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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, at Busch Stadium III, May 24, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Start Time:

6:10ct (local), 7:10et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

83° (based on last ten years)

Cubs

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

On This Date:

57-63

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

On This Date:

63-51

Season Series
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 CHC  5 @STL  0     
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 CHC  2 @STL  1     
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 STL  5  CHC  3     
Mon, May 23, 2016 STL  4  CHC  3     

Tue, May 24, 2016 CHC    @STL  7:10pm
Wed, May 25, 2016 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Mon, Jun 20, 2016 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Jun 21, 2016 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Jun 22, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Thu, Aug 11, 2016 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 STL    @CHC        
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 24, 2016 STL    @CHC        
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 STL    @CHC        

                         All times ET

Chicago Cubs

29-14, 1st, 5 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   14-6    Road:   15-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  21-11   vsLHP:   8-3    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl:16-6    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Mon, May 23  @STL  L   3-4       29-14  1st  5.0 up
 42 Sun, May 22  @SFG  L   0-1       29-13  1st  6.0 up
 41 Sat, May 21  @SFG  L   3-5       29-12  1st  6.5 up
 40 Fri, May 20  @SFG  W   8-1       29-11  1st  6.5 up
 39 Thu, May 19  @MIL  L   3-5       28-11  1st  6.5 up
 38 Wed, May 18  @MIL  W   2-1 (13)  28-10  1st  7.5 up
 37 Tue, May 17  @MIL  L   2-4       27-10  1st  6.5 up
 36 Sun, May 15   PIT  L   1-2       27-9   1st  8.0 up
 35 Sat, May 14   PIT  W   8-2       27-8   1st  9.0 up
 34 Fri, May 13   PIT  W   9-4       26-8   1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

St. Louis Cardinals

24-21, 3rd, 6 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   13-13   Road:   11-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  17-15   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Mon, May 23   CHC  W   4-3       24-21  3rd  6.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 22   ARI  L   2-7       23-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 21   ARI  W   6-2       23-20  3rd  7.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 20   ARI  L   7-11      22-20  3rd  8.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 19   COL  W  13-7       22-19  3rd  7.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 18   COL  W   2-0       21-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 17   COL  L   1-3       20-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 15  @LAD  W   5-2       20-18  2nd  8.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 14  @LAD  L   3-5       19-18  2nd  9.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 13  @LAD  L   4-8       19-17  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 23, 2016 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Trevor Rosenthal (2-1), L: Adam Warren (3-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2016 STL  5  CHC  3        W:Carlos Martinez (3-0), L: Kyle Hendricks (1-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (4)
Tue, Apr 19, 2016 CHC  2 @STL  1        W:Jason Hammel (2-0), L: Jaime Garcia (1-1), S: Hector Rondon (3)
Mon, Apr 18, 2016 CHC  5 @STL  0        W:John Lackey (3-0), L: Mike Leake (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 20, 2015 STL  4 @CHC  3        W:Carlos Martinez (14-7), L: Jon Lester (10-11), S: Trevor Rosenthal (46)
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 CHC  5  STL  4        W:Trevor Cahill (1-3), L: Michael Wacha (16-6), S: Pedro Strop (3)
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 CHC  8  STL  3        W:Tommy Hunter (4-2), L: Seth Maness (4-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Jonathan Broxton (2-4), L: Clayton Richard (3-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (43)
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 CHC  8 @STL  5        W:Jason Hammel (8-6), L: Michael Wacha (15-5), S: Hector Rondon (27)
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 CHC  9 @STL  0        W:Dan Haren (9-9), L: Lance Lynn (11-9), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 2-2; 2015 - STL won 11-8; 2014 - STL won 10-9; All-Time - CHC leads 1199-1149

SP: Jason Hammel (33, RHP, 5-1, 2.31)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-1)			46.2	38	13	12	18	43	3	2.31
2015 (10-7)			170.2	158	79	71	40	172	23	3.74
2014 (10-11)			176.1	154	70	68	44	158	23	3.47

Last 7 GS		5-1	40.2	34	12	11	15	37	3	2.43	58
2016-05-19	@MIL	L	6.0	5	4	4	2	7	2	92	51
2016-05-13	PIT	W	6.2	8	2	1	2	8	0	103	58
2016-05-07	WSN	ND	5.0	4	3	3	4	3	0	97	46
2016-05-02	@PIT	W	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	89	51
2016-04-24	@CIN	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	96	71
2016-04-19	@STL	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	84	64
2016-04-14	CIN	W	6.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	88	63

Last 5 v.STL		2-2	22.1	20	13	13	7	26	1	5.24	51
2016-04-19	@STL	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	84	64
2015-09-08	@STL	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	6	1	101	54
2015-07-08	STL	ND	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	54
2015-06-28	@STL	L	4.0	6	4	4	1	7	0	69	40
2014-05-15	@STL	L	5.1	5	5	5	2	6	0	106	42

SP: Michael Wacha (24, RHP, 2-4, 4.03)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (2-4)			51.1	57	30	23	18	44	4	4.03
2015 (17-7)			181.1	162	74	68	58	153	19	3.38
2014 (5-6)			107.0	95	41	38	33	94	6	3.20

Last 7 GS		1-4	41.0	43	25	19	16	34	4	4.17	49
2016-05-19	COL	ND	4.0	8	6	6	1	4	0	81	25
2016-05-13	@LAD	L	4.0	8	6	2	3	2	0	92	29
2016-05-08	PIT	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	6	1	106	48
2016-05-03	PHI	L	8.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	100	73
2016-04-28	@ARI	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	9	2	114	62
2016-04-23	@SDP	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	0	0	97	52
2016-04-17	CIN	ND	6.0	7	3	1	1	5	0	80	54

Last 5 v.CHC		2-2	28.0	32	18	18	10	25	5	5.79	46
2015-09-19	@CHC	L	5.0	6	4	4	4	7	2	104	42
2015-09-08	CHC	L	4.0	6	6	6	3	2	2	87	25
2015-07-08	@CHC	ND	6.0	7	5	5	1	6	0	109	43
2015-06-27	CHC	W	6.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	92	59
2014-05-15	CHC	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	104	60

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

Cubs Batters (5.47 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Wacha
G/S/vB 67.Bowman
G/S/vB 30.Broxton
G/S/vB 60.Kiekhefer*
G/S/vB 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB 26.Oh
G/S/vB 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Baez G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 88/73 .238/.273/.357/.630 .785/.599 .511 63/.592 2/1 2/3

17.Bryant G/S/vP 11/1.264 ··· 4/.500 ··· 8/.500 1/.000 3/.000 6/.500 193/144 .271/.358/.488/.846 .783/.867 .897 102/.840 1/2 9/4

15.Federowicz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/16 .182/.217/.273/.490 1.238/.188 1.100 23/.490 0/0 0/0

24.Fowler# G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 11/.664 ··· 8/.453 1/2.000 5/.400 3/1.000 191/143 .314/.435/.526/.960 .714/1.047 1.121 105/.811 6/2 5/0

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/1.250 165/123 .225/.329/.282/.611 .631/.604 .720 75/.576 5/2 1/0

2.La Stella* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 74/65 .308/.392/.538/.930 .730/.954 .836 50/.868 0/0 2/1

47.Montero* G/S/vP 16/.388 ··· 18/.944 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 4/.000 4/.500 80/70 .231/.363/.354/.716 .425/.757 .761 23/.890 1/0 1/1

44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 23/1.205 ··· 10/.633 ··· 15/.988 2/1.000 8/.821 22/.507 195/141 .239/.374/.516/.890 .652/.983 .969 105/.856 2/1 11/3

3.Ross G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 80/57 .250/.346/.438/.784 1.253/.609 .864 49/.786 0/0 3/2

27.Russell G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 165/129 .234/.339/.390/.729 .627/.756 .492 89/.740 2/0 4/5

68.Soler G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 7/.310 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 120/80 .192/.283/.317/.601 .421/.691 .549 56/.606 0/0 3/1

20.Szczur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 38/27 .353/.421/.559/.980 .919/1.004 .860 11/1.155 1/1 2/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 184/140 .338/.448/.514/.962 1.048/.934 1.004 102/1.134 2/2 6/0

IP 51.1 20.2 17.1 5.1 20.2 23.2 15.0 18.0 TOTAL .255/.356/.420/.776 .749/.784 .793 .763 23/11 50/24

ERA-K/9

4.03/7.7

3.92/7.0

4.67/8.3

1.69/8.5

4.35/9.1

1.14/12.2

2.40/13.8

2.50/12.5

3.99/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Federowicz (3-0-0)
Montero (16-1-2)
Ross (17-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 224/.284 87/.238 79/.203 21/.200 82/.224 88/.125 70/.259 69/.169 .247 Fowler
Heyward
Bryant
Soler
Baez
Szczur
Zobrist 0/42/0/2
0/4/35/1
24/0/6/1
26/0/2/1
2/0/0/0
15/1/3/0
0/0/3/0

OPS .769 .625 .646 .588 .768 .358 .765 .571 .695

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.790 29/.670 28/1.031 9/.778 26/.404 42/.404 28/.701 18/.800 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 144/.757 58/.603 51/.459 12/.432 56/.937 46/.317 42/.802 51/.496 .686

Home 123/.695 61/.608 45/.946 15/.481 47/.700 51/.485 40/.914 38/.454

Last 28d days 129/.791 53/.610 46/.680 21/.588 46/.684 47/.366 40/.927 40/.593

HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 2/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 6/1/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 41/12/8

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

Cardinals Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (2.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 52.Grimm
G/S/vB 33.Richard*
G/S/vB 56.Rondon
G/S/vB 46.Strop
G/S/vB 43.Warren
G/S/vB 37.Wood*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP 9/1.111 7/.929 6/.533 3/.000 5/.000 9/.111 1/.000 13/.462 98/82 .289/.347/.500/.847 .438/.932 1.177 62/.959 0/1 5/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 15/.333 12/1.000 4/.500 12/1.144 8/1.000 7/.971 1/3.000 46/.789 202/135 .253/.382/.512/.894 .809/.936 .842 111/.900 0/0 9/7

36.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 157/108 .345/.376/.586/.962 .795/1.041 .792 96/.750 1/1 6/10

59.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/14 .500/.550/.611/1.161 .533/1.412 1.548 11/.664 0/0 0/0

15.Grichuk G/S/vP 8/1.375 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.333 4/.250 5/.000 3/2.667 12/.788 153/103 .228/.307/.419/.726 .579/.795 .792 78/.716 3/0 6/0

3.Gyorko G/S/vP 8/.250 9/.708 1/no AB ··· 5/.200 3/.666 ··· 7/.000 98/58 .225/.296/.427/.723 .689/.746 .633 49/.608 0/0 5/4

41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 113/87 .262/.304/.544/.847 .731/.884 .683 50/.580 3/2 7/3

7.Holliday G/S/vP 17/1.042 17/1.471 5/.650 15/.421 6/1.167 9/1.056 1/.000 46/1.180 169/118 .237/.314/.447/.761 .567/.841 .668 100/.699 0/0 6/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 16/1.300 13/1.238 6/.900 15/.421 8/1.375 7/.679 4/.833 43/1.016 177/126 .306/.384/.414/.798 .625/.868 .790 96/.765 2/0 1/0

37.Moss* G/S/vP 12/.583 4/.833 6/1.700 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 8/1.089 1/.000 131/99 .211/.305/.465/.770 .457/.876 .724 69/.646 0/0 8/2

55.Piscotty G/S/vP 3/2.167 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 194/138 .329/.402/.509/.911 1.247/.785 .903 108/.944 2/3 5/1

19.Tejada G/S/vP 5/.200 2/2.000 2/.000 8/.500 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 17/.437 34/18 .172/.235/.241/.477 .875/.170 .500 26/.458 0/0 0/3

16.Wong* G/S/vP 5/.900 5/.200 4/.500 1/.000 6/.000 6/.533 2/.500 8/1.375 115/94 .253/.339/.333/.672 .722/.661 .641 58/.857 3/0 1/4

IP 46.2 21.0 15.2 8.1 14.1 17.2 17.1 14.2 TOTAL .268/.342/.462/.804 .708/.843 .782 .757 14/7 61/39

ERA-K/9

2.31/8.3

2.57/8.6

4.02/10.9

5.40/5.4

1.26/15.1

3.06/12.7

2.08/8.3

3.07/7.3

2.70/9.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fryer (1-3-0)
Molina (11-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.228 95/.188 66/.220 36/.303 52/.122 70/.177 68/.140 61/.185 .200 Piscotty
Grichuk
Holliday
Moss
Hazelbaker 0/2/41/2
0/37/0/1
32/0/0/0
13/0/3/0
18/12/3/0

OPS .650 .641 .676 .694 .338 .529 .584 .686 .592

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.781 36/.593 23/.411 19/.833 19/.336 23/.642 23/1.125 28/.726 .681

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.545 59/.664 43/.813 17/.544 33/.333 47/.478 45/.334 33/.652 .539

Road 115/.627 50/.613 29/.434 17/.665 21/.145 38/.405 36/.605 39/.459

Last 28d days 98/.745 67/.502 43/.700 22/.558 32/.429 41/.623 39/.858 39/.702

HR/SB/CS 3/5/1 3/5/0 2/0/1 0/2/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 2/0/0 32/36/9

Usage ····X··· ··X·X·X· ··o·oX·· ··oooo·· ·····X·· ·o···X·· X····X·· ·Xoo·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 2016 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

BOS 5.82

MIL 4.18

ATL 3.19

RA/G

CHC 2.93

TEX 4.29

CIN 5.87

D. Murphy .389

W. Myers .262

D. Norris .173

OBP

B. Zobrist .448

L. Cain .335

E. Aybar .216

SLG

D. Ortiz .684

C. Rasmus .437

E. Aybar .204

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.092

C. Rasmus .774

E. Aybar .421

ERA

J. Arrieta 1.29

J. Odorizzi 3.81

W. Peralta 6.99

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.07

D. Straily 7.80

M. Latos 4.59

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.