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St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees, at Busch Stadium III, May 26, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, May 26, 2014
Start Time:
3:15ct (local), 4:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
83° (based on last ten years)
Yankees
Manager:
Joe Girardi
Game #:
50
On This Date:
56-44
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
51
On This Date:
52-58
Season Series

Mon, May 26, 2014 NYY    @STL  4:15pm
Tue, May 27, 2014 NYY    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, May 28, 2014 NYY    @STL  8:15pm

                         All times ET
New York Yankees
26-23, 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-11   Road:   15-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  15-15   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast: 11-9    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sun, May 25  @CHW  W   7-1       26-23  2nd  2.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 24  @CHW  W   4-3 (10)  25-23  2nd  2.0 gb
 47 Fri, May 23  @CHW  L   5-6       24-23  3rd  2.0 gb
 46 Thu, May 22  @CHW  L   2-3       24-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 21  @CHC  W   4-2 (13)  24-21  1st    Tied
 44 Tue, May 20  @CHC  L   1-6       23-21  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18   PIT  L   3-5       23-20  1st  0.5 up
 42 Sun, May 18   PIT  W   4-3       23-19  1st  0.5 up
 41 Sat, May 17   PIT  W   7-1       22-19  1st    Tied
 40 Thu, May 15  @NYM  W   1-0       21-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
St. Louis Cardinals
28-22, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-7    Road:   14-15   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  23-15   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   9-9 
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sun, May 25  @CIN  W   4-0       28-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @CIN  W   6-3       27-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @CIN  L   3-5       26-22  2nd  2.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   ARI  W   4-2       26-21  2nd  1.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   ARI  W   3-2 (12)  25-21  2nd  2.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   ARI  W   5-0       24-21  2nd  2.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18   ATL  L   5-6       23-21  2nd  4.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 17   ATL  W   4-1       23-20  2nd  4.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 16   ATL  W   5-2       22-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 15   CHC  W   5-3       21-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 STL  5  NYY  3        W:Ray King (1-1), L: Tanyon Sturtze (1-1), S: Jason Isringhausen (18)
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 NYY  5 @STL  0        W:Randy Johnson (6-5), L: Mark Mulder (7-4), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 STL  8  NYY  1        W:Jason Marquis (8-3), L: Chien-Ming Wang (3-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 15, 2003 NYY  5  STL  2        W:Mike Mussina (9-4), L: Woody Williams (8-2), S: Mariano Rivera (9)
Sat, Jun 14, 2003 NYY 13  STL  4        W:Andy Pettitte (6-6), L: Matt Morris (7-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2003 NYY  5  STL  2        W:Roger Clemens (7-4), L: Jason Simontacchi (4-4), S: Mariano Rivera (8)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - NYY leads 4-2

SP: Chase Whitley (25, RHP, 0-0, 1.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-0) 9.0 8 1 1 3 7 0 1.00
Last 7 GS 0-0 9.0 8 1 1 3 7 0 1.00 56
2014-05-21 @CHC ND 4.1 6 1 1 1 3 0 71 49
2014-05-15 @NYM ND 4.2 2 0 0 2 4 0 74 62
Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Michael Wacha (22, RHP, 3-3, 2.54)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-3) 60.1 52 19 17 17 66 4 2.54
2013 (4-1) 64.2 52 20 20 19 65 5 2.78
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.1 37 15 13 14 48 3 2.83 58
2014-05-21 ARI ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 88 69
2014-05-15 CHC W 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 104 60
2014-05-09 @PIT ND 5.0 7 3 3 1 7 0 91 47
2014-05-03 @CHC L 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 103 57
2014-04-28 MIL ND 6.1 8 3 3 2 9 0 101 52
2014-04-23 @NYM L 4.0 3 2 2 5 10 0 93 53
2014-04-18 @WSN L 7.0 5 3 1 0 7 1 93 66
Has never faced NYY as starter.

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

Yankees Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 41.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/10 .214/.214/.429/.643 .500/.700 .400 14/.643 1/0 1/0
22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 202/125 .258/.328/.382/.710 .877/.604 .671 99/.592 11/2 2/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 3/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 195/133 .289/.359/.399/.758 .764/.756 .653 104/.818 11/0 3/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 187/121 .275/.342/.329/.672 .724/.643 .727 100/.667 1/0 1/3
33.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 111/83 .200/.279/.420/.699 .702/.698 .620 42/.647 2/0 4/3
34.McCann* G/S/vP 1/2.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 169/123 .222/.272/.373/.646 .746/.608 .612 83/.642 0/0 7/1
66.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/13 .378/.395/.486/.881 .860/.923 .737 25/.898 0/0 1/0
14.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 157/107 .236/.308/.357/.665 .548/.721 .723 76/.739 4/1 2/5
17.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 14/8 .357/.357/.357/.714 .333/1.000 .727 14/.714 0/0 0/1
26.Solarte# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/116 .306/.381/.465/.846 .642/.967 .882 96/.841 0/0 5/4
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/1.064 ··· 5/.000 181/120 .246/.271/.427/.698 .862/.613 .610 80/.635 0/0 6/1
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 81/57 .351/.407/.405/.813 .851/.796 .798 41/.892 3/1 0/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 148/103 .248/.365/.488/.853 .800/.872 .765 104/.867 0/1 9/5
IP 60.1 13.2 1.0 20.0 25.1 2.1 21.2 24.0 TOTAL .259/.322/.401/.723 .731/.718 .688 .711 34/5 47/27
ERA-K/9 2.54/9.9 5.93/7.9 0.00/18.0 2.70/6.3 4.26/6.8 3.86/7.8 0.83/10.0 4.50/11.2 3.21/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 McCann (19-9-5)
 Murphy (7-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.228 57/.264 3/.000 90/.329 108/.255 9/.250 78/.137 105/.209 .233  Gardner
 Suzuki
 Almonte
 Ellsbury
 Soriano
 Johnson
39/8/1/2
6/2/25/2
4/0/1/1
0/45/0/1
8/0/13/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .618 .657 .333 .835 .706 1.083 .358 .634 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.599 30/.417 1/ 31/.799 44/.974 3/.333 20/.311 49/.665 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.634 27/.924 2/.000 59/.853 64/.533 6/1.333 58/.372 56/.608 .632
Home 129/.644 33/.636 3/.333 34/.755 42/.636 5/.600 37/.301 67/.664
Last 28d days 98/.626 30/1.040 3/.333 38/.802 45/.889 9/1.083 36/.225 48/.695
HR/SB/CS 4/0/2 1/0/1 0/0/1 2/1/0 2/0/2 1/0/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 35/11/13
Usage ····X··· oo··o··· ········ ·oX·X··· ·X··X··o ·X··o··· o··XX··o ·o·oo··X
Cardinals Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Whitley
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 68.Betances
G/S/vB		 38.Claiborne
G/S/vB		 40.Daley
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 192/151 .319/.333/.476/.809 .371/.929 .903 90/.822 1/1 3/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 108/69 .227/.306/.351/.656 .599/.688 .777 53/.824 3/0 1/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 231/161 .279/.377/.345/.722 .692/.735 .646 111/.720 1/0 1/6
21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/161 .245/.306/.362/.668 .975/.580 .810 97/.826 0/1 4/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/21 .292/.393/.333/.726 .629/.749 .333 14/.452 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/43 .152/.188/.217/.405 .000/.464 .372 15/.600 1/0 0/0
3.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 5/1.200 1/.000 84/56 .183/.277/.211/.488 .380/.541 .361 54/.522 2/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 219/168 .271/.370/.367/.737 .781/.723 .901 106/.668 1/1 2/1
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 113/92 .280/.342/.380/.722 .810/.700 .540 43/.767 2/1 1/1
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 190/146 .330/.360/.477/.837 .806/.846 1.002 89/.790 1/0 5/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 5/1.850 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 25/.675 ··· 198/152 .240/.328/.457/.785 .802/.777 .875 99/.834 1/0 9/5
43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/10 .161/.235/.194/.429 .477/.311 1.056 11/.636 0/0 0/0
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/90 .265/.327/.316/.643 .412/.689 .732 32/.896 7/0 0/3
IP 9.0 13.1 28.1 14.1 10.2 14.0 9.0 29.0 TOTAL .257/.326/.368/.694 .671/.701 .755 .725 20/5 26/25
ERA-K/9 1.00/7.0 6.08/8.1 1.59/15.6 3.14/6.9 3.38/6.7 2.57/13.5 5.00/8.0 1.55/9.0 3.92/8.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (1-1-1)
 Molina (10-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 38/.242 59/.273 107/.153 61/.259 45/.189 53/.180 43/.278 115/.229 .258  Holliday
 Craig
 Bourjos
 Robinson
 Carpenter
 Jay
49/0/0/1
6/0/42/1
0/33/0/0
0/0/9/0
0/0/1/0
2/25/8/0
OPS .631 .813 .459 .735 .647 .526 .714 .586 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.633 15/1.313 42/.390 24/.742 18/.906 25/.410 28/.505 52/.375 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 17/.627 44/.654 65/.505 37/.731 27/.484 28/.632 15/1.117 63/.744 .773
Road 38/.631 19/.780 66/.385 30/.704 30/.979 37/.559 20/.538 71/.631
Last 28d days 38/.631 59/.813 61/.501 45/.769 34/.285 31/.691 20/.974 60/.644
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 3/0/0 1/2/2 1/2/2 1/0/0 2/3/0 0/2/1 1/1/2 53/27/12
Usage ····X··· ···Xo··X ·oX·X··· ····oX·X oo··XX·o ·Xo·o··X ·o··oo·o X·X·X··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 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  5.14

BOS  3.98

SDP  3.14

 RA/G

ATL  3.10

MIA  4.22

CHW  5.06

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .375

B. Posey  .264

B. Miller  .153

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .480

A. Jackson  .332

J. Gyorko  .218

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .725

D. Ackley  .408

B. Miller  .250

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.205

C. Yelich  .733

B. Miller  .473

 ERA

J. Samardzija  1.46

Y. Gallardo  3.51

R. Nolasco  6.12

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

R. Vogelsong  7.35

C. Young  3.35

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.