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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at PNC Park, August 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Start Time:
12:35et (local)
Venue:
PNC Park
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at PNC Park
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
132
On This Date:
58-58
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
133
On This Date:
52-57
Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 PIT 12  STL  2     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  1     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 PIT  2  STL  1     
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 STL  1  PIT  0     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 PIT  6 @STL  1     
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 STL  7  PIT  0     
Fri, May 09, 2014 PIT  6  STL  4     
Sat, May 10, 2014 PIT  4  STL  3     
Sun, May 11, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  5     
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 STL  2  PIT  0     
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 STL  5  PIT  4     
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 STL  5  PIT  2     
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 PIT  9 @STL  1     
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 STL  3 @PIT  2     
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 PIT  5  STL  2     

Wed, Aug 27, 2014 STL    @PIT 12:35pm
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 PIT    @STL  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 PIT    @STL  1:45pm

                         All times ET
St. Louis Cardinals
71-60, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-26   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  57-45   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  24-20
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:31-20   vsWest: 15-12 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Aug 26  @PIT  L   2-5       71-60  2nd  1.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 25  @PIT  W   3-2       71-59  2nd  1.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24  @PHI  L   1-7       70-59  2nd  1.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23  @PHI  W   6-5 (12)  70-58  2nd  0.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22  @PHI  L   4-5       69-58  2nd  1.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   CIN  W   7-3       69-57  2nd  1.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   CIN  W   5-4       68-57  2nd  2.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18   CIN  W   6-5 (10)  67-57  2nd  2.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   SDP  W   7-6       66-57  2nd  3.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 16   SDP  L   5-9       65-57  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Pittsburgh Pirates
68-64, 3rd, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-27   Road:   27-37   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  53-52   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  25-24
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:25-32   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 26   STL  W   5-2       68-64  3rd  5.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   STL  L   2-3       67-64  3rd  6.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @MIL  L   3-4       67-63  3rd  5.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @MIL  W  10-2       67-62  3rd  4.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @MIL  W   8-3       66-62  3rd  5.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20   ATL  W   3-2       65-62  3rd  6.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19   ATL  L   3-11      64-62  3rd  7.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18   ATL  L   3-7       64-61  3rd  6.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17  @WSN  L   5-6 (11)  64-60  3rd  5.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16  @WSN  L   3-4       64-59  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 PIT  5  STL  2        W:Tony Watson (9-1), L: Seth Maness (5-3), S: Mark Melancon (23)
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 STL  3 @PIT  2        W:John Lackey (13-8), L: Jared Hughes (6-4), S: Trevor Rosenthal (39)
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 PIT  9 @STL  1        W:Edinson Volquez (8-6), L: Shelby Miller (7-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 STL  5  PIT  2        W:Lance Lynn (10-6), L: Brandon Cumpton (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (27)
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Trevor Rosenthal (1-4), L: Ernesto Frieri (1-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 STL  2  PIT  0        W:Pat Neshek (3-0), L: Justin Wilson (2-1), S: none
Sun, May 11, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  5        W:Shelby Miller (5-2), L: Charlie Morton (0-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (10)
Sat, May 10, 2014 PIT  4  STL  3        W:Jared Hughes (2-1), L: Lance Lynn (4-2), S: Mark Melancon (4)
Fri, May 09, 2014 PIT  6  STL  4        W:Justin Wilson (1-0), L: Carlos Martinez (0-2), S: Mark Melancon (3)
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 STL  7  PIT  0        W:Adam Wainwright (5-1), L: Edinson Volquez (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 8-7; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1228-1167

SP: Adam Wainwright (32, RHP, 15-8, 2.52)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (15-8) 182.0 146 55 51 44 145 6 2.52
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 3-4 44.0 47 27 23 17 30 2 4.70 47
2014-08-22 @PHI L 6.0 6 5 4 3 2 0 105 41
2014-08-17 SDP W 7.0 7 4 3 1 5 0 111 53
2014-08-12 @MIA L 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 88 54
2014-08-07 BOS W 7.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 122 60
2014-08-01 MIL L 5.1 9 7 7 3 5 1 96 24
2014-07-27 @CHC W 7.0 5 0 0 3 3 0 98 67
2014-07-22 TBR L 4.2 6 6 4 4 4 0 87 32
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 36.0 22 5 5 12 33 2 1.25 69
2014-07-07 PIT ND 7.0 7 0 0 3 5 0 112 65
2014-04-27 PIT W 8.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 99 81
2014-04-06 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 100 64
2013-09-07 PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 100 79
2013-08-13 PIT ND 7.0 5 3 3 3 6 2 122 58

SP: Jeff Locke (26, LHP, 5-3, 3.69)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-3) 97.2 95 45 40 25 63 12 3.69
2013 (10-7) 166.1 146 69 65 84 125 11 3.52
2012 (1-3) 34.1 36 21 21 11 34 6 5.50
Last 7 GS 3-2 41.2 46 24 22 19 28 9 4.75 46
2014-08-22 @MIL W 6.0 2 2 2 6 0 1 91 54
2014-08-16 @WSN ND 5.2 4 0 0 2 6 0 93 65
2014-08-11 DET W 5.0 8 4 4 4 1 0 94 32
2014-08-06 MIA W 7.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 100 60
2014-07-31 @ARI L 5.1 9 6 4 2 5 2 104 33
2014-07-26 @COL L 6.2 10 6 6 3 6 3 115 33
2014-07-20 COL ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 3 2 85 47
Last 5 v.STL 1-1 16.0 16 7 6 7 14 0 3.38 52
2013-09-07 @STL L 5.0 3 3 2 4 4 0 91 51
2013-07-31 STL ND 4.0 10 4 4 1 6 0 89 31
2013-04-28 @STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 95 73

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

Cardinals Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Locke*
G/S/vB		 53.Axford
G/S/vB		 58.Cumpton
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
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
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.350 6/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.167 4/1.250 462/363 .303/.331/.482/.813 .597/.871 .692 104/.702 3/2 13/6
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 3/2.167 240/145 .228/.292/.358/.651 .567/.706 .555 37/.721 8/2 4/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.333 8/1.025 6/.666 13/.906 8/.804 5/.000 8/.250 10/.522 585/418 .280/.373/.392/.766 .743/.775 .800 113/.743 5/3 7/12
48.Cruz G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.333 134/96 .200/.273/.242/.514 .462/.534 .562 38/.382 0/2 0/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.143 10/.777 7/.858 1/.000 132/109 .212/.290/.288/.578 .791/.534 .580 32/.969 1/1 0/4
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/19 .156/.208/.289/.497 .458/.557 .538 1/2.000 0/0 1/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/1.056 17/.841 6/1.267 11/.741 9/1.222 7/.453 9/.555 8/.875 545/414 .263/.365/.407/.772 .839/.751 .727 106/.723 3/1 12/4
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 3/.666 9/.583 9/1.111 2/1.000 11/1.091 7/.286 359/295 .310/.382/.399/.781 .939/.745 .772 80/1.040 6/1 3/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 17/.923 2/2.500 4/1.000 4/.250 3/1.667 510/397 .266/.339/.457/.796 .875/.775 .778 102/.889 2/2 18/11
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 12/.969 ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 347/250 .257/.295/.347/.642 .485/.702 .606 61/.655 0/1 5/5
18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 191/157 .233/.272/.306/.578 .614/.570 .483 90/.656 0/1 2/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 346/287 .248/.289/.388/.678 .727/.667 .606 106/.678 18/2 9/10
IP 97.2 48.1 64.2 58.2 55.0 54.1 61.2 51.1 TOTAL .253/.321/.373/.693 .715/.686 .661 .722 52/21 84/71
ERA-K/9 3.69/5.8 3.72/10.4 5.01/5.7 3.38/5.4 1.96/4.9 2.15/8.6 1.75/9.3 4.38/8.9 3.75/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (17-5-4)
 Pierzynski (48-10-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 401/.259 213/.218 286/.295 255/.295 220/.237 214/.203 245/.230 219/.222 .255  Taveras
 Holliday
 Jay
 Grichuk
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
0/3/47/2
121/0/0/2
19/78/23/1
4/4/8/0
0/83/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .709 .690 .738 .820 .624 .492 .612 .636 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.489 103/.665 121/.780 103/1.096 99/.627 101/.447 76/.543 77/.765 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.763 110/.712 165/.707 152/.642 121/.621 113/.532 169/.642 142/.561 .705
Home 205/.615 100/.677 150/.658 138/.890 127/.702 123/.435 124/.539 124/.636
Last 28d days 127/.759 32/.755 37/.738 46/.852 48/.599 32/.588 42/.533 44/.478
HR/SB/CS 12/5/5 6/6/1 2/5/2 6/6/4 3/4/6 2/0/1 5/4/1 2/6/1 113/93/40
Usage ····X··· ·o··X··· ·······X ···X···· ·o·oo··· o·o···o· X·····o· ·Xo·X···
Pirates Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 62.Greenwood*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 30/.670 8/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 7/.714 ··· 8/.393 444/357 .232/.313/.406/.719 .504/.772 .717 54/.664 8/3 18/25
12.Barmes G/S/vP 25/1.009 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 2/.000 7/.533 104/83 .231/.317/.275/.592 .586/.593 .662 4/.250 1/1 0/2
15.Davis* G/S/vP 18/.818 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.000 5/.000 355/323 .238/.352/.379/.731 .256/.782 .842 54/.742 0/4 9/7
5.Harrison G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 427/324 .302/.336/.494/.830 .809/.837 .775 112/.886 17/5 12/5
6.Marte G/S/vP 19/.743 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.500 5/.200 5/.000 4/.000 434/355 .279/.353/.436/.788 .745/.798 .794 86/1.098 25/8 9/3
55.Martin G/S/vP 30/.907 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.500 8/1.357 364/283 .292/.413/.414/.827 .728/.851 .914 90/.922 3/4 7/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 41/.971 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.476 7/1.571 4/.500 9/1.194 518/421 .307/.403/.539/.942 .811/.972 1.019 47/.968 17/1 20/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.167 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.500 444/342 .259/.307/.373/.680 .806/.641 .682 79/.740 2/1 7/10
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.125 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 240/118 .236/.304/.398/.702 .777/.625 .613 43/.770 2/0 6/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 280/245 .260/.326/.421/.747 .974/.715 .863 88/.753 0/1 10/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 128/98 .282/.365/.309/.674 1.056/.552 .710 15/.667 0/1 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP 24/.899 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.000 4/1.667 2/1.000 3/1.667 155/124 .287/.325/.329/.653 .787/.619 .597 1/.000 1/2 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 31/.881 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· 8/.250 6/1.500 1/.000 5/1.600 448/352 .277/.347/.459/.806 .640/.851 .822 54/.784 2/1 17/4
IP 182.0 31.1 31.2 28.2 66.2 73.0 55.1 60.0 TOTAL .257/.330/.397/.727 .662/.745 .750 .746 91/36 123/93
ERA-K/9 2.52/7.2 4.88/7.5 2.27/9.1 5.34/4.4 3.11/5.9 4.68/8.4 0.81/9.6 3.60/11.4 3.64/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (47-30-2)
 Stewart (28-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 724/.220 132/.216 142/.248 119/.274 267/.271 320/.273 199/.138 265/.227 .244  Snider
 Harrison
 Marte
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Mercer
 Sanchez
31/0/48/6
26/0/26/4
86/25/0/4
16/1/30/2
0/116/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .579 .591 .662 .745 .693 .735 .367 .656 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 339/.619 76/.411 60/.830 45/.661 97/.851 151/.913 77/.388 122/.554 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.544 56/.832 82/.542 74/.796 170/.604 169/.578 122/.354 143/.742 .674
Road 417/.529 54/.700 64/.796 74/.887 144/.767 156/.727 92/.401 94/.540
Last 28d days 141/.724 26/.537 47/.854 37/.826 43/.542 20/.600 44/.326 54/.742
HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 1/3/1 2/1/1 4/1/0 6/1/2 4/4/3 3/2/1 2/2/0 94/46/23
Usage ····X··· ··oX··oX o··oX··· ··X····· X··X···o ··o·o·X· ·X·X···o ·o·X··X·

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

OAK  4.80

SEA  4.00

SDP  3.31

 RA/G

SEA  3.17

CHC  4.11

COL  5.20

 BA

J. Altuve  .333

D. Navarro  .272

C. Davis  .188

 OBP

G. Stanton  .404

A. Gonzalez  .334

G. Beckham  .260

 SLG

J. Abreu  .599

B. Zobrist  .416

Z. Cozart  .302

 OPS

J. Abreu  .967

M. Montero  .749

Z. Cozart  .576

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.82

W. Peralta  3.56

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

J. Lackey  7.34

K. Correia  4.58

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.