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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Busch Stadium III, September 2, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, September 2, 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 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
138
On This Date:
73-54
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
138
On This Date:
58-65
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 STL  5  PIT  4     
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 STL  5  PIT  2     
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 PIT  9 @STL  1     
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 STL  3 @PIT  2     
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 PIT  5  STL  2     
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 PIT  3  STL  1     
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 STL  5  PIT  4     

Tue, Sep 02, 2014 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 PIT    @STL  1:45pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
71-66, 3rd, 3 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   44-28   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  56-54   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  27-26
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:28-34   vsWest: 20-12 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  1  @STL  L   4-5       71-66  3rd  3.0 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31   CIN  L   2-3       71-65  3rd  2.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   CIN  W   3-2       71-64  3rd  2.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   CIN  W   2-1       70-64  3rd  3.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   STL  W   3-1       69-64  3rd  4.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   STL  W   5-2       68-64  3rd  5.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   STL  L   2-3       67-64  3rd  6.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @MIL  L   3-4       67-63  3rd  5.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @MIL  W  10-2       67-62  3rd  4.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @MIL  W   8-3       66-62  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
St. Louis Cardinals
74-63, 1st, 1 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-28   Road:   32-35   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  58-46   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  25-20
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:34-23   vsWest: 15-12 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  1   PIT  W   5-4       74-63  1st  1.0 up
136 Sun, Aug 31   CHC  W   9-6       73-63  1st    Tied
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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Seth Maness (6-3), L: Gerrit Cole (7-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (41)
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 PIT  3  STL  1        W:Jeff Locke (6-3), L: Adam Wainwright (15-9), S: Mark Melancon (24)
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 PIT  5  STL  2        W:Tony Watson (9-1), L: Seth Maness (5-3), S: Mark Melancon (23)
Mon, Aug 25, 2014 STL  3 @PIT  2        W:John Lackey (13-8), L: Jared Hughes (6-4), S: Trevor Rosenthal (39)
Thu, Jul 10, 2014 PIT  9 @STL  1        W:Edinson Volquez (8-6), L: Shelby Miller (7-8), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2014 STL  5  PIT  2        W:Lance Lynn (10-6), L: Brandon Cumpton (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (27)
Tue, Jul 08, 2014 STL  5  PIT  4        W:Trevor Rosenthal (1-4), L: Ernesto Frieri (1-4), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - STL over 9-8; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; 2012 - PIT won 8-7; All-Time - PIT leads 1229-1168

SP: Jeff Locke (26, LHP, 6-3, 3.51)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (6-3) 105.0 101 46 41 27 66 13 3.51
2013 (10-7) 166.1 146 69 65 84 125 11 3.52
2012 (1-3) 34.1 36 21 21 11 34 6 5.50
Last 7 GS 4-2 43.0 45 22 20 19 28 8 4.19 49
2014-08-27 STL W 7.1 6 1 1 2 3 1 98 63
2014-08-22 @MIL W 6.0 2 2 2 6 0 1 91 54
2014-08-16 @WSN ND 5.2 4 0 0 2 6 0 93 65
2014-08-11 DET W 5.0 8 4 4 4 1 0 94 32
2014-08-06 MIA W 7.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 100 60
2014-07-31 @ARI L 5.1 9 6 4 2 5 2 104 33
2014-07-26 @COL L 6.2 10 6 6 3 6 3 115 33
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 23.1 22 8 7 9 17 1 2.70 55
2014-08-27 STL W 7.1 6 1 1 2 3 1 98 63
2013-09-07 @STL L 5.0 3 3 2 4 4 0 91 51
2013-07-31 STL ND 4.0 10 4 4 1 6 0 89 31
2013-04-28 @STL W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 95 73

SP: Adam Wainwright (32, RHP, 15-9, 2.59)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (15-9) 188.0 154 58 54 45 150 7 2.59
2013 (19-9) 241.2 223 83 79 35 219 15 2.94
2012 (14-13) 198.2 196 96 87 52 184 15 3.94
Last 7 GS 3-4 45.1 49 24 22 14 31 3 4.37 50
2014-08-27 @PIT L 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 1 103 48
2014-08-22 @PHI L 6.0 6 5 4 3 2 0 105 41
2014-08-17 SDP W 7.0 7 4 3 1 5 0 111 53
2014-08-12 @MIA L 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 88 54
2014-08-07 BOS W 7.0 7 2 2 2 7 0 122 60
2014-08-01 MIL L 5.1 9 7 7 3 5 1 96 24
2014-07-27 @CHC W 7.0 5 0 0 3 3 0 98 67
Last 5 v.PIT 2-2 35.0 25 5 5 10 32 1 1.29 67
2014-08-27 @PIT L 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 1 103 48
2014-07-07 PIT ND 7.0 7 0 0 3 5 0 112 65
2014-04-27 PIT W 8.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 99 81
2014-04-06 @PIT L 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 0 100 64
2013-09-07 PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 100 79

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

Pirates Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Martinez
G/S/vB		 37.Neshek
G/S/vB		 26.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 30/.670 8/.500 3/.333 2/2.000 7/.714 ··· 8/.393 6/.334 444/357 .232/.313/.406/.719 .504/.772 .720 45/.686 8/3 18/25
12.Barmes G/S/vP 25/1.009 3/.666 2/.000 5/1.350 ··· 2/.000 7/.533 2/.000 104/83 .231/.317/.275/.592 .586/.593 .505 4/.250 1/1 0/2
15.Davis* G/S/vP 18/.818 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 5/.000 2/.000 372/340 .236/.349/.380/.730 .256/.778 .601 56/.824 0/4 10/9
5.Harrison G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/no AB 5/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.250 3/.666 448/345 .311/.345/.511/.856 .809/.870 .889 109/.910 17/6 13/5
57.Lambo* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/14 .286/.286/.429/.714 /.714 .600 14/.714 0/0 0/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 19/.743 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.500 5/.200 5/.000 4/.000 ··· 452/372 .273/.347/.424/.771 .735/.779 .791 100/.988 25/9 9/4
55.Martin G/S/vP 30/.907 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.500 8/1.357 4/.500 380/297 .292/.414/.412/.827 .708/.856 .740 88/.939 4/4 7/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 41/.971 ··· 1/.000 9/.476 7/1.571 4/.500 9/1.194 3/.333 538/440 .308/.401/.539/.941 .861/.958 .882 49/.871 17/1 21/6
10.Mercer G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.167 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 462/359 .258/.303/.374/.677 .797/.642 .674 76/.706 2/1 8/10
59.Morel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/8 .136/.174/.182/.356 .343/.375 .388 6/.000 0/0 0/0
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 8/.125 1/3.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.800 243/121 .233/.300/.393/.693 .777/.609 .763 36/.788 2/0 6/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 76/66 .278/.316/.375/.691 .200/.768 .667 / 0/0 2/5
23.Snider* G/S/vP 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 283/248 .261/.326/.420/.746 .974/.715 .632 76/.836 0/1 10/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 131/101 .274/.357/.301/.657 1.056/.534 .631 14/.429 0/1 0/3
31.Tabata G/S/vP 24/.899 ··· 2/1.500 5/1.000 4/1.667 2/1.000 3/1.667 1/.000 162/131 .287/.323/.327/.650 .787/.616 .711 8/.500 1/2 0/0
18.Walker# G/S/vP 31/.881 3/.666 4/1.000 8/.250 6/1.500 1/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 468/371 .272/.343/.456/.798 .647/.838 .790 62/.753 2/2 18/4
IP 188.0 32.0 31.2 68.1 76.0 58.0 62.0 28.1 TOTAL .257/.329/.398/.727 .664/.744 .704 .738 92/39 128/97
ERA-K/9 2.59/7.2 5.06/7.9 2.27/9.1 3.03/6.1 4.50/8.2 1.40/9.5 3.48/11.3 6.35/10.8 3.66/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (49-32-2)
 Sanchez (18-3-1)
 Stewart (29-7-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 752/.224 135/.219 142/.248 271/.267 333/.272 214/.158 273/.220 128/.274 .245  Snider
 Marte
 Harrison
 Tabata
 McCutchen
 Sanchez
 Lambo
 Mercer
31/0/49/6
91/25/0/4
26/0/26/4
16/1/32/2
0/121/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .587 .619 .662 .682 .728 .431 .640 .824 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 350/.642 78/.400 60/.830 98/.841 155/.887 83/.442 125/.540 47/.847 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.540 57/.916 82/.542 173/.593 178/.591 131/.424 148/.724 81/.807 .679
Home 307/.648 81/.565 78/.543 127/.587 169/.740 122/.453 179/.693 52/.892
Last 28d days 140/.663 29/.678 42/.877 40/.456 33/.585 46/.692 46/.712 25/1.475
HR/SB/CS 7/5/2 2/3/1 2/1/1 6/1/3 4/5/3 4/2/1 2/2/0 5/3/1 105/49/26
Usage ·····X·· ·o······ ······o· o·o···X· X····X·· ·XoX···X Xo·····o o·······
Cardinals Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 53.Axford
G/S/vB		 58.Cumpton
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 ··· ··· 5/1.350 6/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 4/1.167 4/1.250 484/374 .294/.322/.465/.787 .566/.852 .874 106/.596 3/2 13/9
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/2.167 245/145 .228/.295/.356/.651 .572/.706 .743 27/.863 8/2 4/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.333 8/1.025 6/.666 13/.906 8/.804 5/.000 2/.500 8/.250 10/.522 609/426 .277/.377/.389/.766 .754/.771 .739 114/.711 5/3 7/14
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.143 10/.777 ··· 7/.858 1/.000 151/116 .243/.313/.309/.622 .848/.554 .636 47/.989 1/1 0/4
3.Ellis G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 3/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 191/108 .192/.267/.228/.495 .537/.461 .368 9/.444 4/1 0/1
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/23 .183/.222/.300/.522 .508/.547 .472 16/.688 0/2 1/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/1.056 17/.841 6/1.267 11/.741 9/1.222 7/.453 4/.750 9/.555 8/.875 571/427 .269/.370/.435/.804 .912/.769 .872 111/.838 3/1 16/4
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.400 3/.666 9/.583 9/1.111 2/1.000 1/.000 11/1.091 7/.286 379/307 .313/.383/.404/.787 .917/.754 .808 96/1.028 6/2 3/2
38.Kozma G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 3/.000 6/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.000 8/5 .375/.375/.500/.875 .667/1.000 .833 5/1.000 0/0 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 6/.733 16/.450 3/1.000 5/.000 9/.444 4/.750 3/.000 8/.250 1/.000 353/267 .291/.344/.406/.750 .879/.709 .808 18/.742 1/0 7/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 17/.923 2/2.500 4/1.000 3/.333 4/.250 3/1.667 532/409 .271/.346/.457/.803 .880/.780 .832 104/.910 2/2 18/11
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 12/.969 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 352/252 .256/.293/.345/.638 .490/.696 .675 51/.613 0/1 5/5
18.Taveras* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 205/166 .224/.268/.292/.560 .585/.554 .640 85/.536 0/1 2/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 362/294 .252/.293/.404/.697 .765/.681 .763 99/.753 19/2 11/10
IP 105.0 48.1 64.2 59.2 56.2 57.1 31.2 63.2 53.0 TOTAL .255/.323/.375/.698 .721/.689 .735 .726 53/24 90/77
ERA-K/9 3.51/5.7 3.72/10.4 5.01/5.7 3.32/5.3 2.06/4.9 2.04/8.5 5.40/10.5 1.70/9.2 4.25/9.0 3.69/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (19-19-2)
 Pierzynski (49-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 430/.257 215/.223 286/.295 259/.294 227/.239 224/.198 144/.264 251/.228 225/.215 .253  Holliday
 Taveras
 Jay
 Grichuk
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
127/0/0/3
0/3/50/2
20/83/24/1
4/4/11/0
0/85/0/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .706 .700 .738 .814 .637 .478 .794 .605 .617 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.536 104/.671 121/.780 105/1.094 102/.628 107/.421 67/.792 77/.535 80/.735 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.753 111/.725 165/.707 154/.634 125/.645 117/.531 77/.791 174/.634 145/.548 .699
Road 196/.806 115/.720 136/.825 121/.732 93/.510 91/.568 51/1.116 121/.689 97/.620
Last 28d days 127/.674 25/.958 37/.738 44/.786 43/.718 38/.431 20/1.350 37/.558 39/.318
HR/SB/CS 13/5/5 6/6/1 2/5/2 6/6/4 4/4/6 2/0/1 5/4/1 5/4/1 2/6/1 118/96/42
Usage o······o ········ o······· ·X·····o ··oo·oo· ········ ··oo·oX· ooo····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

DET  4.71

KCR  4.07

SDP  3.27

 RA/G

SEA  3.29

MIL  4.15

COL  5.20

 BA

J. Altuve  .336

N. Walker  .272

C. Davis  .193

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .401

A. Pujols  .332

G. Beckham  .265

 SLG

J. Abreu  .602

B. Dozier  .420

Z. Cozart  .304

 OPS

J. Abreu  .983

T. Hunter  .760

Z. Cozart  .578

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.73

E. Santana  3.53

E. Jackson  6.09

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.35

R. Vogelsong  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.