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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, at Busch Stadium III, May 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, May 4, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
72° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
26
On This Date:
53-65
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
26
On This Date:
54-56
Season Series
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0     

Mon, May 04, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:10pm
Tue, May 05, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, May 07, 2015 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2015 CHC    @STL  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 CHC    @STL  2:15pm
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 CHC    @STL  2:15pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 CHC    @STL  1:45pm
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 STL    @CHC  2:20pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:05pm
Sun, Sep 20, 2015 STL    @CHC        

                         All times ET
Chicago Cubs
13-10, 2nd, 4½ GB, ½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-7    Road:    6-3    ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  11-8    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sun, May  3   MIL  L   3-5       13-10  2nd  4.5 gb
 22 Sat, May  2   MIL  L   1-6       13-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 21 Fri, May  1   MIL  W   1-0       13-8   2nd  2.5 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 29   PIT  L   1-8       12-8   2nd  2.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 28   PIT  W   6-2       12-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 27   PIT  W   4-0       11-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @CIN  W   5-2       10-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 24  @CIN  W   7-3 (11)   9-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 23  @PIT  L   4-5        8-7   2nd  2.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 22  @PIT  L   3-4        8-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-10
St. Louis Cardinals
18-6, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-2    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  16-4    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl:13-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sun, May  3   PIT  W   3-2 (14)  18-6   1st  4.5 up
 23 Sat, May  2   PIT  W   2-1 (11)  17-6   1st  3.5 up
 22 Fri, May  1   PIT  W   2-1 (10)  16-6   1st  2.5 up
 21 Thu, Apr 30   PHI  W   9-3       15-6   1st  2.5 up
 20 Wed, Apr 29   PHI  W   5-2       14-6   1st  2.0 up
 19 Tue, Apr 28   PHI  W  11-5       13-6   1st  1.0 up
 18 Mon, Apr 27   PHI  L   1-4       12-6   1st  1.0 up
 17 Sun, Apr 26  @MIL  L   3-6       12-5   1st  2.0 up
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @MIL  W   5-3       12-4   1st  3.0 up
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @MIL  W   3-0       11-4   1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:18-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0        W:Jake Arrieta (1-0), L: Lance Lynn (0-1), S: Hector Rondon (1)
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0        W:Adam Wainwright (1-0), L: Jon Lester (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 CHC  3  STL  1        W:Jake Arrieta (10-5), L: John Lackey (14-10), S: Hector Rondon (27)
Tue, Sep 23, 2014 CHC  4  STL  3 (10)   W:Zac Rosscup (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (7-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 22, 2014 STL  8 @CHC  0        W:Adam Wainwright (20-9), L: Travis Wood (8-13), S: none
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 STL  9  CHC  6        W:Pat Neshek (7-1), L: Carlos Villanueva (5-7), S: Trevor Rosenthal (40)
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)
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - STL won 10-9; 2013 - STL won 12-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1190-1137

SP: Travis Wood (28, LHP, 2-1, 3.04)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-1) 23.2 19 8 8 6 26 3 3.04
2014 (8-13) 173.2 190 110 97 76 146 20 5.03
2013 (9-12) 200.0 163 73 69 66 144 18 3.11
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.1 39 22 21 12 39 6 5.20 49
2015-04-28 PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 0 9 1 90 68
2015-04-21 @PIT ND 5.0 4 3 3 2 5 2 84 50
2015-04-15 CIN W 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 99 76
2015-04-10 @COL L 4.2 7 3 3 2 5 0 90 41
2014-09-22 STL L 5.0 8 7 6 2 8 0 107 31
2014-09-15 CIN ND 6.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 98 67
2014-09-07 PIT L 1.2 9 7 7 1 1 3 58 9
Last 5 v.STL 2-1 27.2 31 24 16 9 25 4 5.20 44
2014-09-22 STL L 5.0 8 7 6 2 8 0 107 31
2014-08-31 @STL ND 4.2 5 4 2 3 2 2 98 41
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

SP: Carlos Martinez (23, RHP, 3-0, 1.73)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (3-0) 26.0 17 5 5 10 24 4 1.73
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 3-1 39.0 38 16 16 16 39 6 3.69 53
2015-04-29 PHI W 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 88 52
2015-04-24 @MIL W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 98 75
2015-04-18 CIN W 6.0 3 1 1 2 4 1 86 64
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
Has never faced CHC as starter.

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

Cubs Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.46 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		 40.Harris
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB		 64.Tuivailala
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bryant G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/54 .278/.418/.370/.788 .580/.840 .943 67/.788 2/0 0/3
5.Castillo G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/.800 12/.777 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 29/18 .231/.310/.500/.810 .919/.748 .833 29/.810 0/0 2/2
13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.800 5/1.200 ··· 5/1.400 15/1.033 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 98/83 .309/.337/.383/.720 1.067/.656 .859 94/.729 2/2 2/4
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.150 72/67 .212/.268/.409/.677 .250/.697 1.042 68/.672 2/1 3/0
15.Denorfia G/S/vP 1/2.000 14/.643 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 20/13 .368/.400/.421/.821 .571/.962 .750 20/.821 0/1 0/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.917 99/82 .278/.343/.400/.743 .620/.768 .798 95/.743 7/1 1/0
19.Herrera# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 36/30 .235/.257/.294/.551 1.333/.385 .885 36/.551 3/0 0/1
21.Lake G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .333/.333/.500/.833 1.667/.000 6/.833 0/0 0/0
47.Montero* G/S/vP 2/.500 14/.451 5/1.733 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.000 62/55 .283/.355/.472/.827 1.119/.789 .762 60/.857 0/0 3/3
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 12/.933 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.133 13/.510 ··· ··· ··· 102/81 .321/.471/.513/.983 1.024/.973 1.031 98/1.013 6/2 3/1
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 21/16 .188/.381/.375/.756 .000/1.045 .375 19/.654 0/0 0/1
22.Russell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/30 .211/.231/.368/.599 .667/.578 .364 39/.599 0/1 1/2
68.Soler G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/85 .269/.337/.409/.745 .759/.736 .623 100/.777 0/0 2/0
IP 26.0 10.0 3.2 5.2 10.0 12.2 11.0 1.0 2.0 10.1 TOTAL .250/.326/.376/.702 .746/.692 .751 .712 26/8 18/20
ERA-K/9 1.73/8.3 0.90/7.2 4.91/9.7 0.00/4.7 2.70/5.4 1.42/11.3 1.64/11.5 0.00/9.0 4.50/9.0 0.87/7.0 2.21/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castillo (1-0-0)
 Montero (10-2-0)
 Ross (9-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 102/.185 41/.216 17/.313 25/.227 41/.300 51/.156 46/.205 3/.000 7/.143 38/.097 .227  Soler
 Coghlan
 Fowler
 Lake
 Denorfia
 Bryant
0/0/23/3
20/0/0/3
0/22/0/1
1/0/0/1
6/1/0/0
1/2/0/0
OPS .602 .518 .728 .547 .667 .477 .597 .000 .714 .442 .611
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.724 14/.077 15/.619 10/.650 13/.692 25/.380 19/.548 1/.000 1/5.000 19/.105 .643
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 46/.455 27/.730 2/1.500 15/.481 28/.655 26/.551 27/.619 2/.000 6/.000 19/.800 .583
Home 49/.627 25/.511 13/.538 14/.516 22/.773 29/.779 31/.612 3/.000 7/.714 18/.236
Last 28d days 98/.614 41/.518 17/.728 25/.547 41/.667 48/.509 46/.597 3/.000 7/.714 38/.442
HR/SB/CS 4/0/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 13/7/4
Usage ····X··· o·oX··o· oooo·X·· Xo···o·o ·Xoo···· ooX·X··· oX·oX·o· o······· X······· ·X·X·o·X
Cardinals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 27.Coke*
G/S/vB		 71.Germen
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 59.Rosscup*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 13/.462 1/.000 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 4/.000 ··· 8/.000 86/73 .309/.337/.469/.806 .397/.878 .869 82/.847 0/0 3/3
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.333 ··· 5/1.150 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 24/18 .318/.375/.455/.830 .333/1.007 1.038 24/.830 4/2 0/0
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 35/.843 1/.000 1/.000 20/.888 1/.000 6/.750 3/.667 4/1.417 109/81 .365/.431/.656/1.087 1.005/1.118 1.264 104/1.103 0/1 4/3
48.Cruz G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 17/16 .188/.235/.250/.485 .000/.517 .000 17/.485 0/0 0/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 21/.958 5/.200 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 97/73 .211/.268/.333/.601 .817/.533 .591 92/.544 3/0 2/0
7.Holliday G/S/vP 43/1.194 1/.000 1/2.000 36/.920 ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 6/1.334 99/76 .321/.455/.410/.865 1.009/.821 .867 94/.852 2/1 1/0
19.Jay* G/S/vP 36/.957 ··· 1/2.000 18/.827 1/.000 6/.583 1/.000 3/1.667 94/76 .262/.340/.286/.626 .399/.682 .604 90/.596 0/2 0/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP 16/1.000 ··· ··· 9/.555 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 17/17 .200/.294/.200/.494 /.494 .421 17/.494 1/0 0/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 39/1.122 1/no AB 2/.000 28/1.459 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 5/.650 87/70 .231/.291/.282/.573 .508/.587 .543 83/.570 0/1 0/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 17/.933 1/.000 1/no AB 42/.692 ··· 7/.572 1/no AB 10/.900 101/84 .308/.356/.440/.796 .423/.874 .571 96/.818 1/0 2/2
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 14/1.012 2/.500 ··· 8/.250 5/1.400 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 40/28 .176/.300/.353/.653 .250/.801 .528 39/.671 1/0 1/0
16.Wong* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 94/76 .294/.340/.435/.776 .583/.820 .685 90/.796 2/1 2/4
IP 23.2 7.1 5.0 9.0 11.0 11.0 9.2 11.1 TOTAL .267/.334/.392/.726 .613/.753 .715 .727 14/8 16/17
ERA-K/9 3.04/9.9 6.14/9.9 9.00/12.6 0.00/9.0 4.09/5.7 1.64/9.0 0.93/11.1 1.59/11.2 3.66/8.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (0-0-0)
 Molina (7-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 94/.216 34/.375 26/.381 36/.171 46/.200 44/.233 34/.091 42/.132 .238  Heyward
 Jay
 Holliday
 Bourjos
 Reynolds
0/0/22/2
6/20/4/1
23/0/0/0
0/13/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .618 .943 1.147 .366 .614 .622 .390 .398 .648
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 18/.410 18/.778 9/.900 17/.180 16/.833 19/.737 11/.091 15/.574 .662
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.665 16/1.143 17/1.221 19/.526 30/.497 25/.532 23/.522 27/.305 .641
Road 42/.857 15/.971 12/.432 14/.516 24/.760 18/.500 15/.600 10/.200
Last 28d days 94/.618 31/.986 26/1.147 36/.366 43/.661 40/.650 34/.390 38/.358
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 16/20/3
Usage ·····X·· Xo··o··· oX··X··· ·X··X··· ·X···o·· ··X····X o····X·X X·o···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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TOR  5.54

COL  4.13

PHI  2.77

 RA/G

STL  2.46

WSN  4.27

COL  5.46

 BA

D. Gordon  .440

N. Walker  .267

C. Utley  .108

 OBP

A. Rizzo  .471

M. Teixeira  .327

R. Rivera  .169

 SLG

N. Cruz  .788

E. Inciarte  .404

M. Joyce  .179

 OPS

N. Cruz  1.175

J. Kipnis  .731

M. Joyce  .360

 ERA

D. Keuchel  .73

M. Pineda  3.73

K. Kendrick  8.73

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  12.36

C. Heston  6.97

K. Gibson  2.97

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.