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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Monday, April 15, 2013 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 7-5, 7-5 1st, 1 up

SP: Lance Lynn (26, RHP, 1-0, 4.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-0) 10.0 10 5 5 4 13 1 4.50
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
2011 (1-1) 34.2 25 12 12 11 40 3 3.12
Last 7 GS 5-0 36.2 35 15 15 13 44 3 3.68 54
2013-04-09 CIN W 6.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 101 69
2013-04-03 @ARI ND 4.0 6 4 4 3 3 1 94 34
2012-09-30 WSN W 5.1 6 4 4 1 9 2 99 48
2012-09-24 @HOU W 7.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 108 70
2012-09-19 HOU W 6.1 3 0 0 2 5 0 102 70
2012-09-13 @LAD W 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 82 63
2012-08-24 @CIN ND 2.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 62 27
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 23.0 18 12 12 9 24 2 4.70 53
2012-08-18 PIT ND 4.1 4 3 3 3 8 0 86 48
2012-06-30 PIT L 5.0 7 6 6 4 6 1 109 31
2012-05-02 PIT W 6.2 3 2 2 1 6 0 100 65
2012-04-20 @PIT W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 88 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-4    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 14   MIL  L   3-4 (10)   7-5   1st  1.0 up
 11 Sat, Apr 13   MIL  W   8-0        7-4   1st  2.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 12   MIL  W   2-0        6-4   1st  1.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 10   CIN  W  10-0        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr  9   CIN  W   5-1        4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  8   CIN  L   4-13       3-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @SFG  W  14-3        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @SFG  W   6-3        2-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5  @SFG  L   0-1        1-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  3  @ARI  L   9-10(16)   1-2   4th  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-5    Last 30: 7-5
Pirates, 6-6, 6-6 2nd, 1 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (28, RHP, 1-1, 3.75)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 12.0 6 5 5 6 9 1 3.75
2012 (12-8) 171.0 147 85 80 69 151 21 4.21
2011 (9-9) 171.0 176 86 80 78 142 24 4.21
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.0 31 24 23 19 27 6 5.75 47
2013-04-09 @ARI W 5.0 4 4 4 4 5 1 87 44
2013-04-04 CHC L 7.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 97 71
2012-09-14 @CHC L 3.2 5 4 4 4 2 0 83 33
2012-09-08 CHC ND 5.2 7 3 3 2 2 1 90 43
2012-09-02 @MIL L 2.2 6 8 7 1 6 4 63 21
2012-08-28 STL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 97 78
2012-08-22 @SDP L 5.0 5 4 4 5 2 0 92 38
Last 5 v.STL 3-0 29.1 19 7 7 13 26 1 2.15 60
2012-08-28 STL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 97 78
2012-08-17 @STL W 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 87 72
2011-08-26 @STL ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 91 52
2011-08-15 STL W 5.2 6 2 2 2 4 0 92 51
2011-04-05 @STL ND 4.2 4 2 2 4 4 0 87 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   0-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 14   CIN  W  10-7        6-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 13   CIN  W   3-1        5-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 12   CIN  W   6-5        4-6   3rd  2.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 10  @ARI  L   2-10       3-6   4th  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  9  @ARI  W   6-5        3-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  8  @ARI  W   5-3        2-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  7  @LAD  L   2-6        1-5   4th  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  6  @LAD  L   0-1        1-4   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  5  @LAD  L   0-3        1-3   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  4   CHC  L   2-3        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 PIT  5  STL  0        W:Wandy Rodriguez (9-13), L: Joe Kelly (4-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 PIT  9  STL  0        W:James McDonald (12-6), L: Jake Westbrook (13-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 27, 2012 STL  4 @PIT  3        W:Kyle Lohse (14-2), L: A.J. Burnett (15-5), S: Jason Motte (31)
Sun, Aug 19, 2012 PIT  6 @STL  3 (19)   W:Wandy Rodriguez (8-12), L: Barret Browning (1-3), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Barret Browning (1-2), L: Erik Bedard (7-13), S: Jason Motte (28)
Fri, Aug 17, 2012 PIT  2 @STL  1        W:James McDonald (11-5), L: Jake Westbrook (12-9), S: Joel Hanrahan (34)
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Jake Westbrook (7-6), L: Erik Bedard (4-9), S: Jason Motte (17)
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 PIT  7 @STL  3        W:Jeff Karstens (1-2), L: Lance Lynn (10-4), S: Jared Hughes (1)
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 PIT 14 @STL  5        W:Kevin Correia (4-6), L: Adam Wainwright (6-8), S: none
Thu, May 03, 2012 PIT  6 @STL  3        W:Erik Bedard (2-4), L: Jake Westbrook (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; 2011 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1211-1150

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 (5.75 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.McDonald
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 39.Grilli
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 36.Irwin
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 29.Morris
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/70 .244/.286/.384/.669 .440/.739 .576 19/1.854 0/0 2/3
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 19/.504 ··· 6/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .750 39/.588 13/6 32/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .771 53/.895 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP 14/1.049 ··· 4/.750 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .818 48/.539 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 131/90 .254/.267/.365/.632 .439/.724 .730 2/.500 0/1 1/2
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/1.250 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 426/318 .227/.303/.324/.627 .812/.564 .633 37/.514 6/3 4/15
23.Freese G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 567/430 .293/.372/.467/.839 .886/.824 .881 15/.690 3/3 20/18
7.Holliday G/S/vP 16/.455 ··· 5/.000 6/1.166 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .871 49/.788 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 6/.666 4/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.143 ··· 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .590 58/.682 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 .915 43/.694 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/1.556 ··· 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .868 50/.758 12/3 22/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .735 9/.730 1/0 3/2
12.Wigginton G/S/vP 7/.286 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 360/210 .235/.314/.375/.688 .771/.632 .708 12/.333 1/0 11/12
IP 171.0 90.2 58.2 75.2 45.0 5.0 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .260/.309/.398/.707 .592/.729 .689 .707 2/0 11/5
ERA-K/9 4.21/7.9 5.96/4.7 2.91/13.8 2.85/5.9 /0.0 6.20/8.2 1.80/10.8 3.38/8.9 1.93/13.4 3.89/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 713/.233 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 / 194/.256 20/.125 215/.198 26/.455 .224  Beltran
 Holliday
 Robinson
 Carpenter
 Jay
 Craig
 Wigginton
0/9/132/10
152/0/0/6
15/37/11/3
7/0/15/1
0/116/0/1
8/0/23/1
7/0/0/0
OPS .715 .810 .635 .677 .754 .375 .623 1.111 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 368/.653 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 / 87/.875 8/.125 103/.554 12/1.053 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.780 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 / 107/.655 12/.533 112/.691 14/1.161 .637
Home 357/.583 207/.825 127/.674 157/.713 / 119/.736 9/.619 92/.526 3/3.000
Last 28d days 48/.539 28/.571 23/.411 28/.661 23/.803 27/.333 / 19/.816 22/.483
HR/SB/CS 21/12/4 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 // 8/0/1 0/2/0 5/9/1 0/2/0 11/12/2
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ·XX··XoX Xo··XX·· X······· ooo··oX· ··X··o·· ·X····X·

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

Pirates Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 41.Boggs
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 59.Salas
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 11/1.080 6/.900 3/.666 6/1.700 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .792 43/.265 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 13/.770 9/.536 2/1.000 5/.200 14/.857 3/.666 3/.666 4/.000 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .629 32/.361 0/2 8/16
46.Jones* G/S/vP 13/.558 11/.788 1/.000 5/1.600 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 2/2.000 515/434 .274/.317/.516/.832 .532/.888 .776 35/.771 2/0 27/9
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .675 52/.874 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .699 35/.268 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 11/.364 12/.432 ··· 5/.400 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.667 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .960 48/.833 20/12 31/1
17.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 213/141 .249/.295/.386/.681 .897/.572 .676 10/.425 0/1 6/1
19.McKenry G/S/vP 4/.750 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 275/212 .233/.320/.442/.762 .815/.746 .660 10/1.511 0/0 12/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .572 28/.422 1/0 7/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 6/.334 5/.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .800 26/.819 2/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP 9/.777 6/1.267 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 9/.917 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .607 17/.364 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 10/.686 6/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 4/1.750 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .722 49/.527 7/5 14/9
IP 176.0 73.1 38.2 107.0 65.1 22.2 46.2 58.2 TOTAL .203/.275/.299/.573 .392/.641 .677 .573 9/4 6/6
ERA-K/9 3.78/9.2 2.21/7.1 3.03/8.8 3.53/6.3 3.03/6.5 2.78/9.9 4.24/6.4 4.30/9.2 3.10/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (63-20-9)
 McKenry (61-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 744/.253 296/.211 168/.206 457/.271 258/.230 89/.175 196/.257 256/.251 .236  Tabata
 Jones
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Snider
32/0/77/6
0/0/66/3
43/4/0/3
0/156/0/3
15/0/33/1
OPS .728 .570 .569 .740 .643 .513 .729 .720 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.841 123/.656 116/.461 200/.917 119/.669 36/.395 103/.682 101/.681 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.624 173/.510 52/.821 257/.607 139/.620 53/.597 93/.781 155/.747 .571
Road 430/.781 129/.487 84/.621 169/.746 117/.561 53/.538 103/.749 124/.905
Last 28d days 44/.728 35/.784 6/.167 19/1.211 19/.599 33/.658 21/.667 20/.980
HR/SB/CS 16/9/9 5/6/0 1/2/0 10/8/5 7/1/1 2/1/1 7/2/2 5/3/3 9/3/2
Usage ·····X·· o·X··oX· o·····o· ·······X o····o·· X·X··oX· ······Xo o·······

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.