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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, at Busch Stadium III, June 27, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Start Time:
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Cubs
Manager:
Joe Maddon
Game #:
77
On This Date:
53-83
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
76
On This Date:
62-66
Season Series
Sun, Apr 05, 2015 STL  3 @CHC  0     
Wed, Apr 08, 2015 CHC  2  STL  0     
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9     
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4     
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5     
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1     
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)

Sat, Jun 27, 2015 CHC    @STL  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 28, 2015 CHC    @STL  8:05pm
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 STL    @CHC  8:05pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 STL    @CHC  1:20pm
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
39-33, 3rd, 9½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-15   Road:   19-18   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  33-29   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast:  9-5    vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 72 Fri, Jun 26  @STL  L   2-3 (10)  39-33  3rd  9.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 25   LAD  L   0-4       39-32  3rd  8.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 24   LAD  L   2-5       39-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 23   LAD  W   1-0 (10)  39-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 68 Mon, Jun 22   LAD  W   4-2       38-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 67 Sun, Jun 21  @MIN  W   8-0       37-30  3rd  7.0 gb
 66 Sat, Jun 20  @MIN  W   4-1 (10)  36-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 65 Fri, Jun 19  @MIN  L   2-7       35-30  3rd  8.0 gb
 64 Thu, Jun 18  @CLE  L   3-4       35-29  3rd  7.0 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 17  @CLE  W  17-0       35-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
St. Louis Cardinals
49-24, 1st, 8 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-7    Road:   22-17   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  42-15   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 12-5    vsCntrl:20-8    vsWest:  9-4  IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CHC  W   3-2 (10)  49-24  1st  8.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25  @MIA  W   5-1       48-24  1st  8.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24  @MIA  W   6-1       47-24  1st  7.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23  @MIA  W   4-3       46-24  1st  6.0 up
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @PHI  L   2-9       45-24  1st  6.0 up
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @PHI  W  10-1       45-23  1st  6.0 up
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @PHI  W  12-4       44-23  1st  5.0 up
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @MIN  L   1-2       43-23  1st  4.0 up
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @MIN  L   1-3       43-22  1st  5.0 up
 64 Tue, Jun 16   MIN  W   3-2       43-21  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 26, 2015 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Seth Maness (2-0), L: Justin Grimm (1-2), S: none
Thu, May 07, 2015 STL  5  CHC  1        W:John Lackey (2-1), L: Jake Arrieta (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (10)
Wed, May 06, 2015 CHC  6 @STL  5        W:Jon Lester (2-2), L: Lance Lynn (1-3), S: Hector Rondon (6)
Tue, May 05, 2015 STL  7  CHC  4        W:Mitch Harris (1-0), L: Edwin Jackson (1-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (9)
Mon, May 04, 2015 STL 10  CHC  9        W:Miguel Socolovich (2-0), L: Pedro Strop (0-2), S: Seth Maness (2)
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
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 5-2; 2014 - STL won 10-9; 2013 - STL won 12-7; All-Time - CHC leads 1191-1141

SP: Donn Roach (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-0) 30.1 36 17 16 15 17 2 4.75
Last 7 GS 0-0 3.0 4 4 4 2 0 1 12.00 33
2014-05-18 @COL ND 3.0 4 4 4 2 0 1 46 33
Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Michael Wacha (23, RHP, 9-3, 2.85)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-3) 88.1 76 30 28 20 69 6 2.85
2014 (5-6) 107.0 95 41 38 33 94 6 3.20
2013 (4-1) 64.2 52 20 20 19 65 5 2.78
Last 7 GS 4-3 44.2 39 19 18 10 43 3 3.63 56
2015-06-21 @PHI L 5.0 8 5 5 1 7 0 81 37
2015-06-16 MIN W 6.1 3 2 2 1 5 0 85 63
2015-06-09 @COL L 6.2 9 4 4 1 10 1 108 49
2015-06-04 @LAD W 7.0 7 1 1 0 5 0 107 64
2015-05-30 LAD L 5.2 3 4 4 3 7 1 112 51
2015-05-24 @KCR W 7.0 5 1 0 2 4 0 92 67
2015-05-19 @NYM W 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 1 104 64
Last 5 v.CHC 2-1 24.1 22 9 9 7 23 4 3.33 56
2014-05-15 CHC W 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 104 60
2014-05-03 @CHC L 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 103 57
2014-04-13 CHC W 6.1 5 3 3 1 8 1 92 58
2013-08-10 CHC ND 5.0 5 2 2 3 4 1 99 50

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

Cubs Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Wacha
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		 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Baxter* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 46/42 .293/.370/.317/.687 2.000/.573 .995 38/.803 0/0 0/1
17.Bryant G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 282/237 .277/.379/.471/.850 1.058/.811 .695 110/.802 6/2 10/8
13.Castro G/S/vP 11/1.273 7/.572 5/1.200 7/1.000 17/1.029 6/1.166 ··· 3/.000 304/259 .260/.293/.337/.630 .659/.624 .692 102/.621 4/3 5/14
8.Coghlan* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.250 2/.500 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 7/1.429 244/219 .248/.337/.430/.767 .492/.796 .857 94/.869 5/1 8/0
15.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· 14/.643 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 82/63 .338/.375/.446/.821 .892/.799 .853 60/.779 0/1 1/0
24.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/1.333 310/259 .237/.315/.391/.705 .862/.676 .757 104/.636 11/4 8/1
19.Herrera# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 66/50 .222/.234/.254/.488 .625/.442 .645 18/.471 3/0 0/2
47.Montero* G/S/vP 8/.393 15/.508 5/1.733 2/.000 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 7/.143 211/188 .249/.360/.424/.784 .803/.781 .747 76/.738 0/0 9/6
44.Rizzo* G/S/vP 12/1.053 3/.666 13/.853 1/no AB 7/.953 15/.600 1/.000 1/.000 321/254 .307/.417/.577/.994 1.011/.989 1.061 112/.971 11/5 15/2
3.Ross G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 81/61 .200/.300/.300/.600 .472/.644 .602 35/.619 0/0 0/1
22.Russell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 222/180 .251/.315/.399/.714 .539/.756 .669 91/.642 1/3 5/8
41.Szczur G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 55/32 .180/.222/.280/.502 .646/.398 .286 21/.524 2/0 1/0
IP 88.1 30.0 15.0 28.0 33.1 32.1 10.2 27.2 TOTAL .246/.320/.390/.710 .753/.700 .736 .717 49/20 71/54
ERA-K/9 2.85/7.0 3.00/7.2 2.40/4.8 3.21/6.4 0.54/9.5 1.67/12.5 1.69/7.6 1.30/7.5 2.65/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (31-11-2)
 Ross (23-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.227 132/.284 59/.222 117/.327 127/.172 136/.217 42/.179 112/.210 .242  Coghlan
 Fowler
 Denorfia
 Baxter
 Szczur
 Bryant
64/0/0/7
0/68/0/3
9/2/12/1
1/0/7/0
19/5/1/0
3/2/0/0
OPS .607 .716 .591 .760 .442 .688 .443 .629 .654
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.609 46/.762 49/.625 34/.706 58/.401 51/.932 22/.529 50/.450 .670
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.606 86/.694 10/.422 83/.784 69/.467 85/.553 20/.350 62/.773 .642
Home 128/.558 74/.660 21/.333 59/.810 74/.566 75/.773 16/.646 49/.452
Last 28d days 105/.648 38/.810 20/.461 32/.678 35/.385 47/.664 13/.490 31/.955
HR/SB/CS 6/4/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 0/1/0 3/2/2 49/20/11
Usage ·····X·· ·o···X·· ooo···o· ooX··X·· X··o··X· X··X···· ·····X·X ·o·····X
Cardinals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 52.Grimm
G/S/vB		 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 55.Medina
G/S/vB		 30.Motte
G/S/vB		 56.Rondon
G/S/vB		 40.Russell*
G/S/vB		 46.Strop
G/S/vB		 37.Wood*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bourjos G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 5/1.150 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 129/88 .248/.328/.407/.735 .696/.752 .994 34/.762 4/6 2/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 21/.867 ··· 1/.000 7/.629 16/.783 5/1.100 38/.771 294/208 .281/.381/.466/.847 .614/.948 .916 92/.581 1/1 8/7
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 7/.929 53/38 .204/.250/.245/.495 .845/.373 .422 20/.485 0/0 0/0
35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 9/6 .556/.556/1.000/1.556 1.667/1.500 5.000 9/1.556 0/0 1/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 9/.555 144/105 .279/.313/.559/.871 .625/.966 .924 82/.850 3/0 6/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· 22/.909 1/.000 6/.167 4/1.167 12/.878 1/no AB 6/1.000 267/203 .273/.315/.438/.752 .887/.710 .745 85/.860 8/1 9/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 19/.859 ··· 1/.000 7/.486 15/.833 4/1.167 39/.918 187/149 .227/.312/.270/.582 .485/.606 .595 68/.527 0/2 1/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.555 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 16/1.000 63/44 .140/.222/.140/.363 .269/.404 .411 19/.568 1/0 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 29/1.478 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 6/.533 6/.750 39/1.122 263/206 .289/.336/.364/.700 .581/.730 .681 84/.761 0/1 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 13/1.461 42/.692 1/.000 ··· 8/.500 4/.750 13/.962 20/.850 299/233 .300/.358/.485/.843 .860/.838 .799 94/.794 1/1 11/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 9/.555 2/.000 7/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/.250 17/1.271 210/155 .237/.305/.374/.678 .705/.669 .673 94/.640 2/1 5/3
59.Scruggs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/11 .417/.417/.500/.917 .000/1.000 .000 11/1.000 0/0 0/0
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 7/.858 ··· ··· 4/.000 5/.400 6/.533 5/1.400 298/221 .289/.346/.463/.809 .686/.853 .784 96/.739 6/4 9/9
IP 17.2 27.0 17.0 27.2 31.2 17.2 33.1 53.1 TOTAL .263/.328/.402/.730 .664/.751 .751 .718 29/18 61/41
ERA-K/9 /0.0 1.53/14.2 2.33/7.0 2.12/6.4 3.25/5.8 2.27/7.7 2.04/4.6 2.97/10.0 4.39/9.5 3.45/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (4-1-0)
 Molina (16-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 75/.212 114/.235 71/.203 116/.223 127/.231 72/.258 131/.152 224/.240 .238  Heyward
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Grichuk
 Reynolds
 Kozma
0/0/65/4
13/38/4/2
0/44/0/1
22/11/8/1
5/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .610 .591 .657 .639 .630 .653 .552 .722 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 21/.348 41/.499 34/.620 35/.882 55/.491 40/.522 52/.740 64/.613 .655
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 54/.695 73/.639 37/.691 81/.538 72/.739 32/.810 79/.437 160/.764 .698
Road / 42/.714 63/.673 31/.469 54/.651 56/.787 32/.572 60/.575 118/.809
Last 28d days / 43/.627 55/.547 17/.353 34/.608 39/.344 34/.678 43/.479 49/.470
HR/SB/CS // 1/1/0 0/4/1 1/2/1 3/1/1 2/5/1 1/1/1 3/1/0 10/0/2 68/55/19
Usage o·X···o· ·Xo····X ·XX····· o··oo·o· oo·oo·o· ooo·o·o· X··XX·o· ····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 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  5.56

BOS  4.11

PHI  3.28

 RA/G

STL  2.86

MIA  4.17

COL  5.08

 BA

D. Gordon  .356

M. Ozuna  .268

C. Utley  .179

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .470

A. Simmons  .324

O. Infante  .243

 SLG

B. Harper  .719

C. Granderson  .424

C. Utley  .275

 OPS

B. Harper  1.185

H. Kendrick  .745

C. Utley  .532

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.70

C. Buchholz  3.68

K. Lohse  6.28

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.18

D. Keuchel  7.35

J. Guthrie  4.25

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.