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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals, at Busch Stadium III, June 2, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, June 2, 2014

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #1 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

83° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

15-23

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

On This Date:

55-56

Season Series

Mon, Jun 02, 2014 KCR    @STL  8:10pm
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 KCR    @STL  7:15pm
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 STL    @KCR  8:10pm
Thu, Jun 05, 2014 STL    @KCR  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

26-30, 5th, 6½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   13-14   Road:   13-16   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  18-22   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   4-12
 vsEast: 10-7    vsCntrl: 6-15   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 4-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @TOR  L   0-4       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @TOR  L   2-12      26-29  3rd  6.5 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @TOR  W   6-1       26-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @TOR  W   8-6 (10)  25-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 52 Wed, May 28   HOU  L   3-9       24-28  4th  6.5 gb
 51 Tue, May 27   HOU  L   0-3       24-27  4th  6.5 gb
 50 Mon, May 26   HOU  L   2-9       24-26  3rd  5.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 25  @LAA  L   3-4       24-25  2nd  5.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 24  @LAA  W   7-4 (13)  24-24  2nd  5.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 23  @LAA  L   1-6       23-24  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

St. Louis Cardinals

30-27, 2nd, 4 GB, ½ up in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   16-12   Road:   14-15   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  25-19   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest:  4-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Sun, Jun  1   SFG  L   0-8       30-27  2nd  4.0 gb
 56 Sat, May 31   SFG  W   2-0       30-26  2nd  3.0 gb
 55 Fri, May 30   SFG  L   4-9       29-26  2nd  4.0 gb
 54 Thu, May 29   SFG  L   5-6       29-25  2nd  3.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   NYY  L   4-7       29-24  2nd  2.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   NYY  W   6-0       29-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26   NYY  L   4-6 (12)  28-23  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 30, 2013 KCR  4 @STL  2        W:Louis Coleman (1-0), L: Mitchell Boggs (0-3), S: Greg Holland (8)
Wed, May 29, 2013 STL  5  KCR  3        W:Randy Choate (1-0), L: Aaron Crow (0-1), S: Edward Mujica (17)
Tue, May 28, 2013 STL  4 @KCR  1        W:Tyler Lyons (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (3-5), S: Edward Mujica (16)
Mon, May 27, 2013 STL  6 @KCR  3        W:Adam Wainwright (7-3), L: James Shields (2-6), S: Edward Mujica (15)
Sun, Jun 24, 2012 STL 11 @KCR  8        W:Victor Marte (1-1), L: Tim Collins (4-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2012 STL  8 @KCR  2        W:Adam Wainwright (6-7), L: Luis Mendoza (2-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2012 STL 11 @KCR  4        W:Joe Kelly (1-0), L: Vin Mazzaro (3-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2012 KCR  5 @STL  3 (15)   W:Jonathan Broxton (1-1), L: Eduardo Sanchez (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2012 STL 10  KCR  7        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-1), L: Tim Collins (4-1), S: Jason Motte (14)
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 KCR  3 @STL  2        W:Vin Mazzaro (3-1), L: Kyle Lohse (6-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (16)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 - STL won 3-1; 2012 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 45-31

SP: Danny Duffy (25, LHP, 2-5, 3.57)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (2-5)			35.1	27	16	14	17	24	4	3.57
2013 (2-0)			24.1	19	5	5	14	22	0	1.85
2012 (2-2)			27.2	26	13	12	18	28	2	3.90

Last 7 GS		1-4	35.0	29	16	15	23	18	4	3.86	49
2014-05-28	HOU	L	4.0	7	6	5	5	3	2	86	24
2014-05-23	@LAA	L	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	2	87	34
2014-05-17	BAL	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	97	75
2014-05-08	@SEA	L	6.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	88	65
2014-05-03	DET	L	4.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	75	52
2013-09-07	DET	ND	4.1	2	2	2	5	1	0	87	47
2013-09-02	SEA	ND	3.2	5	1	1	4	4	0	91	47

Last 5 v.STL		0-0	3.2	6	2	2	1	9	0	4.91	49
2011-06-19	@STL	ND	3.2	6	2	2	1	9	0	90	49

SP: Shelby Miller (23, RHP, 6-4, 3.94)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (6-4)			61.2	58	28	27	32	46	9	3.94
2013 (15-9)			173.1	152	65	59	57	169	20	3.06
2012 (1-0)			13.2	9	2	2	4	16	0	1.32

Last 7 GS		5-2	39.0	38	19	18	18	25	4	4.15	49
2014-05-28	NYY	L	5.0	9	7	7	2	1	0	87	20
2014-05-23	@CIN	L	5.0	5	4	4	1	5	1	80	45
2014-05-17	ATL	W	7.0	5	1	0	2	7	0	101	70
2014-05-11	@PIT	W	5.1	4	2	2	4	2	1	95	50
2014-05-05	@ATL	W	5.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	86	50
2014-04-30	MIL	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	1	2	90	46
2014-04-25	PIT	W	5.2	3	0	0	4	4	0	97	63

Has never faced KCR as starter.

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Royals Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Miller
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aoki* G/S/vP 15/1.247 6/.650 2/1.000 3/1.334 3/.000 3/2.334 ··· 4/.000 241/177 .264/.325/.319/.644 .838/.573 .554 112/.592 7/3 0/2

16.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 229/167 .249/.301/.307/.609 .713/.571 .494 103/.602 0/0 1/

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/94 .328/.376/.426/.802 .855/.781 .736 84/.770 6/0 2/1

37.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 42/35 .250/.268/.300/.568 .286/.627 .636 42/.568 3/0 0/0

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 72/64 .286/.348/.317/.665 .250/.723 .839 23/.713 10/3 0/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 1/3.000 ··· 219/168 .265/.312/.365/.677 .853/.619 .662 103/.641 15/1 2/3

4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 235/163 .276/.349/.405/.754 .685/.784 .729 106/.866 3/2 4/0

12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/22 .088/.088/.176/.265 .000/.409 .118 26/.346 0/0 1/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 248/166 .271/.310/.371/.682 .618/.713 .789 112/.594 0/1 1/4

14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.400 ··· 160/108 .255/.304/.372/.676 .464/.780 .609 31/.536 1/0 2/1

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 142/123 .148/.218/.313/.531 .273/.568 .591 37/.432 0/0 4/3

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 196/146 .254/.311/.409/.720 .721/.719 .764 76/.724 1/0 5/3

IP 61.2 16.0 4.0 24.2 30.2 6.0 24.2 26.1 TOTAL .252/.305/.351/.656 .648/.659 .654 .637 48/12 24/34

ERA-K/9

3.94/6.7

6.75/8.4

0.00/11.2

2.92/5.8

4.70/7.3

1.50/6.0

0.73/9.8

4.10/12.0

3.37/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hayes (3-0-1)
Perez (18-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.254 68/.254 14/.000 114/.343 130/.254 24/.238 87/.122 113/.202 .234 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Aoki 56/0/0/4
0/33/8/2
1/27/0/2
0/0/53/1

OPS .765 .667 .231 .838 .708 .720 .319 .615 .647

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/.887 36/.448 6/.200 45/.841 58/1.022 10/.522 27/.228 54/.597 .667

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 156/.680 32/.916 8/.250 69/.836 72/.470 14/.869 60/.360 59/.632 .632

Home 129/.733 44/.654 14/.231 58/.795 64/.667 20/.528 46/.242 75/.631

Last 28d days 97/.720 28/1.064 14/.231 62/.821 56/.902 24/.720 35/.229 46/.604

HR/SB/CS 9/7/2 1/1/1 0/0/1 2/1/0 2/1/3 1/0/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 38/15/14

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

Cardinals Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 48.Mariot
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 4/.500 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 125/82 .202/.272/.307/.579 .540/.599 .615 63/.631 3/0 1/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 262/186 .291/.378/.374/.752 .723/.764 .725 113/.812 2/0 1/6

21.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.500 3/.666 5/1.600 ··· 2/.500 2/5.000 ··· 235/186 .252/.315/.393/.707 .892/.657 .855 100/.862 1/1 6/0

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 33/25 .241/.333/.276/.609 .542/.624 .182 14/.286 0/1 0/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 58/50 .170/.228/.226/.454 .125/.506 .472 22/.618 1/0 0/0

3.Ellis G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 91/60 .169/.258/.195/.453 .341/.511 .297 43/.445 2/0 0/0

15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/15 .154/.214/.269/.484 .481/.486 .397 11/.282 0/0 0/0

7.Holliday G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/2.000 7/.679 3/1.000 1/3.000 3/3.333 ··· 247/192 .270/.372/.374/.747 .770/.739 .885 107/.759 1/1 3/1

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/3.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 136/113 .281/.343/.380/.723 .870/.690 .611 51/.723 2/1 1/1

4.Molina G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 213/167 .309/.354/.448/.802 .769/.811 .898 89/.721 1/0 5/2

27.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.889 ··· 8/.833 8/.875 7/1.571 17/.607 7/.715 8/.875 ··· 222/172 .232/.311/.429/.740 .730/.740 .757 97/.670 1/0 9/5

18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .000/1.167 1.000 7/1.000 0/0 1/0

16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/112 .268/.333/.325/.659 .534/.685 .727 60/.811 8/1 0/4

IP 35.1 1.0 18.2 14.2 23.2 24.1 27.0 20.2 18.1 TOTAL .253/.321/.364/.686 .653/.696 .724 .698 23/6 30/28

ERA-K/9

3.57/6.1

9.00/0.0

6.27/6.3

4.91/4.9

3.04/4.9

1.48/15.6

1.67/7.3

1.74/13.0

6.87/6.9

3.91/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (1-1-1)
Molina (14-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.211 7/.429 88/.316 63/.260 97/.225 95/.120 114/.230 82/.211 84/.316 .254 Holliday
Craig
Bourjos
Jay
Grichuk
Carpenter
Taveras 56/0/0/1
6/0/44/1
0/37/0/0
3/29/10/0
2/3/5/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .667 1.000 .949 .727 .648 .342 .639 .545 .764 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.197 3/.667 34/.535 23/.754 47/.579 45/.421 56/.615 43/.513 47/.788 .679

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.769 4/1.250 54/1.205 40/.707 50/.713 50/.271 58/.661 39/.573 37/.734 .742

Road 78/.698 / 33/.838 33/.862 54/.630 57/.308 61/.583 34/.569 38/.661

Last 28d days 98/.738 / 47/.949 44/.627 51/.853 35/.171 53/.594 33/.445 37/.920

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 1/2/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/1/1 0/0/0 56/21/9

Usage ····X··· ········ ·X··X·X· ·X··XX·o o·X··o·· ···X···· ··X·oo·X ···Xo··· ·X··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 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

OAK 5.19

BOS 4.13

SDP 3.23

RA/G

OAK 3.18

BOS 4.23

ARI 4.95

T. Tulowitzki .350

Y. Gomes .266

C. Santana .159

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .450

M. Byrd .332

J. Gyorko .211

SLG

N. Cruz .672

J. Reyes .405

J. Gyorko .278

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.111

J. Loney .739

J. Gyorko .489

ERA

J. Cueto 1.68

J. Lyles 3.46

F. Morales 6.03

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 10.90

R. Dickey 7.49

C. Young 4.27

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.