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Game Preview: STL @ MIL, 2:10pm, Wednesday, August 21, 2013 @Miller Park

Cardinals, 72-53, 72-53 2nd, 2 GB, 6½ up in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (35, RHP, 7-8, 4.35)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-8) 109.2 119 59 53 48 42 5 4.35
2012 (13-11) 174.2 191 85 77 52 106 12 3.97
2011 (12-9) 183.1 208 103 95 73 104 16 4.66
Last 7 GS 3-4 44.0 43 25 24 20 14 3 4.91 46
2013-08-16 @CHC L 6.2 8 7 6 5 2 0 124 29
2013-08-03 @CIN L 5.0 4 5 5 5 5 1 87 39
2013-07-29 @PIT L 5.0 4 4 4 3 2 1 100 42
2013-07-24 PHI W 7.0 9 3 3 0 2 0 90 49
2013-07-19 SDP W 6.1 8 2 2 3 1 0 89 47
2013-07-11 @CHC L 7.0 7 3 3 4 2 0 101 49
2013-07-05 MIA W 7.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 86 67
Last 5 v.MIL 3-2 29.0 37 11 9 8 21 2 2.79 51
2013-05-02 @MIL W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 96 57
2012-09-08 MIL L 5.0 7 3 3 4 2 0 77 39
2012-04-27 MIL W 7.0 7 1 1 0 5 0 101 64
2011-09-05 MIL L 6.0 9 3 2 1 9 1 107 52
2011-08-31 @MIL W 5.0 8 3 2 0 1 1 66 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-23   Road:   36-30   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  59-34   vsLHP:  13-19   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:31-22   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 20  @MIL  L   3-6       72-53  2nd  2.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 19  @MIL  W   8-5       72-52  2nd  1.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 18  @CHC  W   6-1       71-52  2nd  1.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 17  @CHC  W   4-0       70-52  2nd  2.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 16  @CHC  L   0-7       69-52  2nd  3.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 15   PIT  W   6-5 (12)  69-51  2nd  2.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 14   PIT  L   1-5       68-51  2nd  3.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 13   PIT  W   4-3 (14)  68-50  2nd  2.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 11   CHC  W   8-4       67-50  2nd  3.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 10   CHC  L   5-6       66-50  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Brewers, 55-71, 55-71 4th, 19½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Tom Gorzelanny (30, LHP, 3-4, 2.95)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-4) 76.1 57 29 25 29 73 9 2.95
2012 (4-2) 72.0 65 27 23 30 62 7 2.88
2011 (4-6) 105.0 102 50 47 33 95 15 4.03
Last 7 GS 2-3 35.2 32 18 14 10 35 4 3.53 53
2013-08-16 CIN ND 4.2 6 5 5 3 5 2 87 34
2013-08-10 @SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 95 76
2013-08-02 WSN ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 52
2013-07-27 @COL W 5.1 6 4 4 1 4 1 83 43
2013-07-22 SDP L 5.2 5 5 5 3 6 1 90 42
2013-07-12 @ARI L 6.0 3 2 0 1 4 0 84 65
2013-07-07 NYM L 6.0 8 2 0 0 8 0 83 60
Last 5 v.STL 1-3 25.1 25 19 19 22 16 2 6.75 41
2011-04-21 @STL L 5.0 2 2 2 4 3 1 108 54
2010-09-24 STL L 3.1 7 7 7 5 4 1 82 17
2010-07-24 STL W 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 100 46
2008-06-02 @STL ND 6.0 7 4 4 3 2 0 90 41
2008-04-24 STL L 5.0 2 3 3 7 4 0 94 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-34   Road:   25-37   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  44-46   vsLHP:  11-25   1-Run:  15-20
 vsEast: 16-10   vsCntrl:20-30   vsWest: 13-20 IL: 6-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Tue, Aug 20   STL  W   6-3       55-71  4th 19.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 19   STL  L   5-8       54-71  5th 19.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 18   CIN  L   1-9       54-70  4th 18.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 17   CIN  W   2-0       54-69  4th 18.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 16   CIN  W   7-6       53-69  5th 19.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 15   CIN  L   1-2       52-69  5th 19.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 14  @TEX  L   4-5       52-68  4th 19.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 13  @TEX  W   5-1       52-67  4th 18.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 11  @SEA  L   0-2       51-67  5th 19.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug 10  @SEA  W  10-0       51-66  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 MIL  6  STL  3        W:Kyle Lohse (9-8), L: Lance Lynn (13-7), S: Jim Henderson (19)
Mon, Aug 19, 2013 STL  8 @MIL  5        W:Michael Wacha (2-0), L: Brandon Kintzler (3-1), S: Edward Mujica (32)
Sun, May 19, 2013 STL  4  MIL  2        W:John Gast (2-0), L: Kyle Lohse (1-5), S: Edward Mujica (13)
Sat, May 18, 2013 MIL  6 @STL  4 (10)   W:John Axford (1-3), L: Joe Kelly (0-2), S: Jim Henderson (8)
Fri, May 17, 2013 STL  7  MIL  6        W:Jaime Garcia (5-2), L: Wily Peralta (3-4), S: Edward Mujica (12)
Sun, May 05, 2013 STL 10 @MIL  1        W:Jaime Garcia (4-1), L: Marco Estrada (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 04, 2013 STL  7 @MIL  6        W:Seth Maness (1-0), L: Jim Henderson (2-1), S: Edward Mujica (8)
Fri, May 03, 2013 STL  6 @MIL  1        W:Shelby Miller (4-2), L: Kyle Lohse (1-3), S: none
Thu, May 02, 2013 STL  6 @MIL  5        W:Jake Westbrook (2-1), L: Wily Peralta (2-2), S: Edward Mujica (7)
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 MIL  4 @STL  3 (10)   W:Brandon Kintzler (1-0), L: Fernando Salas (0-2), S: Burke Badenhop (1)
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 9-3; 2012 - STL won 9-6; 2011 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - STL leads 139-107

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
Cardinals Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB
59.Axford
G/S/vB
31.Badenhop
G/S/vB
51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB
29.Henderson
G/S/vB
53.Kintzler
G/S/vB
63.Thornburg
G/S/vB
47.Wooten
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 213/177 .282/.343/.477/.820 .639/.858 .746 49/.599 0/1 9/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 15/1.285 7/.453 5/.650 14/.536 4/.000 5/3.000 ··· 1/.000 464/334 .306/.341/.517/.858 .757/.899 .868 97/.865 2/1 21/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 5/.000 6/1.500 ··· 5/.600 3/.667 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 549/383 .312/.385/.474/.859 .794/.887 .723 117/.694 1/3 9/11
21.Craig G/S/vP 3/2.334 6/.900 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 4/.500 3/1.666 1/.000 509/394 .309/.365/.446/.811 .723/.837 .826 106/.552 2/0 11/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 6/1.166 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 4/.833 4/.500 ··· ··· 259/207 .253/.306/.397/.703 .553/.740 .766 67/.571 5/2 5/11
23.Freese G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 3/5.000 ··· 404/298 .264/.342/.381/.722 .727/.720 .769 90/.657 1/2 6/8
7.Holliday G/S/vP 13/1.415 16/.900 7/.286 6/.333 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 460/356 .283/.367/.452/.819 .723/.846 .747 107/.883 6/1 15/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 10/.733 5/.400 5/.200 4/1.500 2/1.000 4/.333 3/.000 ··· 496/383 .270/.344/.379/.723 .620/.753 .753 112/.906 4/1 7/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/19 .208/.269/.333/.603 .143/.760 .795 23/.499 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 391/272 .221/.271/.279/.550 .589/.533 .619 65/.386 2/1 1/6
4.Molina G/S/vP 14/.630 15/.481 5/.800 4/.833 3/2.667 4/1.000 2/.000 ··· 413/325 .336/.378/.505/.883 .947/.866 .960 42/.952 3/2 10/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/2.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 104/44 .253/.375/.361/.736 .586/.948 .694 14/.452 3/0 2/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 18/17 .278/.278/.333/.611 .000/.647 .611 18/.611 3/0 0/0
IP 76.1 50.2 56.0 43.1 46.1 58.1 39.0 13.0 TOTAL .271/.333/.406/.739 .665/.765 .740 .678 33/15 98/57
ERA-K/9 2.95/8.6 4.26/9.1 3.38/5.8 4.15/10.8 1.75/10.7 2.93/7.3 2.08/5.8 0.69/6.2 3.90/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Johnson (1-0-1)
 Molina (19-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 309/.207 229/.291 226/.252 199/.264 187/.177 226/.225 165/.238 50/.167 .256  Beltran
 Jay
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
0/0/105/3
0/120/0/3
103/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/20/1
17/19/22/0
OPS .623 .807 .674 .790 .506 .555 .618 .388 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.612 110/.856 87/.915 98/.716 84/.597 91/.522 87/.530 19/.161 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 202/.628 119/.762 139/.530 101/.865 103/.435 135/.577 78/.722 31/.525 .690
Home 167/.714 127/.771 130/.765 97/.714 99/.511 139/.639 69/.744 21/.586
Last 28d days 76/.675 44/1.127 51/.662 45/1.047 34/.307 61/.617 88/.595 50/.388
HR/SB/CS 9/3/1 8/3/2 5/3/4 7/5/2 2/7/2 2/3/0 1/5/3 0/1/0 138/79/24
Usage ····X··· o···X·o· ·XX·o·X· ··o···oo X··X···X XX·o·o·o ··X···X· ·X··Xo·o
Brewers Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Westbrook
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
58.Kelly
G/S/vB
70.Lyons*
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Mujica
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
7.Aoki* G/S/vP 7/.619 5/.833 10/1.378 1/2.000 3/1.334 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 526/368 .278/.337/.361/.698 .748/.676 .719 103/.568 17/11 7/2
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 25/.860 1/no AB 5/.650 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 345/234 .205/.229/.358/.587 .534/.613 .642 59/.712 0/0 13/9
14.Bianchi G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 176/127 .247/.282/.289/.571 .499/.599 .588 64/.582 3/3 0/8
18.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 76/46 .299/.368/.642/1.010 1.119/.930 1.157 56/1.087 2/0 6/1
21.Francisco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 328/294 .240/.308/.463/.771 .425/.812 .673 76/.976 0/1 18/16
2.Gennett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 96/83 .322/.372/.540/.913 .154/1.041 .714 51/1.191 0/1 4/3
27.Gomez G/S/vP 9/.500 ··· 10/.844 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 7/.453 ··· ··· 460/343 .288/.339/.519/.858 .962/.823 .961 82/.744 30/6 18/4
11.Halton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/35 .216/.259/.314/.573 .498/.610 .656 8/.833 0/0 1/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 432/321 .288/.340/.483/.824 .823/.824 .786 104/.828 4/1 17/5
12.Maldonado G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 168/126 .179/.234/.295/.528 .470/.548 .563 23/.391 0/0 3/3
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/1.375 1/.000 7/.572 ··· ··· 4/.583 3/1.667 ··· 1/5.000 237/171 .254/.346/.395/.741 .645/.779 .828 28/.500 0/1 6/6
22.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 275/226 .216/.278/.318/.597 .536/.609 .545 56/.488 5/1 2/0
9.Segura G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 519/381 .308/.342/.453/.795 .874/.766 .758 97/.668 37/8 12/12
IP 109.2 28.0 77.2 40.2 47.1 54.2 58.1 25.1 26.2 TOTAL .253/.309/.401/.709 .718/.706 .733 .713 111/40 125/93
ERA-K/9 4.35/3.4 2.25/7.4 3.01/6.4 5.09/6.2 2.09/4.8 1.65/6.7 2.62/13.1 0.71/12.1 4.73/8.8 3.51/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lucroy (62-20-7)
 Maldonado (17-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.286 113/.208 331/.258 173/.253 191/.290 206/.200 247/.238 96/.098 112/.252 .249  Aoki
 Gomez
 Schafer
 Halton
 Davis
 Bianchi
 Betancourt
0/1/117/7
0/113/0/5
41/21/12/4
3/0/2/1
16/0/0/1
3/0/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .750 .544 .698 .755 .712 .521 .647 .388 .722 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.905 80/.536 147/.670 40/.799 65/.710 89/.430 107/.535 48/.327 59/.466 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 254/.611 33/.563 184/.721 133/.741 126/.713 117/.592 140/.734 48/.449 53/1.030 .670
Road 290/.840 59/.548 182/.702 136/.707 82/.735 95/.682 117/.668 44/.384 35/.827
Last 28d days 110/.908 27/.459 122/.615 36/.848 56/.625 42/.481 50/.802 45/.451 39/.793
HR/SB/CS 5/4/3 0/0/0 7/1/1 4/2/0 2/1/0 5/1/0 4/0/2 1/0/0 4/1/0 83/29/18
Usage ····X··· ···o·oo· ···X···· X······· ·o·X·X·X ·X···X·X ··X··X·X ·oX··X·X ·X·X··X·

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.