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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds, at Busch Stadium III, April 18, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Start Time:
1:15ct (local), 2:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
68° (based on last ten years)
Reds
Manager:
Bryan Price
Game #:
11
On This Date:
40-50
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
11
On This Date:
47-46
Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 CIN  5  STL  4     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 STL  4 @CIN  1     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 STL  7 @CIN  5 (11)
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 STL  6  CIN  1     

Sat, Apr 18, 2015 CIN    @STL  2:15pm
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:05pm
Mon, Jul 27, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 STL    @CIN 12:35pm
Thu, Sep 10, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 STL    @CIN  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 STL    @CIN  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 STL    @CIN  1:10pm
Mon, Sep 21, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 CIN    @STL  8:15pm

                         All times ET
Cincinnati Reds
5-5, 3rd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   4-3    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   4-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @STL  L   1-6        5-5   3rd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15  @CHC  L   0-5        5-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14  @CHC  W   3-2        5-3   1st  0.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @CHC  L   6-7 (10)   4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   STL  L   5-7 (11)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sat, Apr 11   STL  L   1-4        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Fri, Apr 10   STL  W   5-4        4-0   1st  2.5 up
  3 Thu, Apr  9   PIT  W   3-2        3-0   1st  1.5 up
  2 Wed, Apr  8   PIT  W   5-4 (11)   2-0   1st  1.0 up
  1 Mon, Apr  6   PIT  W   5-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 5-5    Last 30: 5-5
St. Louis Cardinals
6-3, 1st, 1 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-3    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Fri, Apr 17   CIN  W   6-1        6-3   1st  1.0 up
  8 Thu, Apr 16   MIL  W   4-0        5-3   1st    Tied
  7 Wed, Apr 15   MIL  W   4-2        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Mon, Apr 13   MIL  L   4-5        3-3   3rd  1.0 gb
  5 Sun, Apr 12  @CIN  W   7-5 (11)   3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr 11  @CIN  W   4-1        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Fri, Apr 10  @CIN  L   4-5        1-2   2nd  2.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @CHC  L   0-2        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Sun, Apr  5  @CHC  W   3-0        1-0   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-3    Last 20: 6-3    Last 30: 6-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 STL  6  CIN  1        W:Michael Wacha (2-0), L: Johnny Cueto (0-2), S: Kevin Siegrist (1)
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 STL  7 @CIN  5 (11)   W:Carlos Villanueva (1-0), L: Kevin Gregg (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 STL  4 @CIN  1        W:Michael Wacha (1-0), L: Johnny Cueto (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 CIN  5  STL  4        W:J.J. Hoover (2-0), L: Jordan Walden (0-1), S: Aroldis Chapman (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 CIN  7 @STL  2        W:Alfredo Simon (15-10), L: Lance Lynn (15-10), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 STL  8  CIN  4        W:Jason Motte (1-0), L: Mike Leake (11-13), S: none
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 STL  2  CIN  1        W:John Lackey (14-9), L: David Holmberg (1-2), S: Seth Maness (3)
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 CIN  1  STL  0        W:Johnny Cueto (18-8), L: Lance Lynn (15-9), S: Aroldis Chapman (33)
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 CIN  4  STL  2        W:Alfredo Simon (14-10), L: Tyler Lyons (0-4), S: Aroldis Chapman (32)
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 CIN  9  STL  5        W:Mike Leake (11-11), L: Michael Wacha (5-6), S: Aroldis Chapman (31)
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 3-1; 2014 - STL won 12-7; 2013 - STL won 11-8; All-Time - STL leads 1209-1110

SP: Homer Bailey (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (9-5) 145.2 134 60 60 45 124 16 3.71
2013 (11-12) 209.0 181 85 81 54 199 20 3.49
2012 (13-10) 208.0 206 97 85 52 168 26 3.68
Last 7 GS 2-1 50.0 28 9 9 14 37 3 1.62 68
2014-08-07 CLE W 7.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 102 76
2014-08-02 @MIA ND 7.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 99 69
2014-07-28 ARI ND 8.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 95 70
2014-07-22 @MIL ND 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 3 93 53
2014-07-10 CHC ND 5.0 2 3 3 2 3 0 68 52
2014-07-05 MIL L 8.0 7 1 1 4 8 0 114 68
2014-06-29 @SFG W 9.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 107 87
Last 5 v.STL 3-1 29.2 31 11 11 10 27 2 3.34 54
2014-05-23 STL W 6.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 95 46
2014-04-08 @STL ND 5.0 9 4 4 2 5 1 99 36
2014-04-03 STL L 4.1 7 4 4 3 3 1 93 33
2013-09-03 STL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 106 80
2013-08-28 @STL W 7.1 5 0 0 2 7 0 117 73

SP: Carlos Martinez (23, RHP, 0-0, 2.57)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (0-0) 7.0 4 2 2 3 9 2 2.57
2014 (2-4) 89.1 90 41 40 36 84 4 4.03
2013 (2-1) 28.1 31 16 16 9 24 1 5.08
Last 7 GS 2-1 34.1 39 18 18 14 39 4 4.72 49
2015-04-12 @CIN ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 8 2 100 62
2014-07-20 LAD ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 74 41
2014-07-13 @MIL L 4.0 7 4 4 3 5 0 69 34
2014-07-08 PIT ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 6 2 85 44
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
Last 5 v.CIN 0-0 6.0 4 2 2 2 8 2 3.00 62
2015-04-12 @CIN ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 8 2 100 62

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Reds Batters (3.40 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Martinez
G/S/vB		 37.Belisle
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 53.Walden
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 79/75 .187/.203/.293/.496 1.833/.437 .299 7/.000 3/0 2/1
32.Bruce* G/S/vP 9/1.111 2/.000 14/.297 3/1.666 10/.775 9/.222 18/.690 3/.333 545/415 .217/.281/.373/.654 .556/.685 .685 41/.717 12/3 18/7
9.Byrd G/S/vP 1/.000 6/1.166 2/3.500 3/1.666 4/.000 3/.000 6/1.000 6/.000 637/464 .264/.312/.445/.757 .773/.751 .750 38/.289 3/2 25/6
2.Cozart G/S/vP 9/.625 2/1.000 2/.000 12/.334 7/.286 1/2.000 15/.725 3/2.333 543/427 .221/.268/.300/.568 .702/.532 .549 38/.790 7/0 4/10
15.Dominguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 18/12 .059/.111/.235/.346 .000/.530 .582 3/.000 0/0 1/0
21.Frazier G/S/vP 10/.311 4/.500 ··· 8/1.768 13/.408 4/.250 15/.734 3/.000 660/515 .273/.336/.459/.795 .750/.807 .717 44/.762 20/8 29/14
6.Hamilton# G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 5/.650 2/.000 7/.857 3/.333 611/460 .250/.292/.355/.648 .669/.641 .685 41/.566 56/23 6/2
39.Mesoraco G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 8/1.125 5/.000 2/.000 9/1.270 2/.000 440/342 .273/.359/.534/.893 .925/.883 .890 23/.269 1/3 25/3
17.Negron G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 3/.667 1/2.000 158/110 .271/.331/.479/.810 1.057/.702 .672 11/.489 5/0 6/1
29.Pena# G/S/vP 7/.762 4/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 372/292 .253/.291/.353/.645 .449/.699 .654 18/.513 2/3 5/3
4.Phillips G/S/vP 10/.444 5/.800 3/.000 7/1.071 8/.250 6/.167 31/.461 3/1.667 499/379 .266/.306/.372/.678 .594/.704 .600 39/.597 2/3 8/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/1.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 25/.760 ··· 271/220 .235/.287/.308/.595 .508/.614 .634 7/.286 2/1 2/4
19.Votto* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 13/.658 1/2.000 4/.250 9/.222 23/.985 4/1.167 272/206 .255/.390/.409/.799 .969/.736 .595 45/1.300 1/1 6/7
IP 89.1 64.2 36.0 80.1 70.1 30.1 77.2 50.0 TOTAL .214/.279/.340/.619 .588/.633 .565 .619 12/0 10/5
ERA-K/9 4.03/8.5 4.87/6.0 4.50/8.0 2.91/6.2 3.20/11.1 6.82/11.0 4.64/8.3 2.88/11.2 2.00/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mesoraco (51-18-9)
 Pena (16-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 386/.266 282/.292 148/.213 317/.261 308/.223 140/.267 343/.282 205/.186 .197  Hamilton
 Bruce
 Byrd
 Schumaker
 Boesch
 Negron
 Dominguez
0/144/0/10
0/0/131/8
0/0/149/6
33/8/13/3
3/1/9/0
1/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .713 .757 .590 .668 .641 .818 .754 .541 .561
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.849 126/.813 88/.351 115/.852 139/.523 48/.827 133/.758 99/.599 .603
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.609 156/.711 60/.938 202/.565 169/.738 92/.811 210/.751 106/.488 .531
Home 197/.730 159/.819 86/.554 149/.565 202/.701 59/.892 144/.550 121/.479
Last 28d days 28/.690 14/.429 4/.833 11/.364 18/.289 18/.378 11/.667 23/.568
HR/SB/CS 4/5/3 5/4/1 2/3/1 7/1/3 2/2/0 5/6/1 6/12/1 2/8/1 6/4/0
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo·oo·· ··o·ooo· ··o·oooo ··X··XX· X·o··oo· ·····X·· ·Xo··ooX

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Reds Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 25.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 54.Chapman*
G/S/vB		 52.Cingrani*
G/S/vB		 28.DeSclafani
G/S/vB		 70.Diaz
G/S/vB		 37.Gregg
G/S/vB		 60.Hoover
G/S/vB		 31.Marquis
G/S/vB		 43.Parra*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 12/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.143 1/.000 3/.000 6/.733 8/.500 6/.334 4/.000 563/433 .288/.321/.457/.779 .528/.854 .833 30/.519 3/2 15/9
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 4/1.500 3/.666 3/.333 294/181 .231/.294/.348/.643 .582/.680 .716 2/.000 9/3 4/2
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 25/1.280 1/.000 8/.393 14/1.167 ··· 2/.500 7/1.262 8/1.071 9/.777 16/.621 709/491 .272/.375/.375/.750 .725/.761 .705 41/1.061 5/3 8/16
48.Cruz G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 5/.650 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 150/106 .200/.270/.259/.530 .422/.572 .533 / 0/3 1/1
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/2.500 116/52 .245/.278/.400/.678 .689/.662 .719 10/.800 0/2 3/2
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 12/.583 10/.325 7/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 13/1.000 9/1.127 649/490 .271/.351/.384/.735 .477/.820 .681 41/.569 20/4 11/1
7.Holliday G/S/vP 47/.978 10/.200 10/.543 14/1.339 ··· 4/1.000 11/1.645 9/.956 28/.801 18/.882 667/501 .272/.370/.441/.811 1.004/.751 .889 41/.807 4/1 20/7
19.Jay* G/S/vP 29/.938 6/.533 7/.143 7/.762 ··· 3/2.000 7/.572 7/.286 5/.666 11/.664 468/374 .303/.372/.378/.750 .859/.721 .759 33/.506 6/3 3/2
38.Kozma G/S/vP 8/.625 3/.666 1/3.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 5/.650 2/1.500 26/16 .304/.385/.435/.819 .775/.842 .792 1/.000 0/0 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 34/1.020 6/1.000 7/.286 9/1.083 ··· 2/.000 11/.818 8/.804 23/.642 31/.627 445/337 .282/.333/.386/.719 .795/.695 .786 37/.705 1/1 7/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.773 3/1.667 2/.000 9/.611 ··· 5/2.100 13/.581 7/.286 6/1.500 ··· 628/486 .263/.336/.443/.779 .879/.751 .785 39/.940 3/2 21/12
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 18/.952 9/.333 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 3/2.667 5/.200 5/1.400 19/.984 12/.639 433/321 .196/.287/.394/.681 .573/.719 .591 11/.864 5/1 22/6
16.Wong* G/S/vP 12/1.417 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 6/.500 3/.666 10/1.000 433/357 .249/.292/.388/.680 .790/.656 .762 35/.590 20/4 12/12
IP 145.2 70.2 54.0 63.1 33.0 34.2 9.0 62.2 36.2 TOTAL .256/.320/.367/.687 .708/.682 .705 .687 6/1 4/8
ERA-K/9 3.71/7.7 2.29/5.1 2.00/17.7 4.55/8.7 6.27/7.1 3.38/9.6 10.00/6.0 4.88/10.8 /0.0 4.66/8.3 3.90/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (18-6-4)
 Molina (23-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 604/.247 289/.268 202/.121 280/.258 146/.303 142/.230 41/.306 275/.236 / 164/.277 .241  Heyward
 Holliday
 Grichuk
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Carpenter
 Reynolds
0/0/149/9
150/0/0/5
5/5/28/2
27/98/33/2
0/104/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .703 .672 .406 .811 .801 .668 .974 .785 .781 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.749 114/.721 43/.372 58/.613 72/.893 60/.778 25/.925 113/.939 / 93/.676 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 337/.666 175/.642 159/.415 222/.862 74/.710 82/.589 16/1.053 162/.665 / 71/.923 .713
Road 308/.728 122/.758 77/.472 135/.811 44/.630 73/.723 20/.775 125/.843 / 93/.810
Last 28d days / 19/.856 23/.360 15/.582 49/.456 20/1.056 19/1.310 22/.544 48/.887 13/1.115
HR/SB/CS 16/4/4 1/5/1 1/6/4 12/2/1 4/6/0 3/1/0 2/3/0 13/0/1 // 4/1/2 11/5/1
Usage ··o·o·X· ···X·X·o ···o·X·· ···X···· ····XX·· ···X·X·o X···o··X ··X····X ··o·X·oo

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 2015 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

For the 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  4.77

MIA  3.98

SDP  3.30

 RA/G

SEA  3.42

CLE  4.03

COL  5.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .341

J. Upton  .270

C. Davis  .196

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .410

C. Headley  .328

M. Dominguez  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .581

C. Utley  .407

Z. Cozart  .300

 OPS

V. Martinez  .974

H. Kendrick  .744

Z. Cozart  .568

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.77

Z. Wheeler  3.54

C. Buchholz  5.34

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.85

T. Koehler  7.20

M. Buehrle  5.30

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.