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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Busch Stadium III, September 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, September 4, 2015
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Game #:
134
On This Date:
71-54
Cardinals
Manager:
Game #:
136
On This Date:
60-61
Season Series
Fri, May 01, 2015 STL  2  PIT  1 (10)
Sat, May 02, 2015 STL  2  PIT  1 (11)
Sun, May 03, 2015 STL  3  PIT  2 (14)
Fri, May 08, 2015 STL  8 @PIT  5     
Sat, May 09, 2015 PIT  7  STL  5     
Sun, May 10, 2015 PIT  4  STL  3     
Thu, Jul 09, 2015 STL  4 @PIT  1     
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 PIT  5  STL  2     
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (14)
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (10)
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 STL  4  PIT  3     
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 STL  4  PIT  2     
Thu, Aug 13, 2015 PIT 10 @STL  5     

Fri, Sep 04, 2015 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 PIT    @STL  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 PIT    @STL  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 STL    @PIT  7:05pm

                         All times ET
79-53, 2nd, 6½ GB, 11 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-21   Road:   33-32   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  62-41   vsLHP:  17-12   1-Run:  29-15
 vsEast: 24-9    vsCntrl:21-32   vsWest: 21-5  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Thu, Sep  3  @MIL  L   3-5       79-53  2nd  6.5 gb
131 Wed, Sep  2  @MIL  L   4-9       79-52  2nd  6.0 gb
130 Tue, Sep  1  @MIL  L   4-7       79-51  2nd  6.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30   COL  L   0-5       79-50  2nd  4.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29   COL  W   4-3       79-49  2nd  3.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28   COL  W   5-3       78-49  2nd  3.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27  @MIA  W   2-1       77-49  2nd  4.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26  @MIA  W   7-2       76-49  2nd  4.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25  @MIA  L   2-5       75-49  2nd  4.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 24  @MIA  W   5-2       75-48  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
86-47, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-20   Road:   38-27   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  66-32   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  28-21
 vsEast: 20-9    vsCntrl:32-18   vsWest: 23-11 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Wed, Sep  2   WSN  L   3-4       86-47  1st  6.0 up
132 Tue, Sep  1   WSN  W   8-5       86-46  1st  6.0 up
131 Mon, Aug 31   WSN  W   8-5       85-46  1st  5.0 up
130 Sun, Aug 30  @SFG  W   7-5       84-46  1st  4.5 up
129 Sat, Aug 29  @SFG  W   6-0       83-46  1st  3.5 up
128 Fri, Aug 28  @SFG  L   4-5       82-46  1st  3.5 up
127 Thu, Aug 27  @ARI  W   5-3       82-45  1st  4.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 26  @ARI  W   3-1       81-45  1st  4.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 25  @ARI  W   9-1       80-45  1st  4.5 up
124 Mon, Aug 24  @ARI  W   5-3       79-45  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 13, 2015 PIT 10 @STL  5        W:Francisco Liriano (8-6), L: Lance Lynn (9-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 STL  4  PIT  2        W:Michael Wacha (14-4), L: Gerrit Cole (14-6), S: Trevor Rosenthal (35)
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 STL  4  PIT  3        W:Carlos Martinez (12-4), L: Jeff Locke (6-7), S: Trevor Rosenthal (34)
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (10)   W:Arquimedes Caminero (1-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (14)   W:Vance Worley (3-4), L: Nick Greenwood (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 PIT  5  STL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (13-3), L: Lance Lynn (6-5), S: Mark Melancon (29)
Thu, Jul 09, 2015 STL  4 @PIT  1        W:Carlos Martinez (10-3), L: Jeff Locke (5-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (26)
Sun, May 10, 2015 PIT  4  STL  3        W:Jared Hughes (1-1), L: Mitch Harris (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (7)
Sat, May 09, 2015 PIT  7  STL  5        W:Rob Scahill (1-2), L: Carlos Martinez (3-1), S: Mark Melancon (6)
Fri, May 08, 2015 STL  8 @PIT  5        W:Michael Wacha (5-0), L: Francisco Liriano (1-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (11)
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 7-6; 2014 - STL won 11-8; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; All-Time - PIT leads 1235-1177

SP: J.A. Happ (32, LHP, 7-7, 4.10)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-7) 136.0 148 64 62 39 106 14 4.10
2014 (11-11) 158.0 160 79 74 51 133 22 4.22
2013 (5-7) 92.2 91 53 47 45 77 10 4.56
Last 7 GS 3-2 32.1 37 16 15 12 27 4 4.18 48
2015-08-29 COL W 5.2 5 1 1 1 2 0 87 56
2015-08-24 @MIA W 6.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 94 69
2015-08-19 ARI W 6.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 83 69
2015-08-14 @NYM ND 5.1 7 1 1 1 7 1 84 56
2015-08-04 CHC L 4.1 9 4 4 2 6 0 99 33
2015-07-30 @MIN L 3.1 9 7 6 1 2 3 82 17
2015-07-25 TOR ND 1.2 1 3 3 4 1 0 52 38
Last 5 v.STL 0-5 25.2 28 25 24 17 23 5 8.42 37
2012-06-07 STL L 4.2 5 4 4 5 6 1 106 39
2012-05-06 STL L 5.0 6 6 5 4 3 2 92 32
2011-07-25 @STL L 4.2 7 6 6 3 1 1 112 24
2011-06-09 STL L 5.1 6 6 6 2 5 0 93 35
2011-05-19 @STL L 6.0 4 3 3 3 8 1 119 57

SP: Carlos Martinez (23, RHP, 13-6, 2.91)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (13-6) 154.2 142 55 50 54 156 12 2.91
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 3-2 43.1 49 22 19 7 41 2 3.95 52
2015-08-27 @ARI W 6.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 103 56
2015-08-22 @SDP L 6.1 7 3 3 1 6 0 94 52
2015-08-16 MIA L 5.0 7 5 4 0 5 0 74 40
2015-08-11 PIT W 8.0 9 3 3 0 8 1 108 60
2015-08-05 @CIN ND 5.0 6 3 1 3 4 0 93 48
2015-07-30 COL ND 5.0 10 5 5 0 6 1 100 33
2015-07-25 ATL W 8.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 93 75
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 26.2 28 14 14 8 29 4 4.73 52
2015-08-11 PIT W 8.0 9 3 3 0 8 1 108 60
2015-07-09 @PIT W 7.1 4 0 0 2 8 0 108 76
2015-05-09 @PIT L 5.1 7 7 7 4 7 1 89 29
2014-07-08 PIT ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 6 2 85 44
Pirates Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Martinez
G/S/vB
30.Broxton
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
G/S/vB
28.Cishek
G/S/vB
40.Harris
G/S/vB
70.Lyons*
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 16/1.027 4/.833 8/.500 4/.500 2/2.000 7/.572 3/2.500 11/.384 9/.583 ··· 10/.775 419/364 .243/.305/.462/.767 .781/.765 .823 73/.933 2/0 22/18
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 9/.347 5/.200 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 410/321 .296/.371/.412/.783 .985/.727 .724 87/.765 1/1 6/5
14.Decker* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/17 .200/.429/.333/.762 .200/.955 .778 2/2.000 0/0 0/1
51.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/17 .105/.190/.211/.401 1.000/.243 .154 10/.675 0/0 0/1
5.Harrison G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 11/1.182 8/.875 6/.167 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 356/274 .274/.312/.370/.682 .767/.657 .671 30/.522 10/5 4/12
27.Kang G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.000 2/.000 4/2.750 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.000 419/328 .288/.360/.461/.822 .757/.839 .781 91/.853 5/4 13/13
6.Marte G/S/vP 13/.581 8/2.875 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 9/1.015 8/1.000 8/.500 2/.000 ··· 11/.956 517/412 .278/.328/.435/.763 .771/.761 .700 98/.685 26/9 15/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 19/.754 12/1.166 ··· 6/.833 2/.500 13/.814 13/.885 15/.938 7/1.229 5/.400 18/.745 554/443 .303/.404/.517/.922 1.014/.898 .829 104/1.040 7/4 20/2
10.Mercer G/S/vP 12/.750 6/.600 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 10/.700 13/.349 6/.666 4/.750 1/.000 10/.500 321/254 .253/.303/.328/.630 .752/.598 .618 23/.978 3/2 2/7
31.Morse G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 214/163 .236/.304/.344/.647 .625/.654 .834 35/.990 0/0 4/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 14/1.877 3/1.167 8/.250 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 3/.333 5/.800 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 531/428 .258/.326/.383/.709 .557/.746 .758 111/.779 23/10 7/5
17.Ramirez G/S/vP 14/.517 15/1.292 1/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 11/1.000 8/1.750 3/.000 ··· 16/1.263 437/336 .248/.293/.423/.716 .663/.732 .762 92/.837 1/0 15/10
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.500 ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 7/.533 207/122 .236/.266/.328/.594 .624/.573 .561 36/.743 2/2 3/1
23.Snider* G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.400 6/.334 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 237/198 .236/.316/.340/.656 .667/.652 .720 1/.000 1/0 3/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 145/119 .280/.317/.333/.650 .651/.650 .660 21/.500 0/0 0/7
18.Walker# G/S/vP 16/1.000 7/.572 5/.400 5/.400 ··· 7/.286 13/.385 12/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 8/.875 510/417 .263/.324/.422/.745 .596/.779 .784 95/.750 3/0 13/7
IP 154.2 49.2 24.2 46.0 22.1 42.1 53.2 60.1 60.2 24.1 53.1 TOTAL .259/.321/.396/.717 .719/.717 .708 .777 83/38 114/97
ERA-K/9 2.91/9.1 4.89/9.6 4.01/6.2 3.33/7.2 2.82/4.8 4.04/8.7 3.69/6.0 1.49/10.3 2.23/11.0 1.48/7.8 2.19/7.9 2.67/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (87-24-8)
 Stewart (33-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 647/.247 213/.268 103/.269 198/.263 99/.276 189/.275 229/.313 248/.222 251/.206 101/.198 215/.204 .243  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Snider
 Decker
 Harrison
 Morse
 Rodriguez
115/16/0/12
8/2/119/9
0/123/0/7
38/0/20/5
3/0/1/1
6/0/11/1
6/0/0/1
14/0/11/0
OPS .689 .772 .710 .701 .713 .796 .780 .571 .616 .523 .647 .660
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.794 87/.888 87/.709 83/.756 38/.618 40/.954 74/.855 107/.499 85/.873 44/.463 93/.631 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.596 126/.692 16/.713 115/.662 61/.768 149/.754 155/.743 141/.619 166/.497 57/.565 122/.659 .628
Home 329/.713 90/.622 48/.537 119/.708 53/.847 111/.827 119/.834 138/.634 137/.644 50/.662 117/.563
Last 28d days 106/.729 44/.853 10/1.029 30/.421 9/.583 54/.682 42/.866 38/.469 46/.649 3/.000 24/.987
HR/SB/CS 12/2/5 6/2/0 2/0/1 2/5/2 2/2/0 8/2/0 4/1/0 1/2/0 4/2/4 1/4/0 6/4/3 91/41/25
Usage ·······X ·X··X·Xo ·····ooo ·X·oo··X ··X····· ·X······ ··X··ooo ···X···X ···Xo·X· ·o······ ··X·····
Cardinals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Happ*
G/S/vB
59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB
55.Blanton
G/S/vB
37.Caminero
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
39.LaFromboise*
G/S/vB
58.Liz
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
52.Scahill
G/S/vB
38.Soria
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.750 5/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 5/.000 210/141 .211/.306/.339/.645 .703/.616 .740 17/.357 5/7 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 8/.125 1/.000 10/.829 1/.000 ··· 8/.000 2/3.000 2/1.000 12/.334 550/377 .260/.360/.462/.822 .721/.869 .832 106/.770 3/3 20/13
48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 92/72 .184/.211/.241/.452 .610/.412 .226 15/.643 0/0 1/0
35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/36 .250/.325/.389/.714 1.250/.649 1.117 17/.301 0/0 1/2
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 20/.308 14/.500 4/.833 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.250 503/353 .292/.349/.441/.790 .724/.817 .854 89/.863 20/2 11/3
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 95/64 .153/.234/.153/.387 .343/.408 .414 9/.347 2/0 0/4
4.Molina G/S/vP 17/1.138 3/2.667 22/.959 3/.000 11/.364 ··· 3/1.334 7/.929 5/.900 3/.666 11/.191 483/352 .281/.320/.366/.686 .601/.715 .688 86/.710 3/1 4/5
21.Moss* G/S/vP 9/1.653 ··· 14/1.049 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 460/307 .225/.304/.423/.727 .756/.713 .631 58/1.108 0/0 19/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 26/1.143 5/1.200 4/1.250 1/3.000 4/1.000 8/.750 3/.333 24/.826 10/.522 549/399 .281/.339/.430/.769 .805/.755 .751 98/.644 1/3 16/5
60.Pham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/84 .245/.343/.372/.715 .794/.687 .590 59/.807 1/0 1/0
55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 155/116 .340/.374/.542/.916 .940/.908 .961 98/.980 1/0 4/2
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 16/.000 3/.667 9/.873 2/.500 6/1.700 ··· 1/2.000 8/1.089 2/.000 5/.400 6/.167 381/271 .238/.315/.409/.724 .782/.700 .659 73/.900 2/3 12/7
43.Stanley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .400/.400/.600/1.000 /1.000 .750 2/1.500 0/0 0/
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 2/3.000 3/3.500 4/.000 ··· 2/3.500 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.333 534/376 .265/.324/.394/.718 .551/.790 .701 89/.614 14/8 11/14
IP 136.0 45.0 62.0 61.2 57.2 2.0 21.1 63.0 26.1 54.0 61.0 TOTAL .256/.323/.395/.718 .679/.733 .729 .747 61/32 112/78
ERA-K/9 4.10/7.0 3.20/10.0 2.90/9.3 3.50/9.3 2.34/5.0 0.00/9.0 3.38/9.7 1.71/6.3 2.39/7.5 3.00/8.0 2.07/8.0 3.22/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (9-2-1)
 Molina (32-23-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 581/.275 193/.208 250/.236 261/.224 245/.271 7/.143 93/.275 243/.220 123/.271 220/.216 236/.206 .251  Heyward
 Moss
 Bourjos
 Kozma
 Piscotty
 Reynolds
 Pham
0/4/120/7
9/0/79/6
0/79/0/1
1/0/0/0
32/1/11/0
5/0/1/0
11/21/0/0
OPS .743 .635 .677 .643 .709 .429 .839 .560 .726 .651 .526 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.758 58/.528 123/.824 99/.633 91/.630 4/.000 38/.813 109/.395 55/.680 103/.721 66/.493 .670
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 439/.738 135/.682 127/.537 162/.648 154/.756 3/1.000 55/.857 134/.688 68/.764 117/.585 170/.538 .681
Road 302/.783 94/.594 109/.634 117/.544 124/.785 7/.429 66/.862 104/.523 67/.769 113/.737 109/.684
Last 28d days 90/.550 40/.358 69/.467 49/.447 42/.801 3/.000 13/.647 46/.603 4/1.417 39/.648 40/.400
HR/SB/CS 14/6/5 4/8/0 7/2/1 6/8/0 3/9/3 0/0/0 4/1/1 3/0/2 2/3/1 8/3/0 3/2/0 91/122/34
Usage ·····X·· o···X··· ·X··o··· ·X···X·· ·oX····· ·oo····· X·X····· ·····XoX ·X······ ··X···X· ·····Xoo

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

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.