Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: HOU @ STL, 8:15pm, Tuesday, August 21, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Astros, 39-83, 39-83 6th, 34½ GB, 31 GB in WC

SP: Lucas Harrell (27, RHP, 10-8, 3.81)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-8)			146.1	140	70	62	55	103	10	3.81
2011 (0-2)			18.0	23	12	9	8	15	0	4.50
2010 (1-0)			24.0	34	18	13	17	15	2	4.88

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.2	36	10	10	20	38	1	2.06	60
2012-08-14	@CHC	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	104	71
2012-08-09	WSN	L	5.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	100	52
2012-08-04	@ATL	W	6.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	112	56
2012-07-29	PIT	W	5.2	5	2	2	3	5	1	108	53
2012-07-24	CIN	ND	7.0	7	1	1	3	6	0	121	62
2012-07-19	@SDP	L	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	87	70
2012-07-14	@SFG	ND	5.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	104	53

Last 5 v.STL		2-0	11.1	15	8	6	2	4	1	4.76	42
2012-06-05	STL	W	6.0	8	4	3	0	1	1	98	43
2012-05-04	STL	W	5.1	7	4	3	2	3	0	105	41

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

 Home:   27-35   Road:   12-48   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  27-63   vsLHP:  12-20   1-Run:  13-23
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:17-32   vsWest:  8-25 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sun, Aug 19   ARI  L   1-8       39-83  6th 35.0 gb
121 Sat, Aug 18   ARI  L   4-12      39-82  6th 34.0 gb
120 Fri, Aug 17   ARI  L   1-3       39-81  6th 33.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @CHC  L   2-7       39-80  6th 33.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @CHC  W  10-1       39-79  6th 32.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 13  @CHC  L   1-7       38-79  6th 32.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 12   MIL  L   3-5       38-78  6th 31.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 11   MIL  W   6-5 (10)  38-77  6th 30.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 10   MIL  W   4-3       37-77  6th 30.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug  9   WSN  L   0-5       36-77  6th 30.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 5-25

Cardinals, 65-56, 65-56 3rd, 8 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (30, RHP, 11-10, 3.87)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (11-10)			151.1	147	71	65	37	142	12	3.87
2010 (20-11)			230.1	186	68	62	56	213	15	2.42
2009 (19-8)			233.0	216	75	68	66	212	17	2.63

Last 7 GS		4-2	48.2	37	16	13	8	44	2	2.40	63
2012-08-15	ARI	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	98	58
2012-08-09	SFG	W	7.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	119	67
2012-08-04	MIL	W	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	98	80
2012-07-29	@CHC	ND	6.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	88	56
2012-07-24	LAD	W	7.1	7	2	2	1	7	0	104	62
2012-07-18	@MIL	L	7.0	4	4	1	0	9	0	89	68
2012-07-13	@CIN	L	6.1	5	4	4	2	4	1	93	49

Last 5 v.HOU		5-0	36.2	29	4	4	6	31	0	0.98	69
2012-06-06	@HOU	W	5.2	7	3	3	1	8	0	114	50
2012-05-06	@HOU	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	103	65
2010-07-09	@HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	3	4	0	109	71
2010-04-12	HOU	W	8.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	105	76
2009-08-25	HOU	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	114	81

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

 Home:   37-26   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  39-44   vsLHP:  26-12   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:29-24   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Sun, Aug 19   PIT  L   3-6 (19)  65-56  3rd  8.5 gb
120 Sat, Aug 18   PIT  W   5-4       65-55  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 STL 14 @HOU  2        W:Lance Lynn (9-2), L: J.A. Happ (4-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 STL  4 @HOU  3        W:Adam Wainwright (5-6), L: Bud Norris (5-3), S: Jason Motte (10)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 HOU  9  STL  8        W:Lucas Harrell (5-4), L: Jaime Garcia (3-4), S: Brett Myers (14)
Sun, May 06, 2012 STL  8 @HOU  1        W:Adam Wainwright (2-3), L: J.A. Happ (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 05, 2012 HOU  8  STL  2        W:Bud Norris (2-1), L: Jaime Garcia (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 04, 2012 HOU  5  STL  4        W:Lucas Harrell (2-2), L: Kyle Lohse (4-1), S: Brett Myers (7)

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 STL  8 @HOU  0        W:Chris Carpenter (11-9), L: Brett Myers (7-14), S: none
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 STL 13 @HOU  6        W:Eduardo Sanchez (3-1), L: Enerio Del Rosario (0-3), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 HOU  5  STL  4 (10)   W:Mark Melancon (8-4), L: Octavio Dotel (5-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 HOU  5 @STL  3        W:Wandy Rodriguez (7-7), L: Jaime Garcia (10-5), S: Mark Melancon (10)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - STL won 10-5; 2010 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - STL leads 366-325

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 5.06 NYM 4.30 HOU 3.74	RA/G WSN 3.54 PHI 4.41 COL 5.68	BA A. McCutchen .352 J. Morneau .275 J. Smoak .192	OBP A. McCutchen .418 C. Granderson .337 J. Smoak .256	SLG D. Ortiz .609 A. Gordon .439 J. Carroll .283	OPS D. Ortiz 1.024 K. Morales .777 J. Smoak .586	ERA D. Price 2.39 C. Lee 3.83 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 W. Chen 7.27 D. Lowe 3.33

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.06

NYM 4.30

HOU 3.74

RA/G

WSN 3.54

PHI 4.41

COL 5.68

A. McCutchen .352

J. Morneau .275

J. Smoak .192

OBP

A. McCutchen .418

C. Granderson .337

J. Smoak .256

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

A. Gordon .439

J. Carroll .283

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.024

K. Morales .777

J. Smoak .586

ERA

D. Price 2.39

C. Lee 3.83

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

W. Chen 7.27

D. Lowe 3.33

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Astros Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
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 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 59.Salas
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 497/365 .303/.358/.420/.778 .926/.723 .794 107/.834 25/7 5/11

39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/12 .185/.214/.296/.511 .250/.879 .875 28/.511 0/0 1/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 349/288 .213/.301/.310/.611 .421/.652 .657 49/.447 12/3 6/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP 9/.888 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 210/164 .251/.325/.366/.691 .405/.776 .648 15/.481 0/0 2/6

3.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 123/63 .246/.301/.377/.678 .658/.697 .506 55/.709 0/1 2/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/147 .239/.290/.333/.623 .348/.714 .627 82/.501 3/3 2/5

23.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 229/119 .238/.282/.400/.682 .754/.617 .574 44/.890 10/3 6/6

21.Martinez* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/33 .135/.135/.270/.405 .000/.455 .625 22/.545 0/1 1/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 247/151 .235/.312/.457/.769 .904/.686 .757 70/.752 5/3 12/2

46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 145/137 .246/.306/.462/.767 .393/.788 .874 71/.847 0/1 7/5

13.Pearce G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 147/92 .266/.345/.411/.756 .884/.675 .649 64/.752 0/2 3/1

18.Snyder G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 212/143 .181/.297/.313/.610 .665/.584 .571 38/.701 0/0 6/3

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.500 5/.400 107/83 .293/.383/.500/.883 .523/.993 .897 65/.800 0/0 5/3

IP 151.1 56.0 19.0 74.1 52.2 47.2 38.2 45.0 TOTAL .240/.308/.373/.680 .611/.704 .648 .677 83/34 105/88

ERA-K/9

3.87/8.4

2.09/7.1

5.21/4.7

3.27/5.9

2.73/10.4

3.59/5.7

4.89/6.0

4.20/9.6

3.67/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (45-10-7)
Snyder (53-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 628/.256 227/.217 81/.239 318/.276 206/.188 192/.235 164/.262 196/.251 .254 Bogusevic
Maxwell
Pearce
Martinez
Barnes
Greene
Wright
Moore
Francisco 0/10/86/5
20/38/13/4
22/0/17/1
7/0/3/1
0/7/0/0
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/4/0
15/0/14/0

OPS .694 .584 .686 .735 .583 .674 .766 .717 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 303/.693 90/.675 41/.593 143/.848 102/.390 90/.731 90/.665 76/.732 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.694 137/.525 40/.778 175/.644 104/.773 102/.622 74/.889 120/.707 .681

Home 370/.722 128/.590 42/.549 218/.763 122/.597 111/.760 81/.748 111/.497

Last 28d days 105/.549 64/.546 51/.905 124/.771 47/.583 44/.614 25/.613 37/.672

HR/SB/CS 12/2/1 4/4/0 2/1/0 6/6/4 7/1/1 6/1/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 99/42/30

Usage ·····X·· ·XX·oXo· ·Xo····· ·X····X· ·oX·Xo·· ·oo··oo· ·o·oo··· ·o·oo·o·

Cardinals Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Harrell
G/S/vB 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 28.Fick
G/S/vB 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 59.Lopez
G/S/vB 43.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 65.Storey
G/S/vB 53.Wright*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 7/.858 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 480/352 .278/.348/.530/.878 .848/.889 .949 95/.780 13/5 28/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 221/144 .309/.380/.500/.880 .776/.937 1.027 44/1.207 1/0 4/5

21.Craig G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.600 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 337/233 .308/.368/.573/.941 1.158/.838 1.001 98/.923 1/0 18/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/66 .223/.235/.351/.586 .406/.677 .544 26/.737 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 311/233 .227/.304/.322/.626 .821/.562 .589 82/.541 4/3 3/8

23.Freese G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 451/343 .294/.361/.469/.831 .933/.798 .771 89/.674 2/2 16/10

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 496/334 .266/.332/.352/.684 .750/.652 .622 76/.551 12/4 5/13

7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 520/371 .301/.381/.519/.899 1.078/.829 .901 108/.771 4/2 23/2

8.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1 .000/.167/.000/.167 .200/.000 .333 6/.167 0/0 0/1

19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 314/225 .305/.386/.404/.791 .736/.812 .917 100/.836 13/2 4/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/2.000 420/319 .317/.368/.504/.872 1.073/.810 .862 76/.921 11/2 16/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 149/75 .255/.309/.343/.652 .617/.682 .525 14/.690 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/.250 ··· 6/1.000 209/178 .304/.377/.408/.784 .661/.806 .721 49/.665 0/1 0/2

IP 146.1 19.0 42.1 14.0 57.2 48.0 50.1 10.0 37.2 TOTAL .272/.339/.429/.768 .811/.750 .782 .736 74/25 128/77

ERA-K/9

3.81/6.3

3.79/8.1

7.02/7.2

4.50/5.1

4.99/3.9

2.25/7.5

5.54/8.9

2.70/10.8

3.35/9.1

4.72/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (14-6-3)
Molina (28-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 623/.253 82/.235 199/.293 67/.321 252/.282 188/.244 220/.246 39/.152 163/.248 .273 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Craig
Carpenter
Jay 0/9/102/7
114/0/0/5
7/36/7/3
1/15/8/1
7/0/17/1
6/0/8/0
0/76/0/0

OPS .684 .665 .873 .969 .796 .611 .770 .596 .700 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 291/.726 35/.698 81/1.025 27/1.053 58/.942 67/.472 77/.681 14/.322 102/.612 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.648 47/.642 118/.761 40/.910 194/.752 121/.686 143/.819 25/.735 61/.849 .768

Road 361/.737 57/.850 124/.940 23/.880 93/1.022 79/.732 111/.841 8/.536 68/.669

Last 28d days 102/.601 42/.626 46/.856 58/.954 123/.828 38/.534 51/.802 39/.596 39/.569

HR/SB/CS 10/15/4 2/2/0 6/3/1 3/0/0 8/6/2 3/1/0 8/19/0 1/0/0 4/2/1 145/107/28

Usage ······X· ··X··o·X ··X···XX ··X··X·· ···X···· ·o·o···· ·X·X···· ·X···X·· ·X···o··

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.