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Game Preview: STL @ WSN, 1:05pm, Saturday, April 19, 2014 @Nationals Park

Cardinals, 10-7, 10-7 2nd, 2 GB, tied for WC

SP: Lance Lynn (27, RHP, 3-0, 4.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-0) 18.0 19 8 8 4 22 2 4.00
2013 (15-10) 201.2 189 92 89 76 198 14 3.97
2012 (18-7) 176.0 168 76 74 64 180 16 3.78
Last 7 GS 5-0 42.2 38 12 11 11 52 2 2.32 61
2014-04-14 @MIL W 7.0 3 0 0 3 11 0 114 79
2014-04-08 CIN W 6.0 8 5 5 0 4 0 111 40
2014-04-03 @CIN W 5.0 8 3 3 1 7 2 107 45
2013-09-27 CHC W 6.0 4 0 0 0 9 0 98 73
2013-09-21 @MIL W 6.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 109 64
2013-09-16 @COL ND 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 97 56
2013-09-11 MIL ND 6.0 5 1 0 2 10 0 93 68
Last 5 v.WSN 1-0 5.1 6 4 4 1 9 2 6.75 48
2012-09-30 WSN W 5.1 6 4 4 1 9 2 99 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-5    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @WSN  L   1-3       10-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @WSN  W   8-0       10-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIL  L   1-5        9-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIL  W   6-1        9-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @MIL  W   4-0        8-5   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   CHC  W   6-4        7-5   2nd  3.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   CHC  W  10-4        6-5   2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-7    Last 30:10-7
Nationals, 10-7, 10-7 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (28, RHP, 1-0, 5.27)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 13.2 17 8 8 4 17 3 5.27
2013 (19-9) 213.1 192 81 77 40 161 19 3.25
2012 (12-8) 195.2 186 69 64 43 153 18 2.94
Last 7 GS 4-1 41.2 40 17 17 8 39 4 3.67 56
2014-04-14 @MIA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 93 63
2014-04-09 MIA ND 1.2 7 5 5 2 1 1 57 20
2014-04-04 ATL ND 5.0 4 1 1 1 9 1 81 63
2013-09-25 @STL L 7.0 6 4 4 0 2 1 94 51
2013-09-20 MIA W 9.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 107 91
2013-09-15 PHI W 7.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 102 60
2013-09-10 @NYM W 5.0 8 3 3 1 4 0 85 42
Last 5 v.STL 0-2 27.0 36 25 25 6 17 4 8.33 37
2013-09-25 @STL L 7.0 6 4 4 0 2 1 94 51
2012-09-29 @STL ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 5 0 112 50
2012-09-01 STL ND 3.2 8 8 8 1 3 2 93 15
2011-04-20 @STL L 6.0 8 5 5 2 3 0 96 37
2010-08-26 STL ND 4.0 7 5 5 1 4 1 70 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-3    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-6    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  9-6    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 18   STL  W   3-1       10-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   STL  L   0-8        9-7   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIA  W   6-3        9-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIA  L   2-11       8-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @MIA  W   9-2        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @ATL  L   2-10       7-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @ATL  L   3-6        7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @ATL  L   6-7 (10)   7-3   1st  1.0 up
  9 Thu, Apr 10   MIA  W   7-1        7-2   1st  2.0 up
  8 Wed, Apr  9   MIA  W  10-7        6-2   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-7    Last 30:10-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 18, 2014 WSN  3  STL  1        W:Gio Gonzalez (3-1), L: Michael Wacha (2-1), S: Rafael Soriano (4)
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 STL  8 @WSN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (3-1), L: Taylor Jordan (0-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 25, 2013 STL  4  WSN  1        W:Shelby Miller (15-9), L: Jordan Zimmermann (19-9), S: Trevor Rosenthal (3)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 STL  2  WSN  0        W:Michael Wacha (4-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (11-8), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 STL  4  WSN  3        W:Adam Wainwright (18-9), L: Tanner Roark (7-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)
Wed, Apr 24, 2013 STL  4 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (2-1), L: Stephen Strasburg (1-4), S: Edward Mujica (4)
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 STL  2 @WSN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (4-1), L: Ross Detwiler (1-1), S: Edward Mujica (3)
Mon, Apr 22, 2013 STL  3 @WSN  2        W:Shelby Miller (3-1), L: Dan Haren (1-3), S: Edward Mujica (2)
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 STL 10  WSN  4        W:Lance Lynn (18-7), L: Ross Detwiler (10-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 WSN  6 @STL  4 (10)   W:Drew Storen (3-1), L: Sam Freeman (0-2), S: Craig Stammen (1)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - STL won 6-0; 2012 - WSN won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 302-286

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.

Cardinals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 48.Detwiler*
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 35.Stammen
G/S/vB		 22.Storen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 319/267 .284/.335/.503/.839 .654/.876 .806 65/.885 0/1 17/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 196/153 .274/.333/.377/.710 .608/.740 .661 42/.595 6/0 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 10/.500 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 717/495 .318/.392/.481/.873 .820/.897 .775 75/.722 3/3 11/12
21.Craig G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.666 563/431 .315/.373/.457/.830 .779/.845 .826 66/.490 2/0 13/1
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/95 .203/.240/.293/.533 .235/.643 .626 7/.971 0/0 1/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 8/.804 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 358/292 .238/.290/.366/.656 .529/.684 .702 22/.293 6/3 5/14
3.Ellis G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 7/.714 8/.393 1/.000 2/1.000 480/336 .270/.323/.351/.674 .743/.644 .611 8/.417 4/1 6/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP 14/1.100 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 5/1.350 1/.000 10/1.025 7/.453 602/458 .300/.389/.490/.879 .799/.903 .790 73/.737 6/1 22/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP 12/.955 1/.000 5/1.200 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.450 628/491 .276/.351/.370/.721 .620/.749 .711 33/.861 10/5 7/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 16/.967 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 5/.600 5/.400 6/.334 6/.834 541/426 .319/.359/.477/.836 .883/.823 .855 67/.920 3/2 12/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/.929 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 448/312 .303/.358/.457/.815 .964/.750 .705 62/.738 3/3 11/4
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 171/77 .250/.345/.319/.664 .598/.746 .686 16/.327 5/1 2/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 62/55 .153/.194/.169/.363 .000/.410 .451 61/.615 3/0 0/0
IP 213.1 60.0 12.1 71.0 71.1 66.2 81.2 61.2 TOTAL .247/.317/.372/.689 .501/.749 .647 .689 7/2 12/15
ERA-K/9 3.25/6.8 3.15/7.8 6.57/6.6 2.41/9.3 4.04/4.9 3.11/6.9 2.76/8.7 4.52/8.5 3.92/10.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 865/.239 245/.218 60/.306 275/.152 316/.315 277/.251 339/.262 267/.267 .253  Jay
 Bourjos
 Holliday
 Carpenter
 Craig
 Peralta
 Robinson
0/152/0/4
0/53/0/2
136/0/0/2
0/0/2/1
25/0/22/1
3/0/0/0
26/27/34/0
OPS .654 .651 .811 .517 .811 .668 .682 .729 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 452/.702 107/.741 31/.603 141/.507 83/.705 118/.785 133/.756 113/.816 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 413/.601 138/.581 29/1.039 134/.527 233/.849 159/.584 206/.634 154/.668 .709
Home 482/.599 114/.665 31/.781 139/.539 151/.868 150/.637 166/.874 140/.796
Last 28d days 61/.906 31/.661 / 36/.711 38/.679 27/.528 37/.804 22/.318
HR/SB/CS 19/14/5 7/2/2 0/0/0 9/2/0 5/2/0 7/3/0 4/9/3 7/4/1 17/5/3
Usage ····X··· ·X·o·o·o X·oo···X ·····X·X X·oo···· ···X··X· o·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.

Nationals Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Desmond G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 655/507 .280/.331/.453/.784 .766/.789 .871 69/.661 21/6 20/20
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 4/2.417 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 167/130 .158/.193/.272/.465 .529/.448 .482 43/.776 1/0 3/2
19.Frandsen G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 278/190 .234/.296/.341/.637 .869/.536 .621 24/.798 1/0 5/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 4/1.833 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 497/339 .274/.368/.486/.854 .648/.947 .910 63/.813 11/4 20/6
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 590/448 .237/.332/.403/.735 .566/.791 .720 68/.903 4/1 20/11
41.Leon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 25/.492 0/0 0/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 311/205 .249/.320/.394/.714 .653/.745 .760 39/.514 0/1 7/3
15.McLouth* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· 593/463 .258/.329/.399/.729 .640/.753 .705 32/.341 30/7 12/1
12.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 178/98 .222/.260/.347/.607 .508/.687 .584 13/.769 0/0 4/1
6.Rendon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 394/277 .265/.329/.396/.725 .830/.682 .694 71/.934 1/1 7/16
21.Souza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 5/.650 / /
4.Walters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .375/.444/.625/1.069 1.333/.900 .500 5/2.000 0/0 0/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 4/.750 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 532/408 .318/.398/.532/.931 1.092/.884 .896 69/.829 10/1 25/2
IP 201.2 35.1 62.0 28.1 40.1 75.1 39.2 TOTAL .253/.318/.429/.747 .953/.695 .623 .747 4/3 20/19
ERA-K/9 3.97/8.8 2.29/7.1 2.32/5.1 5.08/7.6 3.35/6.5 2.63/12.9 0.45/11.3 3.17/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Leon (0-0-0)
 Lobaton (63-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 856/.252 141/.208 249/.281 124/.282 177/.252 311/.223 152/.128 .224  Harper
 Werth
 McLouth
 Moore
97/9/16/13
0/0/126/7
136/3/0/4
29/0/6/0
OPS .701 .537 .725 .704 .738 .608 .432 .637
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 380/.765 99/.492 79/.726 51/.764 60/.922 137/.586 79/.388 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 476/.652 42/.635 170/.724 73/.661 117/.644 174/.626 73/.479 .601
Road 442/.758 70/.523 119/.754 45/.611 95/.853 146/.664 73/.436
Last 28d days 79/.756 18/.284 28/.904 36/.431 30/.563 36/.748 23/.367
HR/SB/CS 14/7/7 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/1/1 6/2/1 4/0/2 1/0/1 12/6/5
Usage ····X··· ··o···o· ··Xo··o· ····X··X ··oo···X o····X·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.