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Game Preview: STL @ MIN, 1:05pm, Thursday, March 6, 2014 @Target Field

Cardinals, 97-65, 97-65

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

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (19-9) 241.2 223 83 79 35 219 15 2.94
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
2010 (20-11) 230.1 186 68 62 56 213 15 2.42
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.0 44 22 22 10 37 5 4.60 52
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
2013-09-07 PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 100 79
2013-09-02 @CIN L 6.0 9 6 6 2 3 2 97 31
2013-08-28 CIN L 2.0 8 9 9 2 2 1 53 4
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 7.0 7 3 2 4 5 0 2.57 54
2009-06-26 MIN L 7.0 7 3 2 4 5 0 111 54
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
Twins, 66-96, 66-96

SP: Ricky Nolasco (30, RHP, 13-11, 3.70)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-11) 199.1 195 90 82 46 165 17 3.70
2012 (12-13) 191.0 214 100 95 47 125 18 4.48
2011 (10-12) 206.0 244 117 107 44 148 20 4.67
Last 7 GS 4-2 40.2 37 22 19 7 40 1 4.20 54
2013-09-25 @SFG L 5.2 8 6 6 1 7 1 95 35
2013-09-19 @ARI ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 5 0 74 30
2013-09-14 SFG L 1.1 7 7 5 3 0 0 50 13
2013-09-09 ARI W 6.2 3 1 0 1 6 0 100 71
2013-09-03 @COL W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 85 58
2013-08-28 CHC W 8.0 3 0 0 1 11 0 117 86
2013-08-23 BOS W 8.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 101 84
Last 5 v.STL 3-1 31.2 33 8 3 7 20 1 0.85 58
2013-08-07 @STL W 5.0 7 3 0 1 5 0 103 51
2013-06-16 STL W 7.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 100 70
2012-07-06 @STL W 6.0 9 1 0 1 4 0 86 55
2012-06-25 STL ND 6.2 4 1 0 3 4 0 111 65
2011-08-06 STL L 7.0 10 2 2 1 3 1 112 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-49   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 9-7 
 vsRHP:  50-75   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:29-47   vsWest: 19-14 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   CLE  L   1-5       66-96  4th 27.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   CLE  L   1-5       66-95  4th 27.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   CLE  L   6-12      66-94  4th 27.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   CLE  L   5-6       66-93  4th 27.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   DET  L   0-1       66-92  4th 26.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   DET  L   2-4       66-91  4th 25.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23   DET  W   4-3 (11)  66-90  4th 24.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @OAK  L   7-11      65-90  4th 25.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @OAK  L   1-9       65-89  4th 25.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @OAK  L   0-11      65-88  4th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 28, 2009 MIN  6 @STL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (4-8), L: Joel Pineiro (6-9), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 STL  5  MIN  3        W:Josh Kinney (1-0), L: Kevin Slowey (10-3), S: Ryan Franklin (18)
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 MIN  3 @STL  1        W:Glen Perkins (3-4), L: Adam Wainwright (8-5), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Tue, Jul 17, 2001 STL  4  MIN  2        W:Darryl Kile (10-7), L: Kyle Lohse (3-1), S: Jason Christiansen (3)
Mon, Jul 16, 2001 STL  4  MIN  3        W:Steve Kline (2-3), L: Travis Miller (1-3), S: Jason Christiansen (2)
Sun, Jul 15, 2001 STL  5  MIN  1        W:Dustin Hermanson (7-7), L: Joe Mays (11-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 18, 2000 MIN  3  STL  2        W:Brad Radke (7-10), L: Andy Benes (10-4), S: LaTroy Hawkins (6)
Mon, Jul 17, 2000 STL  8 @MIN  3        W:Pat Hentgen (9-6), L: Mike Lincoln (0-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 16, 2000 MIN  5  STL  2        W:Mark Redman (7-4), L: Rick Ankiel (6-5), S: Eddie Guardado (5)
Tue, Jul 20, 1999 MIN  4 @STL  2        W:Brad Radke (7-8), L: Larry Luebbers (0-1), S: Mike Trombley (14)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 10-8

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. Twins Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 53.Johnson*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 205.Raley*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 91/70 .244/.286/.384/.669 .440/.739 .576 / 0/0 2/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.500 ··· ··· 195/117 .220/.291/.315/.606 .606/.607 .601 / 3/1 3/1
56.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .771 / 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .818 / 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .730 / 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 14/.742 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .633 / 6/3 4/15
3.Ellis G/S/vP 10/.650 ··· 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 464/317 .258/.333/.364/.697 .877/.612 .632 / 5/0 7/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP 27/1.366 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/no AB 5/.200 ··· ··· 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .871 / 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 15/1.186 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .590 / 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 .915 / 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 12/.606 6/.800 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .868 / 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/.555 34/1.092 5/.900 ··· ··· 16/.521 2/.000 ··· 15/.800 1/no AB ··· 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .647 / 1/2 13/7
63.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .735 / 1/0 3/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 191.0 62.0 109.0 35.0 70.1 24.1 96.2 TOTAL .269/.332/.401/.733 .672/.755 .728 45/22 125/75
ERA-K/9 4.48/5.9 2.18/8.0 5.12/5.7 2.06/8.2 /0.0 /0.0 2.56/10.0 /0.0 8.14/5.9 5.03/5.8 /0.0 /0.0 4.55/6.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 832/.285 245/.186 472/.288 141/.195 / / 281/.222 / 116/.317 413/.284 / / .280  Holliday
 Robinson
 Bourjos
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Jay
 Ortega
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
0/90/0/2
8/0/23/1
7/0/15/1
0/116/0/1
0/1/0/0
OPS .755 .549 .759 .578 .631 .931 .798 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.809 99/.748 178/.678 59/.491 / / 106/.488 / 16/.741 190/.771 / / .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 396/.696 146/.421 294/.808 82/.638 / / 175/.721 / 100/.961 223/.821 / / .762
Home 426/.727 133/.603 218/.734 62/.736 / / 154/.670 / 69/.979 193/.740 / /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/14/4 5/6/0 10/5/1 3/3/0 // // 8/2/3 // 7/2/1 15/1/1 // // 168/73/38
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.

Twins Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
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
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .636 / 9/2 6/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/107 .214/.278/.260/.537 .844/.419 .590 / 3/0 0/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .554 / 3/1 1/7
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.250/.650 2.000/.250 .500 / 0/0 0/0
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .056/.105/.056/.161 .000/.237 .667 / 0/0 0/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .878 / 8/4 10/5
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/151 .229/.290/.380/.671 .681/.667 .576 / 0/0 5/2
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .847 / 1/3 24/19
1.Presley* G/S/vP 7/.714 1/4.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .591 / 9/7 10/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .542 / 2/0 6/5
16.Willingham G/S/vP 13/.490 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 1.018 / 3/2 35/4
IP 198.2 38.2 20.0 107.0 72.0 22.2 TOTAL .242/.312/.380/.692 .697/.691 .696 52/33 151/81
ERA-K/9 3.94/8.3 /0.0 3.03/8.8 5.40/8.1 3.53/6.3 /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)
 Herrmann (1-0-1)
 Mauer (56-9-1)
 Suzuki (65-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 831/.259 / 168/.206 86/.230 457/.271 / / / 279/.191 89/.175 / / .249  Willingham
 Presley
 Plouffe
 Parmelee
 Herrmann
 Escobar
 Fryer
119/0/0/6
81/4/8/2
2/0/15/2
1/0/18/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .701 .569 .654 .740 .576 .513 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 390/.724 / 116/.461 39/.808 200/.917 / / / 134/.381 36/.395 / / .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 441/.681 / 52/.821 47/.534 257/.607 / / / 145/.756 53/.597 / / .667
Road 379/.695 / 84/.621 56/.701 169/.746 / / / 119/.602 53/.538 / /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 15/2/3 // 1/2/0 2/1/0 10/8/5 // // // 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.