Saturday, September 1, 2012 Game Previews

Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > STL @ WSN, Saturday, September 1, 2012

Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 4:05pm, Saturday, September 1, 2012 @Nationals Park

Cardinals, 71-61, 71-61 2nd, 9½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Lohse (33, RHP, 14-2, 2.64)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (14-2)			174.0	156	54	51	32	107	14	2.64
2011 (14-8)			188.1	178	80	71	42	111	16	3.39
2010 (4-8)			92.0	129	75	67	35	54	9	6.55

Last 7 GS		4-0	44.2	36	12	12	10	33	3	2.42	60
2012-08-27	@PIT	W	5.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	83	52
2012-08-22	HOU	W	7.0	3	2	2	0	3	2	87	66
2012-08-16	ARI	ND	6.2	4	0	0	3	5	0	94	68
2012-08-10	@PHI	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	101	70
2012-08-05	MIL	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	100	67
2012-07-31	@COL	W	6.0	9	5	5	2	5	1	101	37
2012-07-25	LAD	ND	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	106	59

Last 5 v.WSN		3-1	31.0	30	15	14	4	17	4	4.06	52
2011-06-16	@WSN	ND	6.0	7	4	4	1	3	3	101	44
2011-04-21	WSN	W	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	111	87
2010-08-28	@WSN	L	5.0	11	8	8	0	2	1	79	15
2010-05-17	WSN	W	6.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	87	57
2008-06-03	@WSN	W	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	63	57

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

 Home:   40-26   Road:   31-35   ExtrInn: 3-9 
 vsRHP:  44-47   vsLHP:  27-14   1-Run:  14-21
 vsEast:  9-17   vsCntrl:35-27   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Fri, Aug 31  @WSN  L   0-10      71-61  2nd  9.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30  @WSN  L   1-8       71-60  2nd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Nationals, 80-51, 80-51 1st, 6½ up

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (26, RHP, 9-8, 2.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-8)			161.0	150	52	47	32	119	14	2.63
2011 (8-11)			161.1	154	62	57	31	124	12	3.18
2010 (1-2)			31.0	31	20	17	10	27	8	4.94

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.2	40	16	15	9	35	3	3.49	53
2012-08-26	@PHI	L	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	94	45
2012-08-20	ATL	ND	5.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	102	35
2012-08-14	@SFG	L	5.2	8	2	2	2	4	0	94	47
2012-08-09	@HOU	W	6.0	3	0	0	0	11	0	87	77
2012-08-04	MIA	ND	5.0	7	5	4	1	3	0	96	37
2012-07-28	@MIL	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	93	63
2012-07-23	@NYM	ND	6.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	89	66

Last 5 v.STL		0-2	15.2	23	15	15	3	13	4	8.62	36
2011-04-20	@STL	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	3	0	96	37
2010-08-26	STL	ND	4.0	7	5	5	1	4	1	70	31
2009-05-01	STL	L	5.2	8	5	5	0	6	3	101	39

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

 Home:   38-24   Road:   42-27   ExtrInn:11-6 
 vsRHP:  55-34   vsLHP:  25-17   1-Run:  24-17
 vsEast: 34-23   vsCntrl:21-8    vsWest: 15-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Fri, Aug 31   STL  W  10-0       80-51  1st  6.5 up
130 Thu, Aug 30   STL  W   8-1       79-51  1st  5.5 up
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 WSN 10  STL  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (17-7), L: Adam Wainwright (13-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 30, 2012 WSN  8  STL  1        W:Edwin Jackson (8-9), L: Jaime Garcia (3-6), S: none

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
Season Series: 2012 - WSN over 2-0; 2011 - WSN won 4-2; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - STL leads 292-283

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 4.31 HOU 3.64	RA/G WSN 3.54 DET 4.31 COL 5.52	BA M. Cabrera .346 J. Morneau .274 C. Pena .190	OBP P. Fielder .410 M. Teixeira .335 J. Smoak .258	SLG R. Braun .606 J. Reyes .435 J. Carroll .290	OPS R. Braun .993 K. Morales .777 J. Smoak .575	ERA F. Hernandez 2.43 C. Wilson 3.86 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.34 G. Floyd 7.42 H. Alvarez 3.41

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.15

SFG 4.31

HOU 3.64

RA/G

WSN 3.54

DET 4.31

COL 5.52

M. Cabrera .346

J. Morneau .274

C. Pena .190

OBP

P. Fielder .410

M. Teixeira .335

J. Smoak .258

SLG

R. Braun .606

J. Reyes .435

J. Carroll .290

OPS

R. Braun .993

K. Morales .777

J. Smoak .575

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.43

C. Wilson 3.86

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.34

G. Floyd 7.42

H. Alvarez 3.41

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

Cardinals Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/2.000/3.000 /3.000 3.000 1/3.000 0/0 0/0

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 9/.889 3/.333 8/.250 12/.633 13/1.362 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 522/384 .267/.339/.501/.840 .836/.842 .743 100/.612 13/5 28/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 246/164 .307/.374/.493/.867 .727/.940 .758 48/.954 1/1 4/6

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 385/269 .308/.366/.562/.928 1.085/.857 .838 105/.969 1/0 20/4

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/75 .252/.261/.364/.626 .417/.730 .702 32/.754 0/1 1/2

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 327/244 .221/.295/.315/.610 .793/.548 .637 58/.348 4/3 3/9

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 1/no AB 480/362 .296/.367/.469/.835 .949/.798 .873 84/.650 2/2 17/12

7.Holliday G/S/vP 5/1.100 2/2.000 4/1.250 5/.200 12/1.556 ··· 7/1.229 4/.250 566/407 .304/.378/.520/.898 1.036/.846 .894 107/.660 4/3 24/2

19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.700 ··· ··· 3/.000 363/258 .310/.388/.411/.799 .760/.814 .640 111/.900 15/3 4/0

38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 2/.000 0/0 0/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 8/1.238 9/1.056 3/.666 4/.833 13/.581 ··· 4/.500 4/1.250 453/347 .324/.375/.510/.884 1.080/.825 .880 73/.970 11/2 17/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/77 .260/.310/.356/.666 .667/.664 .751 19/.760 1/0 2/2

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 5/.800 4/.000 2/.500 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 6/.500 2/.000 244/204 .301/.364/.397/.761 .503/.812 .815 59/.542 0/1 0/2

IP 161.0 49.1 59.1 27.1 61.0 51.2 74.1 15.0 TOTAL .274/.338/.427/.765 .795/.753 .740 .697 76/28 133/84

ERA-K/9

2.63/6.7

2.01/9.1

2.73/10.6

2.63/9.9

3.25/7.5

2.44/5.6

2.54/8.4

3.60/6.0

3.25/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Anderson (0-0-0)
Cruz (15-7-3)
Molina (28-24-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 655/.248 200/.241 244/.161 116/.250 259/.252 201/.223 315/.227 62/.212 .233 Beltran
Holliday
Robinson
Schumaker
Craig
Carpenter
Jay 0/9/112/9
125/0/0/6
11/36/7/3
1/15/9/1
7/0/19/1
6/0/10/0
0/87/0/0

OPS .662 .617 .523 .716 .738 .661 .653 .573 .663

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 355/.650 79/.452 129/.472 60/.577 113/.727 78/.786 113/.597 18/1.125 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.675 121/.728 115/.577 56/.868 146/.745 123/.583 202/.686 44/.333 .645

Home 303/.669 96/.590 125/.609 67/.680 132/.726 106/.661 141/.593 28/.649

Last 28d days 94/.782 39/.748 38/.388 30/.667 43/.827 40/.240 62/.670 39/.550

HR/SB/CS 14/9/1 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····· ·o·····X ·····X·· ··X···oo ···X···· ··o··o·o

Nationals Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Lohse
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 8/1.125 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 225/199 .308/.390/.410/.800 .920/.784 .825 31/1.200 14/3 3/0

20.Desmond G/S/vP 11/.728 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 8/.268 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 5/.800 425/322 .286/.322/.500/.822 .865/.808 .840 40/.799 15/4 19/13

8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 7/.453 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/3.000 2/1.000 545/375 .248/.315/.401/.717 .793/.677 .649 102/.788 17/6 14/12

26.Flores G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.100 272/183 .224/.256/.325/.581 .568/.587 .595 29/.621 1/2 4/4

34.Harper* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 471/296 .254/.324/.432/.756 .669/.808 .815 98/.767 13/5 15/5

25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 26/.561 8/.821 ··· 3/2.000 14/.857 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 27/.825 524/365 .259/.332/.472/.804 .858/.780 .744 105/.503 1/1 23/6

1.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 379/284 .281/.327/.361/.688 .565/.728 .735 69/.865 5/2 2/3

57.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/55 .285/.350/.508/.857 .787/.971 .549 28/.801 3/0 7/0

38.Morse G/S/vP 9/1.445 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.857 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 5/1.400 330/234 .287/.318/.458/.776 .748/.788 .659 88/.788 0/1 12/1

24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 5/.800 349/258 .218/.255/.289/.544 .634/.511 .451 67/.605 1/0 2/4

18.Tracy* G/S/vP 16/.975 ··· ··· 2/1.000 5/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 73/65 .277/.342/.508/.850 1.125/.812 .927 13/.968 0/0 3/0

28.Werth G/S/vP 15/1.681 4/.500 ··· 7/1.547 9/.777 1/no AB ··· 5/.600 15/.948 221/159 .316/.403/.472/.874 1.093/.789 .984 95/.906 4/0 4/1

11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 22/.618 9/.793 ··· 2/3.500 9/.819 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 23/.696 517/371 .282/.350/.457/.807 .844/.792 .863 109/.776 5/2 17/11

IP 174.0 60.2 82.1 56.1 52.1 9.2 42.1 50.0 168.2 TOTAL .259/.319/.414/.734 .744/.729 .725 .736 82/29 141/74

ERA-K/9

2.64/5.5

1.93/7.3

3.61/6.3

2.88/10.4

3.27/6.0

3.72/9.3

4.46/6.2

3.78/9.5

3.90/8.5

3.80/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 708/.238 244/.205 358/.286 221/.194 208/.227 38/.147 179/.268 213/.239 703/.259 .257 Harper
Bernadina
Werth
Morse
Lombardozzi
Moore 7/64/61/5
47/32/5/3
0/9/48/2
42/0/35/2
40/0/0/2
31/0/2/0

OPS .633 .555 .762 .594 .652 .472 .756 .675 .693 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 340/.665 96/.630 156/.904 106/.374 97/.677 14/.599 97/.679 82/.702 328/.682 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 368/.603 148/.506 202/.655 115/.796 111/.629 24/.393 82/.848 131/.658 375/.702 .688

Road 350/.670 112/.526 140/.761 96/.608 92/.561 26/.626 93/.762 98/.902 300/.691

Last 28d days 123/.495 55/.478 112/.846 43/.706 40/.528 20/.206 27/.536 38/.347 127/.634

HR/SB/CS 14/5/3 4/4/0 7/7/5 8/1/1 6/1/0 1/0/0 7/2/2 3/3/3 12/2/1 109/43/31

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