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Game Preview: STL @ BOS, 7:30pm, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 @Fenway Park

Cardinals, 97-65, 7-4 in postseason

SP: Adam Wainwright (31, RHP, 19-9, 2.94)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 RegS (19-9)			241.2	223	83	79	35	219	15	2.94
2012 RegS (14-13)			198.2	196	96	87	52	184	15	3.94
2010 RegS (20-11)			230.1	186	68	62	56	213	15	2.42

Last 7 GS		5-1	51.0	42	11	11	5	44	3	1.94	65
2013-10-14	@LAD	L	7.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	91	62
2013-10-09	PIT	W	9.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	107	72
2013-10-03	PIT	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	1	105	76
2013-09-28	CHC	W	5.1	2	0	0	1	5	0	72	68
2013-09-23	WSN	W	7.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	112	56
2013-09-18	@COL	W	7.2	10	3	3	1	8	0	121	54
2013-09-13	SEA	ND	8.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	114	70

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   59-28   Road:   45-41   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  83-44   vsLHP:  21-25   1-Run:  23-16
 vsEast: 23-10   vsCntrl:49-32   vsWest: 22-17 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Fri, Oct 18   LAD  W   9-0         -               
 10 Wed, Oct 16  @LAD  L   4-6         -               
  9 Tue, Oct 15  @LAD  W   4-2         -               
  8 Mon, Oct 14  @LAD  L   0-3         -               
  7 Sat, Oct 12   LAD  W   1-0         -               
  6 Fri, Oct 11   LAD  W   3-2 (13)    -               
  5 Wed, Oct  9   PIT  W   6-1         -               
  4 Mon, Oct  7  @PIT  W   2-1         -               
  3 Sun, Oct  6  @PIT  L   3-5         -               
  2 Fri, Oct  4   PIT  L   1-7         -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

RedSox, 97-65, 7-3 in postseason

SP: Jon Lester (29, LHP, 15-8, 3.75)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 RegS (15-8)			213.1	209	94	89	67	177	19	3.75
2012 RegS (9-14)			205.1	216	117	110	68	166	25	4.82
2011 RegS (15-9)			191.2	166	77	74	75	182	20	3.47

Last 7 GS		4-1	47.1	43	14	14	14	37	3	2.66	58
2013-10-17	@DET	W	5.1	7	2	2	3	3	0	98	46
2013-10-12	DET	L	6.1	6	1	1	1	4	0	109	60
2013-10-04	TBR	W	7.2	3	2	2	3	7	2	114	69
2013-09-28	@BAL	ND	5.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	97	35
2013-09-20	TOR	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	123	69
2013-09-14	NYY	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	116	75
2013-09-08	@NYY	ND	8.0	10	3	3	1	6	0	115	55

Last 5 v.STL		0-0	7.1	9	2	2	1	3	0	2.45	54
2008-06-22	STL	ND	7.1	9	2	2	1	3	0	101	54

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

Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   57-29   Road:   47-39   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  70-46   vsLHP:  34-22   1-Run:  24-23
 vsEast: 47-33   vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest: 20-12 IL:14-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Sat, Oct 19   DET  W   5-2         -               
  9 Thu, Oct 17  @DET  W   4-3         -               
  8 Wed, Oct 16  @DET  L   3-7         -               
  7 Tue, Oct 15  @DET  W   1-0         -               
  6 Sun, Oct 13   DET  W   6-5         -               
  5 Sat, Oct 12   DET  L   0-1         -               
  4 Tue, Oct  8  @TBR  W   3-1         -               
  3 Mon, Oct  7  @TBR  L   4-5         -               
  2 Sat, Oct  5   TBR  W   7-4         -               
  1 Fri, Oct  4   TBR  W  12-2         -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 BOS  5  STL  3 (13)   W:Javier Lopez (2-0), L: Mike Parisi (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 STL  9 @BOS  3        W:Mitchell Boggs (2-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 STL  5 @BOS  4        W:Kyle Lohse (9-2), L: Tim Wakefield (4-5), S: Ryan Franklin (10)
Wed, Jun 08, 2005 BOS  4 @STL  0        W:David Wells (4-4), L: Chris Carpenter (8-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 07, 2005 STL  9  BOS  2        W:Jeff Suppan (5-5), L: Matt Clement (6-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 06, 2005 STL  7  BOS  1        W:Matt Morris (7-0), L: Tim Wakefield (4-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 STL  8 @BOS  7 (13)   W:Esteban Yan (2-1), L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 BOS 13  STL  1        W:John Burkett (4-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 STL  9 @BOS  7        W:Steve Kline (3-4), L: Brandon Lyon (2-3), S: Cal Eldred (8)

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 14-13

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 5.27 NYY 4.01 MIA 3.17	RA/G ATL 3.38 NYM 4.22 HOU 5.23	BA M. Cabrera .348 A. Pierzynski .272 D. Uggla .179	OBP M. Cabrera .442 C. Crisp .335 A. Escobar .259	SLG M. Cabrera .636 J. Loney .430 A. Hechavarria .298	OPS M. Cabrera 1.078 P. Sandoval .758 A. Escobar .559	ERA C. Kershaw 1.83 J. De La Rosa 3.49 E. Volquez 5.71	K/9IP Y. Darvish 11.89 Z. Greinke 7.50 J. Guthrie 4.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.27

NYY 4.01

MIA 3.17

RA/G

ATL 3.38

NYM 4.22

HOU 5.23

M. Cabrera .348

A. Pierzynski .272

D. Uggla .179

OBP

M. Cabrera .442

C. Crisp .335

A. Escobar .259

SLG

M. Cabrera .636

J. Loney .430

A. Hechavarria .298

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.078

P. Sandoval .758

A. Escobar .559

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.83

J. De La Rosa 3.49

E. Volquez 5.71

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.89

Z. Greinke 7.50

J. Guthrie 4.72

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

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

Cardinals Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 46.Dempster
G/S/vB 22.Doubront*
G/S/vB 56.Morales*
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 67.Workman
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .806 93/.984 0/1 17/2

3.Beltran# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 19/1.246 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 600/429 .296/.339/.491/.830 .729/.871 .826 96/.648 2/1 24/5

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .775 114/.968 3/3 11/12

56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/24 .154/.241/.192/.434 .000/.530 .417 14/.368 0/1 0/1

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .626 24/.417 0/0 1/1

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .702 69/.628 6/3 5/14

23.Freese G/S/vP ··· ··· 15/.583 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 521/385 .262/.340/.381/.721 .811/.689 .792 80/.791 1/2 9/11

7.Holliday G/S/vP 6/.666 2/1.000 27/.777 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .790 90/1.179 6/1 22/1

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 21/.633 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .711 97/.774 10/5 7/1

38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 448/305 .217/.275/.273/.548 .536/.554 .594 38/.685 3/1 1/9

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 50/.910 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .855 87/.783 3/2 12/4

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .686 42/.390 5/1 2/3

16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .451 25/.330 3/0 0/0

IP 213.1 59.2 171.1 162.1 25.1 68.1 74.1 41.2 TOTAL .269/.332/.401/.733 .672/.755 .728 .753 45/22 125/75

ERA-K/9

3.75/7.5

1.81/5.0

4.57/8.2

4.32/7.7

4.62/7.5

3.16/9.5

1.09/12.2

4.97/10.1

3.79/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (12-6-2)
Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 903/.253 237/.228 754/.256 705/.261 112/.255 284/.265 265/.130 180/.272 .248 Beltran
Jay
Holliday
Carpenter
Kozma
Robinson
Chambers 0/0/137/4
0/152/0/4
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
1/0/0/0
26/27/34/0
11/0/6/0

OPS .703 .635 .774 .729 .737 .741 .400 .751 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.670 102/.704 412/.704 192/.648 42/.446 129/.790 136/.340 101/.720 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 705/.712 135/.581 342/.856 513/.760 70/.925 155/.700 129/.462 79/.791 .736

Home 356/.659 119/.764 496/.756 381/.652 49/.705 129/.742 137/.454 81/.617

Last 28d days 117/.629 38/.388 85/.730 57/.937 32/.563 34/.853 40/.279 34/.805

HR/SB/CS 19/12/4 3/1/3 26/16/1 13/15/5 2/1/1 9/3/2 5/1/1 5/10/2 156/133/43

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

RedSox Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB 34.Axford
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 58.Kelly
G/S/vB 31.Lynn
G/S/vB 61.Maness
G/S/vB 62.Martinez
G/S/vB 44.Mujica
G/S/vB 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .625/.667/1.000/1.667 2.000/1.571 2.000 9/1.667 3/0 1/0

72.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/32 .250/.320/.364/.684 1.089/.463 .606 30/.700 1/0 1/0

37.Carp* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 243/215 .296/.362/.523/.885 .745/.904 .854 40/.816 1/0 9/2

7.Drew* G/S/vP 21/.348 4/.250 4/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 17/.364 ··· ··· 501/334 .253/.333/.443/.777 .585/.876 .859 79/.868 6/0 13/8

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 636/399 .298/.355/.426/.781 .641/.863 .790 23/.984 52/4 9/3

5.Gomes G/S/vP 11/.873 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/2.250 ··· ··· 366/176 .247/.344/.426/.771 .795/.745 .725 50/.889 1/0 13/1

16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 374/255 .227/.271/.425/.696 .782/.656 .634 83/.753 3/1 17/10

12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 578/400 .259/.360/.482/.842 .899/.816 .817 74/1.241 1/1 23/6

29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 536/397 .303/.385/.445/.831 .647/.894 .853 86/.852 0/2 12/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.844 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 600/384 .309/.395/.564/.959 .733/1.092 .931 97/1.036 4/0 30/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 724/504 .301/.372/.415/.787 .937/.722 .867 96/.755 17/5 9/5

3.Ross G/S/vP 12/.795 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 116/55 .216/.298/.382/.681 .804/.544 .683 25/.708 1/0 4/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 470/334 .273/.338/.466/.804 .628/.873 .836 48/1.042 4/1 14/6

18.Victorino# G/S/vP 23/.670 4/.250 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 532/229 .294/.351/.451/.801 .861/.706 .850 70/.873 21/3 15/3

IP 241.2 65.0 35.1 124.0 201.2 62.0 28.1 64.2 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .277/.349/.446/.795 .751/.818 .819 .882 123/19 178/80

ERA-K/9

2.94/8.2

4.02/9.0

2.29/7.1

2.69/5.7

3.97/8.8

2.32/5.1

5.08/7.6

2.78/6.4

2.63/12.9

0.45/11.3

3.43/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ross (19-13-2)
Saltalamacchia (89-24-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 956/.248 289/.285 141/.208 532/.259 856/.252 249/.281 124/.282 255/.245 311/.223 152/.128 .249 Victorino
Gomes
Nava
Ellsbury
Berry
Carp 0/15/110/10
98/0/4/5
63/1/69/5
0/134/0/3
4/3/4/0
41/0/2/0

OPS .636 .796 .537 .694 .701 .725 .704 .674 .608 .432 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 476/.631 131/.838 99/.492 235/.691 380/.765 79/.726 51/.764 114/.659 137/.586 79/.388 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 480/.639 158/.761 42/.635 297/.696 476/.652 170/.724 73/.661 141/.687 174/.626 73/.479 .667

Road 493/.698 139/.845 70/.523 258/.662 442/.758 119/.754 45/.611 126/.844 146/.664 73/.436

Last 28d days 134/.544 37/.704 18/.353 123/.666 124/.666 30/.695 42/.600 34/1.513 46/.484 37/.500

HR/SB/CS 15/3/3 10/3/2 0/1/0 10/2/1 14/7/7 4/2/0 1/1/1 9/2/2 4/0/2 1/0/1 112/39/26

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