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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, at Busch Stadium III, August 29, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, August 29, 2014
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Tickets:
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Game #:
134
On This Date:
69-55
Cardinals
Manager:
Game #:
133
On This Date:
53-65
Season Series
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 CHC  6 @STL  3 (11)
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 STL 10  CHC  4     
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 STL  6  CHC  4     
Fri, May 02, 2014 CHC  6  STL  5     
Sat, May 03, 2014 CHC  3  STL  0     
Sun, May 04, 2014 STL  5 @CHC  4     
Mon, May 12, 2014 CHC 17 @STL  5     
Tue, May 13, 2014 STL  4  CHC  3 (12)
Thu, May 15, 2014 STL  5  CHC  3     
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 CHC  7  STL  6     
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 STL  6 @CHC  3     
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 STL  1 @CHC  0     

Fri, Aug 29, 2014 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CHC    @STL  2:15pm
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 CHC    @STL  2:15pm
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 STL    @CHC  8:05pm

                         All times ET
59-74, 5th, 14 GB, 12½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-33   Road:   27-41   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  44-60   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:20-34   vsWest: 14-16 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Aug 28  @CIN  L   2-7       59-74  5th 14.0 gb
132 Wed, Aug 27  @CIN  L   5-7       59-73  5th 13.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @CIN  W   3-0       59-72  5th 13.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   BAL  W   2-1       58-72  5th 14.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   BAL  W   7-2       57-72  5th 14.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   BAL  W   4-1       56-72  5th 15.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   SFG  L   3-5       55-72  5th 16.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   SFG  L   3-8       55-71  5th 15.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   SFG  W   2-1       55-70  5th 15.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18  @NYM  W   4-1       54-70  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
71-61, 2nd, 1½ GB, ½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-26   Road:   32-35   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  57-45   vsLHP:  14-16   1-Run:  24-20
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:31-21   vsWest: 15-12 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Aug 27  @PIT  L   1-3       71-61  2nd  1.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 26  @PIT  L   2-5       71-60  2nd  1.5 gb
130 Mon, Aug 25  @PIT  W   3-2       71-59  2nd  1.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24  @PHI  L   1-7       70-59  2nd  1.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23  @PHI  W   6-5 (12)  70-58  2nd  0.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22  @PHI  L   4-5       69-58  2nd  1.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   CIN  W   7-3       69-57  2nd  1.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   CIN  W   5-4       68-57  2nd  2.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18   CIN  W   6-5 (10)  67-57  2nd  2.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   SDP  W   7-6       66-57  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 STL  1 @CHC  0        W:Adam Wainwright (13-5), L: Kyle Hendricks (1-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (32)
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 STL  6 @CHC  3        W:Randy Choate (2-2), L: James Russell (0-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (31)
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 CHC  7  STL  6        W:Justin Grimm (3-2), L: Kevin Siegrist (1-2), S: Hector Rondon (12)
Thu, May 15, 2014 STL  5  CHC  3        W:Michael Wacha (3-3), L: Jason Hammel (4-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (11)
Tue, May 13, 2014 STL  4  CHC  3 (12)   W:Seth Maness (1-2), L: Justin Grimm (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 12, 2014 CHC 17 @STL  5        W:Travis Wood (3-4), L: Tyler Lyons (0-3), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2014 STL  5 @CHC  4        W:Kevin Siegrist (1-1), L: Hector Rondon (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (8)
Sat, May 03, 2014 CHC  3  STL  0        W:Brian Schlitter (1-0), L: Michael Wacha (2-3), S: Hector Rondon (3)
Fri, May 02, 2014 CHC  6  STL  5        W:Travis Wood (2-3), L: Adam Wainwright (5-2), S: Hector Rondon (2)
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 STL  6  CHC  4        W:Michael Wacha (2-0), L: Edwin Jackson (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (4)
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 7-5; 2013 - STL won 12-7; 2012 - STL won 10-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1185-1133

SP: Kyle Hendricks (24, RHP, 5-1, 1.78)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (5-1) 50.2 40 12 10 11 31 3 1.78
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.2 35 8 6 8 24 2 1.21 63
2014-08-23 BAL ND 2.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 46 40
2014-08-18 @NYM W 7.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 94 68
2014-08-12 MIL W 7.1 6 0 0 1 5 0 96 70
2014-08-07 @COL W 8.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 107 69
2014-08-01 @LAD W 7.0 4 2 1 1 3 0 107 65
2014-07-27 STL L 6.1 7 1 1 0 2 1 94 57
2014-07-22 SDP W 7.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 83 69
Last 5 v.STL 0-1 6.1 7 1 1 0 2 1 1.42 57
2014-07-27 STL L 6.1 7 1 1 0 2 1 94 57

SP: Shelby Miller (23, RHP, 8-9, 4.26)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-9) 145.2 135 70 69 66 98 18 4.26
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 1-2 40.2 32 21 21 15 26 6 4.65 51
2014-08-23 @PHI ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 98 51
2014-08-16 SDP ND 6.0 4 4 4 6 5 0 110 47
2014-08-11 @MIA L 5.0 8 5 5 2 5 2 92 34
2014-08-06 BOS ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 88 68
2014-07-31 @SDP W 6.0 3 2 2 0 5 2 85 63
2014-07-26 @CHC ND 5.2 3 2 2 0 3 1 87 58
2014-07-10 PIT L 5.0 5 4 4 4 1 0 92 38
Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 10.2 5 2 2 2 8 1 1.69 62
2014-07-26 @CHC ND 5.2 3 2 2 0 3 1 87 58
2013-06-17 CHC W 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 83 66
Cubs Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.85 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
62.Greenwood*
G/S/vB
61.Maness
G/S/vB
44.Martinez
G/S/vB
37.Neshek
G/S/vB
26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Alcantara# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 195/134 .226/.284/.367/.651 .646/.651 .574 104/.593 7/3 5/4
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 99/76 .189/.222/.442/.664 .672/.662 .727 99/.664 1/0 7/5
12.Baker* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 179/148 .203/.282/.247/.529 .472/.541 .476 31/.339 0/0 0/1
5.Castillo G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 11/.864 339/255 .234/.297/.380/.677 .840/.620 .676 68/.692 0/0 10/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 5/.000 5/1.200 3/.000 ··· 5/1.400 6/.000 3/.000 14/1.000 547/424 .287/.335/.429/.764 .781/.759 .838 81/.869 4/3 13/14
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 319/240 .269/.342/.438/.780 .829/.764 .808 100/.714 5/4 6/4
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 4/.000 10/1.150 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 2/.000 6/1.133 568/410 .278/.375/.514/.889 .927/.875 .846 97/.793 4/4 30/9
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .500/.500/1.000/1.500 /1.500 1.500 8/1.500 0/0 1/0
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/13 .188/.235/.188/.423 .500/.397 .347 17/.423 0/0 0/0
4.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/33 .184/.212/.265/.477 .705/.345 .336 52/.477 0/0 1/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/.900 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· 9/.873 433/365 .242/.322/.426/.748 .678/.761 .760 88/.656 1/2 13/7
45.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .333/.333/.417/.750 /.750 1.000 12/.750 0/0 0/0
IP 145.2 31.1 31.2 28.2 66.2 75.0 55.1 60.0 TOTAL .239/.298/.383/.681 .745/.661 .682 .671 54/36 129/74
ERA-K/9 4.26/6.1 4.88/7.5 2.27/9.1 5.34/4.4 3.11/5.9 4.56/8.2 0.81/9.6 3.60/11.4 3.64/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (45-4-5)
 Castillo (52-20-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.249 132/.216 142/.248 119/.274 267/.271 328/.273 199/.138 265/.227 .245  Alcantara
 Coghlan
 Szczur
 Soler
0/29/0/3
73/0/4/3
4/1/5/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .737 .591 .662 .745 .693 .729 .367 .656 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.745 76/.411 60/.830 45/.661 97/.851 153/.900 77/.388 122/.554 .683
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 324/.730 56/.832 82/.542 74/.796 170/.604 175/.582 122/.354 143/.742 .673
Home 321/.705 78/.514 78/.543 45/.505 123/.607 164/.743 107/.340 171/.721
Last 28d days 101/.758 26/.537 42/.877 37/.826 36/.508 28/.571 41/.350 51/.792
HR/SB/CS 18/14/6 1/3/1 2/1/1 4/1/0 6/1/2 4/5/3 3/2/1 2/2/0 95/47/23
Usage ·····X·· ····oX·· ··o··oX· ····X··· ··X··X·· ·X··o·o· ···X·X·· ···o·X··
Cardinals Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Hendricks
G/S/vB
11.Fujikawa
G/S/vB
52.Grimm
G/S/vB
54.Ramirez
G/S/vB
56.Rondon
G/S/vB
59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB
46.Strop
G/S/vB
38.Turner
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
53.Wright*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 5/1.800 7/.953 ··· 466/363 .303/.333/.481/.813 .607/.871 .933 100/.732 3/2 13/6
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 2/2.000 1/.000 241/145 .227/.291/.356/.648 .560/.706 .740 30/.670 8/2 4/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.933 1/no AB 3/1.167 3/.666 15/1.215 10/.700 589/418 .278/.372/.390/.762 .732/.775 .730 107/.672 5/3 7/13
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 137/96 .195/.267/.236/.502 .425/.534 .438 41/.353 0/2 0/1
33.Descalso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 9/.777 2/.000 136/110 .221/.296/.295/.591 .858/.529 .576 34/.971 1/1 0/4
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/19 .163/.212/.306/.518 .494/.557 .423 5/1.000 0/0 1/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/.500 6/1.133 23/1.048 3/.333 549/414 .263/.364/.412/.776 .855/.751 .819 102/.711 3/1 13/4
19.Jay* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.733 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 18/.600 7/.762 363/296 .309/.381/.397/.778 .926/.742 .791 84/1.010 6/1 3/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 9/2.111 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 514/398 .266/.339/.455/.794 .850/.778 .816 98/.916 2/2 18/11
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.573 6/.000 348/251 .256/.294/.346/.640 .485/.699 .680 54/.680 0/1 5/5
18.Taveras* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 191/157 .233/.272/.306/.578 .614/.570 .692 82/.604 0/1 2/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 346/287 .248/.289/.388/.678 .727/.667 .734 96/.719 18/2 9/10
IP 50.2 7.1 58.1 33.1 52.1 8.1 50.2 86.1 70.1 42.2 TOTAL .253/.320/.373/.693 .712/.686 .728 .716 52/21 85/72
ERA-K/9 1.78/5.5 1.23/9.9 4.01/9.0 1.08/11.6 2.75/9.5 6.48/11.9 2.31/9.9 5.84/5.8 4.61/8.2 2.32/7.4 3.72/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (18-5-4)
 Pierzynski (48-10-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.217 33/.250 248/.226 131/.171 216/.233 38/.242 202/.183 387/.327 311/.278 181/.239 .243  Taveras
 Holliday
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
 Grichuk
0/3/47/2
122/0/0/2
19/79/23/1
0/83/0/0
0/0/2/0
4/4/9/0
OPS .579 .690 .644 .533 .550 .888 .539 .843 .749 .606 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.609 18/.701 78/.615 47/.523 96/.673 15/.414 84/.683 164/.809 121/.760 74/.586 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.554 15/.683 170/.655 84/.537 120/.453 23/1.224 118/.438 223/.867 190/.741 107/.621 .663
Road 109/.491 16/.625 117/.635 66/.411 70/.429 28/.824 95/.506 207/.809 187/.887 93/.472
Last 28d days 95/.559 33/.690 39/.421 21/.654 45/.378 10/.967 48/.506 56/.869 46/.441 41/.533
HR/SB/CS 3/2/2 1/0/0 4/6/0 2/4/0 1/6/0 2/0/0 2/1/1 8/14/2 6/12/0 2/2/0 91/102/24
Usage ·····X·· Xo······ ·o···X·X ··o·oo·· ··o·o·o· oo···X·· ··X·o·X· ·X······ ·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

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.