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Game Preview: STL @ LAD, 7:15pm, Saturday, May 25, 2013 @Dodger Stadium

Cardinals, 31-16, 31-16 1st, 1½ up

SP: John Gast (24, LHP, 2-0, 4.76)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 11.1 10 6 6 3 8 1 4.76
Last 7 GS 2-0 11.1 10 6 6 3 8 1 4.76 51
2013-05-19 MIL W 5.1 4 2 2 2 5 0 88 55
2013-05-14 NYM W 6.0 6 4 4 1 3 1 71 46
Has never faced LAD as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-8    Road:   17-8    ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  26-11   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  8-3    vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  8-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Fri, May 24  @LAD  W   7-0       31-16  1st  1.5 up
 46 Wed, May 22  @SDP  W   5-3       30-16  1st  1.5 up
 45 Tue, May 21  @SDP  W  10-2       29-16  1st  1.5 up
 44 Mon, May 20  @SDP  L   2-4       28-16  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sun, May 19   MIL  W   4-2       28-15  1st  2.5 up
 42 Sat, May 18   MIL  L   4-6 (10)  27-15  1st  1.5 up
 41 Fri, May 17   MIL  W   7-6       27-14  1st  2.5 up
 40 Thu, May 16   NYM  L   2-5       26-14  1st  1.5 up
 39 Wed, May 15   NYM  W   4-2       26-13  1st  2.5 up
 38 Tue, May 14   NYM  W  10-4       25-13  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9
Dodgers, 19-27, 19-27 5th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (37, LHP, 0-1, 5.63)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-1) 8.0 14 6 5 4 9 2 5.63
2012 (5-1) 48.2 36 23 17 19 31 3 3.14
2011 (12-14) 192.2 172 88 85 51 158 28 3.97
Last 7 GS 3-2 36.2 41 26 20 15 29 5 4.91 46
2013-04-29 COL L 3.0 8 5 4 2 2 2 71 25
2013-04-24 @NYM ND 5.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 86 56
2012-05-23 @ARI L 3.1 9 8 8 5 3 1 79 8
2012-05-18 STL ND 7.0 4 4 0 0 6 1 101 67
2012-05-13 COL W 6.1 6 5 4 3 1 0 103 41
2012-05-07 SFG W 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 93 64
2012-05-01 @COL W 6.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 79 59
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 36.2 23 14 10 6 26 3 2.45 64
2012-05-18 STL ND 7.0 4 4 0 0 6 1 101 67
2009-09-18 @STL ND 7.2 5 2 2 0 6 0 110 67
2009-07-11 STL W 8.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 103 73
2009-05-19 @STL L 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 104 59
2008-09-20 STL W 7.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 99 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-14   Road:    8-13   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  13-18   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest:  5-16 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Fri, May 24   STL  L   0-7       19-27  5th  7.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 22  @MIL  W   9-2       19-26  5th  6.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 21  @MIL  L   2-5       18-26  5th  7.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 20  @MIL  W   3-1       18-25  5th  7.0 gb
 42 Sun, May 19  @ATL  L   2-5       17-25  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 18  @ATL  L   1-3       17-24  5th  7.0 gb
 40 Fri, May 17  @ATL  L   5-8       17-23  5th  6.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 15   WSN  W   3-1       17-22  5th  5.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 14   WSN  W   2-0       16-22  5th  6.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 13   WSN  L   2-6       15-22  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 24, 2013 STL  7 @LAD  0        W:Lance Lynn (7-1), L: Chris Capuano (1-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 STL  5 @LAD  2 (12)   W:Shelby Miller (1-0), L: John Ely (0-2), S: Jason Motte (35)
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 LAD  4  STL  3        W:Ronald Belisario (6-1), L: Jason Motte (4-5), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 LAD  8  STL  5        W:Shawn Tolleson (2-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (0-2), S: none
Thu, Sep 13, 2012 STL  2 @LAD  1        W:Lance Lynn (15-7), L: Paco Rodriguez (0-1), S: Jason Motte (34)
Thu, Jul 26, 2012 STL  7  LAD  4        W:Jake Westbrook (9-8), L: Chris Capuano (10-6), S: Jason Motte (22)
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 STL  3  LAD  2 (12)   W:Fernando Salas (1-3), L: Jamey Wright (4-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 STL  8  LAD  2        W:Adam Wainwright (8-10), L: Clayton Kershaw (7-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 LAD  5 @STL  3        W:Chad Billingsley (5-9), L: Joe Kelly (1-3), S: Kenley Jansen (19)
Sun, May 20, 2012 LAD  6  STL  5        W:Javy Guerra (2-3), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-2), S: Kenley Jansen (5)
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 1-0; 2012 - LAD won 6-5; 2011 - LAD won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 1076-1043

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

DET  5.46

MIN  4.31

MIA  2.67

 RA/G

STL  3.38

LAD  4.24

HOU  5.83

 BA

M. Cabrera  .388

A. Dirks  .267

I. Davis  .143

 OBP

J. Votto  .484

T. Plouffe  .333

D. Espinosa  .196

 SLG

C. Davis  .723

A. Pujols  .432

I. Davis  .238

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.154

J. Buck  .762

I. Davis  .468

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Guthrie  3.49

V. Worley  7.21

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

T. Hudson  7.07

K. Correia  3.43

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

Cardinals Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Lilly*
G/S/vB		 51.Belisario
G/S/vB		 48.Guerra
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 56.Howell*
G/S/vB		 74.Jansen
G/S/vB		 31.League
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 99.Ryu*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/39 .400/.442/.700/1.142 .500/1.212 1.003 16/.375 0/0 3/0
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 18/1.158 5/2.800 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 176/133 .301/.341/.512/.853 .839/.857 .835 90/.810 0/1 10/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 201/147 .297/.382/.434/.816 .642/.880 .764 106/.790 0/0 3/3
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.500 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 191/152 .309/.356/.463/.819 .927/.790 .834 101/.966 1/0 3/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/11 .167/.231/.167/.397 .000/.473 .533 8/.500 0/0 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 91/73 .229/.297/.373/.670 .556/.698 .755 37/1.057 3/1 2/5
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 117/86 .236/.308/.330/.638 .615/.646 .719 70/.719 1/0 2/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 14/.812 6/.167 3/1.666 4/.250 4/.500 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 190/153 .263/.347/.425/.773 .733/.781 .793 100/.739 0/0 6/0
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 188/149 .278/.351/.407/.759 .726/.767 .743 96/.889 1/1 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 169/130 .260/.325/.313/.639 .615/.645 .691 89/.592 1/1 1/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 38/.508 5/.600 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 185/150 .329/.368/.428/.795 .715/.813 .802 94/.807 3/2 2/2
43.Robinson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 45/22 .171/.356/.171/.527 .366/.705 .617 18/.476 3/0 0/1
12.Wigginton G/S/vP 17/.982 ··· 1/2.000 9/.555 4/.750 3/1.667 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 37/25 .182/.270/.212/.482 .348/.547 .311 18/.600 0/1 0/1
IP 8.0 22.1 8.0 19.0 20.1 22.1 17.1 16.2 62.2 TOTAL .267/.332/.389/.721 .649/.742 .719 .742 13/7 36/17
ERA-K/9 5.63/10.1 3.22/7.7 6.75/9.0 3.32/4.3 2.66/8.0 3.63/12.5 5.19/4.2 3.24/10.2 3.30/8.6 3.88/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (2-1-0)
 Molina (14-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 43/.359 101/.287 42/.306 77/.234 88/.211 90/.217 78/.294 61/.132 259/.245 .251  Beltran
 Jay
 Craig
 Holliday
 Wigginton
 Robinson
0/0/43/2
0/44/0/1
4/0/5/1
44/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
8/7/10/0
OPS 1.008 .751 .794 .679 .570 .687 .817 .441 .668 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 10/1.400 41/.872 19/.868 23/.641 37/.502 36/.497 38/.699 33/.398 56/.686 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.881 60/.668 23/.713 54/.693 51/.616 54/.807 40/.924 28/.484 203/.663 .711
Home 20/1.333 46/.623 31/.709 49/.816 56/.548 45/.542 38/.632 40/.262 100/.631
Last 28d days 20/1.333 48/.863 42/.794 41/.512 50/.507 42/.773 36/.998 33/.354 130/.674
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/2/2 1/0/0 2/1/2 0/1/0 4/2/1 3/1/1 1/1/2 6/1/1 43/15/16
Usage ········ ··Xo·o·X ···o···· X··X···o X····X·o ·····oX· ··o··X·· o····o·X ··X····X
Dodgers Batters (3.39 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Gast*
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 62.Martinez
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/135 .301/.361/.454/.815 .900/.787 .926 84/.789 9/3 5/2
47.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 77/53 .096/.118/.096/.214 .382/.137 .128 22/.182 0/0 0/2
17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 152/107 .271/.373/.388/.761 .922/.696 .658 74/.722 0/0 2/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 97/67 .311/.330/.400/.730 .864/.669 .701 17/.353 1/0 2/1
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.467 7/.000 5/1.600 ··· ··· ··· 9/1.569 3/.666 173/118 .258/.347/.397/.744 .729/.751 .724 82/.760 0/1 4/0
23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 171/107 .303/.357/.434/.791 .808/.781 .866 75/.610 0/0 4/5
9.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/50 .161/.266/.250/.516 .516/.516 .481 65/.516 5/2 1/2
55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· 29/27 .120/.241/.280/.521 .000/.564 .000 12/.833 0/0 1/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 10/.633 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.375 2/.000 194/136 .266/.314/.350/.665 .760/.624 .581 99/.640 7/0 2/4
7.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 115/82 .323/.411/.396/.807 1.052/.709 .804 82/.788 2/0 1/4
3.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 93/83 .222/.323/.284/.607 .200/.652 .561 53/.707 1/0 0/2
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 88/67 .236/.364/.333/.697 .580/.734 .615 53/.597 0/0 2/2
33.Van Slyke G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/14 .286/.348/.810/1.157 1.569/.901 .856 23/1.157 0/0 3/0
IP 11.1 13.2 7.1 14.2 7.0 9.1 7.0 20.0 23.1 TOTAL .253/.324/.360/.685 .752/.657 .663 .677 26/6 31/36
ERA-K/9 4.76/6.4 10.54/7.2 1.23/2.5 7.36/8.0 1.29/5.1 1.93/2.9 5.14/9.0 2.25/8.6 2.31/13.5 3.11/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ellis (13-14-4)
 Hernandez (2-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.233 74/.316 29/.250 71/.375 26/.160 34/.324 32/.333 73/.167 100/.253 .245  Kemp
 Crawford
 Schumaker
 Ethier
 Van Slyke
 Cruz
0/46/0/2
40/0/0/1
14/3/2/1
0/0/42/1
1/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .608 .901 .655 .969 .512 .735 .808 .442 .643 .659
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 12/.780 39/.812 23/.596 33/.688 3/.000 11/1.182 14/.890 33/.493 46/.497 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.548 35/.993 6/.833 38/1.227 23/.581 23/.522 18/.730 40/.400 54/.768 .639
Road / 41/.791 14/.671 41/.969 26/.512 11/.364 15/.757 45/.563 58/.728
Last 28d days 46/.608 17/.782 18/.686 29/.840 26/.512 34/.735 32/.808 40/.425 39/.447
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/0/1 29/16/10
Usage ·····X·· o···X··· o······· ······X· ··X····· o····X·X ···X··X· ··X··ooo ··X··oXo

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.