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Game Preview: LAD @ STL, 8:15pm, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 @Busch Stadium III

Dodgers, 62-50, 62-50 1st, 5 up

SP: Ricky Nolasco (30, RHP, 7-9, 3.78)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-9) 140.1 138 61 59 35 112 15 3.78
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 3-2 40.0 43 19 18 10 35 6 4.05 51
2013-08-01 @CHC W 5.0 4 3 3 1 6 3 82 52
2013-07-24 @TOR ND 5.2 2 2 2 4 5 0 98 58
2013-07-19 @WSN ND 5.1 8 2 2 2 2 0 90 44
2013-07-14 COL L 5.0 8 3 3 3 4 1 82 40
2013-07-09 @ARI W 7.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 97 70
2013-07-03 @ATL W 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 1 96 64
2013-06-28 SDP L 5.0 11 6 5 0 6 1 110 29
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 31.2 36 12 10 7 21 2 2.84 53
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
2010-08-06 STL L 5.0 10 7 7 1 6 1 94 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-25   Road:   31-25   ExtrInn: 7-4 
 vsRHP:  41-32   vsLHP:  21-18   1-Run:  17-11
 vsEast: 14-9    vsCntrl:17-8    vsWest: 23-27 IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  6  @STL  L   1-5       62-50  1st  5.0 up
111 Mon, Aug  5  @STL  W   3-2       62-49  1st  6.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  4  @CHC  W   1-0       61-49  1st  5.5 up
109 Sat, Aug  3  @CHC  W   3-0       60-49  1st  4.5 up
108 Fri, Aug  2  @CHC  W   6-2       59-49  1st  3.5 up
107 Thu, Aug  1  @CHC  W   6-4       58-49  1st  3.5 up
106 Wed, Jul 31   NYY  L   0-3       57-49  1st  2.5 up
105 Tue, Jul 30   NYY  W   3-2       57-48  1st  3.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 28   CIN  W   1-0 (11)  56-48  1st  2.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 27   CIN  W   4-1       55-48  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:23-7
Cardinals, 66-46, 66-46 2nd, 2 GB, 9 up in WC

SP: Shelby Miller (22, RHP, 11-7, 2.89)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (11-7) 121.1 102 42 39 35 132 12 2.89
2012 (1-0) 13.2 9 2 2 4 16 0 1.32
Last 7 GS 3-3 35.0 38 20 19 16 36 6 4.89 48
2013-08-02 @CIN W 5.0 5 3 3 3 8 1 97 50
2013-07-28 @ATL L 5.2 6 3 2 2 6 1 112 51
2013-07-23 PHI W 6.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 85 71
2013-07-10 HOU ND 5.0 5 3 3 5 5 1 94 45
2013-07-03 @LAA W 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 102 58
2013-06-28 @OAK L 1.2 6 5 5 2 0 0 61 21
2013-06-22 TEX L 5.2 8 4 4 1 5 2 90 41
Last 5 v.LAD 0-0 5.1 7 3 3 1 3 1 5.06 44
2013-05-26 @LAD ND 5.1 7 3 3 1 3 1 105 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-18   Road:   33-28   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  54-30   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:25-17   vsWest: 16-11 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  6   LAD  W   5-1       66-46  2nd  2.0 gb
111 Mon, Aug  5   LAD  L   2-3       65-46  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  4  @CIN  W  15-2       65-45  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  3  @CIN  L   3-8       64-45  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  2  @CIN  W  13-3       64-44  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  1  @PIT  W  13-0       63-44  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Wed, Jul 31  @PIT  L   4-5       62-44  2nd  2.5 gb
105 Tue, Jul 30  @PIT  L   0-6       62-43  2nd  1.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 30  @PIT  L   1-2 (11)  62-42  2nd  1.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 29  @PIT  L   2-9       62-41  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 STL  5  LAD  1        W:Joe Kelly (3-3), L: Clayton Kershaw (10-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 LAD  3 @STL  2        W:Zack Greinke (9-3), L: Adam Wainwright (13-7), S: Paco Rodriguez (2)
Sun, May 26, 2013 STL  5 @LAD  3        W:Seth Maness (4-1), L: Clayton Kershaw (5-3), S: Edward Mujica (14)
Sat, May 25, 2013 LAD  5  STL  3        W:Paco Rodriguez (1-2), L: Seth Maness (3-1), S: Brandon League (10)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - STL over 3-2; 2012 - LAD won 6-5; 2011 - LAD won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 1078-1045

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  5.10

SEA  4.04

MIA  3.22

 RA/G

PIT  3.38

CHC  4.21

HOU  5.30

 BA

M. Cabrera  .361

D. Brown  .271

D. Uggla  .193

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .455

A. De Aza  .331

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .673

D. Nava  .420

J. Keppinger  .281

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.120

B. Gardner  .748

J. Keppinger  .546

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

B. Arroyo  3.62

E. Volquez  5.44

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.86

J. Blanton  7.23

B. Colon  4.75

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

Dodgers Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Miller
G/S/vB		 67.Blazek
G/S/vB		 65.Butler
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 58.Kelly
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Mujica
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 297/220 .284/.333/.415/.748 .746/.748 .667 70/.740 10/4 5/2
17.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB 8/.250 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 315/242 .255/.337/.365/.702 .760/.684 .779 68/.516 0/0 5/2
14.Ellis G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.125 2/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 321/217 .269/.315/.352/.667 .815/.597 .659 76/.785 3/0 5/5
16.Ethier* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 9/.222 8/1.000 ··· 9/1.569 5/.650 1/.000 429/301 .269/.352/.394/.746 .621/.800 .863 87/.773 4/3 7/1
18.Federowicz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/71 .212/.255/.356/.610 .700/.562 .677 26/.668 0/0 3/4
23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· ··· 6/.666 7/1.714 2/no AB 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 454/300 .297/.348/.460/.808 .739/.843 .811 94/.682 0/0 15/9
9.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 73/57 .175/.278/.254/.532 .481/.546 .570 / 5/2 1/2
6.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 158/94 .250/.314/.343/.657 .538/.734 .634 34/.668 0/0 2/5
66.Puig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 234/168 .373/.427/.594/1.022 1.092/.995 .936 82/.941 7/5 11/4
7.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.833 2/.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 249/171 .252/.327/.312/.638 .758/.584 .641 32/.651 3/2 1/6
13.Ramirez G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.804 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 209/153 .361/.411/.644/1.055 1.118/1.033 1.095 83/.849 7/0 11/7
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.500 1/.000 1/.000 251/215 .253/.323/.329/.651 .462/.684 .672 50/.767 2/1 2/5
5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/1.500 6/.834 ··· ··· 272/200 .256/.322/.388/.711 .676/.723 .703 69/.555 3/0 6/4
IP 121.1 6.0 18.1 23.1 66.1 39.1 46.2 53.1 18.1 TOTAL .264/.327/.392/.719 .727/.715 .751 .723 55/17 91/77
ERA-K/9 2.89/9.8 9.00/12.0 2.45/6.4 2.70/6.6 2.98/6.2 2.52/4.4 1.93/7.5 2.19/12.8 0.98/11.8 3.41/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ellis (24-23-5)
 Federowicz (9-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 492/.225 29/.217 74/.156 95/.226 283/.263 160/.302 176/.202 220/.233 69/.085 .247  Ethier
 Puig
 Crawford
 Schumaker
 Hairston
8/45/54/7
2/5/51/5
66/0/0/1
33/15/11/1
18/0/2/1
OPS .631 .858 .507 .595 .716 .740 .528 .601 .353 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.720 12/.778 33/.487 68/.574 129/.706 57/.777 79/.485 102/.488 37/.368 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.546 17/.912 41/.522 27/.642 154/.725 103/.719 97/.564 118/.699 32/.336 .651
Home 239/.543 10/.786 25/.571 40/.651 125/.702 83/.700 86/.386 107/.529 33/.316
Last 28d days 68/.633 15/1.150 23/.704 22/.679 96/.597 39/.685 32/.563 41/.550 28/.643
HR/SB/CS 12/8/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 7/0/1 2/1/0 5/1/0 3/0/2 1/0/0 73/24/16
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·X ···oX··X o··o···o X····X·· oo·X·o·X o····o·· X·o···oo oX··X··X
Cardinals Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB		 54.Belisario
G/S/vB		 56.Howell*
G/S/vB		 74.Jansen
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB		 99.Ryu*
G/S/vB		 44.Withrow
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 192/162 .290/.349/.506/.855 .767/.871 1.023 65/.670 0/0 9/1
3.Beltran# G/S/vP 50/.786 5/2.800 2/2.000 5/.000 2/2.500 7/1.262 1/.000 ··· ··· 414/297 .304/.339/.523/.862 .799/.888 .872 83/.785 2/1 20/5
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 490/343 .302/.376/.463/.839 .813/.849 .973 102/.614 1/3 9/11
56.Chambers* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .200/.333/.400/.733 /.733 6/.733 0/0 0/0
21.Craig G/S/vP 9/.222 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 458/358 .321/.369/.469/.838 .800/.848 .825 96/.741 2/0 11/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 86/65 .238/.291/.338/.628 .381/.711 .579 38/.854 0/0 1/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 12/.872 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/.347 3/.333 ··· ··· 229/181 .263/.316/.421/.737 .602/.772 .645 51/.628 5/2 5/9
23.Freese G/S/vP 9/1.445 4/1.167 2/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 365/271 .272/.353/.395/.748 .758/.745 .694 89/.809 1/1 6/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP 24/1.375 7/.143 4/.500 3/.666 4/1.167 14/.857 1/.000 ··· ··· 404/314 .278/.359/.447/.806 .709/.832 .820 53/.813 5/1 13/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 12/.955 2/.500 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 11/.091 3/.000 ··· ··· 437/338 .261/.340/.355/.695 .510/.747 .649 87/.834 3/1 5/1
32.Johnson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/10 .273/.385/.545/.930 .333/1.067 .000 13/.930 0/0 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 361/255 .236/.283/.299/.581 .628/.562 .513 66/.594 2/1 1/6
41.Peterson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/5 .167/.231/.167/.397 .250/.650 .286 13/.397 0/0 0/0
IP 140.1 50.1 47.0 57.1 40.2 31.2 40.0 134.1 14.1 TOTAL .274/.336/.411/.747 .689/.767 .753 .724 28/13 91/50
ERA-K/9 3.78/7.2 3.40/7.2 2.11/7.7 2.04/12.9 5.53/4.6 6.25/9.4 2.25/9.9 3.15/7.4 2.51/11.3 3.43/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (6-3-2)
 Johnson (0-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 585/.258 224/.274 191/.200 218/.189 181/.292 150/.273 147/.138 557/.254 56/.180 .247  Beltran
 Jay
 Craig
 Carpenter
 Holliday
 Peterson
 Chambers
0/0/94/3
0/107/0/3
24/0/17/1
0/0/2/1
90/0/0/1
4/0/0/0
2/0/3/0
OPS .715 .725 .537 .530 .808 .915 .413 .683 .508 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 319/.738 71/.798 86/.433 91/.581 83/.914 62/.615 78/.421 147/.780 22/.364 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 266/.688 153/.692 105/.625 127/.494 98/.716 88/1.125 69/.404 410/.647 34/.609 .669
Road 323/.689 114/.704 95/.406 107/.612 95/.877 72/1.071 72/.479 287/.743 46/.366
Last 28d days 92/.828 45/.495 34/.527 40/.203 39/.701 21/1.143 27/.425 75/.774 18/.170
HR/SB/CS 15/8/4 3/4/2 1/2/1 5/5/1 7/2/2 7/5/4 2/5/2 11/1/1 1/0/1 96/37/33
Usage ·····X·· ·o·oo·oo o·o·oX·· ··oo·o·o X··oo·o· o···X··· ·X·o·oo· ····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.