Thursday, August 23, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: HOU @ STL, 1:45pm, Thursday, August 23, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Astros, 39-85, 39-85 6th, 36½ GB, 32 GB in WC

SP: Dallas Keuchel (24, LHP, 1-5, 4.99)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-5)			57.2	61	36	32	28	25	8	4.99

Last 7 GS		0-5	37.2	47	33	29	19	17	6	6.93	37
2012-08-17	ARI	L	6.2	4	2	2	2	3	0	91	59
2012-08-11	MIL	ND	6.0	5	4	2	0	6	0	77	56
2012-08-06	WSN	ND	6.0	12	4	3	1	2	0	105	35
2012-07-31	@MIL	L	4.0	7	7	7	6	1	1	85	15
2012-07-26	PIT	L	6.0	5	5	5	2	2	3	88	42
2012-07-21	@ARI	L	3.1	7	7	6	4	1	2	79	17
2012-07-04	@PIT	L	5.2	7	4	4	4	2	0	99	37

Has never faced STL as starter.

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

 Home:   27-35   Road:   12-50   ExtrInn: 1-11
 vsRHP:  27-65   vsLHP:  12-20   1-Run:  13-23
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:17-34   vsWest:  8-25 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Wed, Aug 22  @STL  L   2-4       39-85  6th 36.5 gb
123 Tue, Aug 21  @STL  L   0-7       39-84  6th 35.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 5-25

Cardinals, 67-56, 67-56 2nd, 8 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (34, RHP, 12-9, 3.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (12-9)			154.1	157	68	60	41	95	10	3.50
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		5-2	48.2	45	18	16	13	28	2	2.96	56
2012-08-17	PIT	L	7.2	6	2	1	3	3	0	110	61
2012-08-11	@PHI	W	7.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	93	68
2012-08-06	SFG	W	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	2	79	54
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

Last 5 v.HOU		2-1	26.2	35	14	13	7	18	1	4.39	47
2011-09-27	@HOU	ND	2.1	7	5	5	1	2	0	45	24
2011-07-26	HOU	W	6.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	97	56
2011-06-07	@HOU	W	5.1	8	3	2	3	3	1	100	42
2010-08-30	@HOU	L	7.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	89	49
2010-08-02	HOU	ND	6.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	100	62

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

 Home:   39-26   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  41-44   vsLHP:  26-12   1-Run:  13-21
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:31-24   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Wed, Aug 22   HOU  W   4-2       67-56  2nd  8.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21   HOU  W   7-0       66-56  3rd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 STL  4  HOU  2        W:Kyle Lohse (13-2), L: Bud Norris (5-11), S: Jason Motte (29)
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 STL  7  HOU  0        W:Adam Wainwright (12-10), L: Lucas Harrell (10-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 5-3; 2011 - STL won 10-5; 2010 - HOU won 10-5; All-Time - STL leads 368-325

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 5.10 SFG 4.31 HOU 3.69	RA/G WSN 3.53 DET 4.38 COL 5.62	BA A. McCutchen .349 C. Headley .274 J. Smoak .189	OBP A. McCutchen .414 A. Jones .337 J. Smoak .254	SLG M. Trout .603 J. Reyes .435 J. Carroll .280	OPS M. Trout 1.010 D. DeJesus .771 J. Smoak .579	ERA D. Price 2.28 W. Chen 3.87 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.34 V. Worley 7.20 D. Lowe 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.10

SFG 4.31

HOU 3.69

RA/G

WSN 3.53

DET 4.38

COL 5.62

A. McCutchen .349

C. Headley .274

J. Smoak .189

OBP

A. McCutchen .414

A. Jones .337

J. Smoak .254

SLG

M. Trout .603

J. Reyes .435

J. Carroll .280

OPS

M. Trout 1.010

D. DeJesus .771

J. Smoak .579

ERA

D. Price 2.28

W. Chen 3.87

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.34

V. Worley 7.20

D. Lowe 3.42

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Astros Batters (3.69 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.92 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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Altuve G/S/vP 5/.800 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 10/.600 505/373 .302/.356/.420/.775 .926/.721 .789 106/.808 25/7 5/11

39.Barnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/15 .167/.194/.267/.460 .250/.695 .636 31/.460 0/0 1/0

19.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 351/290 .212/.299/.308/.607 .421/.647 .649 43/.463 12/3 6/4

15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 13/.879 214/168 .253/.329/.366/.694 .405/.778 .655 19/.551 0/0 2/6

3.Francisco G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 4/.750 131/71 .238/.290/.369/.659 .658/.659 .486 62/.676 0/1 2/1

9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/151 .234/.284/.326/.610 .348/.694 .601 77/.519 3/3 2/5

23.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 232/122 .235/.278/.394/.673 .754/.601 .558 46/.805 10/3 6/6

21.Martinez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 40/36 .125/.125/.250/.375 .000/.417 .455 25/.480 0/1 1/0

44.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 251/155 .236/.311/.453/.764 .904/.681 .748 66/.800 5/3 12/2

46.Moore* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 153/145 .232/.289/.435/.724 .393/.742 .787 71/.727 0/1 7/5

13.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.833 152/97 .264/.340/.411/.751 .884/.672 .647 69/.742 0/2 3/1

18.Snyder G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 6/.000 215/146 .185/.302/.332/.634 .665/.619 .618 40/.757 0/0 7/3

29.Wallace* G/S/vP 14/1.279 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 3/2.500 5/.400 6/.334 114/90 .283/.368/.505/.873 .523/.971 .878 72/.794 0/0 6/3

IP 154.1 57.0 19.0 74.1 53.2 47.2 38.2 45.0 160.1 TOTAL .238/.305/.371/.677 .611/.699 .642 .657 83/34 107/88

ERA-K/9

3.50/5.5

2.05/7.1

5.21/4.7

3.27/5.9

2.68/10.4

3.59/5.7

4.89/6.0

4.20/9.6

3.65/8.6

3.63/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (45-10-7)
Snyder (54-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 644/.265 231/.214 81/.239 318/.276 209/.185 192/.235 164/.262 196/.251 661/.250 .252 Bogusevic
Maxwell
Pearce
Martinez
Barnes
Greene
Wright
Moore
Francisco 0/11/86/5
20/39/13/4
22/0/18/1
8/0/3/1
0/8/0/0
1/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/4/0
16/0/15/0

OPS .686 .579 .686 .735 .574 .674 .766 .717 .679 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 307/.755 92/.659 41/.593 143/.848 104/.382 90/.731 90/.665 76/.732 319/.667 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.623 139/.526 40/.778 175/.644 105/.765 102/.622 74/.889 120/.707 342/.689 .679

Home 343/.705 132/.581 42/.549 218/.763 125/.582 111/.760 81/.748 111/.497 403/.695

Last 28d days 110/.734 60/.550 51/.905 124/.771 40/.639 40/.677 25/.613 30/.792 138/.513

HR/SB/CS 10/3/5 4/4/0 2/1/0 6/6/4 7/1/1 6/1/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 12/2/1 101/42/30

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

Cardinals Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB 62.Ambriz
G/S/vB 63.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 55.Cruz
G/S/vB 28.Fick
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 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 484/356 .278/.349/.531/.880 .848/.892 .953 94/.838 13/5 28/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 230/151 .302/.374/.490/.864 .756/.922 .984 46/1.072 1/0 4/5

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 5/.600 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 346/241 .308/.373/.568/.941 1.164/.838 .999 97/.955 1/0 18/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/66 .223/.235/.351/.586 .406/.677 .544 22/.687 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 315/237 .227/.303/.325/.628 .821/.566 .594 80/.562 4/3 3/8

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 456/347 .293/.362/.467/.829 .924/.799 .769 87/.596 2/2 16/10

15.Furcal# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 503/340 .267/.331/.354/.685 .745/.656 .626 72/.585 12/4 5/14

7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 528/379 .302/.381/.518/.899 1.078/.830 .900 106/.738 4/3 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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 323/232 .313/.391/.413/.804 .742/.828 .933 100/.905 14/2 4/0

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 3/2.000 428/327 .321/.373/.505/.878 1.073/.819 .875 79/.983 11/2 16/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 151/75 .259/.311/.353/.664 .642/.682 .553 16/.804 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.250 ··· 6/1.000 213/182 .303/.374/.404/.779 .661/.799 .713 46/.607 0/1 0/2

IP 57.2 20.0 43.2 14.2 48.0 51.0 10.0 39.0 TOTAL .273/.340/.430/.769 .809/.753 .784 .743 75/26 128/78

ERA-K/9

4.99/3.9

/0.0

3.60/8.1

6.80/7.0

4.91/5.5

2.25/7.5

5.65/9.0

2.70/10.8

3.23/8.8

4.74/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.282 / 88/.247 203/.292 73/.333 188/.244 225/.251 39/.152 167/.242 .274 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Craig
Carpenter
Jay 0/9/103/7
116/0/0/5
8/36/7/3
1/15/9/1
7/0/18/1
6/0/8/0
0/78/0/0

OPS .796 .695 .865 1.004 .611 .782 .596 .682 .780

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.942 / 37/.716 83/.999 30/1.186 67/.472 79/.681 14/.322 104/.600 .796

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 194/.752 / 51/.681 120/.766 43/.875 121/.686 146/.838 25/.735 63/.820 .769

Road 93/1.022 / 63/.874 128/.925 29/.988 79/.732 116/.863 8/.536 72/.630

Last 28d days 99/.801 / 45/.690 46/.856 64/.995 38/.534 53/.829 39/.596 43/.513

HR/SB/CS 8/6/2 // 2/2/0 6/3/1 3/0/0 3/1/0 8/19/0 1/0/0 4/2/1 145/108/29

Usage ·····X·· ·X··X··o ·o··X··· ·X··X··X ···o·o·· o··X·X·· ···X···X o··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.