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Game Preview: SFG @ STL, 8:00pm, Friday, October 19, 2012 @Busch Stadium III

Giants, 94-68, 4-5 in postseason

SP: Barry Zito (34, LHP, 15-8, 4.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 RegS (15-8)			184.1	186	91	85	70	114	20	4.15
2011 RegS (3-4)			53.2	51	35	35	24	32	10	5.87
2010 RegS (9-14)			199.1	184	97	92	84	150	20	4.15

Last 7 GS		5-0	38.1	43	14	14	13	33	3	3.29	52
2012-10-10	@CIN	ND	2.2	4	2	2	4	4	1	76	42
2012-10-02	@LAD	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	97	57
2012-09-27	ARI	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	102	48
2012-09-20	COL	W	5.2	10	2	2	1	6	0	99	46
2012-09-15	@ARI	W	6.2	6	1	1	1	4	1	99	61
2012-09-09	LAD	W	6.1	4	0	0	3	4	0	108	66
2012-09-03	ARI	ND	5.0	7	4	4	0	6	1	89	43

Last 5 v.STL		2-3	28.0	29	16	16	13	25	3	5.14	48
2012-08-07	@STL	W	6.2	8	2	2	0	4	2	106	54
2011-04-10	STL	L	5.1	6	4	4	5	1	0	97	36
2010-08-22	@STL	L	3.2	7	5	5	2	3	1	75	28
2010-04-24	STL	W	8.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	114	83
2009-07-02	@STL	L	4.1	5	5	5	3	7	0	91	37

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   49-36   Road:   49-37   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  58-54   vsLHP:  40-19   1-Run:  31-20
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:31-19   vsWest: 45-27 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Thu, Oct 18  @STL  L   3-8         -               
  8 Wed, Oct 17  @STL  L   1-3         -               
  7 Mon, Oct 15   STL  W   7-1         -               
  6 Sun, Oct 14   STL  L   4-6         -               
  5 Thu, Oct 11  @CIN  W   6-4         -               
  4 Wed, Oct 10  @CIN  W   8-3         -               
  3 Tue, Oct  9  @CIN  W   2-1 (10)    -               
  2 Sun, Oct  7   CIN  L   0-9         -               
  1 Sat, Oct  6   CIN  L   2-5         -               
162 Wed, Oct  3  @LAD  L   1-5       94-68  1st  8.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Cardinals, 88-74, 7-3 in postseason

SP: Lance Lynn (25, RHP, 18-7, 3.78)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 RegS (18-7)			176.0	168	76	74	64	180	16	3.78
2011 RegS (1-1)			34.2	25	12	12	11	40	3	3.12

Last 7 GS		4-0	34.2	34	17	17	14	42	2	4.41	52
2012-10-14	@SFG	ND	3.2	5	4	4	2	3	0	85	36
2012-09-30	WSN	W	5.1	6	4	4	1	9	2	99	48
2012-09-24	@HOU	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	108	70
2012-09-19	HOU	W	6.1	3	0	0	2	5	0	102	70
2012-09-13	@LAD	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	82	63
2012-08-24	@CIN	ND	2.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	62	27
2012-08-18	PIT	ND	4.1	4	3	3	3	8	0	86	48

Last 5 v.SFG		0-2	15.0	17	13	13	5	14	2	7.80	41
2012-10-14	@SFG	ND	3.2	5	4	4	2	3	0	85	36
2012-08-07	SFG	L	6.0	8	4	4	3	6	1	105	43
2011-06-02	SFG	L	5.1	4	5	5	0	5	1	64	45

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   53-32   Road:   42-45   ExtrInn: 6-12
 vsRHP:  62-58   vsLHP:  33-19   1-Run:  21-28
 vsEast: 18-22   vsCntrl:45-32   vsWest: 24-16 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Thu, Oct 18   SFG  W   8-3         -               
  9 Wed, Oct 17   SFG  W   3-1         -               
  8 Mon, Oct 15  @SFG  L   1-7         -               
  7 Sun, Oct 14  @SFG  W   6-4         -               
  6 Fri, Oct 12  @WSN  W   9-7         -               
  5 Thu, Oct 11  @WSN  L   1-2         -               
  4 Wed, Oct 10  @WSN  W   8-0         -               
  3 Mon, Oct  8   WSN  W  12-4         -               
  2 Sun, Oct  7   WSN  L   2-3         -               
  1 Fri, Oct  5  @ATL  W   6-3         -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 STL  8  SFG  3        W:Adam Wainwright , L: Tim Lincecum , S: none
Wed, Oct 17, 2012 STL  3  SFG  1        W:Kyle Lohse , L: Matt Cain , S: Jason Motte 
Mon, Oct 15, 2012 SFG  7  STL  1        W:Ryan Vogelsong , L: Chris Carpenter , S: none
Sun, Oct 14, 2012 STL  6 @SFG  4        W:Edward Mujica , L: Madison Bumgarner , S: Jason Motte 
Thu, Aug 09, 2012 STL  3  SFG  1        W:Adam Wainwright (10-10), L: Madison Bumgarner (12-7), S: Jason Motte (25)
Wed, Aug 08, 2012 SFG 15 @STL  0        W:Ryan Vogelsong (10-5), L: Joe Kelly (2-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 SFG  4 @STL  2        W:Barry Zito (9-8), L: Lance Lynn (13-5), S: Jeremy Affeldt (3)
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 STL  8  SFG  2        W:Jake Westbrook (11-8), L: Matt Cain (10-5), S: none
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)

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2012 - STL over 6-4; 2011 - SFG won 5-2; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - SFG leads 1066-955

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 4.99 MIN 4.33 HOU 3.60	RA/G TBR 3.56 LAA 4.31 COL 5.49	BA B. Posey .336 A. Rodriguez .272 C. Pena .197	OBP J. Mauer .416 A. Jones .334 D. Stubbs .277	SLG M. Cabrera .606 H. Ramirez .437 J. Weeks .304	OPS M. Cabrera .999 A. Pagan .778 J. Weeks .609	ERA C. Kershaw 2.53 T. Cahill 3.78 R. Romero 5.77	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.08 U. Jimenez 7.28 H. Alvarez 3.80

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 4.99

MIN 4.33

HOU 3.60

RA/G

TBR 3.56

LAA 4.31

COL 5.49

B. Posey .336

A. Rodriguez .272

C. Pena .197

OBP

J. Mauer .416

A. Jones .334

D. Stubbs .277

SLG

M. Cabrera .606

H. Ramirez .437

J. Weeks .304

OPS

M. Cabrera .999

A. Pagan .778

J. Weeks .609

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.53

T. Cahill 3.78

R. Romero 5.77

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.08

U. Jimenez 7.28

H. Alvarez 3.80

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Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Giants Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
G/S/vB 58.Kelly
G/S/vB 40.Miller
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Arias G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 344/181 .270/.304/.389/.693 .768/.625 .841 51/.567 5/1 5/9

9.Belt* G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 472/329 .275/.360/.421/.781 .768/.786 .662 80/.776 12/2 7/8

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 453/300 .244/.333/.344/.676 .694/.667 .657 56/.775 26/6 5/2

35.Crawford* G/S/vP 7/.857 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 476/351 .248/.304/.349/.653 .631/.661 .677 58/.656 1/4 4/18

17.Huff* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 2/.500 95/85 .192/.326/.282/.608 .422/.631 .572 17/.899 0/0 1/1

12.Nady G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 166/83 .184/.253/.316/.569 .676/.464 .556 41/.637 1/0 4/1

16.Pagan# G/S/vP 7/.762 3/5.000 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 8/.875 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 659/435 .288/.338/.440/.778 .736/.799 .803 97/.845 29/7 8/5

8.Pence G/S/vP 8/.750 17/.520 5/.800 1/.000 10/1.200 6/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 10/.311 688/507 .253/.319/.425/.743 .727/.749 .800 100/.682 5/2 24/7

28.Posey G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 5/1.467 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 610/429 .336/.408/.549/.957 1.262/.822 .986 95/1.131 1/1 24/10

29.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 227/146 .280/.295/.390/.685 .727/.661 .677 43/.860 0/0 3/7

48.Sandoval# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/2.200 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 442/305 .283/.342/.447/.789 .745/.809 .718 93/.818 1/1 12/13

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 8/.500 2/3.500 7/.858 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.500 683/472 .306/.348/.405/.753 .718/.768 .678 98/.971 9/4 7/13

5.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 384/249 .270/.316/.321/.637 .663/.623 .673 20/.800 13/5 0/9

IP 176.0 73.1 107.0 13.2 72.0 65.1 22.2 46.2 58.2 TOTAL .269/.327/.397/.724 .737/.717 .742 .787 118/39 103/115

ERA-K/9

3.78/9.2

2.21/7.1

3.53/6.3

1.32/10.5

2.75/10.8

3.03/6.5

2.78/9.9

4.24/6.4

4.30/9.2

3.71/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Posey (87-38-2)
Sanchez (40-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 744/.253 296/.211 457/.271 54/.184 279/.191 258/.230 89/.175 196/.257 256/.251 .255 Pence
Pagan
Blanco
Nady
Belt
Theriot
Huff 0/0/159/11
0/151/0/7
53/30/54/3
40/0/15/2
4/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .728 .570 .740 .463 .576 .643 .513 .729 .720 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.841 123/.656 200/.917 22/.485 134/.381 119/.669 36/.395 103/.682 101/.681 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.624 173/.510 257/.607 32/.445 145/.756 139/.620 53/.597 93/.781 155/.747 .678

Home 314/.655 167/.638 288/.736 28/.259 160/.556 141/.712 36/.473 93/.707 132/.561

Last 28d days 112/.655 45/.545 73/.636 47/.491 49/.579 44/.691 47/.592 14/.445 41/.956

HR/SB/CS 16/9/9 5/6/0 10/8/5 0/0/0 9/3/2 7/1/1 2/1/1 7/2/2 5/3/3 134/56/43

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

Cardinals Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 75.Zito*
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 46.Casilla
G/S/vB 70.Kontos
G/S/vB 49.Lopez*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 59.Mota
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 46/.579 12/.417 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 6/.167 2/.000 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .936 88/.921 13/6 32/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .890 75/.798 1/1 6/9

56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 62/47 .222/.300/.296/.596 .220/.714 .603 19/.446 2/1 0/0

21.Craig G/S/vP 11/1.855 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 5/.650 2/.000 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .933 111/.738 2/1 22/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .563 15/.552 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 2/.000 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .620 78/.653 6/3 4/15

23.Freese G/S/vP 9/.944 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 3/.000 567/430 .293/.372/.467/.839 .886/.824 .798 69/.784 3/3 20/18

7.Holliday G/S/vP 35/.733 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 12/.900 7/.286 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .884 105/.726 4/4 27/3

19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/1.267 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 4/.750 2/.000 3/1.000 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .948 116/.635 19/7 4/0

38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 1.009 76/1.006 2/0 2/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 19/.849 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.667 ··· 12/.614 8/1.875 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .881 96/.856 12/3 22/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .597 17/.694 1/0 3/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 16/1.063 10/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.333 3/1.334 2/1.000 304/260 .276/.339/.368/.707 .496/.741 .652 45/.424 1/1 1/4

IP 184.1 63.1 63.1 43.2 36.0 56.1 20.2 55.1 TOTAL .271/.338/.421/.759 .787/.747 .786 .722 91/37 159/107

ERA-K/9

4.15/5.6

2.70/8.1

2.84/7.8

2.47/9.1

2.50/7.0

2.56/9.1

5.23/10.4

1.79/10.3

3.68/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (18-8-3)
Molina (38-35-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 799/.263 267/.241 272/.224 177/.209 153/.270 242/.238 91/.300 215/.185 .248 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Jay
Craig
Carpenter
Chambers 0/9/132/10
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
1/15/10/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
7/0/15/1
10/10/8/1

OPS .758 .640 .656 .591 .700 .672 .911 .525 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.559 119/.621 111/.727 61/.468 97/.543 137/.586 27/.986 62/.491 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 603/.823 148/.656 161/.608 116/.653 56/.979 105/.789 64/.879 153/.537 .719

Road 362/.796 164/.689 131/.666 97/.511 101/.820 121/.687 54/1.079 114/.531

Last 28d days 132/.723 42/.593 51/.626 23/.317 10/.400 24/.477 30/.922 41/.561

HR/SB/CS 20/9/7 1/3/2 8/5/1 3/3/2 1/1/0 3/6/1 3/2/2 5/8/1 142/129/53

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