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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Busch Stadium III, July 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Start Time:
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 2-game series
Average Temp:
91° (based on last ten years)
Rays
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
102
On This Date:
3-10
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
101
On This Date:
60-50
Season Series
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 STL  1 @TBR  0     
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 TBR  6  STL  3     
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 TBR  7 @STL  2     

Wed, Jul 23, 2014 TBR    @STL  7:15pm

                         All times ET
Tampa Bay Rays
48-53, 4th, 8 GB, 12 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-28   Road:   26-25   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  37-37   vsLHP:  11-16   1-Run:  15-11
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest: 12-12 IL: 5-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Tue, Jul 22  @STL  W   7-2       48-53  4th  8.0 gb
100 Sun, Jul 20  @MIN  W   5-3       47-53  4th  7.5 gb
 99 Sat, Jul 19  @MIN  W   5-1       46-53  4th  8.5 gb
 98 Fri, Jul 18  @MIN  W   6-2       45-53  4th  8.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 13   TOR  W   3-0       44-53  4th  9.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 12   TOR  W  10-3       43-53  4th  9.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 11   TOR  L   5-8       42-53  5th 10.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul  9   KCR  L   4-5       42-52  4th  9.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul  8   KCR  W   4-3       42-51  4th  9.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul  7   KCR  L   0-6       41-51  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10
St. Louis Cardinals
54-46, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-22   Road:   25-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 5-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22   TBR  L   2-7       54-46  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 20   LAD  L   3-4       54-45  1st    Tied
 98 Sat, Jul 19   LAD  W   4-2       54-44  1st    Tied
 97 Fri, Jul 18   LAD  W   3-2       53-44  2nd  1.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 13  @MIL  L   2-11      52-44  2nd  1.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 12  @MIL  W  10-2       52-43  1st    Tied
 94 Fri, Jul 11  @MIL  W   7-6       51-43  2nd  1.0 gb
 93 Thu, Jul 10   PIT  L   1-9       50-43  2nd  2.0 gb
 92 Wed, Jul  9   PIT  W   5-2       50-42  2nd  2.0 gb
 91 Tue, Jul  8   PIT  W   5-4       49-42  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 TBR  7 @STL  2        W:Jake Odorizzi (6-8), L: Adam Wainwright (12-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 TBR  6  STL  3        W:Juan Carlos Oviedo (2-2), L: Michael Wacha (4-5), S: Grant Balfour (10)
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 STL  1 @TBR  0        W:Adam Wainwright (9-3), L: Jake Odorizzi (2-7), S: Trevor Rosenthal (17)

Sun, Jul 03, 2011 TBR  8  STL  3        W:Jeremy Hellickson (8-7), L: Kyle Lohse (8-5), S: Kyle Farnsworth (17)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 TBR  5  STL  1        W:Jeff Niemann (3-4), L: Kyle McClellan (6-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 STL  5 @TBR  3        W:Jake Westbrook (7-4), L: Wade Davis (7-6), S: Fernando Salas (14)
Sun, May 18, 2008 STL  5  TBR  4        W:Chris Perez (1-0), L: Gary Glover (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 17, 2008 STL  9  TBR  8 (10)   W:Ryan Franklin (2-1), L: Dan Wheeler (0-3), S: none
Fri, May 16, 2008 TBR  3 @STL  1        W:Andy Sonnanstine (6-1), L: Braden Looper (5-3), S: Troy Percival (11)
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 STL  8 @TBD  5        W:Jeff Suppan (6-6), L: Doug Waechter (3-4), S: Jason Isringhausen (21)
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 2-1; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 7-5

SP: Alex Cobb (26, RHP, 5-6, 4.08)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-6) 81.2 76 39 37 26 70 9 4.08
2013 (11-3) 143.1 120 46 44 45 134 13 2.76
2012 (11-9) 136.1 130 67 61 40 106 11 4.03
Last 7 GS 4-2 40.2 37 19 17 15 36 5 3.76 53
2014-07-18 @MIN W 5.2 5 2 2 2 2 1 99 51
2014-07-09 KCR ND 6.2 6 2 2 2 7 1 98 59
2014-07-04 @DET W 5.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 86 48
2014-06-29 @BAL W 5.0 8 4 3 0 3 1 82 40
2014-06-23 PIT L 5.0 6 6 6 3 2 1 91 30
2014-06-18 BAL L 7.0 4 1 0 4 6 0 111 69
2014-06-13 @HOU W 6.1 3 1 1 2 11 1 97 72
Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Lance Lynn (27, RHP, 11-6, 3.13)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (11-6) 120.2 112 47 42 46 110 7 3.13
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 5-2 43.1 34 13 12 15 41 1 2.49 60
2014-07-18 LAD W 6.0 4 2 2 4 9 0 107 61
2014-07-09 PIT W 6.2 6 2 2 2 4 1 110 56
2014-07-04 MIA W 6.2 5 0 0 3 6 0 112 67
2014-06-28 @LAD L 2.0 9 7 6 2 2 0 61 12
2014-06-23 @COL W 8.0 3 0 0 0 7 0 108 83
2014-06-18 NYM L 6.0 5 2 2 4 5 0 88 55
2014-06-13 WSN W 8.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 111 86
Has never faced TBR as starter.

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

Rays Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 62.Greenwood*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
59.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .111/.111/.111/.222 .000/.250 .222 9/.222 0/0 0/0
11.Escobar G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 326/255 .253/.327/.339/.666 .832/.619 .697 30/.824 1/1 4/9
35.Figueroa* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/26 .120/.154/.160/.314 /.314 .100 14/.071 0/0 0/1
10.Forsythe G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 211/112 .249/.299/.347/.646 .724/.577 .709 62/.914 0/0 3/1
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 164/98 .272/.321/.361/.681 .786/.609 .717 70/.705 3/1 1/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 410/308 .243/.333/.384/.717 .854/.673 .782 88/.768 12/6 8/0
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 317/290 .273/.353/.428/.781 .456/.813 .787 63/.995 1/2 7/1
39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 183/141 .311/.363/.563/.926 .594/1.027 .846 83/.932 3/3 8/3
21.Loney* G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.200 2/1.000 ··· 417/299 .287/.345/.383/.728 .584/.787 .720 94/.739 4/0 5/3
3.Longoria G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 ··· 441/323 .262/.336/.400/.736 .895/.680 .654 96/.734 4/0 12/6
28.Molina G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 169/131 .199/.246/.205/.451 .621/.400 .461 46/.634 3/0 0/2
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 165/75 .240/.288/.520/.808 .765/.854 .917 44/1.045 1/0 10/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 386/283 .260/.348/.398/.746 .912/.686 .760 99/.864 5/3 7/8
IP 120.2 24.2 19.1 19.0 50.2 20.0 40.0 46.2 TOTAL .253/.326/.384/.710 .729/.703 .700 .787 40/19 80/48
ERA-K/9 3.13/8.2 4.74/7.7 1.86/8.4 4.74/4.7 2.84/5.7 4.95/6.8 0.68/9.0 3.47/11.6 3.41/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Casali (1-0-0)
 Molina (27-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 516/.242 99/.221 80/.188 82/.286 207/.281 88/.300 145/.132 203/.219 .240  Joyce
 Kiermaier
 Jennings
 Forsythe
 Rodriguez
 Guyer
 Zobrist
53/0/9/4
1/12/42/1
0/89/0/1
3/0/0/0
14/0/0/0
33/6/1/0
11/0/8/0
OPS .671 .575 .496 .706 .701 .903 .341 .623 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.723 57/.339 39/.566 31/.736 78/.792 34/.713 48/.319 92/.506 .677
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.629 42/.886 41/.433 51/.687 129/.646 54/1.023 97/.352 111/.723 .642
Home 289/.635 64/.522 55/.433 37/.476 96/.647 55/.927 82/.296 133/.671
Last 28d days 96/.812 11/.282 23/.760 52/.707 58/.532 41/.831 31/.331 42/.738
HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 1/1/1 0/0/1 1/1/0 4/1/1 6/1/0 1/1/1 1/1/0 59/31/19
Usage ····X··· ··o····· ···X···· X······· o·o·o··· X·o····· ···oX··· ··Xoo···
Cardinals Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 38.Beliveau*
G/S/vB		 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 49.Yates
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 332/256 .325/.340/.527/.867 .576/.952 .953 80/.850 3/1 12/4
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 2/.500 6/.200 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 199/116 .228/.289/.356/.645 .565/.703 .752 26/.943 8/2 3/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 445/308 .278/.374/.381/.755 .726/.768 .690 90/.793 3/1 5/9
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 388/296 .242/.294/.354/.648 .793/.602 .757 59/.461 1/1 7/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 87/62 .211/.294/.263/.557 .554/.558 .275 35/.399 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 96/79 .180/.232/.236/.468 .561/.448 .479 21/.390 1/1 0/2
3.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/no AB 3/.333 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 176/102 .188/.266/.227/.493 .552/.448 .380 36/.367 4/1 0/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· 414/304 .268/.374/.407/.782 .776/.782 .867 76/.801 2/1 8/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 4/.500 ··· 261/212 .292/.351/.373/.724 .898/.680 .718 63/.639 5/1 1/1
59.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 32/29 .280/.387/.640/1.027 .000/1.156 1.207 12/.258 0/0 3/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.000 14/.846 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 384/287 .255/.331/.455/.785 .875/.756 .771 78/.859 1/2 14/8
18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 85/65 .200/.235/.275/.510 .472/.521 .592 45/.500 0/0 1/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 217/182 .246/.302/.397/.699 .741/.691 .778 46/1.134 12/2 6/6
IP 81.2 36.2 3.1 39.2 44.0 31.2 62.1 16.1 TOTAL .251/.318/.373/.692 .706/.686 .722 .702 41/14 65/48
ERA-K/9 4.08/7.7 5.40/8.8 0.00/5.5 2.27/13.6 1.43/11.2 3.69/7.4 4.04/7.1 2.20/9.4 3.75/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (12-2-4)
 Kottaras (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 348/.244 166/.215 11/.000 150/.159 167/.181 140/.225 273/.242 69/.238 .241  Craig
 Taveras
 Holliday
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
9/0/68/3
0/3/20/1
92/0/0/1
14/54/17/1
0/66/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .684 .711 .091 .551 .448 .729 .690 .654 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.602 96/.728 5/.000 65/.358 50/.548 70/.718 101/.625 21/.782 .676
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.757 70/.688 6/.167 85/.695 117/.406 70/.739 172/.729 48/.598 .686
Road 167/.719 69/.659 11/.091 69/.395 89/.523 55/1.020 178/.803 29/.535
Last 28d days 100/.737 37/.750 5/.200 44/.322 44/.529 26/1.214 37/.793 31/.591
HR/SB/CS 9/7/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 6/4/1 0/1/1 3/5/0 6/1/0 2/1/0 95/48/15
Usage ····X··· ··o·o··· X······· o·o·X··· ··Xoo··· ···o···· ········ X·o·····

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

LAA  4.98

SFG  4.01

SDP  2.94

 RA/G

SEA  3.37

BOS  4.18

COL  5.29

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .340

M. Prado  .272

M. Reynolds  .199

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .432

A. Rios  .330

N. Schierholtz  .248

 SLG

J. Abreu  .619

C. Granderson  .411

E. Cabrera  .290

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.035

Y. Molina  .751

E. Cabrera  .546

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.92

Y. Ventura  3.59

R. Nolasco  5.90

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  11.67

M. Estrada  7.45

K. Correia  4.29

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.