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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Busch Stadium III, June 15, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, June 15, 2015
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
84° (based on last ten years)
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
64
On This Date:
48-59
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
65
On This Date:
59-49
Season Series

Mon, Jun 15, 2015 MIN    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 MIN    @STL  1:45pm
Wed, Jun 17, 2015 STL    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 18, 2015 STL    @MIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Minnesota Twins
34-28, 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-12   Road:   14-16   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  19-19   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  12-7 
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl:16-18   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sun, Jun 14  @TEX  W   4-3       34-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13  @TEX  L   7-11      33-28  2nd  2.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @TEX  L   2-6       33-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun 10   KCR  L   2-7       33-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  9   KCR  L   0-2       33-25  2nd  1.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  8   KCR  L   1-3       33-24  1st    Tied
 56 Sun, Jun  7   MIL  W   2-0       33-23  1st  1.0 up
 55 Sat, Jun  6   MIL  L   2-4       32-23  1st  1.0 up
 54 Fri, Jun  5   MIL  L   5-10      32-22  1st  1.0 up
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @BOS  W   8-4       32-21  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
St. Louis Cardinals
41-21, 1st, 6 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-7    Road:   17-14   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  34-14   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest:  9-4  IL: 6-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun 13   KCR  W   3-2       41-21  1st  6.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun 12   KCR  W   4-0       40-21  1st  6.5 up
 60 Wed, Jun 10  @COL  W   4-2       39-21  1st  6.5 up
 59 Tue, Jun  9  @COL  L   3-4       38-21  1st  6.5 up
 58 Mon, Jun  8  @COL  L   3-11      38-20  1st  6.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  7  @LAD  W   4-2       38-19  1st  6.5 up
 56 Sat, Jun  6  @LAD  L   0-2       37-19  1st  6.5 up
 55 Fri, Jun  5  @LAD  W   2-1       37-18  1st  6.5 up
 54 Thu, Jun  4  @LAD  W   7-1       36-18  1st  6.5 up
 53 Wed, Jun  3   MIL  W   7-4       35-18  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 28, 2009 MIN  6 @STL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (4-8), L: Joel Pineiro (6-9), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 STL  5  MIN  3        W:Josh Kinney (1-0), L: Kevin Slowey (10-3), S: Ryan Franklin (18)
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 MIN  3 @STL  1        W:Glen Perkins (3-4), L: Adam Wainwright (8-5), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Tue, Jul 17, 2001 STL  4  MIN  2        W:Darryl Kile (10-7), L: Kyle Lohse (3-1), S: Jason Christiansen (3)
Mon, Jul 16, 2001 STL  4  MIN  3        W:Steve Kline (2-3), L: Travis Miller (1-3), S: Jason Christiansen (2)
Sun, Jul 15, 2001 STL  5  MIN  1        W:Dustin Hermanson (7-7), L: Joe Mays (11-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 18, 2000 MIN  3  STL  2        W:Brad Radke (7-10), L: Andy Benes (10-4), S: LaTroy Hawkins (6)
Mon, Jul 17, 2000 STL  8 @MIN  3        W:Pat Hentgen (9-6), L: Mike Lincoln (0-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 16, 2000 MIN  5  STL  2        W:Mark Redman (7-4), L: Rick Ankiel (6-5), S: Eddie Guardado (5)
Tue, Jul 20, 1999 MIN  4 @STL  2        W:Brad Radke (7-8), L: Larry Luebbers (0-1), S: Mike Trombley (14)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 10-8

SP: Trevor May (25, RHP, 4-4, 4.16)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-4) 62.2 68 29 29 12 55 4 4.16
2014 (3-6) 45.2 59 41 40 22 44 7 7.88
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 43 19 19 9 38 3 4.04 53
2015-06-09 KCR L 6.0 7 1 1 3 5 0 103 56
2015-06-03 @BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 0 9 0 98 82
2015-05-29 TOR ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 5 1 86 44
2015-05-23 @CHW W 7.0 5 3 3 0 9 0 80 64
2015-05-16 TBR ND 6.2 7 3 3 0 3 1 104 51
2015-05-10 @CLE L 4.0 9 6 6 3 4 1 89 21
2015-05-05 OAK L 5.2 5 2 2 2 3 0 101 52
Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: John Lackey (36, RHP, 4-4, 3.74)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-4) 74.2 78 33 31 18 57 6 3.74
2014 (14-10) 198.0 206 94 84 47 164 24 3.82
2013 (10-13) 189.1 179 80 74 40 161 26 3.52
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.0 46 20 18 10 39 4 3.77 53
2015-06-08 @COL L 4.0 12 10 8 0 5 2 82 7
2015-06-03 MIL W 7.0 10 3 3 1 5 1 94 49
2015-05-29 LAD W 7.0 5 0 0 1 9 0 96 75
2015-05-23 @KCR L 5.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 68 43
2015-05-18 @NYM ND 7.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 76 73
2015-05-13 @CLE L 5.1 5 2 2 5 2 0 105 47
2015-05-07 CHC W 7.2 5 1 1 1 10 0 109 74
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 36.1 21 10 5 8 27 3 1.24 67
2014-06-18 MIN ND 9.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 105 89
2013-05-19 @MIN W 6.0 1 1 0 0 5 0 84 73
2013-05-09 MIN L 7.0 6 5 1 1 8 1 102 60
2010-04-14 @MIN W 6.2 7 2 2 4 2 0 107 50
2009-07-24 MIN W 7.2 4 2 2 2 3 2 114 64

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

Twins Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 37.Belisle
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 40.Harris
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 272/186 .265/.346/.538/.883 .953/.851 .888 105/.960 3/2 13/1
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 177/114 .240/.267/.371/.638 .544/.690 .538 69/.609 1/2 3/4
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/36 .184/.245/.347/.592 .289/.728 .673 20/.845 0/0 1/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 35/.843 ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 7/.429 256/169 .261/.324/.357/.681 .760/.637 .679 96/.633 1/0 2/3
9.Nunez G/S/vP 15/1.050 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 61/37 .310/.344/.517/.862 .556/1.061 1.056 37/.742 0/2 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 243/160 .247/.313/.438/.751 .826/.713 .616 97/.739 0/0 9/5
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 105/50 .250/.298/.323/.621 .574/.669 .625 46/.510 3/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/78 .283/.308/.424/.732 .696/.744 .480 70/.788 4/1 3/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 35/.594 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 190/130 .224/.291/.294/.585 .595/.578 .605 73/.496 0/0 2/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/85 .234/.275/.331/.605 .810/.496 .433 19/.316 0/0 3/0
IP 74.2 26.1 11.1 17.1 23.0 30.1 27.2 7.2 24.0 TOTAL .249/.302/.382/.684 .712/.670 .627 .661 23/17 48/39
ERA-K/9 3.74/6.9 2.05/7.9 3.18/5.6 3.63/4.7 3.52/6.3 0.59/9.8 1.63/12.3 1.17/9.4 0.75/7.9 2.65/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (6-4-0)
 Suzuki (29-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 321/.264 113/.263 45/.220 81/.314 96/.330 117/.178 114/.208 29/.179 95/.190 .242  Escobar
 Robinson
 Rosario
 Nunez
 Herrmann
26/0/0/4
26/14/3/3
14/0/14/3
2/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
OPS .689 .636 .614 .814 .769 .453 .650 .421 .552 .652
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.801 40/.589 38/.650 31/.727 24/.750 52/.428 44/.876 13/.397 41/.337 .680
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.589 73/.661 7/.429 50/.865 72/.776 65/.465 70/.518 16/.438 54/.715 .631
Home 173/.586 71/.628 19/.368 44/.899 52/.784 71/.591 61/.772 16/.646 49/.452
Last 28d days 107/.865 34/.583 13/.647 34/.745 23/.536 41/.428 36/.691 6/.000 25/.640
HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/2 0/1/0 1/2/2 41/16/9
Usage ······X· ·X···X·o ·o···o·o ······XX ·o···o·· ·X··X··X ·oX·X··X ········ ······X·
Cardinals Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.May
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/1.250 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 113/74 .253/.330/.404/.734 .734/.732 .921 44/.610 4/6 2/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/178 .290/.377/.493/.870 .663/.959 .946 95/.691 1/1 8/6
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .231/.286/.282/.568 .899/.459 .422 17/.579 0/0 0/0
23.Easley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/71 .263/.284/.505/.789 .724/.818 .914 80/.826 1/0 3/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/167 .257/.302/.388/.690 .822/.647 .806 70/.739 6/1 5/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/120 .226/.314/.278/.592 .473/.626 .596 38/.576 0/2 1/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/36 .102/.170/.102/.272 .301/.258 .411 19/.217 1/0 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 223/171 .278/.324/.327/.651 .600/.665 .624 82/.544 0/1 0/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 34/1.092 5/.900 ··· 16/.521 2/.000 ··· ··· 255/197 .317/.376/.517/.894 .858/.904 .846 96/.946 1/1 10/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/120 .258/.329/.391/.720 .694/.730 .669 77/.723 2/1 4/2
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/184 .300/.353/.465/.818 .699/.864 .790 100/.807 5/4 7/9
IP 62.2 30.0 13.0 17.2 28.2 28.0 19.2 26.2 9.1 TOTAL .262/.327/.393/.720 .666/.738 .752 .701 24/18 47/37
ERA-K/9 4.16/7.9 2.40/3.9 9.69/4.2 2.55/5.6 3.45/6.6 1.61/7.7 3.20/7.8 4.05/5.1 4.82/7.7 3.95/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (3-1-0)
 Easley (0-0-0)
 Molina (13-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.274 118/.245 67/.370 67/.215 124/.283 111/.215 80/.200 111/.237 41/.278 .273  Heyward
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Grichuk
 Reynolds
 Kozma
0/0/54/4
12/31/4/2
0/39/0/1
12/11/8/1
5/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .707 .700 1.022 .520 .820 .533 .530 .620 .869 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.733 43/.295 30/1.075 23/.636 52/.787 30/.862 30/.679 47/.460 18/1.021 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.670 75/.924 37/.978 44/.460 72/.844 81/.413 50/.442 64/.730 23/.748 .768
Road 88/.634 54/.971 34/.847 36/.493 48/.956 46/.355 33/.869 56/.577 25/.802
Last 28d days 101/.611 41/.654 25/.732 26/.352 59/.747 44/.548 40/.452 25/.767 15/.833
HR/SB/CS 4/5/2 3/2/3 1/2/0 1/1/0 5/2/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 2/2/0 3/2/0 62/35/15
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ·oo··o·· X····X·· ·X··X··· o······o ··o··oo· ·oo···o· ·oo·····

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 2015 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

TOR  5.56

CLE  4.18

PHI  3.08

 RA/G

STL  2.89

MIN  4.21

COL  4.90

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .359

M. Semien  .267

S. Drew  .178

 OBP

B. Harper  .479

A. Hechavarria  .326

O. Infante  .213

 SLG

B. Harper  .725

C. Maybin  .415

M. Cabrera  .277

 OPS

B. Harper  1.204

D. Murphy  .749

O. Infante  .496

 ERA

S. Gray  1.60

M. Pineda  3.74

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.71

J. Teheran  7.29

J. Guthrie  4.00

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.