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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Busch Stadium III, July 8, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
88° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
90
On This Date:
61-50
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
91
On This Date:
53-48
Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 PIT 12  STL  2     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  1     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 PIT  2  STL  1     
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 STL  1  PIT  0     
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 PIT  6 @STL  1     
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 STL  7  PIT  0     
Fri, May 09, 2014 PIT  6  STL  4     
Sat, May 10, 2014 PIT  4  STL  3     
Sun, May 11, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  5     
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 STL  2  PIT  0     

Tue, Jul 08, 2014 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 PIT    @STL  7:15pm
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 STL    @PIT 12:35pm
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 PIT    @STL  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 02, 2014 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 PIT    @STL  1:45pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
47-42, 3rd, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-20   Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  41-36   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:  21-15
 vsEast: 12-5    vsCntrl:20-26   vsWest:  9-4  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Mon, Jul  7  @STL  L   0-2       47-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6   PHI  W   6-2       47-41  2nd  4.5 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   PHI  W   3-2       46-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4   PHI  W   8-2       45-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  3   ARI  L   2-10      44-41  3rd  6.5 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  2   ARI  W   5-1       44-40  3rd  6.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1   ARI  W   3-2       43-40  3rd  7.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   NYM  W   5-2       42-40  4th  8.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   NYM  L   3-5       41-40  4th  9.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 27   NYM  W   3-2 (11)  41-39  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
St. Louis Cardinals
48-42, 2nd, 4 GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-19   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  36-29   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 5-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Mon, Jul  7   PIT  W   2-0       48-42  2nd  4.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6   MIA  L   4-8       47-42  3rd  5.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5   MIA  L   5-6       47-41  2nd  5.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4   MIA  W   3-2       47-40  2nd  4.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @SFG  W   7-2       46-40  2nd  5.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @SFG  W   2-0       45-40  2nd  5.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @SFG  L   0-5       44-40  2nd  6.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jun 29  @LAD  L   0-6       44-39  2nd  6.5 gb
 82 Sat, Jun 28  @LAD  L   1-9       44-38  2nd  6.5 gb
 81 Fri, Jun 27  @LAD  W   3-1       44-37  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 07, 2014 STL  2  PIT  0        W:Pat Neshek (3-0), L: Justin Wilson (2-1), S: none
Sun, May 11, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  5        W:Shelby Miller (5-2), L: Charlie Morton (0-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (10)
Sat, May 10, 2014 PIT  4  STL  3        W:Jared Hughes (2-1), L: Lance Lynn (4-2), S: Mark Melancon (4)
Fri, May 09, 2014 PIT  6  STL  4        W:Justin Wilson (1-0), L: Carlos Martinez (0-2), S: Mark Melancon (3)
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 STL  7  PIT  0        W:Adam Wainwright (5-1), L: Edinson Volquez (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 PIT  6 @STL  1        W:Stolmy Pimentel (2-0), L: Tyler Lyons (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 STL  1  PIT  0        W:Shelby Miller (2-2), L: Gerrit Cole (2-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (7)
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 PIT  2  STL  1        W:Tony Watson (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (1-1), S: Jason Grilli (1)
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 STL  6 @PIT  1        W:Joe Kelly (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 PIT 12  STL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (1-0), L: Shelby Miller (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 5-5; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1226-1164

SP: Vance Worley (26, RHP, 2-1, 2.28)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-1) 27.2 21 7 7 5 18 3 2.28
2013 (1-5) 48.2 82 43 39 15 25 9 7.21
2012 (6-9) 133.0 154 69 62 47 107 12 4.20
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.2 48 21 20 11 23 7 4.22 49
2014-07-03 ARI L 7.0 4 3 3 2 6 1 87 61
2014-06-26 NYM W 7.0 7 1 1 2 3 1 100 60
2014-06-21 @CHC W 6.2 5 3 3 1 4 1 89 55
2014-06-15 @MIA ND 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 95 72
2013-05-22 @ATL L 3.2 10 8 8 2 3 3 91 10
2013-05-17 BOS ND 6.0 6 1 0 3 1 0 99 56
2013-05-11 BAL W 5.1 11 5 5 1 1 1 111 26
Last 5 v.STL 0-0 11.1 15 5 5 5 9 0 3.97 47
2012-08-12 STL ND 5.1 9 4 4 2 4 0 91 36
2011-09-16 STL ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 106 58

SP: Carlos Martinez (22, RHP, 2-3, 3.91)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 53.0 47 24 23 23 46 2 3.91
2013 (2-1) 28.1 31 16 16 9 24 1 5.08
Last 7 GS 2-1 23.0 23 10 9 12 20 1 3.52 49
2014-07-03 @SFG W 5.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 88 58
2014-06-27 @LAD ND 4.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 82 48
2014-06-22 PHI W 5.0 3 3 3 1 5 0 74 53
2014-06-16 NYM ND 4.0 2 1 0 4 3 0 59 55
2013-08-08 LAD L 4.2 7 4 4 3 2 1 97 33
Has never faced PIT as starter.

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

Pirates Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 62.Greenwood*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
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.Alvarez* G/S/vP 4/.000 8/.500 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 343/278 .240/.327/.405/.731 .570/.769 .701 84/.725 5/2 13/18
15.Davis* G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 264/240 .243/.360/.356/.716 .258/.764 .564 73/.646 0/3 5/5
5.Harrison G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.250 6/.334 2/.000 3/.000 245/194 .296/.332/.448/.780 .689/.804 .826 90/.753 9/3 5/2
6.Marte G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 334/285 .261/.329/.389/.719 .639/.733 .745 86/.795 21/6 5/2
3.Martinez# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/3 .000/.400/.000/.400 .500/.333 .250 5/.400 0/0 0/0
55.Martin G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 6/1.500 214/174 .273/.408/.390/.798 .428/.875 .676 84/.792 3/3 4/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.629 9/.762 4/.500 8/.661 392/331 .319/.418/.539/.958 1.038/.943 .789 108/.980 13/0 13/5
10.Mercer G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.167 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 290/239 .250/.289/.369/.659 .833/.621 .675 100/.831 1/1 6/6
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/90 .284/.376/.392/.768 .484/.861 .853 113/.786 4/2 3/1
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 153/86 .241/.301/.440/.740 .851/.655 .887 40/.578 2/0 5/3
23.Snider* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 165/153 .224/.305/.333/.638 .727/.632 .537 25/.560 0/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 95/74 .235/.330/.247/.577 .950/.465 .444 27/.646 0/0 0/2
18.Walker# G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· 7/.286 4/.500 ··· 4/2.000 316/257 .277/.346/.429/.775 .727/.786 .791 49/.608 2/1 11/2
IP 53.0 23.2 18.0 13.0 43.0 14.1 36.0 40.2 TOTAL .258/.334/.386/.720 .693/.726 .691 .734 62/24 76/64
ERA-K/9 3.91/7.8 4.94/7.6 1.50/8.5 4.85/4.2 2.51/5.7 5.65/8.8 0.75/9.0 3.76/11.5 3.29/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (30-15-1)
 Stewart (24-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 224/.244 96/.229 74/.185 57/.283 178/.287 66/.322 129/.131 178/.218 .237  Harrison
 Marte
 Snider
 McCutchen
 Sanchez
 Mercer
 Polanco
10/0/26/4
76/8/0/3
4/0/41/3
0/87/0/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/24/0
OPS .660 .594 .474 .692 .711 .940 .334 .628 .645
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.851 54/.359 37/.499 24/.875 70/.782 25/.925 42/.268 82/.530 .660
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 117/.493 42/.886 37/.449 33/.561 108/.665 41/.949 87/.367 96/.713 .634
Home 102/.618 61/.550 52/.369 31/.573 83/.755 40/.933 72/.294 112/.683
Last 28d days 86/.629 24/.390 47/.598 57/.692 57/.469 34/1.060 28/.143 45/.621
HR/SB/CS 2/2/3 1/1/1 0/0/1 1/1/0 3/1/1 4/1/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 53/20/19
Usage ····X··· ·oo···X· X·ooX··· ·X······ ·oX·o·o· ·X··X·o· o·oX·o·· ··XX·X··
Cardinals Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Worley
G/S/vB		 29.Frieri
G/S/vB		 30.Gomez
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 38.Pimentel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 37.Wilson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.200 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 3/1.666 291/223 .331/.344/.536/.880 .596/.965 .975 89/1.038 3/1 10/4
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 186/110 .213/.276/.320/.595 .488/.673 .658 39/.447 5/2 2/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/2.333 ··· 12/1.000 6/.833 5/.000 2/.500 8/.250 9/.583 402/273 .282/.379/.387/.766 .753/.773 .685 102/.748 3/1 4/8
21.Craig G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 9/.611 5/.400 4/1.750 1/.000 8/.250 4/.000 364/277 .246/.297/.362/.659 .804/.613 .782 93/.598 1/1 7/0
48.Cruz G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 56/40 .250/.345/.292/.637 .650/.631 .396 11/.586 0/1 0/0
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/.000 7/1.333 10/.777 ··· 7/.858 1/.000 91/75 .188/.233/.247/.480 .598/.456 .510 26/.589 1/1 0/2
3.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 4/1.750 3/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 167/99 .192/.268/.233/.501 .554/.463 .371 60/.562 4/0 0/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 10/.686 8/1.125 7/.453 3/1.000 8/.625 8/.875 376/272 .260/.367/.373/.740 .813/.712 .821 97/.683 2/1 5/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 9/.583 7/1.143 2/1.000 1/.000 11/1.091 7/.286 230/186 .290/.351/.377/.728 .909/.680 .710 75/.733 3/1 1/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 5/.000 9/.444 4/.750 3/.000 7/.286 1/.000 330/250 .289/.343/.409/.753 .923/.699 .822 87/.759 1/0 7/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/1.200 3/.000 16/.983 1/3.000 4/1.000 2/.500 4/.250 2/3.000 344/252 .239/.317/.441/.758 .839/.730 .763 90/.806 1/1 13/8
18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 60/42 .179/.217/.286/.502 .528/.490 .563 21/.440 0/0 1/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 178/148 .232/.284/.323/.607 .582/.612 .675 29/.464 9/1 2/6
IP 27.2 33.1 41.1 33.2 40.2 21.1 41.2 33.0 TOTAL .249/.316/.367/.683 .707/.674 .714 .689 33/11 53/43
ERA-K/9 2.28/5.8 7.29/10.5 3.70/6.5 2.14/4.5 2.43/8.0 4.64/10.6 0.86/10.6 4.91/9.3 3.72/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (3-2-3)
 Molina (17-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 107/.210 147/.299 174/.280 133/.250 161/.204 98/.267 165/.203 143/.218 .247  Craig
 Taveras
 Holliday
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
8/0/62/3
0/2/15/1
82/0/0/1
10/46/13/1
0/57/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .595 .880 .822 .638 .500 .776 .537 .620 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.711 96/.812 70/1.075 61/.599 79/.403 45/.761 51/.536 51/.725 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.509 51/1.004 104/.662 72/.672 82/.595 53/.781 114/.538 92/.559 .691
Road 52/.525 61/.933 69/.780 47/.701 67/.538 28/1.229 75/.510 56/.479
Last 28d days 107/.595 34/1.340 33/.533 40/.630 45/.630 48/.863 49/.484 37/.579
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 8/0/0 6/4/4 2/2/5 2/0/1 3/3/0 1/4/0 1/5/1 76/72/23
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· ···oX··· ·o·oX··· ··o··X·· ···X···· o·oo·o·· 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 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  4.99

WSN  4.10

SDP  3.01

 RA/G

SEA  3.36

LAA  4.13

COL  5.27

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .349

B. Zobrist  .268

C. Carter  .189

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .442

M. Kemp  .329

E. Cabrera  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .611

B. Zobrist  .411

E. Cabrera  .290

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.044

H. Kendrick  .744

E. Cabrera  .546

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.79

A. Harang  3.67

R. Nolasco  5.90

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.03

H. Ryu  7.57

K. Correia  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.