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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds, at Busch Stadium III, August 19, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

84° (based on last ten years)

Reds

Manager:

Bryan Price

Game #:

127

On This Date:

64-58

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

125

On This Date:

63-48

Season Series
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 STL  1 @CIN  0     
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 CIN  1  STL  0     
Thu, Apr 03, 2014 STL  7 @CIN  6     
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 STL  5  CIN  3     
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 STL  7  CIN  5     
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 CIN  4 @STL  0     
Fri, May 23, 2014 CIN  5  STL  3     
Sat, May 24, 2014 STL  6 @CIN  3     
Sun, May 25, 2014 STL  4 @CIN  0     
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 STL  6  CIN  5 (10)

Tue, Aug 19, 2014 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 CIN    @STL  7:15pm
Mon, Sep 08, 2014 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 STL    @CIN 12:35pm
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 CIN    @STL  7:15pm
Sun, Sep 21, 2014 CIN    @STL  2:15pm

                         All times ET

Cincinnati Reds

61-64, 4th, 9 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   32-29   Road:   29-35   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  46-50   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  18-30
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:28-21   vsWest: 16-18 IL: 6-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Mon, Aug 18  @STL  L   5-6 (10)  61-64  4th  9.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17  @COL  L   5-10      61-63  4th  8.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17  @COL  L   9-10      61-62  4th  8.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15  @COL  W   3-2       61-61  4th  6.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14  @COL  L   3-7       60-61  4th  6.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   BOS  L   4-5       60-60  4th  5.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   BOS  L   2-3       60-59  4th  5.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10   MIA  W   7-2       60-58  4th  5.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9   MIA  L   3-4       59-58  4th  6.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   MIA  L   1-2       59-57  4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:10-20

St. Louis Cardinals

67-57, 2nd, 2½ GB, 1½ up in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   37-26   Road:   30-31   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  54-42   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  21-19
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:28-19   vsWest: 15-12 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
121 Fri, Aug 15   SDP  W   4-2       65-56  2nd  2.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 14   SDP  W   4-3       64-56  2nd  2.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 13  @MIA  W   5-2       63-56  3rd  2.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 12  @MIA  L   0-3       62-56  3rd  3.0 gb
117 Mon, Aug 11  @MIA  L   5-6       62-55  3rd  3.0 gb
116 Sun, Aug 10  @BAL  W   8-3       62-54  2nd  2.0 gb
115 Sat, Aug  9  @BAL  L   3-10      61-54  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 18, 2014 STL  6  CIN  5 (10)   W:Nick Greenwood (2-1), L: Logan Ondrusek (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2014 STL  4 @CIN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (8-2), L: Mike Leake (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2014 STL  6 @CIN  3        W:Jaime Garcia (1-0), L: Tony Cingrani (2-4), S: Trevor Rosenthal (15)
Fri, May 23, 2014 CIN  5  STL  3        W:Homer Bailey (4-3), L: Shelby Miller (6-3), S: Aroldis Chapman (4)
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 CIN  4 @STL  0        W:Mike Leake (1-1), L: Shelby Miller (0-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 08, 2014 STL  7  CIN  5        W:Lance Lynn (2-0), L: Logan Ondrusek (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (3)
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 STL  5  CIN  3        W:Michael Wacha (1-0), L: Tony Cingrani (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 03, 2014 STL  7 @CIN  6        W:Lance Lynn (1-0), L: Homer Bailey (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 CIN  1  STL  0        W:J.J. Hoover (1-0), L: Carlos Martinez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 STL  1 @CIN  0        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Johnny Cueto (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 7-3; 2013 - STL won 11-8; 2012 - STL won 8-7; All-Time - STL leads 1201-1105

SP: Alfredo Simon (33, RHP, 12-8, 3.28)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (12-8)			148.0	134	59	54	41	92	18	3.28
2013 (6-4)			87.2	68	31	28	26	63	8	2.87
2012 (3-2)			61.0	65	22	18	22	52	2	2.66

Last 7 GS		1-5	38.0	44	24	20	15	25	5	4.74	45
2014-08-14	@COL	L	5.0	10	7	5	1	2	1	83	24
2014-08-09	MIA	ND	5.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	91	51
2014-08-04	@CLE	L	5.0	6	5	5	3	1	1	70	33
2014-07-30	ARI	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	105	58
2014-07-25	WSN	L	4.1	9	3	3	2	3	0	89	34
2014-07-19	@NYY	L	5.0	5	4	2	1	4	1	80	48
2014-07-09	CHC	W	6.2	4	1	1	2	8	1	119	68

Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: John Lackey (35, RHP, 12-8, 3.91)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (12-8)			156.1	162	73	68	37	128	19	3.91
2013 (10-13)			189.1	179	80	74	40	161	26	3.52
2011 (12-12)			160.0	203	119	114	56	108	20	6.41

Last 7 GS		3-3	44.1	49	24	23	15	33	8	4.67	49
2014-08-14	SDP	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	110	61
2014-08-09	@BAL	L	5.0	13	9	9	2	3	3	105	6
2014-08-03	MIL	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	109	59
2014-07-26	@TBR	L	7.0	8	3	2	4	4	1	112	51
2014-07-21	@TOR	W	7.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	76	72
2014-07-11	@HOU	W	6.0	4	2	2	5	3	1	117	54
2014-07-05	BAL	L	5.1	10	5	5	1	11	2	120	38

Last 5 v.CIN		1-0	6.0	3	3	1	1	4	1	1.50	61
2007-06-13	@CIN	W	6.0	3	3	1	1	4	1	97	61

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

Reds Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB 62.Greenwood*
G/S/vB 61.Maness
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Bruce* G/S/vP ··· 11/.384 4/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 7/.929 427/317 .224/.300/.392/.693 .629/.715 .683 94/.682 11/2 14/4

2.Cozart G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 3/.000 7/.286 447/347 .225/.274/.300/.573 .700/.537 .552 86/.569 4/0 3/7

21.Frazier G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/2.067 1/5.000 9/.347 514/397 .281/.340/.457/.798 .825/.790 .716 94/.625 17/6 20/13

6.Hamilton# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.833 484/363 .271/.302/.395/.697 .698/.696 .736 105/.558 46/18 6/1

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/19 .056/.105/.111/.216 /.216 .321 19/.216 0/0 0/0

28.Heisey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 2/.000 4/.000 240/168 .224/.274/.361/.635 .598/.651 .631 50/.522 8/2 4/0

48.Ludwick G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 332/246 .256/.317/.401/.718 .856/.670 .753 67/.684 0/1 8/0

39.Mesoraco G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/1.286 2/.000 3/.000 332/252 .285/.358/.556/.914 .910/.915 .900 88/.821 1/3 20/3

17.Negron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/57 .284/.321/.500/.821 1.273/.632 .749 69/.770 2/0 4/0

29.Pena# G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 293/226 .271/.304/.394/.697 .520/.750 .777 74/.737 2/3 5/2

4.Phillips G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.417 2/2.000 5/.000 367/268 .269/.307/.388/.694 .664/.705 .618 5/.200 1/3 7/1

7.Santiago# G/S/vP 9/.778 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 165/124 .239/.333/.304/.638 .903/.551 .492 56/.579 1/1 1/5

25.Schumaker* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 236/190 .238/.292/.318/.610 .568/.619 .660 64/.562 2/1 2/4

IP 156.1 27.2 28.2 25.1 63.0 52.1 57.1 TOTAL .244/.302/.376/.678 .701/.671 .657 .634 99/42 103/57

ERA-K/9

3.91/7.4

4.88/8.1

2.51/8.8

5.33/4.3

2.86/5.9

0.86/9.8

3.61/11.6

3.63/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mesoraco (35-12-8)
Pena (15-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 657/.263 117/.216 130/.255 107/.287 251/.264 188/.134 253/.233 .244 Bruce
Hamilton
Schumaker
Santiago
Ludwick
Negron
Heisey 0/0/99/8
0/112/0/6
24/8/13/3
1/0/0/0
77/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
43/10/11/0

OPS .728 .606 .684 .763 .676 .366 .656 .678

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 353/.701 67/.421 53/.839 38/.732 93/.831 71/.415 114/.586 .688

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 304/.760 50/.854 77/.580 69/.779 158/.586 117/.335 139/.713 .671

Home 340/.680 71/.538 78/.543 45/.505 119/.593 103/.334 168/.726

Last 28d days 117/.867 18/.773 50/.992 25/.945 44/.558 43/.442 50/.790

HR/SB/CS 19/16/1 1/1/1 2/1/1 3/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/1 1/2/0 87/41/22

Usage ····X··· ·oX···o· X··X···X o·o····o oo·oo·o· ·o·X·o·· XX··Xo··

Cardinals Batters (3.77 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Simon
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 53.Contreras
G/S/vB 70.Diaz
G/S/vB 60.Hoover
G/S/vB 63.LeCure
G/S/vB 66.Ondrusek
G/S/vB 43.Parra*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP 2/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.000 6/1.166 3/.000 430/339 .311/.330/.491/.822 .614/.877 .946 98/.668 3/2 12/5

8.Bourjos G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 233/143 .226/.293/.356/.648 .600/.678 .720 34/.670 8/2 4/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.667 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 7/.762 4/1.417 8/1.500 14/.559 552/394 .283/.377/.400/.777 .780/.777 .729 107/.871 4/3 7/11

48.Cruz G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 120/84 .217/.297/.264/.561 .491/.590 .466 33/.570 0/2 0/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 7/.786 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 5/.600 6/.733 8/1.429 4/.000 123/100 .205/.270/.268/.538 .791/.482 .478 27/.799 1/1 0/4

3.Ellis G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· 191/108 .192/.267/.228/.495 .537/.461 .368 15/.516 4/1 0/1

7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/.542 26/.683 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 7/.829 13/.658 17/.882 16/.905 513/389 .262/.365/.408/.772 .833/.753 .817 99/.732 2/1 12/3

19.Jay* G/S/vP 10/.650 2/no AB 6/.167 ··· ··· 5/.200 13/.725 9/1.270 10/.600 330/270 .304/.372/.399/.771 .968/.724 .750 69/.958 6/1 3/1

27.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 4/.833 4/.833 ··· 480/373 .266/.340/.453/.793 .895/.765 .811 96/.823 2/2 16/10

35.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 332/238 .257/.290/.347/.637 .454/.709 .676 58/.656 0/1 5/5

43.Robinson G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 1/no AB 1/.000 10/.522 60/24 .127/.200/.182/.382 .404/.348 .499 13/.237 0/0 0/0

18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 163/136 .214/.252/.292/.544 .625/.528 .669 78/.580 0/1 2/1

16.Wong* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.000 317/267 .245/.288/.391/.679 .738/.667 .747 100/.634 17/2 9/9

IP 148.0 44.0 38.1 17.0 20.1 53.1 44.0 31.1 30.1 TOTAL .252/.318/.373/.692 .725/.681 .721 .693 49/20 81/62

ERA-K/9

3.28/5.6

1.43/7.2

2.82/17.4

5.29/9.0

2.66/8.9

5.23/11.0

3.89/7.8

4.60/8.3

4.15/9.8

3.50/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (16-4-4)
Pierzynski (44-10-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 617/.241 166/.162 146/.136 75/.231 76/.171 235/.243 195/.297 146/.300 133/.265 .236 Taveras
Holliday
Jay
Robinson
Bourjos
Carpenter 0/3/40/2
114/0/0/2
18/71/21/1
4/1/14/1
0/80/0/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .684 .495 .456 .674 .567 .785 .811 .776 .745 .682

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 318/.726 65/.486 32/.404 40/.594 34/.598 95/.969 91/.717 58/.692 77/.650 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.639 101/.500 114/.471 35/.762 42/.540 140/.641 104/.888 88/.825 56/.879 .669

Road 335/.644 80/.467 68/.521 40/.714 35/.503 110/.836 97/.841 72/.968 80/.869

Last 28d days 125/.873 37/.752 32/.474 43/.882 37/.567 50/.617 35/.961 3/2.000 21/.802

HR/SB/CS 18/10/5 3/3/0 1/2/2 2/1/0 3/0/0 10/0/1 5/4/2 2/0/1 3/1/2 122/53/23

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·X·o·o·· ·X··X··· oo····o· ·o··oo·· ·X···o·· o······· XX···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

OAK 4.81

HOU 4.01

SDP 3.31

RA/G

SEA 3.19

PIT 4.19

COL 5.22

J. Altuve .339

D. Jeter .271

C. Davis .193

OBP

A. McCutchen .411

A. Rendon .330

G. Beckham .264

SLG

J. Abreu .591

A. Ramirez .413

J. Bradley .290

OPS

G. Stanton .964

Y. Cespedes .749

E. Cabrera .572

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.86

M. Garza 3.58

E. Jackson 5.74

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.35

A. Sanchez 7.34

K. Correia 4.39

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.