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Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Nationals Park, May 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Start Time:
1:35et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
51
On This Date:
58-47
Nationals
Manager:
Dusty Baker
Game #:
52
On This Date:
16-22
Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 WSN  5 @STL  4     
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1     
Sun, May 01, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1     
Thu, May 26, 2016 WSN  2  STL  1     
Fri, May 27, 2016 STL  6 @WSN  2     
Sat, May 28, 2016 STL  9 @WSN  4     

Sun, May 29, 2016 STL    @WSN  1:35pm

                         All times ET
St. Louis Cardinals
26-24, 3rd, 8½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-15   Road:   13-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  18-18   vsLHP:   8-6    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  8-5    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sat, May 28  @WSN  W   9-4       26-24  3rd  8.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 27  @WSN  W   6-2       25-24  3rd  8.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 26  @WSN  L   1-2       24-24  3rd  8.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 25   CHC  L   8-9       24-23  3rd  8.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   CHC  L   3-12      24-22  3rd  7.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Washington Nationals
29-21, 1st, Tied / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-11   Road:   15-10   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  23-18   vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sat, May 28   STL  L   4-9       29-21  1st    Tied
 49 Fri, May 27   STL  L   2-6       29-20  1st    Tied
 48 Thu, May 26   STL  W   2-1       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Wed, May 25   NYM  L   0-2       28-19  1st  0.5 up
 46 Tue, May 24   NYM  W   7-4       28-18  1st  1.5 up
 45 Mon, May 23   NYM  L   1-7       27-18  1st  0.5 up
 44 Sun, May 22  @MIA  W   8-2       27-17  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sat, May 21  @MIA  L   2-3       26-17  1st  1.5 up
 42 Fri, May 20  @MIA  W   4-1       26-16  1st  2.0 up
 41 Thu, May 19  @NYM  W   9-1       25-16  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 28, 2016 STL  9 @WSN  4        W:Adam Wainwright (5-3), L: Gio Gonzalez (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2016 STL  6 @WSN  2        W:Jaime Garcia (4-4), L: Max Scherzer (5-4), S: none
Thu, May 26, 2016 WSN  2  STL  1        W:Joe Ross (4-4), L: Mike Leake (3-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)
Sun, May 01, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1        W:Max Scherzer (3-1), L: Carlos Martinez (4-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1        W:Joe Ross (3-0), L: Jaime Garcia (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 WSN  5 @STL  4        W:Stephen Strasburg (4-0), L: Mike Leake (0-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)

Wed, Sep 02, 2015 WSN  4 @STL  3        W:Rafael Martin (1-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (1-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 STL  8  WSN  5        W:Mitch Harris (2-1), L: Casey Janssen (1-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 31, 2015 STL  8  WSN  5        W:Kevin Siegrist (6-1), L: Casey Janssen (1-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (42)
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 STL  4 @WSN  1        W:Michael Wacha (3-0), L: Max Scherzer (1-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (6)
Season Series: 2016 - WSN over 4-2; 2015 - STL won 4-2; 2014 - STL won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 312-293

SP: Michael Wacha (24, RHP, 2-5, 5.04)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-5) 55.1 65 38 31 22 48 5 5.04
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 1-5 39.0 44 30 26 19 33 5 6.00 43
2016-05-24 CHC L 4.0 8 8 8 4 4 1 94 14
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
Last 5 v.WSN 2-1 22.2 11 4 2 4 22 1 0.79 74
2015-04-23 @WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 95 67
2014-04-18 @WSN L 7.0 5 3 1 0 7 1 93 66
2013-09-24 WSN W 8.2 1 0 0 2 9 0 112 89

SP: Stephen Strasburg (27, RHP, 8-0, 2.79)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-0) 67.2 54 21 21 18 86 5 2.79
2015 (11-7) 127.1 115 56 49 26 155 14 3.46
2014 (14-11) 215.0 198 86 75 43 242 23 3.14
Last 7 GS 5-0 46.0 41 18 18 11 65 5 3.52 60
2016-05-24 NYM W 6.2 4 2 2 2 11 1 108 67
2016-05-19 @NYM W 6.0 6 1 1 1 10 0 113 65
2016-05-14 MIA W 6.0 5 3 3 3 7 1 104 54
2016-05-09 DET ND 7.0 6 4 4 3 11 2 107 57
2016-05-04 @KCR W 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 0 95 60
2016-04-29 @STL W 7.0 8 2 2 1 9 0 103 61
2016-04-24 MIN ND 7.1 7 4 4 0 10 1 114 58
Last 5 v.STL 1-2 32.2 27 10 10 5 39 1 2.76 62
2016-04-29 @STL W 7.0 8 2 2 1 9 0 103 61
2014-06-14 @STL L 6.2 7 3 3 1 5 1 95 52
2014-04-20 STL ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 90 62
2013-04-24 STL L 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 110 61
2012-09-02 STL ND 6.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 97 76

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Cardinals Batters (5.48 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Strasburg
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 46.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Petit
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 36.Solis*
G/S/vB		 45.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 9/1.444 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 1/3.000 3/3.000 110/91 .327/.382/.574/.956 .895/.969 .463 60/1.124 0/1 6/3
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 13/.770 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.167 6/.833 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 209/137 .249/.374/.503/.877 .793/.920 .945 96/.962 0/0 9/7
36.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 179/125 .319/.352/.548/.900 .746/.968 1.123 101/.711 1/1 7/11
59.Fryer G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/17 .476/.522/.571/1.093 .533/1.276 .333 11/.664 0/0 0/0
35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .647/.760/1.118/1.878 1.250/2.040 2.123 10/2.086 0/0 2/1
15.Grichuk G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 173/118 .237/.306/.449/.755 .622/.814 .651 85/.891 3/0 7/0
3.Gyorko G/S/vP 13/1.280 2/.000 ··· 6/.833 10/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 106/61 .221/.302/.411/.712 .718/.707 .763 43/.623 0/0 5/4
41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 121/92 .252/.292/.514/.805 .655/.855 .986 49/.502 3/2 7/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/1.167 2/.000 5/.200 23/.620 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 185/130 .235/.314/.464/.777 .650/.828 .920 97/.720 0/0 8/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.000 5/.400 23/.962 14/1.012 3/1.667 1/.000 4/1.250 196/142 .283/.362/.382/.744 .588/.803 .724 99/.643 2/0 1/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 3/3.000 142/108 .213/.317/.459/.776 .465/.877 .764 65/.665 0/0 8/2
55.Piscotty G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 215/156 .323/.395/.500/.895 1.245/.774 .905 110/.942 3/3 6/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.083 4/1.000 4/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 130/108 .230/.315/.301/.616 .687/.602 .631 65/.691 3/0 1/5
IP 67.2 17.0 18.2 14.0 26.0 22.1 14.0 21.0 TOTAL .265/.338/.459/.797 .730/.823 .817 .774 15/7 68/44
ERA-K/9 2.79/11.4 1.59/11.6 2.89/6.3 2.57/11.6 2.42/7.6 4.03/11.3 1.93/9.0 3.00/9.0 3.01/9.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-3-0)
 Molina (13-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.218 65/.197 75/.271 56/.188 101/.221 91/.195 56/.125 81/.229 .225  Piscotty
 Grichuk
 Holliday
 Moss
 Hazelbaker
0/2/46/2
0/42/0/1
36/0/0/0
15/0/4/0
22/13/3/0
OPS .592 .575 .691 .541 .597 .604 .500 .702 .642
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.492 14/.452 41/.755 30/.327 40/.986 39/.767 18/.516 28/.870 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.676 51/.603 34/.618 26/.776 61/.353 52/.484 38/.489 53/.622 .605
Home 140/.630 35/.505 30/.555 34/.617 48/.551 43/.583 35/.462 46/.514
Last 28d days 132/.636 34/.687 34/.653 30/.507 51/.615 39/.686 46/.466 42/.661
HR/SB/CS 5/0/2 1/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 46/12/6
Usage ····X··· o···X··· ··o····· o··o··o· Xo···o·X ··X·X··· oX···o·X o··o·Xo·
Nationals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.50 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/.941 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/53 .157/.214/.294/.508 .667/.499 .550 31/.591 0/0 2/1
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.000 2/.500 182/146 .199/.294/.314/.609 .448/.649 .554 98/.612 1/0 5/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/no AB 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/.500 5/.933 205/158 .245/.420/.550/.969 .828/1.014 .954 105/.848 7/4 13/0
14.Heisey G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 49/33 .214/.327/.548/.874 1.067/.786 .908 24/.692 0/0 4/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 56/48 .170/.304/.213/.516 .125/.583 .725 22/.540 0/0 0/0
20.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/.818 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.500 5/.200 2/1.000 196/143 .390/.423/.604/1.028 .896/1.075 1.058 102/1.050 1/2 7/5
40.Ramos G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 146/115 .321/.363/.496/.859 .805/.874 .837 88/.886 0/0 5/2
6.Rendon G/S/vP 6/.834 2/1.000 3/.667 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 5/1.200 1/.000 213/174 .262/.352/.380/.732 .848/.707 .696 108/.871 6/2 3/3
9.Revere* G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 90/76 .190/.233/.298/.531 1.571/.352 .353 88/.544 2/2 1/1
25.Robinson* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 50/46 .209/.300/.372/.672 1.000/.642 .670 25/.990 0/0 2/0
3.Taylor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 133/99 .192/.233/.320/.553 .763/.481 .526 44/.567 6/2 4/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 13/.331 ··· 3/1.666 4/.500 8/1.089 3/.000 180/143 .220/.278/.378/.656 1.052/.552 .571 94/.603 1/0 6/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 10/.956 1/2.000 3/3.334 2/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 188/147 .244/.314/.440/.754 .723/.761 .804 105/.871 1/0 8/1
IP 55.1 21.2 18.1 8.1 23.2 26.2 16.0 20.0 TOTAL .242/.319/.403/.722 .795/.704 .702 .742 26/12 61/19
ERA-K/9 5.04/7.8 3.74/7.1 4.42/8.9 5.40/7.6 3.80/9.5 2.03/12.1 2.25/14.1 2.25/12.2 4.18/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (3-1-3)
 Ramos (8-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.294 91/.238 84/.206 36/.265 95/.230 100/.141 73/.246 76/.157 .249  Taylor
 Harper
 Werth
 Revere
 Robinson
 Heisey
0/36/0/3
0/0/47/1
43/0/0/1
7/20/0/0
1/0/0/0
8/2/4/0
OPS .813 .619 .646 .717 .755 .409 .731 .552 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.790 31/.624 31/1.045 15/.467 28/.464 47/.358 30/.650 22/.641 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.827 60/.617 53/.441 21/.902 67/.869 53/.452 43/.781 54/.517 .707
Road 101/.863 30/.644 34/.275 10/.700 35/.866 43/.145 30/.541 34/.655
Last 28d days 126/.877 49/.591 37/.677 36/.717 53/.625 46/.352 40/.869 41/.535
HR/SB/CS 5/2/2 2/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 6/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 49/14/8
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ···X··o· o···X·o· ····X·o· o·XX·o·o ···o·X·X ·o·o·o··

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  5.92

TOR  4.20

ATL  3.19

 RA/G

CHC  2.98

SDP  4.34

CIN  5.92

 BA

D. Murphy  .390

C. Beltran  .263

D. Norris  .182

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .455

C. Gonzalez  .333

E. Aybar  .225

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .720

C. Santana  .438

E. Aybar  .209

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.140

Y. Escobar  .780

E. Aybar  .434

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.48

R. Porcello  3.68

M. Pineda  6.92

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.34

A. Sanchez  7.95

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.