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Game Preview: STL @ ATL, 7:10 pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 @Turner Field

Cardinals, 17-17, 17-17 2nd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (32, RHP, 5-2, 2.16)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-2) 50.0 34 12 12 13 46 2 2.16
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
Last 7 GS 5-2 50.0 34 12 12 13 46 2 2.16 66
2014-05-02 @CHC L 5.0 10 6 6 2 4 1 110 25
2014-04-27 PIT W 8.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 99 81
2014-04-22 @NYM W 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 79 72
2014-04-17 @WSN W 9.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 110 88
2014-04-12 CHC W 7.0 7 4 4 0 8 1 101 55
2014-04-06 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 100 64
2014-03-31 @CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 4 9 0 105 76
Last 5 v.ATL 3-2 34.1 35 16 15 8 33 2 3.93 55
2013-08-23 ATL W 9.0 6 1 1 0 9 0 128 80
2013-07-26 @ATL L 7.0 7 4 3 1 8 1 119 56
2012-05-12 ATL L 4.1 9 5 5 5 5 0 108 25
2010-09-09 @ATL W 8.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 105 63
2010-04-29 ATL W 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 78 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-5    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-12   vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Tue, May  6  @ATL  L   1-2       17-17  2nd  5.0 gb
 33 Mon, May  5  @ATL  W   4-3       17-16  2nd  5.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  4  @CHC  W   5-4       16-16  2nd  5.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  3  @CHC  L   0-3       15-16  2nd  6.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  2  @CHC  L   5-6       15-15  2nd  6.0 gb
 29 Wed, Apr 30   MIL  W   9-3       15-14  2nd  5.5 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29   MIL  L   4-5 (11)  14-14  2nd  6.5 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28   MIL  L   3-5 (12)  14-13  2nd  5.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   PIT  W   7-0       14-12  2nd  4.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   PIT  L   1-6       13-12  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Braves, 18-14, 18-14 1st, ½ up

SP: Mike Minor (26, LHP, 0-1, 3.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 2 3.00
2013 (13-9) 204.2 177 79 73 46 181 22 3.21
2012 (11-10) 179.1 151 88 82 56 145 26 4.12
Last 7 GS 0-5 45.0 43 21 20 9 38 9 4.00 54
2014-05-02 SFG L 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 2 80 54
2013-09-28 PHI L 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 104 57
2013-09-23 MIL L 7.0 8 3 3 0 6 2 96 55
2013-09-17 @WSN ND 6.0 3 3 3 4 3 0 95 53
2013-09-11 @MIA L 6.0 11 5 4 0 4 2 94 36
2013-09-06 @PHI L 7.0 4 2 2 1 9 1 102 69
2013-08-31 MIA ND 7.0 5 4 4 1 6 2 95 56
Last 5 v.STL 2-0 23.2 25 12 12 2 18 6 4.56 51
2013-08-25 @STL W 7.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 97 62
2013-07-26 STL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 5 1 103 70
2012-05-11 @STL ND 4.2 8 6 6 0 7 3 95 31
2010-09-10 STL ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 99 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-7    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  14-13   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 6-2    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Tue, May  6   STL  W   2-1       18-14  1st  0.5 up
 31 Mon, May  5   STL  L   3-4       17-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 30 Sun, May  4   SFG  L   1-4       17-13  1st  0.5 up
 29 Sat, May  3   SFG  L   1-3       17-12  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  2   SFG  L   1-2       17-11  1st  0.5 up
 27 Thu, May  1  @MIA  L   4-5       17-10  1st  1.5 up
 26 Wed, Apr 30  @MIA  L   3-9       17-9   1st  2.0 up
 25 Tue, Apr 29  @MIA  L   0-9       17-8   1st  2.5 up
 24 Sun, Apr 27   CIN  W   1-0 (10)  17-7   1st  3.5 up
 23 Sat, Apr 26   CIN  W   4-1       16-7   1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 06, 2014 ATL  2  STL  1        W:David Carpenter (2-0), L: Randy Choate (0-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (9)
Mon, May 05, 2014 STL  4 @ATL  3        W:Shelby Miller (4-2), L: Aaron Harang (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (9)

Sun, Aug 25, 2013 ATL  5 @STL  2        W:Mike Minor (13-5), L: Lance Lynn (13-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (41)
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 STL  6  ATL  2        W:Shelby Miller (12-8), L: Julio Teheran (10-7), S: Edward Mujica (34)
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 STL  3  ATL  1        W:Adam Wainwright (15-7), L: Kris Medlen (10-12), S: none
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 STL  6  ATL  2        W:Joe Kelly (5-3), L: Paul Maholm (9-10), S: none
Sun, Jul 28, 2013 ATL  5  STL  2        W:Kris Medlen (7-10), L: Shelby Miller (10-7), S: Craig Kimbrel (31)
Sat, Jul 27, 2013 ATL  2  STL  0        W:Luis Avilan (3-0), L: Randy Choate (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (30)
Fri, Jul 26, 2013 ATL  4  STL  1        W:Mike Minor (10-5), L: Adam Wainwright (13-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (29)
Wed, May 30, 2012 ATL 10  STL  7        W:Jonny Venters (3-2), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (15)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - ATL won 4-3; 2012 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 1064-959

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 2014 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

COL  5.89

BOS  4.15

SDP  2.68

 RA/G

ATL  2.97

NYM  4.28

ARI  5.53

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .421

M. Brantley  .269

R. Ibanez  .138

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .522

D. Navarro  .337

Y. Alonso  .193

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .794

E. Aybar  .413

N. Schierholtz  .228

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.317

J. Smoak  .752

Y. Alonso  .422

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.31

C. Morton  3.45

K. Correia  6.09

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  13.05

T. Ross  7.62

K. Correia  3.97

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

Cardinals Batters (3.53 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (2.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Minor*
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 32.Floyd
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 129/106 .325/.341/.468/.809 .310/.916 .767 94/.782 0/1 2/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/40 .179/.258/.268/.526 .186/.714 .234 36/.536 2/0 0/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 8/1.625 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 153/113 .273/.379/.328/.707 .603/.746 .737 113/.675 1/0 1/6
21.Craig G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/2.000 4/1.417 6/1.300 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 139/110 .202/.252/.326/.577 .937/.482 .435 106/.690 0/0 3/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .333/.474/.400/.874 .750/.916 1.000 18/.844 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 39/34 .139/.184/.194/.379 .000/.438 .267 30/.483 1/0 0/0
3.Ellis G/S/vP 12/.500 1/.000 3/.000 14/.214 4/.000 3/.666 6/.833 48/36 .186/.250/.209/.459 .167/.564 .535 48/.459 0/0 0/0
12.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .143/.333/.286/.619 1.500/.286 .000 9/.619 0/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/13 .176/.222/.353/.575 .600/.564 .773 18/.575 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/3.000 5/1.400 14/.857 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 144/116 .272/.361/.384/.745 .549/.788 .576 105/.778 1/1 2/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.000 3/.833 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 88/74 .256/.326/.372/.697 .643/.708 .811 75/.687 1/1 1/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 6/1.000 6/.334 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 128/102 .320/.344/.484/.827 .888/.813 .728 92/.795 0/0 4/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 44/.899 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 129/105 .233/.310/.474/.784 .502/.840 .753 95/.888 0/0 7/5
IP 6.0 9.1 14.0 7.0 12.1 10.2 12.1 TOTAL .245/.310/.360/.670 .569/.699 .615 .682 9/4 20/22
ERA-K/9 3.00/6.0 5.79/6.8 1.93/10.9 1.29/6.4 2.19/19.0 2.53/12.6 2.92/13.9 2.64/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (0-1-0)
 Molina (8-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.304 45/.333 62/.259 27/.240 52/.178 41/.205 51/.178 .228  Craig
 Bourjos
 Jay
 Grichuk
 Carpenter
 Holliday
5/0/29/1
0/20/0/0
1/18/7/0
1/3/3/0
0/0/1/0
33/0/0/0
OPS .870 .832 .582 .536 .497 .552 .563 .614
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 4/.667 23/.776 23/.451 14/.607 27/.561 11/.636 25/.860 .648
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 20/.900 22/.889 39/.658 13/.462 25/.426 30/.517 26/.279 .590
Home 24/.870 20/.763 31/.590 27/.536 36/.451 24/.345 39/.576
Last 28d days 24/.870 40/.837 49/.604 27/.536 38/.547 40/.566 40/.475
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 21/19/7
Usage ····X··· ·oo··oX· oo·X·o·· X······· o···o··· ·oo·oo·X ··X·X···
Braves Batters (3.25 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 67.Fornataro
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Doumit# G/S/vP 25/.501 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/29 .182/.206/.182/.388 .000/.456 .301 25/.367 0/0 0/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 11/.473 8/.542 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 140/99 .301/.379/.512/.891 .841/.911 .872 107/.795 0/2 6/2
24.Gattis G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/80 .267/.290/.533/.824 .968/.801 .819 74/.874 0/0 7/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 12/.750 5/.200 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 142/109 .216/.303/.320/.623 .345/.710 .643 106/.612 5/1 2/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP 18/.777 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 120/102 .246/.275/.325/.600 1.029/.524 .383 87/.553 0/0 1/1
11.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 37/27 .194/.324/.226/.550 .633/.515 .431 29/.562 0/0 0/0
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/3 .200/.333/.400/.733 .833/.333 .946 12/.733 0/0 0/0
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 35/26 .250/.314/.500/.814 1.000/.742 .895 34/.840 0/0 2/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 10/.222 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 19/17 .176/.222/.294/.516 3.000/.313 .422 14/.724 3/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 113/96 .271/.292/.439/.731 1.059/.670 .811 82/.749 0/2 3/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP 28/.610 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/96 .184/.241/.272/.513 .688/.481 .344 80/.540 0/0 2/7
2.Upton G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 129/92 .211/.295/.325/.619 .620/.614 .680 100/.716 7/1 2/1
8.Upton G/S/vP 13/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.333 131/104 .296/.374/.583/.957 1.243/.889 1.247 98/1.126 4/0 9/2
IP 50.0 11.1 4.2 21.0 12.0 18.1 14.2 15.1 14.2 TOTAL .235/.295/.381/.676 .777/.650 .684 .703 19/6 34/20
ERA-K/9 2.16/8.3 2.38/8.0 3.86/3.8 3.43/9.0 3.75/8.2 2.95/6.9 1.23/11.0 4.70/11.8 3.68/11.6 3.01/8.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (11-4-0)
 Laird (1-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.192 43/.175 19/.222 85/.205 56/.327 74/.203 54/.143 67/.185 60/.232 .222  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Doumit
 Schafer
0/0/31/3
30/0/0/2
0/30/0/1
2/0/2/0
3/3/1/0
OPS .539 .483 .541 .578 .853 .557 .408 .623 .642 .635
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.596 22/.468 8/.125 17/.307 16/.913 30/.678 14/.452 34/.474 25/.809 .671
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.485 21/.496 11/.818 68/.639 40/.831 44/.481 40/.391 33/.762 35/.524 .609
Road 135/.538 22/.747 9/.000 54/.588 36/.901 48/.623 35/.426 30/.366 39/.752
Last 28d days 138/.554 33/.573 19/.541 85/.578 43/.810 49/.594 35/.237 49/.678 50/.706
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 0/0/2 1/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 23/8/9
Usage ····X··· o··oo·X· ······X· X···o··X o······· ·oXo···· oo·o···X ·XX····· ·Xo·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.