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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 2:15pm, Saturday, April 12, 2014 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 4-6, 4-6 4th, 4 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Villanueva (30, RHP, 1-2, 4.26)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 6.1 10 3 3 0 4 1 4.26
2013 (7-8) 128.2 117 58 58 40 103 14 4.06
2012 (7-7) 125.1 113 59 58 46 122 23 4.16
Last 7 GS 1-4 38.1 40 22 22 15 27 5 5.17 47
2014-04-06 PHI W 5.0 6 1 1 0 3 0 71 54
2013-08-10 @STL ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 80 45
2013-08-04 LAD L 6.0 2 1 1 3 5 0 101 66
2013-07-30 MIL ND 6.1 6 4 4 2 6 2 102 49
2013-07-25 @ARI L 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 1 103 45
2013-07-20 @COL L 4.0 9 7 7 4 0 1 87 12
2013-07-12 STL L 6.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 90 58
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 29.2 28 15 15 10 17 1 4.55 50
2013-08-10 @STL ND 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 80 45
2013-07-12 STL L 6.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 90 58
2013-05-08 STL ND 6.2 7 3 3 3 2 0 101 47
2011-06-25 @STL W 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 96 56
2009-10-03 @STL W 5.0 5 4 4 3 4 0 87 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-2    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   2-4    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @STL  W   6-3 (11)   4-6   4th  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   PIT  L   4-5        3-6   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   PIT  W   7-5        3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   PIT  L   6-7        2-5   4th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   PHI  W   8-3        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   PHI  L   0-2        1-4   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   PHI  L   2-7        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @PIT  W   3-2        1-2   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @PIT  L   3-4 (16)   0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @PIT  L   0-1 (10)   0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6
Cardinals, 5-5, 5-5 3rd, 3 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Adam Wainwright (32, RHP, 1-1, 1.29)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 14.0 8 2 2 6 16 0 1.29
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 5-1 49.0 35 9 9 12 48 2 1.65 67
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
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
Last 5 v.CHC 2-1 32.1 28 13 13 5 28 4 3.62 57
2013-09-28 CHC W 5.1 2 0 0 1 5 0 72 68
2013-08-18 @CHC W 7.0 5 1 1 1 11 0 106 73
2013-07-14 @CHC ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 4 1 111 43
2013-06-18 CHC L 7.0 7 4 4 0 3 2 104 50
2012-09-22 @CHC ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 103 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-4    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 11   CHC  L   3-6 (11)   5-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   CIN  L   0-4        5-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8   CIN  W   7-5        5-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   CIN  W   5-3        4-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @PIT  L   1-2        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @PIT  W   6-1        3-2   1st    Tied
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @PIT  L   2-12       2-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CIN  W   7-6        2-1   1st    Tied
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CIN  L   0-1        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CIN  W   1-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-5    Last 30: 5-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 CHC  6 @STL  3 (11)   W:Justin Grimm (1-0), L: Trevor Rosenthal (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (1)

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 STL  4  CHC  0        W:Joe Kelly (10-5), L: Jeff Samardzija (8-13), S: none
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 STL  6  CHC  2        W:Adam Wainwright (19-9), L: Edwin Jackson (8-18), S: Seth Maness (1)
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 STL  7  CHC  0        W:Lance Lynn (15-10), L: Travis Wood (9-12), S: none
Sun, Aug 18, 2013 STL  6 @CHC  1        W:Adam Wainwright (14-7), L: Edwin Jackson (7-13), S: none
Sat, Aug 17, 2013 STL  4 @CHC  0        W:Joe Kelly (4-3), L: Travis Wood (7-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 CHC  7  STL  0        W:Jake Arrieta (2-2), L: Jake Westbrook (7-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 11, 2013 STL  8  CHC  4        W:Randy Choate (2-1), L: Blake Parker (1-2), S: Edward Mujica (31)
Sat, Aug 10, 2013 CHC  6 @STL  5        W:Blake Parker (1-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (1-3), S: Kevin Gregg (25)
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 CHC  3 @STL  0        W:Chris Rusin (2-1), L: Lance Lynn (13-6), S: Kevin Gregg (24)
Season Series: 2014 - CHC over 1-0; 2013 - STL won 12-7; 2012 - STL won 10-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1181-1126

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

For the 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.00 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		 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Baker* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 46/40 .150/.261/.150/.411 .333/.422 .510 8/.125 0/0 0/0
15.Barney G/S/vP 26/.808 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 7/.929 ··· 555/412 .208/.266/.303/.569 .725/.515 .516 23/.568 4/2 7/4
64.Bonifacio# G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 461/324 .243/.295/.331/.625 .568/.649 .634 51/.980 28/8 3/10
5.Castillo G/S/vP 9/.236 ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.933 2/.000 428/327 .274/.349/.397/.746 .707/.758 .758 36/.681 2/0 8/10
13.Castro G/S/vP 29/.745 1/.000 3/1.334 2/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 11/1.101 2/2.500 705/526 .245/.284/.347/.631 .619/.635 .610 44/.817 9/6 10/22
51.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· / /// / 24/.561 / /
21.Lake G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 254/189 .284/.332/.428/.760 .956/.692 .726 29/.709 4/4 6/3
30.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 23/.609 / /
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 14/.517 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 8/.417 690/474 .233/.323/.419/.742 .625/.796 .672 46/.875 6/5 23/5
20.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 472/322 .222/.298/.396/.694 .833/.631 .738 17/.364 15/8 18/4
19.Schierholtz* G/S/vP 16/.625 1/no AB 6/.583 ··· ··· 1/5.000 5/1.350 3/1.167 503/437 .251/.301/.470/.770 .553/.799 .765 34/.607 6/3 21/3
6.Sweeney* G/S/vP 6/1.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 212/159 .266/.324/.448/.772 .824/.755 .649 26/.470 1/0 6/1
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 9/1.069 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 391/353 .218/.331/.378/.708 .647/.715 .706 25/.560 1/4 12/7
IP 241.2 20.0 35.1 62.0 28.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .246/.313/.351/.664 .691/.649 .621 .664 9/2 8/5
ERA-K/9 2.94/8.2 4.05/7.2 2.29/7.1 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 3.93/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (8-5-0)
 Castillo (67-28-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 956/.248 85/.181 141/.208 249/.281 124/.282 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .260  Schierholtz
 Ruggiano
 Lake
 Sweeney
 Bonifacio
 Valbuena
0/0/126/5
23/84/5/3
32/27/0/2
10/45/4/1
20/15/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .636 .572 .537 .725 .704 .738 .608 .432 .719
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 476/.631 39/.636 99/.492 79/.726 51/.764 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 480/.639 46/.517 42/.635 170/.724 73/.661 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .656
Home 463/.568 36/.713 71/.548 130/.700 79/.758 82/.602 165/.559 79/.429
Last 28d days 54/.498 8/1.625 10/.200 13/.993 30/.530 23/.685 27/.717 14/.536
HR/SB/CS 15/3/3 0/2/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 8/6/3
Usage ·····X·· ·······X ··oo···o ··o····X X··oX·X· X·X··oo· X··oX··· X···o·o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (3.20 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 63.Schlitter
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 53.Wright*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .870 40/.939 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .739 31/.568 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 11/1.101 ··· 3/1.167 13/.975 ··· 2/.500 5/.200 6/1.166 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .972 46/.806 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP 11/.705 ··· 3/1.334 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .834 37/.223 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .466 1/ 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 10/1.100 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 2/.000 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .597 12/.091 6/3 5/14
7.Holliday G/S/vP 19/1.296 1/no AB 2/1.000 10/.543 1/2.000 2/no AB 10/.100 1/no AB 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .978 44/.638 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 14/.536 ··· 4/1.000 12/.878 1/2.000 1/no AB 5/.833 5/.400 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .732 14/.762 10/5 7/1
38.Kozma G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 448/305 .217/.275/.273/.548 .536/.554 .502 1/.000 3/1 1/9
4.Molina G/S/vP 26/.471 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.650 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 3/2.000 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .813 41/.892 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 4/.000 6/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.000 5/.900 ··· 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .940 37/.439 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .639 7/.286 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .237 40/.693 3/0 0/0
IP 128.2 98.0 54.2 52.2 57.1 62.2 53.2 TOTAL .212/.301/.329/.630 .541/.658 .712 .630 3/1 6/9
ERA-K/9 4.06/7.2 5.97/7.0 4.77/7.2 3.59/6.3 /0.0 4.55/10.4 3.02/8.6 3.69/9.2 3.39/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-6-2)
 Molina (26-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 524/.248 442/.300 242/.251 214/.238 / 254/.210 254/.199 232/.261 .218  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Robinson
 Kozma
 Peralta
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
26/27/34/0
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .726 .846 .737 .746 .663 .605 .769 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 224/.731 239/.860 112/.546 122/.543 / 108/.653 132/.684 123/.753 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 300/.721 203/.830 130/.908 92/1.033 / 146/.671 122/.520 109/.786 .557
Road 223/.770 224/.896 120/.695 98/.786 / 125/.585 107/.623 114/.841
Last 28d days 30/.815 30/.492 27/.389 16/1.165 22/.577 24/.833 23/.727 18/1.042
HR/SB/CS 14/10/6 15/4/4 6/4/1 7/6/5 // 5/1/0 6/7/0 7/5/1 11/8/0
Usage ·····X·· XX·X··X· XoX··X·o ·o·X··X· ·X·X·o·X X·oo·o·· X··o·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.