14	3.62
2009 (5-3)			83.0	65	29	26	34	90	8	2.82

Last 7 GS		3-4	38.1	36	27	22	17	39	6	5.17	48
2012-08-12	SDP	W	5.0	5	5	3	4	6	1	104	43
2012-08-06	ARI	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	84	78
2012-07-30	@CHC	L	4.1	7	9	8	2	7	2	87	20
2012-07-23	CHC	L	7.0	2	1	1	2	11	0	113	78
2012-07-17	@COL	W	6.2	8	2	1	4	4	0	94	52
2012-07-06	SFG	L	3.2	4	5	4	3	1	1	74	33
2012-07-01	@STL	L	4.2	8	5	5	2	5	2	100	31

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	16.2	20	10	9	8	23	2	4.86	48
2012-07-01	@STL	L	4.2	8	5	5	2	5	2	100	31
2012-05-03	@STL	W	5.0	5	2	2	2	11	0	104	58
2012-04-22	STL	L	7.0	7	3	2	4	7	0	102	56

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

 Home:   37-23   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  48-39   vsLHP:  18-14   1-Run:  25-19
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:29-19   vsWest: 13-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
117 Wed, Aug 15   LAD  L   3-9       64-53  2nd  7.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   LAD  L   0-11      64-52  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Mon, Aug 13   LAD  L   4-5       64-51  2nd  5.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12   SDP  W  11-5       64-50  2nd  4.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11   SDP  L   0-5       63-50  2nd  4.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10   SDP  L   8-9       63-49  2nd  3.5 gb
111 Thu, Aug  9   ARI  L   3-6       63-48  2nd  2.5 gb
110 Wed, Aug  8   ARI  W   7-6       63-47  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13

Cardinals, 64-55, 64-55 3rd, 8 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (25, RHP, 13-5, 3.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (13-5)			138.0	128	57	56	50	135	13	3.65
2011 (1-1)			34.2	25	12	12	11	40	3	3.12

Last 7 GS		3-1	41.0	41	17	17	16	37	4	3.73	53
2012-08-12	@PHI	ND	5.0	4	4	4	2	2	1	86	43
2012-08-07	SFG	L	6.0	8	4	4	3	6	1	105	43
2012-08-02	@COL	ND	6.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	103	50
2012-07-27	@CHC	W	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	1	95	28
2012-07-22	CHC	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	100	66
2012-07-16	@MIL	ND	7.0	6	1	1	0	10	1	109	71
2012-07-05	COL	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	101	69

Last 5 v.PIT		2-1	18.2	14	9	9	6	16	2	4.34	55
2012-06-30	PIT	L	5.0	7	6	6	4	6	1	109	31
2012-05-02	PIT	W	6.2	3	2	2	1	6	0	100	65
2012-04-20	@PIT	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	88	68

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

 Home:   36-25   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  39-43   vsLHP:  25-12   1-Run:  12-21
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:28-23   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
117 Wed, Aug 15   ARI  W   5-2       64-53  2nd  7.0 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   ARI  W   8-2       63-53  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 PIT  2  STL  0        W:A.J. Burnett (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (2-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (2)
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 STL  4 @PIT  1        W:Lance Lynn (3-0), L: Charlie Morton (0-1), S: Jason Motte (3)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 5-5; 2011 - STL won 9-7; 2010 - STL won 9-6; All-Time - PIT leads 1208-1148

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 5.03 CIN 4.33 CHC 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.56 DET 4.40 COL 5.75	BA A. McCutchen .360 C. Johnson .275 J. Smoak .190	OBP J. Votto .465 D. Pedroia .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG D. Ortiz .609 T. Hunter .438 J. Carroll .288	OPS J. Votto 1.069 K. Morales .775 J. Smoak .574	ERA J. Zimmermann 2.38 C. Lee 3.83 J. Guthrie 5.75	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 W. Chen 7.27 D. Lowe 3.29

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

CIN 4.33

CHC 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.56

DET 4.40

COL 5.75

A. McCutchen .360

C. Johnson .275

J. Smoak .190

OBP

J. Votto .465

D. Pedroia .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

T. Hunter .438

J. Carroll .288

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

K. Morales .775

J. Smoak .574

ERA

J. Zimmermann 2.38

C. Lee 3.83

J. Guthrie 5.75

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

W. Chen 7.27

D. Lowe 3.29

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Pirates Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 62.Browning*
G/S/vB 58.Kelly
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 8/1.333 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 12/.969 408/300 .238/.309/.467/.776 .623/.832 .795 89/.736 1/0 22/20

26.Barajas G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.250 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 13/.539 276/202 .196/.272/.331/.602 .453/.654 .660 51/.307 0/0 8/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP 10/.500 8/.429 ··· ··· 6/.334 14/.857 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 18/1.014 360/277 .218/.244/.316/.559 .715/.512 .537 73/.687 0/2 6/11

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 181/101 .228/.280/.370/.650 .612/.680 .767 38/.606 5/3 3/4

46.Jones* G/S/vP 10/.733 8/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 22/.546 346/301 .283/.315/.538/.853 .549/.900 .829 96/1.001 2/0 19/6

6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/71 .247/.276/.419/.695 1.037/.573 .663 98/.695 4/1 4/0

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 7/.572 11/.282 1/.000 ··· 7/1.029 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 5/.800 22/1.122 486/367 .360/.426/.605/1.031 1.240/.963 1.025 106/.879 14/8 24/1

55.McKenry G/S/vP 4/.750 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 183/143 .269/.344/.538/.882 1.122/.818 1.008 55/.944 0/0 11/1

69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/37 .159/.191/.341/.532 .450/.550 .321 27/.380 0/1 1/1

36.Navarro G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 52/22 .174/.250/.239/.489 .646/.282 .642 1/.000 0/2 1/0

14.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.250 235/158 .210/.260/.306/.566 .701/.501 .519 39/.613 1/0 3/2

23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/63 .296/.344/.506/.851 1.254/.663 .788 82/.855 1/0 4/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP 10/.686 6/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 4/1.750 13/.938 474/343 .290/.353/.452/.805 .619/.873 .853 91/.804 7/5 14/6

IP 138.0 54.0 17.0 68.2 50.2 45.2 4.0 38.1 44.0 151.1 TOTAL .246/.303/.407/.710 .711/.709 .728 .706 55/39 134/74

ERA-K/9

3.65/8.8

2.17/6.8

4.24/4.2

3.41/5.9

2.84/10.3

3.74/5.9

4.50/6.8

4.93/6.1

4.30/9.4

3.87/8.4

3.71/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (61-5-6)
McKenry (33-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 576/.248 217/.215 70/.210 296/.281 197/.191 184/.233 18/.250 162/.259 192/.251 628/.256 .255 Jones
Marte
Harrison
Snider
McCutchen
Navarro 0/0/48/3
21/1/0/2
1/0/11/1
10/0/14/1
0/114/0/1
7/0/2/1

OPS .724 .581 .587 .746 .593 .657 .771 .763 .716 .694 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 297/.851 85/.675 36/.515 135/.851 101/.394 89/.739 8/1.089 89/.649 76/.732 303/.693 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.598 132/.519 34/.660 161/.659 96/.804 95/.577 10/.522 73/.902 116/.704 325/.694 .682

Home 230/.634 118/.584 31/.278 196/.783 113/.615 103/.736 10/.200 79/.741 107/.486 370/.722

Last 28d days 121/.916 57/.497 42/.797 126/.784 38/.637 37/.500 8/.875 28/.464 42/.610 135/.565

HR/SB/CS 13/7/8 4/4/0 1/1/0 6/6/2 7/1/1 6/1/0 1/0/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 12/2/1 98/42/28

Usage ·····X·· ·oXo·X·· ·····X·o ···X···· ·Xo···X· ··oo·o·· ········ oo···oo· oo·o·o·· ··X·····

Cardinals Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 39.Grilli
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 4/.000 12/.444 2/1.000 6/.666 1/3.000 471/344 .279/.348/.533/.882 .838/.897 .958 99/.815 10/5 28/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 216/142 .312/.384/.508/.892 .781/.951 1.060 48/1.098 1/0 4/5

21.Craig G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 329/228 .303/.365/.575/.940 1.153/.839 1.001 100/.888 1/0 18/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 96/65 .226/.240/.355/.594 .419/.681 .557 28/.780 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 7/.572 3/2.500 6/.000 2/2.000 307/229 .230/.308/.327/.635 .821/.573 .606 88/.615 4/3 3/8

23.Freese G/S/vP 9/.944 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 3/.000 6/1.167 1/2.000 439/335 .301/.367/.481/.848 .941/.819 .802 85/.774 2/2 16/9

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 10/1.167 14/.490 11/1.056 6/.400 4/.750 4/1.250 1/5.000 483/325 .267/.335/.353/.688 .736/.664 .626 72/.558 12/4 5/13

7.Holliday G/S/vP 19/.945 12/1.318 4/.000 13/1.203 3/2.334 3/1.667 4/1.250 508/363 .306/.386/.529/.915 1.096/.845 .933 110/.873 4/2 23/2

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

19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.500 2/.500 5/.800 7/.715 2/.000 2/.000 5/1.600 304/216 .304/.386/.407/.793 .745/.812 .928 99/.921 13/2 4/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 6/1.700 8/.393 4/.250 11/.697 3/.666 6/.834 1/.000 409/311 .312/.364/.499/.862 1.042/.806 .841 73/.825 11/2 16/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 144/72 .250/.306/.333/.639 .589/.683 .489 9/.476 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 3/.000 11/.364 2/.000 4/.000 3/.666 200/170 .314/.389/.423/.812 .685/.834 .770 44/.728 0/1 0/2

IP 116.1 33.2 44.1 46.2 56.2 57.2 38.2 TOTAL .274/.340/.433/.774 .808/.759 .794 .770 71/25 128/75

ERA-K/9

4.56/8.6

2.67/8.5

2.44/13.8

2.51/10.6

2.70/5.1

4.06/5.8

4.19/8.8

3.79/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (14-6-3)
Molina (28-22-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 511/.253 150/.272 179/.182 191/.175 235/.229 262/.272 159/.232 .244 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Craig
Carpenter
Jay 0/9/101/7
112/0/0/5
7/35/6/3
1/15/8/1
7/0/17/1
6/0/7/0
0/74/0/0

OPS .730 .772 .579 .598 .687 .718 .719 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.649 69/.774 88/.452 102/.504 111/.706 107/.748 73/.671 .670

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.748 81/.767 91/.695 89/.707 124/.671 155/.699 86/.762 .723

Road 262/.898 77/.736 92/.623 89/.756 116/.634 134/.750 95/.797

Last 28d days 97/.587 12/.444 30/.600 39/.618 55/.819 52/.761 41/.655

HR/SB/CS 12/4/0 3/1/1 5/1/0 6/6/0 5/12/0 6/4/0 5/8/0 114/94/10

Usage ·····X·· o·o·XX·· XX··o·X· Xo···o·· ······X· o·Xo·o·X ·oo·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.