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Game Preview: STL @ ATL, 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 @Turner Field

Cardinals, 17-16, 17-16 2nd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Tyler Lyons (26, LHP, 0-2, 4.20)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 15.0 12 7 7 5 14 1 4.20
2013 (2-4) 53.0 49 29 28 16 43 5 4.75
Last 7 GS 0-5 35.1 39 28 27 15 32 3 6.88 43
2014-04-26 PIT L 6.0 4 4 4 1 4 0 75 51
2014-04-21 @NYM L 6.0 6 2 2 4 7 0 95 55
2013-08-26 CIN ND 5.0 4 4 4 2 7 0 85 48
2013-07-30 @PIT L 6.0 8 4 3 1 5 1 108 46
2013-06-21 TEX ND 1.2 3 4 4 3 1 0 46 31
2013-06-16 @MIA L 5.1 8 6 6 3 6 0 93 31
2013-06-08 @CIN L 5.1 6 4 4 1 2 2 73 41
Has never faced ATL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-5    Road:   10-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-11   vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Mon, May  5  @ATL  W   4-3       17-16  2nd  5.0 gb
 32 Sun, May  4  @CHC  W   5-4       16-16  2nd  5.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  3  @CHC  L   0-3       15-16  2nd  6.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  2  @CHC  L   5-6       15-15  2nd  6.0 gb
 29 Wed, Apr 30   MIL  W   9-3       15-14  2nd  5.5 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29   MIL  L   4-5 (11)  14-14  2nd  6.5 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28   MIL  L   3-5 (12)  14-13  2nd  5.5 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27   PIT  W   7-0       14-12  2nd  4.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   PIT  L   1-6       13-12  2nd  5.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   PIT  W   1-0       13-11  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Braves, 17-14, 17-14 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (31, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-4) 24.1 27 15 14 12 25 4 5.18
2012 (12-11) 168.0 166 84 80 63 144 22 4.29
2011 (12-13) 193.2 180 97 94 45 151 22 4.37
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.1 32 16 15 19 37 5 3.72 53
2013-04-27 TBR L 2.2 2 2 2 2 1 1 46 45
2013-04-21 MIN ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 96 65
2013-04-15 @TOR L 4.1 9 4 4 3 6 2 99 32
2013-04-10 @WSN L 5.1 9 5 5 3 7 1 84 34
2013-04-04 KCR L 6.0 4 3 2 1 5 0 94 58
2012-10-03 @CLE W 7.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 99 75
2012-09-28 TBR W 5.0 2 1 1 5 6 1 105 60
Last 5 v.STL 1-1 11.2 11 6 6 4 7 1 4.63 49
2012-06-14 @STL L 4.2 8 5 5 4 5 1 83 29
2005-04-09 @STL W 7.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 91 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-7    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  14-13   vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 5-2    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Mon, May  5   STL  L   3-4       17-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 30 Sun, May  4   SFG  L   1-4       17-13  1st  0.5 up
 29 Sat, May  3   SFG  L   1-3       17-12  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  2   SFG  L   1-2       17-11  1st  0.5 up
 27 Thu, May  1  @MIA  L   4-5       17-10  1st  1.5 up
 26 Wed, Apr 30  @MIA  L   3-9       17-9   1st  2.0 up
 25 Tue, Apr 29  @MIA  L   0-9       17-8   1st  2.5 up
 24 Sun, Apr 27   CIN  W   1-0 (10)  17-7   1st  3.5 up
 23 Sat, Apr 26   CIN  W   4-1       16-7   1st  3.0 up
 22 Fri, Apr 25   CIN  W   5-4       15-7   1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 05, 2014 STL  4 @ATL  3        W:Shelby Miller (4-2), L: Aaron Harang (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (9)

Sun, Aug 25, 2013 ATL  5 @STL  2        W:Mike Minor (13-5), L: Lance Lynn (13-8), S: Craig Kimbrel (41)
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 STL  6  ATL  2        W:Shelby Miller (12-8), L: Julio Teheran (10-7), S: Edward Mujica (34)
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 STL  3  ATL  1        W:Adam Wainwright (15-7), L: Kris Medlen (10-12), S: none
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 STL  6  ATL  2        W:Joe Kelly (5-3), L: Paul Maholm (9-10), S: none
Sun, Jul 28, 2013 ATL  5  STL  2        W:Kris Medlen (7-10), L: Shelby Miller (10-7), S: Craig Kimbrel (31)
Sat, Jul 27, 2013 ATL  2  STL  0        W:Luis Avilan (3-0), L: Randy Choate (1-1), S: Craig Kimbrel (30)
Fri, Jul 26, 2013 ATL  4  STL  1        W:Mike Minor (10-5), L: Adam Wainwright (13-6), S: Craig Kimbrel (29)
Wed, May 30, 2012 ATL 10  STL  7        W:Jonny Venters (3-2), L: Marc Rzepczynski (0-3), S: Craig Kimbrel (15)
Tue, May 29, 2012 ATL  5  STL  4        W:Randall Delgado (3-5), L: Jake Westbrook (4-4), S: Craig Kimbrel (14)
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 1-0; 2013 - ATL won 4-3; 2012 - ATL won 5-1; All-Time - STL leads 1064-958

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 2014 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

COL  5.71

BOS  4.16

SDP  2.73

 RA/G

ATL  3.03

BOS  4.34

ARI  5.54

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .408

M. Cabrera  .270

R. Ibanez  .144

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .512

B. Gardner  .336

Y. Alonso  .195

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .786

E. Aybar  .415

Y. Alonso  .231

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.298

H. Pence  .752

Y. Alonso  .426

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.31

J. Weaver  3.48

K. Correia  6.09

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  13.05

R. Ross  7.71

K. Correia  3.97

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

Cardinals Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Floyd
G/S/vB		 43.Avilan*
G/S/vB		 48.Carpenter
G/S/vB		 46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB		 38.Varvaro
G/S/vB		 52.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 125/102 .328/.344/.475/.819 .310/.932 .782 93/.801 0/1 2/2
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/40 .179/.258/.268/.526 .186/.714 .234 39/.492 2/0 0/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 149/109 .272/.376/.328/.704 .603/.743 .733 113/.644 1/0 1/6
21.Craig G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 135/106 .208/.259/.336/.595 .937/.501 .456 102/.719 0/0 3/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .333/.474/.400/.874 .750/.916 1.000 18/.844 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 36/31 .121/.171/.182/.353 .000/.414 .205 28/.445 1/0 0/0
3.Ellis G/S/vP 14/.214 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/.666 6/.833 48/36 .186/.250/.209/.459 .167/.564 .535 48/.459 0/0 0/0
12.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .143/.333/.286/.619 1.500/.286 .000 9/.619 0/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/12 .188/.235/.375/.610 .600/.614 .856 17/.610 0/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 11/.727 1/3.000 4/1.750 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 140/112 .264/.357/.380/.737 .549/.780 .555 104/.765 1/1 2/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.833 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 85/71 .267/.337/.387/.724 .643/.741 .858 75/.687 1/1 1/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.200 7/.572 1/.000 ··· 124/98 .331/.355/.500/.855 .888/.847 .767 91/.827 0/0 4/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 41/.918 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 125/101 .232/.312/.482/.794 .502/.854 .767 94/.892 0/0 7/5
IP 9.1 13.0 11.1 10.2 12.1 TOTAL .247/.312/.365/.676 .569/.708 .623 .680 9/4 20/22
ERA-K/9 /0.0 5.79/6.8 2.08/10.4 2.38/19.1 2.53/12.6 2.92/13.9 2.69/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (0-1-0)
 Molina (8-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 45/.333 59/.273 49/.190 41/.205 51/.178 .229  Craig
 Bourjos
 Jay
 Grichuk
 Carpenter
 Holliday
4/0/28/1
0/19/0/0
1/17/6/0
1/3/3/0
0/0/1/0
32/0/0/0
OPS .832 .613 .530 .552 .563 .619
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 23/.776 22/.473 26/.584 11/.636 25/.860 .652
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 22/.889 37/.694 23/.465 30/.517 26/.279 .597
Home / 20/.763 28/.655 33/.496 24/.345 39/.576
Last 28d days / 40/.837 46/.644 40/.662 40/.566 43/.519
HR/SB/CS // 1/1/0 0/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 21/19/7
Usage oo··oX·· o·X·o··· ···o···· oo·oo·X· ·X·X····
Braves Batters (3.29 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 67.Fornataro
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/28 .188/.212/.188/.400 .000/.472 .321 24/.382 0/0 0/1
5.Freeman* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 136/99 .300/.375/.517/.892 .839/.911 .873 107/.800 0/1 6/2
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/80 .267/.290/.533/.824 .968/.801 .819 77/.879 0/0 7/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 138/109 .223/.312/.331/.642 .395/.710 .681 106/.705 5/1 2/1
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 116/101 .236/.267/.318/.585 1.105/.509 .341 87/.506 0/0 1/1
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 33/26 .185/.333/.222/.556 .619/.537 .411 25/.571 0/0 0/0
1.Pastornicky G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 12/3 .200/.333/.400/.733 .833/.333 .946 12/.733 0/0 0/0
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 35/26 .250/.314/.500/.814 1.000/.742 .895 34/.840 0/0 2/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 19/17 .176/.222/.294/.516 3.000/.313 .422 17/.583 3/0 0/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 110/95 .279/.300/.452/.752 1.200/.677 .861 83/.789 0/2 3/2
26.Uggla G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 109/95 .190/.248/.280/.528 .786/.486 .365 81/.533 0/0 2/7
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 126/91 .207/.294/.315/.609 .659/.586 .662 97/.706 7/1 2/1
8.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.333 127/104 .288/.370/.559/.929 1.125/.889 1.212 98/1.047 4/0 8/2
IP 15.0 11.0 4.2 11.0 18.1 14.0 15.1 14.2 TOTAL .235/.296/.381/.676 .795/.649 .685 .703 19/5 33/20
ERA-K/9 4.20/8.4 1.64/7.4 3.86/3.8 4.09/8.2 2.95/6.9 1.29/10.9 4.70/11.8 3.68/11.6 3.03/8.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (7-0-0)
 Gattis (11-4-0)
 Laird (1-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 62/.214 40/.135 19/.222 52/.333 74/.203 52/.128 67/.185 60/.232 .221  Heyward
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Doumit
0/0/30/3
29/0/0/2
0/29/0/1
3/3/1/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .594 .416 .541 .861 .557 .384 .623 .642 .634
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.384 20/.413 8/.125 15/.983 30/.678 14/.452 34/.474 25/.809 .677
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 51/.635 20/.417 11/.818 37/.816 44/.481 38/.358 33/.762 35/.524 .602
Road 31/.624 19/.652 9/.000 32/.919 48/.623 33/.389 30/.366 39/.752
Last 28d days 62/.594 33/.445 19/.541 43/.783 49/.594 38/.272 49/.678 50/.706
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/2 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 22/8/8
Usage ···o··X· ··oo·X·o ·····X·· ·······X oXo····o o·o···Xo XX·····X Xo·X··X·

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.