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St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets, at Busch Stadium III, August 23, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

87° (based on last ten years)

Mets

Manager:

Terry Collins

Game #:

127

On This Date:

18-35

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

126

On This Date:

69-50

Season Series
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 STL  3 @NYM  2     
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 NYM  3  STL  1     
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 STL  5 @NYM  4     

Tue, Aug 23, 2016 NYM    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Aug 24, 2016 NYM    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 NYM    @STL  7:15pm

                         All times ET

New York Mets

62-62, 3rd, 11 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-30   Road:   31-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  47-45   vsLHP:  15-17   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 23-24   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest: 13-21 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 21  @SFG  W   2-0       62-62  3rd 11.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20  @SFG  W   9-5       61-62  3rd 12.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19  @SFG  L   1-8       60-62  3rd 12.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18  @SFG  L   7-10      60-61  3rd 11.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17  @ARI  L   5-13      60-60  3rd 10.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16  @ARI  W   7-5       60-59  3rd 10.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 15  @ARI  L   6-10      59-59  3rd 11.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 14   SDP  W   5-1       59-58  3rd 10.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 13   SDP  W   3-2 (11)  58-58  3rd 10.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 12   SDP  L   6-8       57-58  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

St. Louis Cardinals

66-57, 2nd, 12½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-33   Road:   38-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  49-37   vsLHP:  17-20   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:28-22   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sun, Aug 21  @PHI  W   9-0       66-57  2nd 12.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 20  @PHI  L   2-4       65-57  2nd 13.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 19  @PHI  W   4-3 (11)  65-56  2nd 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17  @HOU  W   8-2       64-56  2nd 12.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16  @HOU  W   8-5       63-56  2nd 12.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 14  @CHC  W   6-4       62-56  2nd 12.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 13  @CHC  W   8-4       61-56  2nd 13.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 12  @CHC  L   2-13      60-56  2nd 14.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 11  @CHC  L   3-4 (11)  60-55  2nd 13.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 10   CIN  W   3-2       60-54  2nd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 STL  5 @NYM  4        W:Jonathan Broxton (3-2), L: Jeurys Familia (2-2), S: Seung-hwan Oh (6)
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 NYM  3  STL  1        W:Bartolo Colon (9-5), L: Jaime Garcia (7-7), S: Jeurys Familia (36)
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 STL  3 @NYM  2        W:Carlos Martinez (10-6), L: Noah Syndergaard (9-5), S: Seung-hwan Oh (5)

Sun, Jul 19, 2015 NYM  3 @STL  1 (18)   W:Carlos Torres (3-4), L: Carlos Martinez (10-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 STL 12  NYM  2        W:John Lackey (8-5), L: Bartolo Colon (9-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 STL  3  NYM  2        W:Lance Lynn (7-5), L: Noah Syndergaard (4-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (27)
Thu, May 21, 2015 NYM  5  STL  0        W:Jacob deGrom (5-4), L: Jaime Garcia (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 20, 2015 STL  9 @NYM  0        W:Carlos Martinez (4-2), L: Bartolo Colon (6-3), S: none
Tue, May 19, 2015 STL 10 @NYM  2        W:Michael Wacha (6-0), L: Jon Niese (3-4), S: none
Mon, May 18, 2015 NYM  2  STL  1 (14)   W:Carlos Torres (2-2), L: Sam Tuivailala (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - STL over 2-1; 2015 - STL won 4-3; 2014 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 385-344

SP: Jon Niese (29, LHP, 8-7, 5.30)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (8-7)			120.2	144	74	71	45	88	25	5.30
2015 (9-10)			176.2	192	93	81	55	113	20	4.13
2014 (9-11)			187.2	193	80	71	45	138	17	3.40

Last 7 GS		1-5	35.1	53	32	31	14	28	10	7.90	35
2016-08-17	@ARI	L	4.2	4	4	4	2	6	2	82	44
2016-07-10	CHC	ND	3.2	8	5	5	2	3	1	76	26
2016-07-04	@STL	W	5.2	8	1	1	1	3	0	96	51
2016-06-28	@SEA	L	4.2	9	5	4	2	2	1	101	28
2016-06-23	SFG	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	110	40
2016-06-18	@CHC	L	5.1	6	4	4	4	5	3	99	41
2016-06-12	STL	L	5.1	11	8	8	1	5	2	80	18

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	28.2	40	22	21	5	19	4	6.59	40
2016-07-04	@STL	W	5.2	8	1	1	1	3	0	96	51
2016-06-12	STL	L	5.1	11	8	8	1	5	2	80	18
2016-04-05	STL	ND	5.0	5	5	4	1	7	1	82	45
2015-07-19	@STL	ND	7.2	5	0	0	1	3	0	100	71
2015-05-19	STL	L	5.0	11	8	8	1	1	1	92	13

SP: Jaime Garcia (29, LHP, 10-8, 4.11)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-8)			142.1	142	70	65	46	116	16	4.11
2015 (10-6)			129.2	106	37	35	30	97	6	2.43
2014 (3-1)			43.2	39	20	20	7	39	6	4.12

Last 7 GS		4-2	41.1	42	21	20	10	29	6	4.35	50
2016-08-16	@HOU	W	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	3	97	32
2016-08-10	CIN	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	85	65
2016-08-05	ATL	W	8.0	3	0	0	1	11	0	89	86
2016-07-30	@MIA	L	3.1	7	6	6	1	2	1	59	23
2016-07-26	@NYM	L	5.0	5	3	2	0	4	0	77	51
2016-07-20	SDP	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	4	1	94	55
2016-07-15	MIA	ND	6.1	8	4	4	2	2	0	93	41

Last 5 v.NYM		2-2	33.0	31	13	7	8	21	2	1.91	57
2016-07-26	@NYM	L	5.0	5	3	2	0	4	0	77	51
2015-05-21	@NYM	L	7.0	5	2	2	5	3	1	102	57
2012-09-04	NYM	W	7.1	9	1	0	0	5	0	94	63
2011-09-21	NYM	W	7.2	6	4	0	0	5	0	91	64
2010-07-28	@NYM	ND	6.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	86	49

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

Mets Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB 67.Bowman
G/S/vB 30.Broxton
G/S/vB 29.Duke*
G/S/vB 26.Oh
G/S/vB 61.Reyes
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 64.Tuivailala
G/S/vB 38.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bruce* G/S/vP 49/.564 ··· 7/1.000 18/.278 1/.000 ··· 14/.357 3/2.334 3/.333 482/341 .249/.307/.515/.822 .749/.852 .855 93/.526 4/2 27/5

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 2/.500 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 415/309 .255/.306/.406/.712 .780/.689 .700 30/.379 1/1 13/6

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/2.417 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 16/.875 389/300 .293/.362/.571/.933 1.143/.875 .946 31/1.047 2/1 25/4

18.d'Arnaud G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/1.000 199/154 .255/.303/.348/.651 .481/.701 .589 66/.710 0/0 4/1

16.De Aza* G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/.500 196/157 .192/.287/.308/.595 .547/.607 .495 64/.676 3/2 4/2

4.Flores G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 7/.000 276/181 .258/.315/.437/.752 1.037/.599 .732 71/.629 1/1 12/9

3.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.333 1/no AB 17/.568 487/354 .224/.312/.428/.740 .671/.766 .802 86/.551 3/2 20/0

55.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 4/.500 8/.625 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 33/.869 262/214 .252/.313/.399/.712 .739/.705 .773 55/.867 2/0 8/8

28.Loney* G/S/vP 10/.900 1/.000 ··· 14/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.875 268/222 .268/.311/.392/.703 .433/.758 .739 79/.561 0/0 6/7

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 17/.529 ··· 6/.000 28/1.096 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 9/.347 114/74 .267/.316/.467/.782 .958/.690 .779 42/.802 5/2 3/1

44.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 139/105 .218/.283/.363/.646 .929/.556 .529 37/.653 0/0 5/1

1.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 19/5 .389/.421/.611/1.032 1.121/.800 1.667 15/1.110 0/1 1/1

20.Walker# G/S/vP 5/.600 1/no AB 8/.750 12/.334 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 9/1.069 449/342 .278/.341/.468/.809 .995/.750 .815 91/1.178 3/1 22/7

IP 142.1 53.1 46.0 46.0 64.1 7.0 47.1 4.0 11.2 TOTAL .239/.308/.407/.714 .739/.706 .728 .703 29/16 162/73

ERA-K/9

4.11/7.3

3.38/6.6

4.70/7.8

2.35/10.6

1.82/12.0

0.00/11.6

2.85/8.9

6.75/9.0

4.63/5.4

4.02/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
d'Arnaud (49-14-3)
Rivera (30-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.259 216/.220 204/.236 195/.225 249/.170 25/.136 186/.188 21/.235 55/.294 .253 Bruce
Cespedes
Granderson
Ruggiano
Johnson
De Aza 0/1/112/9
46/63/0/8
6/10/93/7
1/4/0/0
14/0/0/0
20/27/13/0

OPS .726 .603 .695 .636 .471 .376 .627 .616 .953 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.706 81/.567 79/.801 87/.632 116/.448 8/.500 59/.747 8/.393 21/.293 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 487/.731 135/.623 125/.630 108/.637 133/.490 17/.307 127/.572 13/.762 34/1.374 .708

Home 331/.602 129/.602 99/.886 107/.628 127/.532 3/.000 96/.527 11/.788 13/.769

Last 28d days 102/.803 45/.753 38/1.209 40/.531 47/.512 25/.376 34/.671 6/.533 55/.953

HR/SB/CS 16/6/3 3/2/1 5/6/1 2/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/1 8/5/0 0/2/0 4/0/0 116/58/19

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

Cardinals Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB 39.Blevins*
G/S/vB 27.Familia
G/S/vB 51.Henderson
G/S/vB 67.Lugo
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 47.Robles
G/S/vB 59.Smoker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 15/1.116 4/.250 2/.000 5/.933 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 413/278 .285/.402/.532/.935 .816/.993 .906 62/.652 0/2 15/12

35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 199/159 .238/.352/.333/.685 .513/.731 .602 77/.364 1/1 3/4

15.Grichuk G/S/vP 13/1.058 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 326/224 .226/.282/.455/.737 .696/.755 .815 40/.942 3/1 15/1

3.Gyorko G/S/vP 16/1.063 3/.666 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 298/180 .246/.309/.496/.805 .613/.929 .796 88/.783 0/0 20/6

41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/152 .253/.310/.518/.828 .632/.881 .696 39/1.210 5/2 11/4

4.Molina G/S/vP 34/.896 1/.000 3/2.333 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 442/319 .280/.342/.382/.724 .740/.718 .708 87/.885 3/1 4/1

37.Moss* G/S/vP 11/.955 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 327/235 .262/.336/.576/.912 .697/.999 .792 77/.917 1/0 23/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 21/.831 7/.929 2/1.000 2/3.500 ··· 8/1.607 1/.000 ··· 182/124 .256/.291/.430/.721 .538/.806 .787 62/.812 0/0 6/2

28.Pham G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 149/94 .256/.351/.519/.871 .858/.878 .812 53/.982 1/2 9/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP 9/1.431 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 497/357 .276/.349/.471/.820 .990/.755 .849 94/.700 5/5 18/4

68.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/21 .240/.296/.280/.576 .333/.619 .350 8/.500 0/0 0/0

16.Wong* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 3/3.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 287/232 .239/.328/.323/.650 .615/.659 .646 54/.817 5/0 2/6

IP 120.2 33.1 58.0 25.1 23.2 58.2 60.1 1.0 TOTAL .256/.328/.446/.775 .721/.796 .751 .774 28/19 173/86

ERA-K/9

5.30/6.6

2.43/10.0

2.79/9.6

4.26/10.7

3.04/7.2

1.99/10.9

4.03/10.1

9.00/9.0

3.62/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (42-13-7)
Rosario (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 542/.296 138/.213 242/.240 110/.223 95/.218 230/.201 258/.239 5/.400 .255 Grichuk
Piscotty
Pham
Moss
Wong
Hazelbaker 4/76/3/6
0/10/108/4
13/33/1/2
31/0/19/2
5/8/2/0
43/21/4/0

OPS .881 .583 .615 .757 .581 .526 .728 .800 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.874 90/.565 113/.636 42/.661 43/.607 97/.531 106/.619 4/1.000 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.883 48/.618 129/.596 68/.820 52/.558 133/.522 152/.803 1/.000 .698

Road 280/.933 59/.698 101/.598 57/.692 54/.710 113/.626 134/.658 5/.800

Last 28d days 52/1.021 31/.862 50/.718 / 64/.620 48/.738 53/.848 5/.800

HR/SB/CS 25/2/2 3/2/0 1/6/0 5/4/0 0/1/0 3/0/1 6/7/3 0/0/0 113/110/36

Usage ·····X·· ···oX·o· ·o·X··o· ········ ···X·o·X ··X·o·X· ··X·X·XX ··oo····

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 5.51

PIT 4.51

ATL 3.67

RA/G

CHC 3.42

PIT 4.51

ARI 5.58

J. Altuve .364

B. Crawford .274

T. Frazier .212

OBP

J. Votto .433

N. Walker .341

F. Galvis .265

SLG

D. Ortiz .637

T. Frazier .454

E. Aybar .316

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.050

M. Prado .807

A. Escobar .608

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.16

T. Bauer 3.88

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.96

H. Santiago 7.67

J. Weaver 4.49

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.