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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds, at Busch Stadium III, July 27, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, July 27, 2015

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

89° (based on last ten years)

Reds

Manager:

Bryan Price

Game #:

101

On This Date:

70-63

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

101

On This Date:

63-66

Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 CIN  5  STL  4     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 STL  4 @CIN  1     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 STL  7 @CIN  5 (11)
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 STL  6  CIN  1     
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 STL  5  CIN  2     
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 STL  2  CIN  1     

Mon, Jul 27, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 STL    @CIN 12:35pm
Thu, Sep 10, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 STL    @CIN  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 STL    @CIN  1:10pm
Mon, Sep 21, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm

                         All times ET

Cincinnati Reds

43-53, 4th, 19 GB, 13 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   25-22   Road:   18-31   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  32-40   vsLHP:  11-13   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast: 16-12   vsCntrl:17-21   vsWest:  4-9  IL: 6-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sun, Jul 26  @COL  L   7-17      43-53  4th 19.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 25  @COL  W   5-2       43-52  4th 19.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 24  @COL  L   5-6       42-52  4th 19.0 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 22   CHC  L   5-6       42-51  4th 17.5 gb
 92 Wed, Jul 22   CHC  W   9-1       42-50  4th 17.5 gb
 91 Tue, Jul 21   CHC  L   4-5 (13)  41-50  4th 17.0 gb
 90 Mon, Jul 20   CHC  W   5-4       41-49  4th 16.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 19   CLE  L   3-5 (11)  40-49  4th 16.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 18   CLE  L   4-9       40-48  4th 16.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 17   CLE  W   6-1       40-47  4th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

St. Louis Cardinals

63-35, 1st, 6 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-13   Road:   27-22   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  51-22   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 16-7    vsCntrl:25-13   vsWest: 11-6  IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 26   ATL  L   2-3       63-35  1st  6.0 up
 97 Sat, Jul 25   ATL  W   1-0       63-34  1st  7.0 up
 96 Fri, Jul 24   ATL  W   4-2       62-34  1st  6.0 up
 95 Thu, Jul 23   KCR  W   4-3       61-34  1st  6.0 up
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @CHW  W   3-2       60-34  1st  6.0 up
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @CHW  W   8-5       59-34  1st  5.0 up
 92 Sun, Jul 19   NYM  L   1-3 (18)  58-34  1st  4.5 up
 91 Sat, Jul 18   NYM  W  12-2       58-33  1st  4.5 up
 90 Fri, Jul 17   NYM  W   3-2       57-33  1st  3.5 up
 89 Sun, Jul 12  @PIT  L   5-6 (10)  56-33  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 STL  2  CIN  1        W:Adam Wainwright (2-1), L: Mike Leake (0-1), S: Jordan Walden (1)
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 STL  5  CIN  2        W:Carlos Martinez (1-0), L: Homer Bailey (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (4)
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 STL  6  CIN  1        W:Michael Wacha (2-0), L: Johnny Cueto (0-2), S: Kevin Siegrist (1)
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 STL  7 @CIN  5 (11)   W:Carlos Villanueva (1-0), L: Kevin Gregg (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 STL  4 @CIN  1        W:Michael Wacha (1-0), L: Johnny Cueto (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 CIN  5  STL  4        W:J.J. Hoover (2-0), L: Jordan Walden (0-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 CIN  7 @STL  2        W:Alfredo Simon (15-10), L: Lance Lynn (15-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 STL  8  CIN  4        W:Jason Motte (1-0), L: Mike Leake (11-13), S: none
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 STL  2  CIN  1        W:John Lackey (14-9), L: David Holmberg (1-2), S: Seth Maness (3)
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 CIN  1  STL  0        W:Johnny Cueto (18-8), L: Lance Lynn (15-9), S: Aroldis Chapman (33)
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 5-1; 2014 - STL won 12-7; 2013 - STL won 11-8; All-Time - STL leads 1211-1110

SP: Raisel Iglesias (25, RHP, 1-2, 5.45)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (1-2)			34.2	41	21	21	13	35	3	5.45

Last 7 GS		1-2	31.2	34	18	18	12	33	3	5.12	48
2015-07-21	CHC	ND	5.2	6	2	2	4	8	1	113	53
2015-07-11	@MIA	L	4.1	8	5	5	0	2	1	77	29
2015-05-30	WSN	ND	5.2	9	5	5	0	8	1	105	39
2015-05-24	@CLE	L	3.0	4	2	2	3	6	0	84	46
2015-05-13	ATL	W	8.0	2	1	1	3	5	0	103	76
2015-04-12	STL	ND	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	76	47

Last 5 v.STL		0-0	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	5.40	47
2015-04-12	STL	ND	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	76	47

SP: Lance Lynn (28, RHP, 7-5, 2.80)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (7-5)			109.1	100	37	34	34	119	7	2.80
2014 (15-10)			203.2	185	72	62	72	181	13	2.74
2013 (15-10)			201.2	189	92	89	76	198	14	3.97

Last 7 GS		3-1	41.0	34	12	11	12	47	2	2.41	60
2015-07-22	@CHW	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	105	61
2015-07-17	NYM	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	107	75
2015-07-10	@PIT	L	4.0	9	5	5	1	5	1	86	28
2015-07-05	SDP	W	7.0	3	1	0	3	8	0	106	74
2015-06-30	CHW	ND	6.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	117	61
2015-06-25	@MIA	W	6.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	92	70
2015-06-07	@LAD	ND	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	98	51

Last 5 v.CIN		3-2	32.0	27	12	12	6	31	4	3.38	59
2014-09-21	CIN	L	6.0	4	3	3	2	9	2	100	59
2014-09-11	@CIN	L	8.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	101	77
2014-08-20	CIN	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	94	72
2014-04-08	CIN	W	6.0	8	5	5	0	4	0	111	40
2014-04-03	@CIN	W	5.0	8	3	3	1	7	2	107	45

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

Reds Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 28.Cishek
G/S/vB 61.Maness
G/S/vB 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB 64.Tuivailala
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Barnhart# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 127/106 .277/.354/.384/.738 .296/.828 .621 42/.616 0/1 3/1

30.Bourgeois G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 26/21 .192/.192/.192/.385 .000/.476 .444 24/.417 0/0 0/0

32.Bruce* G/S/vP 31/1.516 15/.421 5/.600 3/1.666 10/.775 9/.222 ··· 1/5.000 18/.690 384/281 .258/.341/.484/.825 .858/.813 .764 86/.949 6/5 16/1

9.Byrd G/S/vP 6/.833 2/3.500 3/2.000 4/1.750 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 305/233 .246/.298/.463/.761 .892/.721 .747 78/.814 1/1 16/0

3.De Jesus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/66 .263/.337/.425/.762 .522/.850 .601 35/.833 0/2 3/1

21.Frazier G/S/vP 30/.767 ··· 4/.750 9/1.556 13/.408 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 15/.734 417/316 .276/.331/.571/.902 1.022/.862 .762 89/.661 10/4 27/12

6.Hamilton# G/S/vP 15/.343 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.666 5/.650 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.857 355/260 .226/.271/.291/.562 .626/.537 .459 73/.539 46/7 3/0

29.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 257/178 .281/.345/.316/.661 .558/.705 .567 50/.448 0/0 0/1

4.Phillips G/S/vP 33/.690 3/.000 7/.343 8/1.196 8/.250 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 31/.461 357/271 .276/.312/.359/.671 .703/.661 .760 88/.573 11/1 5/5

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 25/.760 148/135 .220/.304/.303/.607 .916/.578 .506 26/.569 1/2 0/2

7.Suarez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/107 .315/.350/.485/.835 .840/.834 .757 77/.876 3/1 5/9

19.Votto* G/S/vP 22/1.199 13/.658 6/.500 2/1.000 5/.200 9/.222 ··· ··· 23/.985 417/297 .303/.420/.520/.940 .841/.980 .912 95/1.081 6/2 18/5

IP 109.1 19.2 33.0 39.1 46.1 45.1 21.2 10.0 40.2 TOTAL .253/.317/.404/.721 .724/.720 .680 .717 91/29 107/51

ERA-K/9

2.80/9.8

3.66/6.4

4.36/7.6

3.66/6.6

1.75/9.9

1.39/11.3

1.66/7.9

1.80/8.1

1.77/7.5

2.65/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barnhart (19-9-2)
Pena (42-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.240 81/.257 148/.290 163/.305 193/.239 185/.209 92/.207 41/.143 169/.211 .242 Hamilton
Bruce
Schumaker
Byrd
Bourgeois
Barnhart
De Jesus 0/85/0/6
0/0/89/5
19/0/3/3
72/2/2/2
2/4/3/1
0/0/1/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .643 .691 .774 .741 .603 .632 .554 .525 .651 .654

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 205/.665 67/.695 67/.782 52/.661 85/.503 63/.910 39/.471 15/.600 76/.576 .668

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 251/.626 14/.670 81/.767 111/.780 108/.670 122/.498 53/.610 26/.487 93/.712 .644

Home 237/.556 35/.441 87/.777 86/.741 110/.693 104/.704 41/.767 18/.611 90/.582

Last 28d days 122/.571 22/.959 30/.448 42/.711 61/.926 45/.446 50/.652 28/.375 45/.788

HR/SB/CS 7/2/0 2/0/0 2/5/1 3/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/3 1/4/0 1/1/0 4/4/3 67/29/17

Usage ····X··· oo·o···o X··o··X· ·ooo·X·o ···XoX·· ··X·oo·o X···X··o o···XX·X ·······X

Cardinals Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Iglesias
G/S/vB 58.Adcock
G/S/vB 40.Axelrod
G/S/vB 25.Badenhop
G/S/vB 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB 70.Diaz
G/S/vB 60.Hoover
G/S/vB 41.Mattheus
G/S/vB 62.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 182/120 .234/.326/.361/.687 .663/.699 .857 49/.544 5/6 2/1

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.393 3/.333 8/1.071 1/.000 3/.333 396/274 .252/.356/.412/.769 .606/.844 .799 93/.543 3/2 10/9

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 4/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 68/51 .188/.224/.219/.443 .732/.356 .229 14/.286 0/0 0/0

15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 243/167 .281/.333/.558/.891 .871/.901 .941 91/.954 4/1 11/2

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 10/.325 7/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 1/2.000 370/267 .280/.333/.425/.758 .757/.757 .816 94/.739 15/2 9/2

7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 10/.200 10/.543 4/1.000 9/.956 3/.000 2/1.000 249/182 .297/.418/.431/.848 .879/.837 .845 31/.919 2/1 4/0

30.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .143/.250/.143/.393 .667/.200 .200 16/.393 0/0 0/0

38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/54 .149/.232/.149/.380 .368/.387 .415 19/.465 1/0 0/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 2/1.500 3/1.000 ··· 6/1.000 7/.286 3/.000 8/.804 2/.000 1/.000 360/267 .290/.326/.364/.690 .589/.724 .668 90/.614 1/1 2/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/.500 5/.400 9/.583 3/1.667 2/.000 5/2.100 7/.286 1/no AB 1/.000 408/300 .292/.348/.468/.816 .801/.821 .746 101/.716 1/2 14/3

55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/9 .333/.357/.417/.774 1.150/.583 1.000 14/.774 0/0 0/1

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/2.000 8/.700 9/.333 3/.333 3/2.667 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 292/205 .229/.312/.391/.703 .709/.701 .639 82/.770 2/1 9/5

16.Wong* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 397/285 .275/.335/.425/.760 .590/.829 .740 90/.569 11/5 10/10

IP 34.2 18.0 3.2 38.1 41.2 28.0 43.1 29.1 25.0 TOTAL .256/.323/.389/.712 .660/.732 .722 .647 48/23 78/57

ERA-K/9

5.45/9.1

6.00/6.5

19.64/12.2

4.46/4.0

1.73/16.0

5.79/10.0

2.08/6.7

3.99/6.5

4.32/4.0

4.19/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (7-1-0)
Molina (22-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.291 83/.221 23/.333 167/.258 179/.191 123/.265 173/.182 129/.272 111/.330 .250 Heyward
Bourjos
Grichuk
Piscotty
Holliday
Reynolds
Kozma 0/0/89/5
0/62/0/1
42/19/11/1
3/0/0/0
56/0/0/0
5/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .799 .797 1.343 .657 .532 .786 .558 .682 .862 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.884 35/.790 10/2.000 76/.638 59/.551 65/.648 86/.570 62/.804 43/.866 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.698 48/.800 13/.817 91/.672 120/.522 58/.943 87/.540 67/.555 68/.858 .697

Road 44/.980 44/.864 14/2.115 79/.509 63/.641 42/.941 87/.532 66/.637 61/.972

Last 28d days 47/.915 35/.895 23/1.343 41/.574 34/.494 22/.591 38/.916 46/.759 47/.844

HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 3/5/1 3/1/0 2/3/0 1/6/0 5/1/0 2/0/0 1/3/0 3/2/2 97/64/15

Usage ·····X·· X····X·· X····X·· o···X·X· ·o··X·oX ·o··XX·o ··X··XXo X·o··XoX ····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 5.28

BOS 4.07

CHW 3.50

RA/G

STL 2.92

MIN 4.13

COL 5.16

M. Cabrera .350

B. Crawford .268

M. Zunino .179

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .462

D. Murphy .328

M. Zunino .239

SLG

B. Harper .673

N. Walker .420

B. Hamilton .291

OPS

B. Harper 1.133

I. Kinsler .749

M. Zunino .550

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.37

D. Salazar 3.72

K. Kendrick 6.33

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.89

C. Sabathia 7.55

M. Pelfrey 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.