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Game Preview: STL @ PIT, 7:05pm, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 @PNC Park

Cardinals, 8-5, 8-5 1st, 2 up

SP: Shelby Miller (22, RHP, 2-0, 1.46)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 12.1 5 2 2 4 12 1 1.46
2012 (1-0) 13.2 9 2 2 4 16 0 1.32
Last 7 GS 2-0 18.1 6 2 2 6 19 1 0.98 70
2013-04-12 MIL W 7.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 113 83
2013-04-06 @SFG W 5.1 4 2 2 4 4 1 95 52
2012-10-03 CIN ND 6.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 72 75
Has never faced PIT as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    4-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 15  @PIT  W  10-6        8-5   1st  2.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 8-5    Last 30: 8-5 
Pirates, 6-7, 6-7 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (36, RHP, 0-2, 3.71)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 17.0 16 7 7 8 27 2 3.71
2012 (16-10) 202.1 189 86 79 62 180 18 3.51
2011 (11-11) 190.1 190 115 109 83 173 31 5.15
Last 7 GS 1-5 44.2 42 15 15 14 50 3 3.02 58
2013-04-12 CIN ND 6.0 6 3 3 3 8 1 106 53
2013-04-06 @LAD L 5.1 4 1 1 4 9 0 108 61
2013-04-01 CHC L 5.2 6 3 3 1 10 1 98 54
2012-10-03 ATL L 5.2 8 4 4 2 3 0 88 38
2012-09-28 CIN L 8.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 107 68
2012-09-23 @HOU W 8.0 4 1 1 1 11 1 109 80
2012-09-18 MIL L 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 94 52
Last 5 v.STL 2-3 28.0 36 25 23 12 19 4 7.39 38
2012-08-27 STL L 5.2 7 4 3 1 3 1 93 43
2012-05-02 @STL L 2.2 12 12 12 1 2 2 72 -13
2012-04-21 STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 76 76
2005-08-29 STL L 5.0 6 6 5 6 5 1 95 32
2005-08-04 @STL W 7.2 8 3 3 2 2 0 113 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-3    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   0-4    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 15   STL  L   6-10       6-7   2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 STL 10 @PIT  6        W:Lance Lynn (2-0), L: James McDonald (1-2), S: none

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
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 1-0; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; 2011 - STL won 9-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1211-1151

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

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 (6.08 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 91/70 .244/.286/.384/.669 .440/.739 .576 20/1.872 0/0 2/3
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 32/.844 ··· 6/.000 3/.666 5/1.600 6/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 619/458 .269/.346/.495/.842 .867/.832 .750 44/.565 13/6 32/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 8/1.339 ··· 4/.500 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/.000 340/235 .294/.365/.463/.828 .784/.846 .771 58/.876 1/1 6/9
21.Craig G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.750 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 514/380 .307/.354/.522/.876 1.011/.827 .818 53/.570 2/1 22/4
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 5/1.200 ··· 2/.500 5/1.250 6/.333 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 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 5/.200 2/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 567/430 .293/.372/.467/.839 .886/.824 .881 20/.644 3/3 20/18
7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/1.200 ··· 5/.000 6/1.166 11/1.445 3/.000 4/1.250 1/3.000 688/509 .295/.379/.497/.877 1.021/.827 .871 54/.811 4/4 27/3
19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 6/.666 4/1.500 2/2.000 2/1.000 7/1.143 2/.500 502/354 .305/.373/.400/.773 .697/.804 .590 63/.733 19/7 4/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 82/62 .333/.383/.569/.952 1.011/.933 .915 47/.699 2/0 2/3
4.Molina G/S/vP 14/.536 ··· 5/.200 3/.666 8/.500 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 563/438 .315/.373/.501/.874 1.021/.833 .868 55/.781 12/3 22/3
43.Robinson G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 181/87 .253/.309/.355/.665 .694/.633 .735 9/.730 1/0 3/2
12.Wigginton G/S/vP 49/.655 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 360/210 .235/.314/.375/.688 .771/.632 .708 12/.333 1/0 11/12
IP 202.1 90.2 58.2 75.2 44.0 45.0 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .261/.316/.400/.716 .564/.749 .706 .716 2/0 11/5
ERA-K/9 3.51/8.0 5.96/4.7 2.91/13.8 2.85/5.9 5.73/5.3 6.20/8.2 3.38/8.9 1.93/13.4 3.98/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 851/.246 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 198/.318 194/.256 215/.198 26/.455 .229  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 .668 .810 .635 .677 .795 .754 .623 1.111 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.695 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 88/.908 87/.875 103/.554 12/1.053 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 415/.641 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 110/.714 107/.655 112/.691 14/1.161 .659
Home 461/.657 207/.825 127/.674 157/.713 81/.875 119/.736 92/.526 3/3.000
Last 28d days 74/.722 28/.571 23/.411 28/.661 / 27/.333 23/.754 35/.457
HR/SB/CS 18/38/2 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 3/12/2 8/0/1 5/9/1 0/2/0 11/12/2
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ···XX··X ··Xo··XX ··ooo··o ·o··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 (3.54 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Miller
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 ··· 6/.900 3/.666 6/1.700 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .792 46/.247 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 9/.536 2/1.000 6/.167 14/.857 3/.666 4/.500 4/.000 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .629 36/.353 0/2 8/16
46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 12/.833 1/.000 6/1.300 ··· 1/.000 5/.800 2/2.000 515/434 .274/.317/.516/.832 .532/.888 .776 40/.797 2/0 27/9
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .675 57/.922 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .699 40/.343 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· 12/.432 ··· 6/.334 4/.250 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.667 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .960 53/.810 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/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 275/212 .233/.320/.442/.762 .815/.746 .660 12/1.417 0/0 12/3
7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 5/.000 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .591 / 9/7 10/3
14.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 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/.000 6/.334 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .800 31/.795 2/0 4/1
31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 7/1.381 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 4/.833 9/.917 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .607 19/.541 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· 7/.429 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 4/1.750 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .722 54/.619 7/5 14/9
IP 13.2 73.1 38.2 107.0 65.1 22.2 46.2 58.2 TOTAL .214/.287/.316/.602 .431/.663 .713 .602 9/4 7/8
ERA-K/9 1.32/10.5 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 3.31/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.184 296/.211 168/.206 457/.271 258/.230 89/.175 196/.257 256/.251 .243  Tabata
 Jones
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Presley
 Snider
32/0/77/6
0/0/66/3
43/4/0/3
0/156/0/3
81/4/8/2
15/0/33/1
OPS .463 .570 .569 .740 .643 .513 .729 .720 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.485 123/.656 116/.461 200/.917 119/.669 36/.395 103/.682 101/.681 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 32/.445 173/.510 52/.821 257/.607 139/.620 53/.597 93/.781 155/.747 .611
Road 26/.679 129/.487 84/.621 169/.746 117/.561 53/.538 103/.749 124/.905
Last 28d days 47/.403 39/.790 6/.167 26/.962 19/.599 33/.658 28/.768 20/.980
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 5/6/0 1/2/0 10/8/5 7/1/1 2/1/1 7/2/2 5/3/3 10/3/2
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·X··o ··o····· ·X······ ··o····o ··X·X··o ·X······ ··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.