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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals, at Busch Stadium III, June 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

85° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

21-25

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

On This Date:

61-56

Season Series
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 KCR  6  STL  2     
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 STL  8 @KCR  4     

Wed, Jun 29, 2016 KCR    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 KCR    @STL  7:15pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

40-36, 2nd, 6 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   27-11   Road:   13-25   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  31-30   vsLHP:   9-6    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:21-11   vsWest:  6-10 IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Tue, Jun 28   STL  L   4-8       40-36  2nd  6.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 27   STL  W   6-2       40-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 26   HOU  W   6-1       39-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 25   HOU  L   5-13      38-35  2nd  5.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 24   HOU  L   4-13      38-34  2nd  4.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22  @NYM  L   3-4       38-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21  @NYM  L   1-2       38-32  2nd  2.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 19   DET  W   2-1 (13)  38-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 18   DET  W  16-5       37-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 17   DET  W  10-3       36-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

St. Louis Cardinals

40-36, 2nd, 10 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   15-21   Road:   25-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  28-25   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:   6-13
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 5-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Tue, Jun 28  @KCR  W   8-4       40-36  2nd 10.0 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 27  @KCR  L   2-6       39-36  2nd 10.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 26  @SEA  W  11-6       39-35  2nd  9.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 25  @SEA  L   4-5       38-35  2nd 10.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 24  @SEA  L   3-4       38-34  2nd 10.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22  @CHC  W   7-2       38-33  2nd  9.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21  @CHC  W   4-3       37-33  2nd 10.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 20  @CHC  W   3-2       36-33  2nd 11.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 19   TEX  L   4-5       35-33  2nd 12.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 18   TEX  L   3-4       35-32  2nd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 STL  8 @KCR  4        W:Michael Wacha (4-7), L: Yordano Ventura (6-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 KCR  6  STL  2        W:Danny Duffy (3-1), L: Adam Wainwright (6-5), S: none

Thu, Jul 23, 2015 STL  4  KCR  3        W:John Lackey (9-5), L: Chris Young (8-6), S: Trevor Rosenthal (30)
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 STL  3  KCR  2        W:Tyler Lyons (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (4-4), S: Trevor Rosenthal (21)
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 STL  4  KCR  0        W:Jaime Garcia (2-3), L: Yordano Ventura (3-6), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2015 STL  6 @KCR  1        W:Michael Wacha (7-0), L: Yordano Ventura (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2015 KCR  3  STL  2  (6)   W:Edinson Volquez (4-3), L: John Lackey (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2015 KCR  5  STL  0        W:Chris Young (4-0), L: Lance Lynn (3-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 KCR  3  STL  2        W:Yordano Ventura (3-5), L: Michael Wacha (4-4), S: Greg Holland (17)
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 STL  5 @KCR  2 (11)   W:Sam Freeman (1-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (1-2), S: Pat Neshek (1)
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - STL won 4-2; 2014 - KCR won 3-1; All-Time - STL leads 51-37

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 7-7, 5.15)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-7)			92.2	99	57	53	36	73	10	5.15
2015 (13-9)			200.1	190	89	79	72	155	16	3.55
2014 (13-7)			192.2	166	75	65	71	140	17	3.04

Last 7 GS		3-3	38.0	42	33	30	17	30	4	7.11	41
2016-06-24	HOU	L	1.0	8	12	11	3	0	1	48	-12
2016-06-18	DET	W	6.1	8	5	5	0	6	1	89	43
2016-06-13	CLE	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	95	72
2016-06-08	@BAL	L	4.2	4	4	4	2	5	0	86	43
2016-06-03	@CLE	L	6.1	7	5	5	4	5	2	115	40
2016-05-29	CHW	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	102	50
2016-05-24	@MIN	W	6.2	6	4	2	3	6	0	103	53

Last 5 v.STL		2-1	31.2	24	12	12	12	17	2	3.41	55
2015-05-23	STL	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	1	0	84	54
2014-09-03	@STL	ND	6.1	3	0	0	2	5	0	82	70
2014-07-10	@STL	W	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	114	74
2014-05-10	STL	ND	4.2	4	3	3	4	4	0	88	44
2014-04-27	@STL	L	5.2	7	6	6	1	2	2	83	32

SP: Carlos Martinez (24, RHP, 7-5, 3.02)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-5)			89.1	67	30	30	30	70	6	3.02
2015 (14-7)			179.2	168	65	60	63	184	13	3.01
2014 (2-4)			89.1	90	41	40	36	84	4	4.03

Last 7 GS		3-2	46.1	36	15	15	16	38	1	2.91	59
2016-06-24	@SEA	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	109	66
2016-06-18	TEX	ND	7.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	101	72
2016-06-11	@PIT	W	8.1	6	1	1	3	5	0	122	69
2016-06-05	SFG	W	6.0	4	3	3	2	7	1	100	57
2016-05-30	@MIL	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	104	79
2016-05-25	CHC	L	5.0	6	6	6	3	7	0	103	35
2016-05-20	ARI	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	86	37

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Martinez
G/S/vB 67.Bowman
G/S/vB 30.Broxton
G/S/vB 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB 43.Maness
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.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 58/48 .308/.368/.558/.926 .633/.988 .610 22/1.033 0/0 2/2

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 6/.500 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 307/242 .290/.336/.416/.752 1.099/.661 .788 93/.605 6/4 8/3

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 71/53 .277/.338/.308/.646 .627/.652 .743 23/.725 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 174/136 .273/.306/.436/.743 .830/.717 .799 93/.872 1/0 7/3

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 142/130 .252/.326/.309/.635 .639/.633 .615 33/.510 12/3 0/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 3/1.333 6/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 347/277 .260/.282/.315/.597 .478/.627 .496 107/.566 10/4 1/10

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 180/131 .212/.311/.346/.657 .565/.691 .735 14/.714 3/0 5/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 319/227 .311/.370/.502/.872 .765/.915 .794 102/.760 4/1 12/5

15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 155/118 .307/.329/.427/.756 .933/.700 .668 105/.714 4/1 2/2

25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.400 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 282/210 .247/.312/.408/.720 .913/.654 .566 83/.989 0/0 10/0

16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 188/136 .343/.369/.444/.813 .770/.829 .717 86/.760 5/1 1/2

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 261/204 .297/.330/.520/.850 .724/.885 .758 85/.940 0/0 12/1

IP 89.1 28.2 30.2 34.1 15.1 39.0 25.0 31.1 TOTAL .277/.324/.414/.739 .774/.728 .691 .755 47/18 68/41

ERA-K/9

3.02/7.1

3.77/6.6

3.52/7.3

3.67/8.4

5.28/4.1

1.62/11.8

5.40/13.3

2.87/9.8

4.02/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (6-2-0)
Perez (18-21-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.209 118/.220 129/.176 133/.213 71/.328 152/.169 124/.297 121/.183 .248 Dyson
Orlando
Cain
Merrifield
Gordon 18/9/21/7
0/1/48/4
0/72/0/2
10/0/1/2
45/0/0/2

OPS .573 .601 .560 .697 .903 .444 .863 .642 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.700 41/.626 49/.795 46/.319 16/.598 75/.374 50/.901 37/.735 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.405 77/.589 80/.426 87/.896 55/.989 77/.512 74/.836 84/.603 .689

Home 195/.641 73/.594 59/.799 66/.629 22/.768 81/.580 60/.930 61/.542

Last 28d days 109/.481 20/.472 35/.243 32/.323 9/.111 47/.495 47/1.127 41/.793

HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 3/1/1 2/5/1 7/1/0 1/1/1 1/0/1 3/0/0 6/1/0 69/23/13

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

Cardinals Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB 53.Gee
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 47.Moylan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 67.Wang
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP 21/.629 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 179/145 .305/.352/.530/.882 .808/.901 1.134 54/.795 0/1 9/5

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 26/.699 2/1.000 2/3.000 10/1.029 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 320/214 .300/.420/.592/1.012 .883/1.076 .927 92/1.272 0/1 14/8

36.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 287/198 .316/.374/.523/.898 .766/.960 .720 93/.865 2/2 10/14

35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 57/49 .400/.526/.578/1.104 .875/1.146 .774 24/.571 0/1 2/1

3.Gyorko G/S/vP 4/2.750 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 146/75 .224/.288/.410/.698 .575/.814 .664 32/.438 0/0 7/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 39/.914 4/.750 1/.000 15/.624 2/2.500 7/.629 8/.393 4/1.000 1/.000 285/199 .257/.326/.494/.820 .784/.836 .636 83/.827 0/0 15/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 34/.426 4/.500 1/.000 15/.667 4/.000 5/1.200 5/.650 3/.666 3/.000 284/201 .262/.331/.340/.671 .654/.678 .701 76/.581 2/1 1/0

37.Moss* G/S/vP 11/.182 11/.855 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 3/.000 6/1.133 ··· 227/162 .251/.339/.568/.907 .553/1.052 .831 75/1.103 0/0 16/3

33.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.650 7/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

27.Peralta G/S/vP 19/1.171 17/.607 1/.000 3/.333 9/.555 34/.998 2/.000 25/.791 15/.867 76/49 .208/.250/.375/.625 .345/.775 .500 76/.625 0/0 2/1

28.Pham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 23/8 .200/.273/.500/.773 .600/1.229 .500 22/.812 0/0 2/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 311/225 .287/.370/.458/.828 1.126/.723 .857 88/.683 4/5 8/3

16.Wong* G/S/vP 9/.583 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 175/143 .232/.309/.284/.592 .526/.607 .562 37/.554 3/0 1/6

IP 92.2 27.1 16.0 49.0 36.2 29.2 18.2 36.0 30.0 TOTAL .262/.334/.452/.786 .710/.818 .760 .766 18/15 103/56

ERA-K/9

5.15/7.1

0.99/8.6

2.81/7.9

4.04/7.7

1.47/11.3

3.03/10.3

3.38/8.2

3.00/8.0

3.90/5.7

4.16/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (21-9-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 409/.270 106/.161 65/.161 221/.299 141/.195 116/.198 80/.296 148/.233 126/.276 .250 Piscotty
Moss
Holliday
Wong
Pham 0/5/68/2
24/0/11/2
55/0/0/1
3/6/0/0
4/6/0/0

OPS .737 .436 .540 .853 .534 .645 .702 .704 .799 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 205/.674 58/.466 27/.604 117/.898 71/.694 46/.414 28/.970 73/.541 58/.768 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 204/.800 48/.396 38/.498 104/.803 70/.377 70/.787 52/.563 75/.867 68/.823 .725

Road 157/.839 46/.436 30/.665 99/.755 69/.569 53/.564 39/.645 78/.692 44/.879

Last 28d days 119/.850 25/.367 35/.481 42/.855 39/.511 33/.739 47/.731 41/.664 43/1.009

HR/SB/CS 10/6/3 0/1/1 1/0/0 10/0/4 2/0/1 4/3/2 1/0/0 3/1/2 4/1/0 100/24/23

Usage ····X··· ··o····· X···X·X· ····X··X ··o···XX ·······o o··X···· ·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 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 5.64

CIN 4.28

ATL 3.32

RA/G

CHC 3.16

NYY 4.54

CIN 5.86

J. Altuve .350

J. Giavotella .270

B. Park .191

OBP

D. Ortiz .433

L. Cain .336

F. Galvis .252

SLG

D. Ortiz .678

T. Frazier .442

B. Burns .302

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.112

M. Napoli .782

B. Burns .573

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

T. Koehler 4.07

J. Shields 6.22

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

H. Santiago 7.70

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.