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Game Preview: STL @ LAA, 10:05pm, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Cardinals, 49-32, 49-32 2nd, 2 GB, 7½ up in WC

SP: Lance Lynn (26, RHP, 10-2, 3.52)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-2) 99.2 78 39 39 38 98 5 3.52
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
2011 (1-1) 34.2 25 12 12 11 40 3 3.12
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.2 37 19 19 15 41 2 3.83 56
2013-06-26 @HOU L 7.2 5 4 4 4 4 0 106 53
2013-06-20 CHC W 6.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 92 66
2013-06-15 @MIA W 5.0 9 7 7 3 6 1 105 24
2013-06-09 @CIN ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 6 0 98 49
2013-06-03 ARI W 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 105 68
2013-05-29 KCR ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 99 56
2013-05-24 @LAD W 6.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 77 76
Has never faced LAA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-16   Road:   27-16   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  41-20   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:   8-9 
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:20-10   vsWest: 13-9  IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sun, Jun 30  @OAK  L   5-7       49-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jun 29  @OAK  W   7-1       49-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 28  @OAK  L   1-6       48-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 26  @HOU  L   3-4       48-30  1st    Tied
 77 Tue, Jun 25  @HOU  W  13-5       48-29  1st  1.0 up
 76 Sun, Jun 23   TEX  L   1-2       47-29  1st  1.0 up
 75 Sat, Jun 22   TEX  L   2-4       47-28  1st  2.0 up
 74 Fri, Jun 21   TEX  L   4-6       47-27  1st  3.0 up
 73 Thu, Jun 20   CHC  W   6-1       47-26  1st  3.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 19   CHC  W   4-1       46-26  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Angels, 39-43, 39-43 3rd, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (30, RHP, 1-4, 4.15)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-4) 47.2 46 24 22 14 36 6 4.15
2012 (20-5) 188.2 147 63 59 45 142 20 2.81
2011 (18-8) 235.2 182 65 63 56 198 20 2.41
Last 7 GS 1-4 41.2 44 23 21 12 32 6 4.54 49
2013-06-27 @DET ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 102 69
2013-06-21 PIT L 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 2 97 41
2013-06-16 NYY L 6.0 7 5 5 4 6 1 103 40
2013-06-10 @BAL L 5.2 6 4 4 1 3 1 83 43
2013-06-04 CHC ND 6.0 6 3 1 1 5 0 95 56
2013-05-29 LAD W 6.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 86 65
2013-04-07 @TEX L 5.0 7 5 5 4 2 2 98 31
Last 5 v.STL 0-0 9.0 10 6 5 4 8 1 5.00 47
2010-05-23 @STL ND 6.0 5 3 2 2 8 0 98 58
2007-06-10 @STL ND 3.0 5 3 3 2 0 1 52 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-23   Road:   19-20   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  29-32   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  12-17
 vsEast:  5-8    vsCntrl:15-7    vsWest: 15-20 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sun, Jun 30  @HOU  W   3-1       39-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 29  @HOU  W   7-2       38-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 28  @HOU  W   4-2       37-43  3rd 10.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jun 27  @DET  W   3-1 (10)  36-43  3rd 10.0 gb
 78 Wed, Jun 26  @DET  W   7-4       35-43  3rd 10.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 25  @DET  W  14-8       34-43  3rd 10.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 23   PIT  L   9-10(10)  33-43  4th 11.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 22   PIT  L   1-6       33-42  3rd 10.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 21   PIT  L   2-5       33-41  3rd 10.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 20   SEA  W  10-9       33-40  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 23, 2010 STL  6  LAA  5 (10)   W:Ryan Franklin (3-0), L: Scot Shields (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 22, 2010 LAA 10 @STL  7        W:Scott Kazmir (3-4), L: Kyle Lohse (1-4), S: none
Fri, May 21, 2010 STL  9  LAA  5        W:Jason Motte (2-1), L: Joel Pineiro (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 10, 2007 STL  9  LAA  6        W:Todd Wellemeyer (2-1), L: Chris Bootcheck (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 09, 2007 LAA  9 @STL  3        W:Ervin Santana (5-6), L: Braden Looper (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 08, 2007 LAA 10 @STL  6        W:Hector Carrasco (1-1), L: Tyler Johnson (1-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 ANA  3 @STL  2        W:Scott Schoeneweis (6-5), L: Bud Smith (0-5), S: Troy Percival (16)
Wed, Jun 19, 2002 STL  6  ANA  2        W:Matt Morris (10-4), L: Aaron Sele (6-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 18, 2002 STL  7  ANA  2        W:Darryl Kile (5-4), L: Kevin Appier (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 5-4

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 2013 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

BOS  5.13

CHC  4.13

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

ATL  3.39

TBR  4.34

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .369

K. Seager  .268

B. Upton  .177

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .456

H. Pence  .329

Y. Betancourt  .231

 SLG

C. Davis  .728

S. Smith  .427

P. Polanco  .285

 OPS

C. Davis  1.135

R. Martin  .757

A. Hechavarria  .543

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

M. Moore  3.65

D. Haren  6.15

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.99

K. Slowey  7.27

J. Guthrie  4.38

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

Cardinals Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB		 31.Buckner
G/S/vB		 65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 51.Roth*
G/S/vB		 57.Williams
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/92 .316/.362/.571/.933 1.077/.912 .873 40/1.051 0/0 6/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/3.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.750 305/220 .308/.348/.549/.896 .890/.899 .890 91/.959 1/1 19/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 352/245 .322/.397/.482/.879 .823/.904 .805 102/.883 1/2 7/7
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 329/257 .318/.359/.479/.837 .913/.815 .854 93/.894 1/0 9/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/24 .152/.176/.212/.389 .000/.554 .321 12/.167 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/118 .274/.333/.430/.763 .595/.809 .771 38/.898 4/1 3/5
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 245/177 .277/.351/.400/.751 .739/.755 .798 86/.764 1/0 5/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/1.467 3/1.666 ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.572 327/251 .267/.349/.431/.779 .615/.826 .794 96/.835 2/1 11/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 316/244 .244/.322/.331/.652 .478/.702 .667 84/.643 2/1 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 283/205 .244/.290/.309/.599 .641/.583 .719 71/.582 1/1 1/4
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 313/245 .345/.387/.497/.883 .859/.890 .911 90/.931 3/2 6/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/29 .217/.342/.333/.675 .595/.805 .743 21/.943 3/0 2/2
12.Wigginton G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 8/.250 5/.900 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.750 61/34 .164/.246/.200/.446 .385/.494 .272 15/.200 0/1 0/1
IP 47.2 11.1 37.0 22.1 36.2 19.2 23.0 56.0 14.0 84.0 TOTAL .274/.334/.413/.747 .700/.764 .753 .795 19/10 74/33
ERA-K/9 4.15/6.8 3.18/3.2 3.16/8.5 1.61/6.9 3.19/12.8 4.12/9.1 1.96/9.0 5.30/5.9 9.00/9.0 3.21/5.7 4.23/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (3-1-0)
 Molina (16-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 200/.253 47/.263 150/.230 94/.244 156/.189 84/.216 93/.150 244/.271 64/.350 344/.242 .259  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
 Wigginton
0/0/69/3
0/77/0/3
72/0/0/1
0/0/2/1
9/0/12/1
14/15/17/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .738 .870 .563 .619 .623 .658 .581 .690 .764 .693 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.784 27/.679 66/.527 42/.414 80/.492 40/.793 34/.515 122/.657 27/.519 169/.717 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.686 20/1.106 84/.593 52/.801 76/.756 44/.535 59/.617 122/.724 37/.957 175/.670 .730
Home 104/.801 9/.347 96/.703 53/.397 84/.678 41/.873 46/.715 117/.644 48/.766 176/.656
Last 28d days 102/.839 28/1.060 38/.427 24/.577 47/.467 53/.561 32/.595 58/.703 / 104/.888
HR/SB/CS 6/4/1 2/1/1 1/2/1 0/1/0 5/2/1 2/4/0 2/0/1 4/2/2 0/1/0 10/5/5 84/66/15
Usage ····X··· ·····Xo· ··oo·X·· ····oo·· ·X·XoX·· ·X·Xoo·· ····ooo· ··o···X· ········ ···X····
Angels Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 67.Blazek
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 258/184 .284/.303/.379/.682 .603/.714 .709 96/.715 4/3 3/8
25.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 147/112 .326/.385/.450/.834 .676/.888 .887 51/.847 4/0 3/1
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 252/175 .268/.333/.368/.702 .651/.723 .719 95/.729 0/1 4/9
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 109/94 .265/.312/.431/.743 .277/.813 .547 36/.775 0/1 4/5
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 329/237 .223/.283/.392/.675 .352/.801 .705 89/.710 2/0 10/5
20.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 108/69 .214/.264/.347/.611 .190/.838 .490 14/.368 0/1 3/3
10.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· 22/22 .235/.409/.235/.644 /.644 1.071 22/.644 0/0 0/1
17.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 231/152 .214/.364/.357/.721 .880/.640 .644 56/.630 0/0 6/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 338/255 .317/.362/.471/.833 .952/.796 .934 96/.923 6/2 9/9
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 7/1.000 ··· ··· 362/273 .249/.323/.429/.752 .667/.780 .794 110/.793 0/1 13/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/133 .288/.341/.362/.703 .828/.657 .660 56/.778 2/3 0/1
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 380/281 .315/.392/.545/.938 .974/.925 .922 109/1.004 20/3 13/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 355/267 .251/.321/.470/.791 .832/.778 .836 96/.684 2/2 18/3
IP 99.2 1.1 11.1 17.2 37.1 26.2 32.2 39.0 10.0 TOTAL .267/.332/.419/.751 .690/.773 .769 .780 41/18 86/59
ERA-K/9 3.52/8.8 0.00/13.8 2.38/8.0 2.04/5.6 3.86/7.2 2.70/4.4 2.20/7.7 2.08/12.9 0.00/11.7 3.32/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (16-9-1)
 Iannetta (50-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 413/.217 4/.000 45/.105 71/.206 162/.291 108/.311 121/.186 161/.231 35/.063 .244  Shuck
 Hamilton
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Hawpe
 Trout
 Kendrick
 Harris
46/0/5/4
0/1/67/3
0/39/0/1
8/0/16/1
1/0/3/0
38/50/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .635 .000 .402 .557 .771 .773 .512 .609 .205 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 195/.746 2/.000 23/.415 51/.553 79/.700 43/.847 57/.408 78/.452 20/.311 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.541 2/.000 22/.382 20/.566 83/.840 65/.725 64/.606 83/.760 15/.067 .645
Road 204/.694 1/.000 20/.205 35/.498 84/.870 54/.809 69/.634 89/.673 17/.118
Last 28d days 111/.713 4/.000 30/.467 33/.438 72/.529 47/.797 24/.928 42/.661 35/.205
HR/SB/CS 5/1/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 5/0/1 2/1/0 4/1/0 3/0/1 0/0/0 52/19/13
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ······o· ·o······ ···X···· ·X····o· ······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.