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Game Preview: STL @ DET, 1:05pm, Monday, March 3, 2014 @Comerica Park

Cardinals, 97-65, 97-65

SP: Joe Kelly (25, RHP, 10-5, 2.69)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-5) 124.0 124 42 37 44 79 10 2.69
2012 (5-7) 107.0 112 50 42 36 75 10 3.53
Last 7 GS 5-2 41.0 44 15 11 15 19 3 2.41 52
2013-09-22 @MIL L 7.0 7 6 3 2 2 0 95 45
2013-09-17 @COL W 5.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 78 59
2013-09-12 MIL L 5.0 7 4 3 1 4 1 94 42
2013-09-06 PIT W 6.0 8 1 1 3 4 0 105 53
2013-09-01 @PIT W 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 104 63
2013-08-27 CIN W 6.0 8 1 1 3 1 1 98 50
2013-08-22 ATL W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 109 51
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   54-27   Road:   43-38   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  78-42   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 23-10   vsCntrl:46-30   vsWest: 18-15 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   CHC  W   4-0       97-65  1st  3.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28   CHC  W   6-2       96-65  1st  3.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27   CHC  W   7-0       95-65  1st  3.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25   WSN  W   4-1       94-65  1st  3.0 up
158 Tue, Sep 24   WSN  W   2-0       93-65  1st  2.0 up
157 Mon, Sep 23   WSN  W   4-3       92-65  1st  2.0 up
156 Sun, Sep 22  @MIL  L   4-6       91-65  1st  2.0 up
155 Sat, Sep 21  @MIL  W   7-2       91-64  1st  2.0 up
154 Fri, Sep 20  @MIL  W   7-6 (10)  90-64  1st  2.0 up
153 Thu, Sep 19  @COL  L   6-7 (15)  89-64  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Tigers, 93-69, 93-69

SP: Drew Smyly (24, LHP, 6-0, 2.37)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-0) 76.0 62 20 20 17 81 4 2.37
2012 (4-3) 99.1 93 49 44 33 94 12 3.99
Last 7 GS 2-1 34.1 30 18 15 9 33 3 3.93 52
2012-09-28 @MIN ND 5.1 2 0 0 1 5 0 93 68
2012-09-23 MIN ND 4.1 3 1 0 2 2 0 78 55
2012-08-25 LAA ND 6.0 4 3 1 2 6 1 99 60
2012-07-06 KCR W 6.0 6 2 2 0 10 0 106 62
2012-07-01 @TBR W 5.0 3 3 3 1 4 0 92 52
2012-06-26 @TEX L 4.2 8 6 6 2 3 1 97 25
2012-06-10 @CIN ND 3.0 4 3 3 1 3 1 55 41
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   51-30   Road:   42-39   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  66-46   vsLHP:  27-23   1-Run:  20-26
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:47-29   vsWest: 17-17 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @MIA  L   0-1       93-69  1st  1.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28  @MIA  L   1-2 (10)  93-68  1st  2.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27  @MIA  L   2-3       93-67  1st  3.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25  @MIN  W   1-0       93-66  1st  4.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 24  @MIN  W   4-2       92-66  1st  4.5 up
157 Mon, Sep 23  @MIN  L   3-4 (11)  91-66  1st  4.5 up
156 Sun, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-6       91-65  1st  5.0 up
155 Sat, Sep 21   CHW  W   7-6 (12)  91-64  1st  6.0 up
154 Fri, Sep 20   CHW  W  12-5       90-64  1st  6.0 up
153 Thu, Sep 19   SEA  W   5-4       89-64  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 21, 2012 DET  2  STL  1 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (1-1), L: Victor Marte (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 STL  3 @DET  1        W:Jake Westbrook (6-6), L: Rick Porcello (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 DET  6  STL  3        W:Justin Verlander (7-4), L: Lance Lynn (10-3), S: Phil Coke (1)
Thu, Jun 18, 2009 DET  6 @STL  3        W:Rick Porcello (8-4), L: Joel Pineiro (5-8), S: Fernando Rodney (13)
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 STL  4  DET  3        W:Todd Wellemeyer (6-6), L: Edwin Jackson (6-4), S: Ryan Franklin (16)
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 STL 11  DET  2        W:Adam Wainwright (7-4), L: Justin Verlander (7-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 26, 2008 DET  3  STL  2 (10)   W:Bobby Seay (1-1), L: Mike Parisi (0-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 DET  8  STL  7        W:Todd Jones (3-0), L: Kyle McClellan (0-3), S: none
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 STL  8 @DET  4        W:Braden Looper (9-5), L: Kenny Rogers (5-5), S: none
Sun, May 20, 2007 DET  6  STL  3        W:Justin Verlander (5-1), L: Brad Thompson (2-1), S: Bobby Seay (1)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - DET won 2-1; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 19-10

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

For the 2012 season

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

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 52.Alvarez*
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 45.Crosby*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 39.Putkonen
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/70 .244/.286/.384/.669 .440/.739 .576 93/.984 0/0 2/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.333 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/117 .220/.291/.315/.606 .606/.607 .601 / 3/1 3/1
56.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 10/.650 / /
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .771 114/.968 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .818 2/1.000 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .730 24/.417 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .633 69/.628 6/3 4/15
3.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 4/1.250 ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· ··· 464/317 .258/.333/.364/.697 .877/.612 .632 73/.591 5/0 7/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .871 90/1.179 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .590 97/.774 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 .915 38/.685 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .868 87/.783 12/3 22/3
60.Ortega* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/4 .500/.667/.500/1.167 .000/2.000 1.167 / 1/0 0/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.476 1/.000 ··· ··· 21/.602 ··· ··· ··· ··· 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .647 12/.583 1/2 13/7
63.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 1/.000 / /
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .735 42/.390 1/0 3/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 25/.330 / /
IP 99.1 13.1 20.2 54.0 12.1 64.1 2.2 16.0 TOTAL .269/.332/.401/.733 .672/.755 .728 .753 45/22 125/75
ERA-K/9 3.99/8.5 0.68/12.2 /0.0 4.35/9.6 4.00/8.5 9.49/6.6 /0.0 2.80/10.9 3.38/13.3 3.94/5.6 /0.0 /0.0 3.61/8.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 416/.247 53/.133 / 95/.302 245/.324 59/.313 / 257/.231 13/.250 72/.302 / / .247  Holliday
 Robinson
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
 Jay
 Craig
 Ortega
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
0/90/0/2
7/0/15/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .732 .420 .835 .854 1.003 .631 .891 .777 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.671 24/.345 / 37/.609 130/.685 20/.900 / 151/.617 6/.167 38/.890 / / .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 289/.759 29/.484 / 58/.962 115/1.050 39/1.055 / 106/.650 7/1.429 34/.653 / / .670
Home 193/.765 29/.276 / 48/.985 118/.804 59/1.003 / 149/.702 10/.644 26/.863 / /
Last 28d days 30/.707 36/.597 39/.751 24/1.230 16/1.261 / 10/1.200 36/.314 / 28/.706 29/.986 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 12/8/6 0/1/1 // 3/4/0 5/5/2 2/2/0 // 7/3/1 1/0/0 0/1/1 // // 128/128/29
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 71/.956 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 82/.768 4/1 44/13
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.625 / /
20.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 487/322 .257/.309/.378/.687 .783/.638 .701 63/.733 46/13 8/8
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 64/.635 1/1 8/3
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .250/.250/.333/.583 1.250/.250 .700 3/1.000 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .802 83/.756 9/1 16/4
1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/45 .118/.200/.191/.391 .536/.284 .222 43/.502 1/0 1/2
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 106/.682 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 35/.442 2/0 1/3
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .886 114/.784 21/9 19/18
4.Lombardozzi# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 416/315 .273/.317/.354/.671 .532/.715 .716 46/.600 5/3 3/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 86/.903 / /
26.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .500/.500/.500/1.000 .000/2.000 10/.200 0/0 0/0
IP 107.0 38.2 20.0 72.0 22.2 TOTAL .283/.346/.434/.780 .764/.788 .821 .718 35/20 176/76
ERA-K/9 3.53/6.3 /0.0 3.03/8.8 5.40/8.1 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 2.75/10.8 2.78/9.9 /0.0 /0.0 3.43/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Holaday (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.271 / 168/.206 86/.230 / / / 279/.191 89/.175 / / .249  Hunter
 Davis
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Lombardozzi
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
114/6/24/8
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
41/0/0/2
59/1/24/1
OPS .740 .569 .654 .576 .513 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 200/.917 / 116/.461 39/.808 / / / 134/.381 36/.395 / / .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.607 / 52/.821 47/.534 / / / 145/.756 53/.597 / / .667
Road 169/.746 / 84/.621 56/.701 / / / 119/.602 53/.538 / /
Last 28d days 123/.666 / 18/.353 25/.530 28/.530 30/.695 42/.600 / 46/.484 37/.500 100/.558
HR/SB/CS 10/8/5 // 1/2/0 2/1/0 // // // 9/3/2 2/1/1 // // 112/39/26
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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.