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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Boston Red Sox, at Busch Stadium III, August 5, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

88° (based on last ten years)

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

113

On This Date:

59-47

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

111

On This Date:

63-60

Season Series

Tue, Aug 05, 2014 BOS    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Aug 06, 2014 BOS    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Aug 07, 2014 BOS    @STL  7:15pm

                         All times ET

Boston Red Sox

49-62, 5th, 14 GB, 18 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   27-31   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  31-42   vsLHP:  18-20   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 19-32   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  3   NYY  L   7-8       49-62  5th 13.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   NYY  L   4-6       49-61  5th 12.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   NYY  W   4-3       49-60  5th 12.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   TOR  L   1-6       48-60  5th 13.0 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29   TOR  L   2-4       48-59  5th 12.0 gb
106 Mon, Jul 28   TOR  L   1-14      48-58  5th 11.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 27  @TBR  W   3-2       48-57  5th 10.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 26  @TBR  L   0-3       47-57  5th 10.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 25  @TBR  L   4-6       47-56  5th 10.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 24  @TOR  L   0-8       47-55  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

St. Louis Cardinals

59-51, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-24   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  47-36   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast: 15-12   vsCntrl:27-19   vsWest: 12-11 IL: 5-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sun, Aug  3   MIL  W   3-2       59-51  2nd  1.0 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2   MIL  W   9-7       58-51  3rd  2.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1   MIL  L   4-7       57-51  3rd  3.0 gb
107 Thu, Jul 31  @SDP  W   6-2       57-50  2nd  2.0 gb
106 Wed, Jul 30  @SDP  L   1-12      56-50  3rd  2.5 gb
105 Tue, Jul 29  @SDP  L   1-3       56-49  3rd  1.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27  @CHC  W   1-0       56-48  2nd  2.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26  @CHC  W   6-3       55-48  2nd  3.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25  @CHC  L   6-7       54-48  2nd  3.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23   TBR  L   0-3       54-47  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 22, 2008 BOS  5  STL  3 (13)   W:Javier Lopez (2-0), L: Mike Parisi (0-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 STL  9 @BOS  3        W:Mitchell Boggs (2-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 STL  5 @BOS  4        W:Kyle Lohse (9-2), L: Tim Wakefield (4-5), S: Ryan Franklin (10)
Wed, Jun 08, 2005 BOS  4 @STL  0        W:David Wells (4-4), L: Chris Carpenter (8-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 07, 2005 STL  9  BOS  2        W:Jeff Suppan (5-5), L: Matt Clement (6-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 06, 2005 STL  7  BOS  1        W:Matt Morris (7-0), L: Tim Wakefield (4-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 STL  8 @BOS  7 (13)   W:Esteban Yan (2-1), L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 BOS 13  STL  1        W:John Burkett (4-3), L: Brett Tomko (2-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 STL  9 @BOS  7        W:Steve Kline (3-4), L: Brandon Lyon (2-3), S: Cal Eldred (8)
Season Series: 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 6-3

SP: Rubby De La Rosa (25, RHP, 3-4, 3.64)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (3-4)			54.1	54	23	22	16	37	7	3.64
2013 (0-2)			11.1	15	7	7	2	6	2	5.56
2012 (0-0)			0.2	0	2	2	2	0	0	27.00

Last 7 GS		2-3	41.2	41	19	18	14	24	5	3.89	51
2014-07-29	TOR	L	6.0	9	3	3	2	1	1	112	41
2014-07-24	@TOR	L	4.0	9	7	6	2	1	1	92	17
2014-07-19	KCR	W	7.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	104	61
2014-07-09	CHW	ND	5.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	84	46
2014-06-21	@OAK	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	100	71
2014-06-16	MIN	W	7.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	106	75
2014-06-11	@BAL	L	5.2	7	4	4	2	7	1	105	44

Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Lance Lynn (27, RHP, 11-8, 2.98)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (11-8)			133.0	122	51	44	52	123	7	2.98
2013 (15-10)			201.2	189	92	89	76	198	14	3.97
2012 (18-7)			176.0	168	76	74	64	180	16	3.78

Last 7 GS		4-3	41.2	37	15	12	17	41	1	2.59	57
2014-07-29	@SDP	L	6.0	4	2	1	3	6	0	117	61
2014-07-23	TBR	L	6.1	6	2	1	3	7	0	118	59
2014-07-18	LAD	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	9	0	107	61
2014-07-09	PIT	W	6.2	6	2	2	2	4	1	110	56
2014-07-04	MIA	W	6.2	5	0	0	3	6	0	112	67
2014-06-28	@LAD	L	2.0	9	7	6	2	2	0	61	12
2014-06-23	@COL	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	108	83

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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Red Sox Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lynn
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB 61.Maness
G/S/vB 30.Motte
G/S/vB 37.Neshek
G/S/vB 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/18 .243/.282/.378/.660 .606/.732 .819 16/.900 1/1 1/1

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 421/287 .239/.306/.360/.666 .743/.630 .605 70/.630 2/2 8/16

25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 356/220 .218/.290/.299/.589 .664/.542 .568 70/.497 7/0 1/0

52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 440/327 .254/.302/.458/.760 .773/.756 .745 74/.666 3/2 17/4

5.Craig G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 402/303 .237/.291/.348/.639 .766/.596 .525 38/.443 1/1 7/0

26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 349/208 .303/.352/.425/.777 .802/.759 .765 95/.721 6/2 3/7

16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 85/58 .203/.306/.338/.644 .810/.562 .598 3/1.000 0/0 2/2

12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 371/259 .269/.385/.446/.831 .890/.806 .825 67/.784 2/2 13/5

29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 238/195 .252/.336/.319/.655 .309/.735 .688 59/.811 2/1 2/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP ··· 10/.844 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 456/297 .252/.344/.504/.848 .878/.832 .955 84/.878 0/0 26/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 488/343 .281/.344/.381/.726 .766/.709 .751 86/.676 3/6 5/2

55.Vazquez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/36 .283/.346/.370/.716 .404/.843 .789 52/.716 0/0 0/2

IP 133.0 25.2 23.1 55.2 22.0 45.1 51.2 24.1 TOTAL .247/.321/.374/.695 .705/.690 .687 .731 32/20 85/66

ERA-K/9

2.98/8.3

5.26/7.7

1.93/8.1

3.23/6.0

4.91/6.5

0.79/9.1

3.14/11.8

4.44/11.1

3.50/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Vazquez (5-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 572/.240 106/.222 100/.224 231/.283 97/.287 165/.141 223/.223 103/.231 .242 Bradley
Cespedes
Nava
Craig
Betts
Holt 1/94/6/13
84/9/0/12
30/0/32/5
11/0/70/3
0/5/7/1
8/5/25/1

OPS .664 .603 .570 .723 .903 .368 .628 .667 .667

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.682 61/.390 43/.590 87/.868 39/.754 58/.422 102/.486 42/.817 .683

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.649 45/.890 57/.556 144/.637 58/1.007 107/.338 121/.750 61/.567 .654

Home 318/.641 65/.533 65/.501 109/.631 60/.899 89/.295 142/.674 38/.615

Last 28d days 109/.652 9/.778 26/.862 51/.798 31/.826 33/.533 40/.624 18/.748

HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 1/1/1 0/0/1 5/1/1 7/1/0 2/1/1 1/1/0 2/3/1 71/37/20

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

Cardinals Batters (3.72 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.De La Rosa
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 54.Mujica
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 374/291 .315/.334/.508/.843 .626/.904 .944 79/.704 3/2 12/5

8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 218/134 .219/.284/.342/.626 .558/.669 .724 32/.815 8/2 3/2

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 491/345 .284/.380/.394/.774 .802/.762 .695 85/.799 3/1 6/10

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 100/71 .239/.316/.295/.612 .546/.636 .451 44/.579 0/2 0/0

33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 104/87 .177/.233/.229/.462 .561/.443 .444 12/.350 1/1 0/2

3.Ellis G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 182/102 .190/.270/.228/.498 .559/.448 .391 15/.452 4/1 0/1

7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· 8/.542 ··· ··· 456/338 .269/.371/.426/.796 .852/.777 .875 76/1.066 2/1 12/3

19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 279/225 .289/.347/.368/.714 .973/.647 .700 45/.667 6/1 1/1

27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 8/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.600 424/323 .253/.330/.441/.772 .852/.748 .776 76/.821 2/2 15/10

35.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.700 4/.500 297/203 .255/.287/.345/.632 .454/.715 .692 23/.623 0/0 4/3

43.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 47/17 .140/.213/.209/.422 .379/.502 .690 / 0/0 0/0

18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/93 .220/.259/.321/.580 .648/.562 .676 52/.635 0/0 2/1

16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/217 .243/.289/.389/.678 .609/.691 .757 77/.768 16/2 7/8

IP 54.1 52.2 40.0 2.2 40.2 44.0 50.2 TOTAL .251/.317/.373/.690 .721/.679 .721 .719 47/16 73/56

ERA-K/9

3.64/6.1

2.73/5.3

4.95/5.6

0.00/6.7

4.87/6.4

3.27/9.2

1.42/11.5

3.95/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (16-3-4)
Pierzynski (40-9-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 226/.265 218/.293 187/.298 9/.000 171/.308 183/.263 185/.177 .259 Taveras
Jay
Holliday
Bourjos
Carpenter
Robinson 0/3/28/2
14/59/18/1
102/0/0/1
0/72/0/0
0/0/2/0
2/0/10/0

OPS .778 .737 .833 .111 .847 .704 .506 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.850 92/.748 84/.796 5/.200 71/1.048 88/.676 101/.408 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.674 126/.729 103/.864 4/.000 100/.701 95/.730 84/.620 .709

Road 101/.914 81/.849 84/.768 / 67/.690 78/.690 73/.523

Last 28d days 101/1.002 33/.629 38/.940 6/.000 31/.742 37/.793 32/.500

HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 1/4/1 5/1/0 0/0/0 6/4/1 4/0/0 6/0/1 110/70/19

Usage ······X· ··X··X·X ·oX··X·o ··oo···· ·oX···oo ·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 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 4.94

ARI 3.99

SDP 3.22

RA/G

SEA 3.31

PIT 4.14

COL 5.19

T. Tulowitzki .340

B. Phillips .272

C. Davis .195

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .432

J. Donaldson .330

E. Cabrera .264

SLG

J. Abreu .628

J. Reyes .409

Z. Cozart .281

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.035

S. Castro .751

Z. Cozart .552

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.71

J. Lackey 3.55

E. Jackson 5.66

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 11.23

A. Sanchez 7.41

K. Correia 4.23

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.