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Cardinals, 97-65, 97-65

SP: (2013, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced HOU 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
Astros, 51-111, 51-111

SP: Brett Oberholtzer (23, LHP, 4-5, 2.76)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-5) 71.2 66 26 22 13 45 7 2.76
Last 7 GS 2-4 43.2 41 18 14 9 27 5 2.89 55
2013-09-27 NYY L 5.1 5 3 2 1 4 0 81 51
2013-09-20 @CLE L 6.0 4 2 0 3 2 0 107 59
2013-09-14 LAA L 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 1 93 46
2013-09-07 @OAK L 6.0 7 1 1 0 5 1 100 59
2013-09-01 SEA W 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 113 83
2013-08-26 @CHW ND 5.1 8 5 4 1 3 2 102 36
2013-08-18 @LAA W 6.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 97 49
Has never faced STL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-57   Road:   27-54   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  38-78   vsLHP:  13-33   1-Run:  18-36
 vsEast:  9-24   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 25-51 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   NYY  L   1-5 (14)  51-111 5th 45.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   NYY  L   1-2       51-110 5th 44.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   NYY  L   2-3       51-109 5th 44.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25  @TEX  L   3-7       51-108 5th 43.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24  @TEX  L   2-3       51-107 5th 43.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23  @TEX  L   0-12      51-106 5th 43.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22  @CLE  L   2-9       51-105 5th 42.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21  @CLE  L   1-4       51-104 5th 41.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20  @CLE  L   1-2  (7)  51-103 5th 40.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @CLE  L   1-2 (11)  51-102 5th 39.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 STL  5  HOU  4        W:Seth Maness (5-1), L: Wesley Wright (0-3), S: Edward Mujica (25)
Tue, Jul 09, 2013 STL  9  HOU  5        W:Adam Wainwright (12-5), L: Bud Norris (6-8), S: Edward Mujica (24)
Wed, Jun 26, 2013 HOU  4  STL  3        W:Erik Bedard (3-3), L: Lance Lynn (10-2), S: Jose Veras (16)
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 STL 13 @HOU  5        W:Jake Westbrook (4-2), L: Lucas Harrell (5-8), S: none

Wed, Sep 26, 2012 HOU  2  STL  0        W:Bud Norris (6-13), L: Chris Carpenter (0-1), S: Wilton Lopez (8)
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 STL  4 @HOU  0        W:Jaime Garcia (6-7), L: Lucas Harrell (10-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 STL  6 @HOU  1        W:Lance Lynn (17-7), L: Fernando Abad (0-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 20, 2012 STL  5  HOU  4        W:Jaime Garcia (5-7), L: Bud Norris (5-13), S: Jason Motte (38)
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 STL  5  HOU  0        W:Lance Lynn (16-7), L: Lucas Harrell (10-10), S: Jason Motte (37)
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 STL  4  HOU  1        W:Kyle Lohse (15-3), L: Fernando Abad (0-5), S: Jason Motte (36)
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 3-1; 2012 - STL won 11-4; 2011 - STL won 10-5; All-Time - STL leads 377-327

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. Astros Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Oberholtzer*
G/S/vB		 37.Albers
G/S/vB		 45.Bass
G/S/vB		 66.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 48.Cosart
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 46.Feldman
G/S/vB		 35.Fields
G/S/vB		 64.Harrell
G/S/vB		 60.Keuchel*
G/S/vB		 41.Peacock
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 44.Valdes*
G/S/vB		 43.White
G/S/vB		 36.Williams
G/S/vB		 61.Zeid
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 6/1.133 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 91/70 .244/.286/.384/.669 .440/.739 .576 / 0/0 2/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 195/117 .220/.291/.315/.606 .606/.607 .601 / 3/1 3/1
56.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 14/.940 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .771 / 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 19/1.167 4/.500 ··· 4/1.417 2/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .818 / 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .730 / 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .633 / 6/3 4/15
3.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 6/.334 ··· ··· 8/1.125 ··· 16/.192 ··· 6/.583 ··· ··· 6/.200 ··· 4/.250 5/.400 ··· 464/317 .258/.333/.364/.697 .877/.612 .632 / 5/0 7/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.475 1/.000 18/1.094 4/.000 ··· 12/.666 1/.000 3/.333 7/.572 ··· 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .871 / 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 15/.690 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .590 / 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 .915 / 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/3.000 ··· 17/1.262 3/2.000 ··· 15/.481 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .868 / 12/3 22/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 8/.536 ··· ··· ··· 23/.428 ··· 15/.734 ··· 8/.625 5/2.000 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .647 / 1/2 13/7
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .735 / 1/0 3/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 60.1 97.0 48.0 20.2 123.2 193.2 85.1 52.1 31.0 98.0 137.2 TOTAL .269/.332/.401/.733 .672/.755 .728 45/22 125/75
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.39/6.6 4.73/7.4 /0.0 /0.0 2.44/11.2 3.48/8.7 5.09/7.0 /0.0 3.76/6.5 5.27/4.0 /0.0 5.33/4.6 2.90/10.2 5.51/5.9 4.58/6.4 /0.0 4.79/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 241/.215 411/.243 / / 194/.171 86/.237 536/.279 / 827/.253 377/.286 / 231/.297 113/.168 459/.288 572/.263 / .272  Holliday
 Robinson
 Bourjos
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Jay
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
0/90/0/2
8/0/23/1
7/0/15/1
0/116/0/1
OPS .642 .719 .561 .655 .745 .685 .823 .809 .467 .854 .743 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 101/.702 201/.756 / / 77/.717 38/.408 294/.752 / 378/.713 85/.750 / 98/.988 49/.443 249/.833 296/.747 / .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 140/.600 210/.683 / / 117/.456 48/.859 242/.736 / 449/.663 292/.844 / 133/.679 64/.484 210/.880 276/.738 / .782
Home / 132/.694 212/.667 / / 109/.626 63/.690 282/.820 / 345/.647 249/.684 / 134/.883 69/.383 226/.903 293/.619 /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 9/6/2 10/15/3 // // 5/6/2 1/3/1 14/20/3 // 13/18/5 14/9/2 // 7/12/1 3/0/1 13/13/4 17/14/3 // 191/98/37
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.

Astros Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 40.Miller
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 14/.967 ··· 10/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 14/.428 630/461 .290/.340/.399/.740 .911/.676 .725 / 33/11 7/11
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/no AB ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 260/151 .239/.350/.514/.864 .898/.837 .831 / 0/0 16/6
15.Castro* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/.795 295/238 .257/.334/.401/.735 .361/.831 .805 / 0/0 6/6
22.Corporan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/66 .269/.310/.449/.758 .433/.855 .848 / 0/1 4/2
30.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 113/88 .284/.310/.477/.787 .655/.824 .608 / 0/0 5/1
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 12/.250 2/.000 6/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 14/.500 530/363 .300/.389/.474/.863 .857/.866 .984 / 12/5 13/6
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 219/164 .234/.280/.327/.607 .296/.713 .612 / 3/3 2/5
19.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/no AB ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 321/179 .247/.319/.418/.737 .942/.580 .726 / 3/3 9/2
28.Hoes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
18.Krauss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 / /// / / / /
6.Villar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 38.2 20.0 121.2 107.0 176.0 13.2 72.0 22.2 198.2 TOTAL .240/.299/.375/.674 .687/.669 .668 110/61 148/125
ERA-K/9 /0.0 3.03/8.8 5.40/8.1 3.92/7.2 3.53/6.3 3.78/9.2 /0.0 /0.0 1.32/10.5 2.75/10.8 2.78/9.9 /0.0 /0.0 3.94/8.3 3.43/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (57-13-8)
 Corporan (14-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 168/.206 86/.230 515/.289 457/.271 744/.253 / / 54/.184 279/.191 89/.175 / / 831/.259 .249  Fowler
 Guzman
 Hoes
0/131/0/4
52/0/7/4
1/0/0/0
OPS .569 .654 .730 .740 .728 .463 .576 .513 .701 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 116/.461 39/.808 102/.649 200/.917 370/.841 / / 22/.485 134/.381 36/.395 / / 390/.724 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 52/.821 47/.534 413/.750 257/.607 374/.624 / / 32/.445 145/.756 53/.597 / / 441/.681 .667
Road / 84/.621 56/.701 267/.787 169/.746 430/.781 / / 26/.679 119/.602 53/.538 / / 379/.695
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/0 2/1/0 7/4/5 10/8/5 16/9/9 // // 0/0/0 9/3/2 2/1/1 // // 15/2/3 112/39/26
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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.