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Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 30, 2012 @Nationals Park

Cardinals, 71-59, 71-59 2nd, 8 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jaime Garcia (25, LHP, 3-5, 4.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-5)			80.1	90	40	37	21	66	3	4.15
2011 (13-7)			194.2	207	100	77	50	156	15	3.56
2010 (13-8)			163.1	151	64	49	64	132	9	2.70

Last 7 GS		1-3	42.0	48	24	21	9	44	2	4.50	51
2012-08-25	@CIN	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	87	45
2012-08-19	PIT	ND	8.0	5	2	0	0	10	0	107	78
2012-06-05	@HOU	L	2.0	5	6	6	2	2	1	43	22
2012-05-26	PHI	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	91	48
2012-05-21	SDP	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	92	61
2012-05-16	@SFG	W	7.1	9	1	1	0	9	0	92	65
2012-05-11	ATL	ND	5.2	9	5	4	2	5	0	101	36

Last 5 v.WSN		2-0	16.1	20	5	3	7	18	0	1.65	54
2011-06-14	@WSN	ND	6.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	107	54
2011-04-20	WSN	W	5.0	4	3	1	2	4	0	102	53
2010-08-27	@WSN	W	5.1	8	0	0	4	7	0	94	55

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

 Home:   40-26   Road:   31-33   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  44-46   vsLHP:  27-13   1-Run:  14-21
 vsEast:  9-15   vsCntrl:35-27   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Wed, Aug 29  @PIT  L   0-5       71-59  2nd  8.0 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28  @PIT  L   0-9       71-58  2nd  7.0 gb
128 Mon, Aug 27  @PIT  W   4-3       71-57  2nd  6.0 gb
127 Sun, Aug 26  @CIN  W   8-2       70-57  2nd  6.0 gb
126 Sat, Aug 25  @CIN  L   2-8       69-57  2nd  7.0 gb
125 Fri, Aug 24  @CIN  W   8-5       69-56  2nd  6.0 gb
124 Thu, Aug 23   HOU  W  13-5       68-56  2nd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Nationals, 78-51, 78-51 1st, 5 up

SP: Edwin Jackson (28, RHP, 7-9, 3.72)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-9)			150.0	131	64	62	47	129	19	3.72
2011 (12-9)			199.2	225	92	84	62	148	16	3.79
2010 (10-12)			209.1	214	111	104	78	181	21	4.47

Last 7 GS		2-4	43.2	40	16	16	15	52	7	3.30	57
2012-08-24	@PHI	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	107	52
2012-08-18	NYM	L	7.0	2	2	2	1	11	1	103	75
2012-08-11	@ARI	W	5.2	8	5	5	3	6	1	111	36
2012-08-06	@HOU	ND	5.1	2	2	2	2	8	1	106	62
2012-08-01	PHI	L	5.2	8	3	3	4	6	3	108	43
2012-07-26	@MIL	W	7.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	105	64
2012-07-21	ATL	L	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	111	70

Last 5 v.STL		0-1	26.0	28	10	10	10	22	2	3.46	53
2010-06-13	STL	ND	6.2	8	2	2	4	4	0	115	50
2010-04-21	STL	ND	8.0	7	4	4	0	4	1	106	56
2009-06-17	@STL	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	99	51
2008-05-18	@STL	ND	5.1	6	1	1	4	7	0	96	55

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

 Home:   36-24   Road:   42-27   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  54-34   vsLHP:  24-17   1-Run:  24-17
 vsEast: 34-23   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest: 15-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Wed, Aug 29  @MIA  W   8-4       78-51  1st  5.0 up
128 Tue, Aug 28  @MIA  L   0-9       77-51  1st  4.0 up
127 Sun, Aug 26  @PHI  L   1-4       77-50  1st  4.5 up
126 Sat, Aug 25  @PHI  L   2-4       77-49  1st  5.5 up
125 Fri, Aug 24  @PHI  L   2-4       77-48  1st  6.5 up
124 Wed, Aug 22   ATL  L   1-5       77-47  1st  6.0 up
123 Tue, Aug 21   ATL  W   4-1       77-46  1st  7.0 up
122 Mon, Aug 20   ATL  W   5-4 (13)  76-46  1st  6.0 up
121 Sun, Aug 19   NYM  W   5-2       75-46  1st  5.0 up
120 Sat, Aug 18   NYM  L   0-2       74-46  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 WSN  7  STL  4 (10)   W:Sean Burnett (2-3), L: Fernando Salas (3-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 WSN 10  STL  0        W:Livan Hernandez (4-8), L: Kyle McClellan (6-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 WSN  8  STL  6        W:Henry Rodriguez (2-1), L: Miguel Batista (3-2), S: Drew Storen (16)
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 STL  5  WSN  0        W:Kyle Lohse (3-1), L: Tom Gorzelanny (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 STL  5  WSN  3        W:Jaime Garcia (3-0), L: Jordan Zimmermann (1-3), S: Mitchell Boggs (1)
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 WSN  8 @STL  6        W:John Lannan (2-1), L: Jake Westbrook (1-2), S: Drew Storen (2)
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 WSN  4  STL  2        W:John Lannan (6-6), L: Adam Wainwright (17-9), S: Drew Storen (3)
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 WSN 14  STL  5        W:Livan Hernandez (9-9), L: Kyle Lohse (2-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 STL  4 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (12-6), L: Scott Olsen (3-7), S: Ryan Franklin (22)
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 WSN 11  STL 10 (13)   W:Doug Slaten (4-1), L: Blake Hawksworth (4-8), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - WSN won 4-2; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 292-281

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 5.15 SFG 4.28 HOU 3.65	RA/G WSN 3.59 DET 4.33 COL 5.53	BA M. Cabrera .346 K. Morales .274 C. Pena .188	OBP A. McCutchen .409 A. Jones .333 J. Smoak .258	SLG G. Stanton .604 A. Ellis .434 J. Carroll .290	OPS M. Trout .989 K. Morales .769 J. Smoak .576	ERA F. Hernandez 2.43 W. Rodriguez 3.86 J. Guthrie 5.71	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.34 G. Floyd 7.42 H. Alvarez 3.41

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.15

SFG 4.28

HOU 3.65

RA/G

WSN 3.59

DET 4.33

COL 5.53

M. Cabrera .346

K. Morales .274

C. Pena .188

OBP

A. McCutchen .409

A. Jones .333

J. Smoak .258

SLG

G. Stanton .604

A. Ellis .434

J. Carroll .290

OPS

M. Trout .989

K. Morales .769

J. Smoak .576

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.43

W. Rodriguez 3.86

J. Guthrie 5.71

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.34

G. Floyd 7.42

H. Alvarez 3.41

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

Cardinals Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Jackson
G/S/vB 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB 36.Clippard
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 52.Mattheus
G/S/vB 35.Stammen
G/S/vB 22.Storen
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 8/.250 12/.633 13/1.362 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 514/380 .269/.340/.507/.847 .851/.846 .754 101/.676 13/5 28/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 246/164 .307/.374/.493/.867 .727/.940 .758 49/.966 1/1 4/6

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 377/265 .313/.371/.572/.944 1.107/.871 .867 106/1.008 1/0 20/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/75 .255/.264/.368/.632 .429/.730 .717 31/.780 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 324/243 .220/.295/.315/.609 .788/.551 .636 62/.430 4/3 3/9

23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 1/no AB 473/359 .300/.370/.475/.845 .984/.801 .895 85/.651 2/2 17/12

15.Furcal# G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 3/.000 6/.000 19/.997 1/3.000 3/1.333 ··· 529/359 .265/.326/.347/.674 .737/.643 .717 93/.581 12/4 5/15

7.Holliday G/S/vP 14/.972 2/2.000 4/1.250 5/.200 12/1.556 ··· 7/1.229 4/.250 558/403 .306/.380/.525/.905 1.054/.849 .908 108/.678 4/3 24/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.700 ··· ··· 3/.000 355/254 .311/.388/.414/.802 .734/.828 .639 107/.949 15/3 4/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 9/2.139 9/1.056 3/.666 4/.833 13/.581 ··· 4/.500 4/1.250 447/344 .325/.375/.511/.886 1.082/.828 .884 75/.991 11/2 17/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/77 .264/.314/.361/.675 .685/.664 .771 21/.855 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 13/.385 4/.000 2/.500 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 6/.500 2/.000 237/201 .307/.370/.406/.776 .563/.814 .847 53/.566 0/1 0/2

IP 150.0 49.1 59.1 26.1 61.0 51.2 74.1 15.0 TOTAL .276/.340/.430/.770 .804/.756 .749 .731 76/28 133/84

ERA-K/9

3.72/7.7

2.01/9.1

2.73/10.6

2.73/10.3

3.25/7.5

2.44/5.6

2.54/8.4

3.60/6.0

3.30/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (15-7-3)
Molina (28-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 620/.235 200/.241 244/.161 113/.258 259/.252 201/.223 315/.227 62/.212 .234 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Craig
Carpenter
Jay 0/9/110/9
123/0/0/6
10/36/7/3
1/15/9/1
7/0/18/1
6/0/10/0
0/85/0/0

OPS .707 .617 .523 .737 .738 .661 .653 .573 .667

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 326/.778 79/.452 129/.472 59/.587 113/.727 78/.786 113/.597 18/1.125 .689

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.629 121/.728 115/.577 54/.904 146/.745 123/.583 202/.686 44/.333 .650

Home 266/.669 96/.590 125/.609 64/.714 132/.726 106/.661 141/.593 28/.649

Last 28d days 98/.699 39/.748 46/.410 33/.808 48/.857 49/.313 69/.700 44/.619

HR/SB/CS 19/6/3 3/6/0 4/5/0 1/4/0 6/5/1 6/2/0 5/12/0 0/3/0 99/95/15

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

Nationals Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 41.Boggs
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Bernadina* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 225/199 .308/.390/.410/.800 .920/.784 .825 35/1.111 14/3 3/0

20.Desmond G/S/vP 8/.661 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 8/.268 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 417/318 .282/.319/.500/.819 .860/.805 .834 32/.748 15/4 19/13

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· 537/370 .248/.315/.403/.717 .795/.678 .649 108/.802 17/6 14/12

26.Flores G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.100 268/182 .219/.252/.323/.575 .564/.579 .581 29/.483 1/2 4/4

34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 461/290 .250/.320/.425/.745 .642/.806 .793 97/.716 13/5 14/5

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 8/.708 8/.821 ··· 3/2.000 13/.923 ··· ··· 2/.000 25/.749 514/359 .260/.333/.477/.810 .878/.779 .755 108/.654 1/1 23/6

1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 379/284 .281/.327/.361/.688 .565/.728 .735 82/.824 5/2 2/3

57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/55 .285/.350/.508/.857 .787/.971 .549 34/.820 3/0 7/0

38.Morse G/S/vP 8/1.214 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.833 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.334 320/228 .286/.316/.462/.777 .743/.792 .654 87/.793 0/1 12/1

24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 345/254 .217/.252/.289/.541 .634/.507 .442 67/.562 1/0 2/4

18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 73/65 .277/.342/.508/.850 1.125/.812 .927 14/.896 0/0 3/0

28.Werth G/S/vP 11/.573 4/.500 ··· 6/1.467 9/.777 ··· ··· 4/.750 12/.622 211/152 .301/.384/.441/.825 .994/.759 .895 94/.841 4/0 3/1

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 6/.334 9/.793 ··· 1/2.000 8/.750 ··· ··· 3/.666 21/.619 507/365 .281/.349/.451/.800 .855/.778 .849 113/.776 5/2 16/10

IP 80.1 59.2 82.1 56.0 51.1 7.2 41.0 48.2 166.0 TOTAL .257/.317/.413/.730 .739/.726 .718 .730 82/29 138/73

ERA-K/9

4.15/7.4

1.96/7.2

3.61/6.3

2.57/10.3

3.33/6.1

2.35/8.2

4.61/6.1

3.88/9.6

3.63/8.5

3.71/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flores (47-6-5)
Suzuki (53-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 340/.293 241/.208 358/.286 218/.187 204/.225 30/.179 174/.270 208/.240 683/.252 .255 Harper
Bernadina
Werth
Morse
Lombardozzi
Moore 7/62/61/5
47/32/5/3
0/9/46/2
40/0/35/2
40/0/0/2
31/0/2/0

OPS .734 .562 .762 .568 .648 .519 .767 .683 .676 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.714 95/.637 156/.904 105/.378 95/.691 12/.705 95/.672 80/.694 321/.669 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.740 146/.514 202/.655 113/.745 109/.609 18/.399 79/.882 128/.675 362/.682 .682

Road 173/.773 109/.541 140/.761 93/.545 88/.549 18/.771 88/.784 93/.932 280/.649

Last 28d days 55/.604 56/.492 139/.867 40/.576 40/.521 12/.167 26/.599 33/.339 137/.485

HR/SB/CS 3/2/2 4/4/0 7/7/5 7/1/1 6/1/0 1/0/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 12/2/1 106/43/31

Usage ····X··· ··oo·o·o X····X·· ··o··o·o ···o·oX· X······· ··ooo·X· ··oo·oo· ···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.