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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, at Busch Stadium III, August 31, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Start Time:
1:15ct (local), 2:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Rick Renteria
Game #:
137
On This Date:
50-61
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
136
On This Date:
63-50
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  7 @STL  2     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CHC  5 @STL  1     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 STL 13  CHC  2     

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
Chicago Cubs
61-75, 5th, 12½ GB, 12½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-33   Road:   29-42   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  46-60   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  16-20
 vsEast: 16-16   vsCntrl:22-35   vsWest: 14-16 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sat, Aug 30  @STL  L   2-13      61-75  5th 12.5 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30  @STL  W   5-1       61-74  5th 12.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29  @STL  W   7-2       60-74  5th 13.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
St. Louis Cardinals
72-63, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-28   Road:   32-35   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  57-46   vsLHP:  15-17   1-Run:  24-20
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:32-23   vsWest: 15-12 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 30   CHC  W  13-2       72-63  2nd  1.0 gb
134 Sat, Aug 30   CHC  L   1-5       71-63  2nd  1.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 29   CHC  L   2-7       71-62  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 STL 13  CHC  2        W:Marco Gonzales (1-2), L: Tsuyoshi Wada (4-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 CHC  5 @STL  1        W:Felix Doubront (3-4), L: Justin Masterson (6-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 CHC  7 @STL  2        W:Neil Ramirez (2-1), L: Pat Neshek (6-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 8-7; 2013 - STL won 12-7; 2012 - STL won 10-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1187-1134

SP: Travis Wood (27, LHP, 8-11, 4.72)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-11) 156.1 165 92 82 67 131 15 4.72
2013 (9-12) 200.0 163 73 69 66 144 18 3.11
2012 (6-13) 156.0 133 80 74 54 119 25 4.27
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.1 40 20 16 15 39 4 3.57 52
2014-08-26 @CIN W 6.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 96 72
2014-08-21 SFG L 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 97 45
2014-08-15 @NYM L 5.1 4 3 3 4 5 1 101 49
2014-08-10 TBR ND 6.0 4 1 0 3 5 0 93 64
2014-08-05 @COL ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 2 0 74 45
2014-07-30 COL ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 11 0 119 49
2014-07-25 STL ND 5.0 7 5 2 1 5 2 113 43
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 24.1 26 20 15 7 19 3 5.55 45
2014-07-25 STL ND 5.0 7 5 2 1 5 2 113 43
2014-05-12 @STL W 6.0 5 5 4 3 4 0 94 45
2014-05-02 STL W 7.0 6 3 2 0 6 0 112 61
2013-09-27 @STL L 1.0 4 3 3 2 1 0 37 32
2013-08-17 STL L 5.1 4 4 4 1 3 1 93 46

SP: John Lackey (35, RHP, 13-8, 3.77)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (13-8) 169.1 173 78 71 39 138 21 3.77
2013 (10-13) 189.1 179 80 74 40 161 26 3.52
2011 (12-12) 160.0 203 119 114 56 108 20 6.41
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.0 46 22 19 11 29 7 3.72 53
2014-08-25 @PIT W 7.0 7 1 1 1 3 1 91 61
2014-08-19 CIN ND 6.0 4 4 2 1 7 1 91 58
2014-08-14 SDP ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 110 61
2014-08-09 @BAL L 5.0 13 9 9 2 3 3 105 6
2014-08-03 MIL W 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 109 59
2014-07-26 @TBR L 7.0 8 3 2 4 4 1 112 51
2014-07-21 @TOR W 7.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 76 72
Last 5 v.CHC 1-0 7.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 2.57 60
2004-06-11 CHC W 7.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 104 60

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Cubs Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Lackey
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 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 208/140 .218/.280/.367/.647 .698/.622 .576 106/.568 7/4 6/4
9.Baez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/84 .196/.225/.430/.655 .570/.683 .695 111/.655 2/0 7/5
12.Baker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 183/150 .198/.276/.241/.517 .440/.533 .456 29/.364 0/0 0/1
5.Castillo G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 11/.864 347/258 .228/.290/.370/.660 .791/.613 .644 71/.621 0/0 10/3
13.Castro G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 3/.000 ··· 5/1.400 6/.000 3/.000 14/1.000 559/432 .288/.335/.435/.769 .788/.763 .844 86/.866 4/4 14/15
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 329/247 .266/.337/.433/.771 .795/.763 .789 99/.606 5/4 6/4
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 2/.500 10/1.150 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 2/.000 6/1.133 568/410 .278/.375/.514/.889 .927/.875 .846 86/.797 4/4 30/9
68.Soler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/13 .533/.563/1.267/1.829 1.000/2.032 1.829 16/1.829 0/0 3/0
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/14 .227/.261/.227/.488 .667/.368 .481 23/.488 0/0 0/0
4.Valaika G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/39 .183/.219/.300/.519 .613/.457 .440 56/.511 0/0 2/0
24.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/.167 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· 9/.873 445/371 .241/.322/.428/.750 .668/.767 .763 93/.641 1/2 14/7
45.Watkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .412/.412/.647/1.059 .000/1.125 1.571 17/1.059 0/0 1/0
IP 169.1 31.1 31.2 31.0 67.2 75.0 57.0 60.0 TOTAL .239/.297/.385/.683 .735/.666 .685 .667 55/38 136/77
ERA-K/9 3.77/7.3 4.88/7.5 2.27/9.1 5.52/4.4 3.06/6.1 4.56/8.2 1.42/9.6 3.60/11.4 3.67/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Baker (45-5-5)
 Castillo (53-21-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 708/.261 132/.216 142/.248 130/.282 270/.268 328/.273 209/.156 265/.227 .244  Alcantara
 Coghlan
 Szczur
 Watkins
 Soler
0/32/0/3
75/0/4/3
5/1/6/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/4/0
OPS .723 .591 .662 .767 .685 .729 .424 .656 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 373/.693 76/.411 60/.830 48/.661 98/.841 153/.900 81/.431 122/.554 .681
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 335/.757 56/.832 82/.542 82/.829 172/.597 175/.582 128/.418 143/.742 .677
Home 365/.670 78/.514 78/.543 56/.606 126/.591 164/.743 117/.440 171/.721
Last 28d days 108/.846 26/.537 42/.877 48/.866 39/.468 28/.571 44/.628 42/.811
HR/SB/CS 21/16/2 1/3/1 2/1/1 5/1/0 6/1/2 4/5/3 4/2/1 2/2/0 102/48/25
Usage ·····X·· ······oX ····o··o Xo····X· o···X··X ···X··o· oX···X·X ·····o·X
Cardinals Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 22.Doubront*
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 10/.400 ··· ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 5/1.800 7/.953 ··· 479/370 .297/.326/.470/.796 .572/.861 .893 105/.622 3/2 13/7
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 2/2.000 1/.000 245/145 .228/.295/.356/.651 .572/.706 .743 27/.863 8/2 4/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 29/.922 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.933 1/no AB 3/1.167 3/.666 15/1.215 10/.700 603/424 .277/.374/.387/.761 .737/.771 .729 112/.706 5/3 7/13
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 7/1.143 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 9/.777 2/.000 143/111 .233/.303/.302/.605 .886/.524 .604 39/1.002 1/1 0/4
15.Grichuk G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/21 .200/.241/.327/.569 .550/.602 .577 11/1.000 0/2 1/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 37/1.054 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 4/.500 6/1.133 23/1.048 3/.333 562/421 .263/.365/.421/.786 .867/.759 .837 106/.742 3/1 15/4
19.Jay* G/S/vP 31/.986 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/.733 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 18/.600 7/.762 371/301 .311/.380/.397/.777 .914/.743 .789 92/.984 6/1 3/2
4.Molina G/S/vP 34/1.230 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 3/2.333 ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 30/.577 3/2.000 344/260 .289/.344/.408/.752 .901/.705 .816 9/.819 1/0 7/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 12/.633 4/.250 ··· 9/2.111 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 523/403 .268/.342/.457/.799 .873/.778 .827 99/.916 2/2 18/11
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/.400 7/.453 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.573 6/.000 352/252 .256/.293/.345/.638 .490/.696 .675 55/.667 0/1 5/5
18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 200/162 .228/.265/.296/.561 .602/.552 .647 84/.536 0/1 2/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 358/292 .249/.291/.384/.675 .710/.667 .727 99/.668 19/2 9/10
IP 156.1 66.1 7.1 60.1 35.1 52.1 8.1 51.2 86.1 71.1 43.2 TOTAL .254/.321/.372/.693 .715/.685 .727 .705 53/23 87/73
ERA-K/9 4.72/7.5 5.56/6.4 4.91/9.9 3.88/9.4 1.02/11.5 2.75/9.5 12.96/11.9 2.26/10.1 5.84/5.8 4.54/8.1 2.27/7.4 3.75/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (18-18-2)
 Pierzynski (49-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 698/.269 304/.280 36/.323 256/.222 140/.176 216/.233 44/.306 205/.180 387/.327 315/.279 184/.242 .244  Holliday
 Taveras
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
 Grichuk
125/0/0/3
0/3/49/2
20/81/23/1
0/84/0/0
0/0/2/0
4/4/10/0
OPS .753 .827 .905 .630 .536 .550 1.015 .530 .843 .751 .611 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.595 103/.785 19/.774 85/.585 52/.535 96/.673 19/.721 85/.675 164/.809 123/.751 76/.578 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 522/.806 201/.850 17/1.067 171/.651 88/.535 120/.453 25/1.269 120/.430 223/.867 192/.752 108/.635 .667
Road 360/.792 148/.660 19/1.074 125/.608 75/.431 70/.429 34/.998 98/.490 207/.809 191/.889 96/.484
Last 28d days 125/.649 27/.604 36/.905 44/.372 30/.633 42/.405 16/1.313 44/.478 35/.759 46/.451 40/.615
HR/SB/CS 15/10/2 10/9/1 2/0/0 4/6/0 2/4/0 1/6/0 2/0/0 2/1/1 8/14/2 6/12/0 2/2/1 93/103/26
Usage ····X··· X······· o·Xo···· oX·o···X Xo··o·oo ····o·o· X·oo···X ·o··X·o· ···X···· o··X···· o·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  4.72

TEX  4.00

SDP  3.29

 RA/G

SEA  3.27

PIT  4.11

COL  5.15

 BA

J. Altuve  .332

A. Gonzalez  .273

C. Davis  .188

 OBP

G. Stanton  .403

N. Aoki  .331

G. Beckham  .263

 SLG

J. Abreu  .605

B. Dozier  .417

A. Callaspo  .302

 OPS

J. Abreu  .985

J. Heyward  .751

Z. Cozart  .578

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.73

M. Buehrle  3.50

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

C. Lewis  7.34

K. Correia  4.56

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.