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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, at Busch Stadium III, June 28, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Start Time:
7:05ct (local), 8:05et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
78
On This Date:
68-58
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
77
On This Date:
64-58
Season Series
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0     
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9     
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4     
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5     
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1     
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 STL  8  CHC  1     

Sun, Jun 28, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:05pm
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:20pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 CHC    @STL  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 STL    @CHC        

                         All times ET
Chicago Cubs
39-34, 3rd, 10½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-15   Road:   19-19   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  33-30   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Sat, Jun 27  @STL  L   1-8       39-34  3rd 10.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @STL  L   2-3 (10)  39-33  3rd  9.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   LAD  L   0-4       39-32  3rd  8.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   LAD  L   2-5       39-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23   LAD  W   1-0 (10)  39-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 22   LAD  W   4-2       38-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 21  @MIN  W   8-0       37-30  3rd  7.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 20  @MIN  W   4-1 (10)  36-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 19  @MIN  L   2-7       35-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 64 Thu, Jun 18  @CLE  L   3-4       35-29  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
St. Louis Cardinals
50-24, 1st, 8 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-7    Road:   22-17   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  43-15   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 12-5    vsCntrl:21-8    vsWest:  9-4  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sat, Jun 27   CHC  W   8-1       50-24  1st  8.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CHC  W   3-2 (10)  49-24  1st  8.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @MIA  W   5-1       48-24  1st  8.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @MIA  W   6-1       47-24  1st  7.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @MIA  W   4-3       46-24  1st  6.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @PHI  L   2-9       45-24  1st  6.0 up
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @PHI  W  10-1       45-23  1st  6.0 up
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @PHI  W  12-4       44-23  1st  5.0 up
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @MIN  L   1-2       43-23  1st  4.0 up
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @MIN  L   1-3       43-22  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 STL  8  CHC  1        W:Michael Wacha (10-3), L: Donn Roach (0-1), S: Carlos Villanueva (1)
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Seth Maness (2-0), L: Justin Grimm (1-2), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1        W:John Lackey (2-1), L: Jake Arrieta (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (10)
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5        W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Lance Lynn (1-3), S: Hector Rondon (6)
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4        W:Mitch Harris (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (9)
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9        W:Miguel Socolovich (2-0), L: Pedro Strop (0-2), S: Seth Maness (2)
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0        W:Jake Arrieta (1-0), L: Lance Lynn (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (1)
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 CHC  3  STL  1        W:Jake Arrieta (10-5), L: John Lackey (14-10), S: Hector Rondon (27)
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 CHC  4  STL  3 (10)   W:Zac Rosscup (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (7-2), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 6-2; 2014 - STL won 10-9; 2013 - STL won 12-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1191-1142

SP: Jason Hammel (32, RHP, 5-2, 2.65)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-2) 91.2 70 33 27 16 92 9 2.65
2014 (10-11) 176.1 154 70 68 44 158 23 3.47
2013 (7-8) 139.1 155 81 77 48 96 22 4.97
Last 7 GS 2-1 45.1 30 16 11 10 51 4 2.18 64
2015-06-23 LAD ND 7.2 2 0 0 2 6 0 107 79
2015-06-18 @CLE ND 4.0 3 3 2 2 6 0 86 50
2015-06-12 CIN ND 5.0 7 4 2 3 4 1 103 42
2015-06-06 @WSN W 8.0 5 2 2 2 7 2 100 69
2015-06-01 @MIA W 6.2 5 1 1 0 11 0 117 71
2015-05-24 @ARI L 7.0 5 4 4 1 9 1 105 59
2015-05-19 @SDP ND 7.0 3 2 0 0 8 0 106 75
Last 5 v.STL 1-2 20.2 25 14 14 7 13 0 6.10 43
2014-05-15 @STL L 5.1 5 5 5 2 6 0 106 42
2014-05-04 STL ND 6.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 101 49
2011-08-13 @STL W 6.1 5 1 1 3 1 0 113 57
2010-09-30 @STL L 3.0 8 5 5 0 1 0 53 24

SP: Carlos Martinez (23, RHP, 8-3, 2.89)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (8-3) 87.1 74 29 28 36 94 9 2.89
2014 (2-4) 89.1 90 41 40 36 84 4 4.03
2013 (2-1) 28.1 31 16 16 9 24 1 5.08
Last 7 GS 5-1 47.1 34 8 7 16 51 2 1.33 66
2015-06-23 @MIA W 7.0 8 3 3 1 9 1 102 57
2015-06-17 @MIN L 6.2 5 2 1 3 6 0 101 61
2015-06-10 @COL W 6.1 8 2 2 1 4 1 106 52
2015-06-05 @LAD W 7.0 3 1 1 4 11 0 100 74
2015-05-31 LAD W 7.0 1 0 0 3 8 0 108 80
2015-05-25 ARI ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 8 0 97 73
2015-05-20 @NYM W 6.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 100 68
Last 5 v.CHC 0-0 3.2 9 7 7 4 4 1 17.18 15
2015-05-04 CHC ND 3.2 9 7 7 4 4 1 102 15

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

Cubs Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Martinez
G/S/vB		 37.Belisle
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
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
29.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 50/46 .273/.360/.295/.655 2.000/.548 .891 41/.776 0/0 0/1
17.Bryant G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 286/241 .274/.378/.465/.842 1.058/.802 .685 109/.791 6/2 10/8
13.Castro G/S/vP 8/.250 7/.572 5/1.200 7/1.000 17/1.029 6/1.166 ··· 4/.000 308/263 .264/.295/.342/.638 .659/.634 .706 101/.652 4/3 5/14
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 5/.200 4/.250 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 9/1.556 248/223 .253/.344/.438/.782 .492/.812 .883 94/.861 5/1 8/0
15.Denorfia G/S/vP 3/2.000 14/.643 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 82/63 .338/.375/.446/.821 .892/.799 .853 60/.779 0/1 1/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 10/1.158 314/263 .237/.314/.388/.703 .862/.673 .751 103/.649 11/4 8/1
19.Herrera# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 67/51 .219/.231/.250/.481 .625/.433 .624 19/.444 3/0 0/2
47.Montero* G/S/vP 5/1.350 15/.508 5/1.733 2/.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 8/.125 215/192 .243/.353/.414/.768 .803/.764 .719 77/.709 0/0 9/6
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 6/1.133 3/.666 13/.853 1/no AB 7/.953 15/.600 1/.000 2/.000 325/258 .306/.415/.572/.987 1.011/.981 1.047 111/.941 11/5 15/2
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 81/61 .200/.300/.300/.600 .472/.644 .602 33/.595 0/0 0/1
22.Russell G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 225/183 .248/.311/.393/.704 .539/.743 .653 90/.650 1/3 5/8
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 56/33 .176/.218/.275/.493 .646/.385 .273 22/.500 2/0 1/0
IP 87.1 30.0 15.0 28.0 33.1 32.1 10.2 30.2 TOTAL .245/.320/.388/.708 .753/.699 .733 .719 49/20 71/54
ERA-K/9 2.89/9.7 3.00/7.2 2.40/4.8 3.21/6.4 0.54/9.5 1.67/12.5 1.69/7.6 1.17/7.6 2.63/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (31-11-2)
 Ross (23-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 362/.230 132/.284 59/.222 117/.327 127/.172 136/.217 42/.179 124/.200 .242  Coghlan
 Fowler
 Denorfia
 Baxter
 Szczur
 Bryant
65/0/0/7
0/69/0/3
9/2/12/1
1/0/8/0
19/5/1/0
3/2/0/0
OPS .670 .716 .591 .760 .442 .688 .443 .604 .653
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.703 46/.762 49/.625 34/.706 58/.401 51/.932 22/.529 58/.442 .668
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.638 86/.694 10/.422 83/.784 69/.467 85/.553 20/.350 66/.745 .642
Home 148/.669 74/.660 21/.333 59/.810 74/.566 75/.773 16/.646 61/.433
Last 28d days 110/.683 38/.810 20/.461 32/.678 30/.372 43/.606 13/.490 43/.801
HR/SB/CS 9/0/3 1/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 0/1/0 3/2/2 49/20/11
Usage ····X··· ··o···X· ·ooo···o ·ooX··X· ·X··o··X ·X··X··· ······X· X·o·····
Cardinals Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 62.Roach
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.000 6/.933 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 133/91 .250/.333/.405/.739 .714/.749 .985 34/.808 4/6 2/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.667 22/.821 1/.000 2/.000 7/.629 16/.783 5/1.100 40/.782 299/211 .280/.378/.461/.839 .623/.933 .897 93/.560 1/1 8/7
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 7/.929 54/39 .200/.245/.240/.485 .845/.364 .382 21/.461 0/0 0/0
35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 9/6 .556/.556/1.000/1.556 1.667/1.500 5.000 9/1.556 0/0 1/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 11/.728 148/107 .281/.318/.561/.879 .668/.963 .939 82/.883 3/0 6/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 14/1.142 ··· 23/.865 6/.167 2/2.000 4/1.167 12/.878 1/no AB 8/1.125 272/206 .278/.324/.440/.764 .905/.719 .771 87/.899 8/1 9/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.800 19/.859 1/.000 ··· 7/.486 15/.833 4/1.167 39/.918 187/149 .227/.312/.270/.582 .485/.606 .595 67/.516 0/2 1/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/1.000 64/45 .138/.219/.138/.357 .269/.394 .393 18/.533 1/0 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.777 4/1.417 29/1.478 1/.000 2/1.500 6/1.500 6/.533 6/.750 41/1.066 267/208 .289/.335/.366/.700 .560/.738 .683 84/.774 0/1 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 22/1.205 13/1.461 42/.692 ··· 2/1.000 8/.500 4/.750 13/.962 22/.830 303/235 .300/.360/.484/.843 .857/.839 .801 94/.737 1/1 11/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 15/.343 2/.000 9/.555 7/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 17/1.271 210/155 .237/.305/.374/.678 .705/.669 .673 91/.639 2/1 5/3
59.Scruggs G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 16/14 .500/.500/.625/1.125 1.500/1.071 1.400 15/1.200 0/0 0/0
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 8/.929 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 5/.400 6/.533 7/1.429 303/224 .292/.350/.467/.817 .707/.857 .803 100/.776 6/4 9/9
IP 91.2 17.2 29.0 27.2 3.1 31.2 17.2 33.1 56.0 TOTAL .265/.330/.403/.733 .674/.753 .758 .726 29/18 61/41
ERA-K/9 2.65/9.0 1.53/14.2 2.17/6.5 3.25/5.8 10.80/2.7 2.27/7.7 2.04/4.6 2.97/10.0 4.82/9.5 3.51/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (4-1-0)
 Molina (16-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 362/.209 75/.212 122/.231 116/.223 18/.471 127/.231 72/.258 131/.152 239/.247 .240  Heyward
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Grichuk
 Reynolds
 Kozma
0/0/66/4
13/38/4/2
0/45/0/1
23/11/8/1
5/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .596 .610 .584 .639 1.029 .630 .653 .552 .748 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.613 21/.348 44/.490 35/.882 6/1.000 55/.491 40/.522 52/.740 70/.673 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.584 54/.695 78/.631 81/.538 12/1.045 72/.739 32/.810 79/.437 169/.777 .701
Road 201/.605 42/.714 71/.651 54/.651 18/1.029 56/.787 32/.572 60/.575 133/.846
Last 28d days 126/.616 39/.694 63/.537 30/.646 18/1.029 35/.385 32/.679 40/.519 62/.584
HR/SB/CS 9/5/3 1/1/0 0/4/1 3/1/1 0/0/0 2/5/1 1/1/1 3/1/0 10/0/2 68/55/19
Usage ····X··· ·o·X···o X·Xo···· ·o··oo·o X······· ·oo·oo·o ·ooo·o·o ·X··XX·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 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  5.49

STL  4.12

PHI  3.28

 RA/G

STL  2.84

MIA  4.14

COL  5.11

 BA

D. Gordon  .355

W. Ramos  .269

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .468

A. Simmons  .327

A. Ramirez  .243

 SLG

B. Harper  .719

E. Longoria  .429

C. Utley  .275

 OPS

B. Harper  1.185

A. LaRoche  .748

C. Utley  .532

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.70

C. Kluber  3.66

K. Lohse  6.28

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.18

J. Odorizzi  7.39

J. Guthrie  4.25

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.