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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Busch Stadium III, August 12, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Start Time:
7:15ct (local), 8:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
85° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
112
On This Date:
62-58
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
115
On This Date:
64-53
Season Series
Fri, May 01, 2015 STL  2  PIT  1 (10)
Sat, May 02, 2015 STL  2  PIT  1 (11)
Sun, May 03, 2015 STL  3  PIT  2 (14)
Fri, May 08, 2015 STL  8 @PIT  5     
Sat, May 09, 2015 PIT  7  STL  5     
Sun, May 10, 2015 PIT  4  STL  3     
Thu, Jul 09, 2015 STL  4 @PIT  1     
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 PIT  5  STL  2     
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (14)
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (10)
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 STL  4  PIT  3     

Wed, Aug 12, 2015 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Aug 13, 2015 PIT    @STL  7:15pm
Fri, Sep 04, 2015 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 PIT    @STL  4:05pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 PIT    @STL  2:15pm
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 STL    @PIT  7:05pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
65-45, 2nd, 6 GB, 6 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-18   Road:   26-27   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  53-36   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  24-15
 vsEast: 18-8    vsCntrl:20-28   vsWest: 14-2  IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Tue, Aug 11  @STL  L   3-4       65-45  2nd  6.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  9   LAD  W  13-6       65-44  2nd  5.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  8   LAD  W   6-5       64-44  2nd  6.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  7   LAD  W   5-4 (10)  63-44  2nd  6.0 gb
106 Wed, Aug  5   CHC  W   7-5       62-44  2nd  5.5 gb
105 Tue, Aug  4   CHC  L   0-5       61-44  2nd  5.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2  @CIN  W   3-0       61-43  2nd  5.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1  @CIN  L   3-4       60-43  2nd  5.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31  @CIN  W   5-4       60-42  2nd  5.5 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30  @CIN  L   5-15      59-42  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
St. Louis Cardinals
72-40, 1st, 6 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   41-16   Road:   31-24   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  56-26   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  26-19
 vsEast: 16-7    vsCntrl:31-17   vsWest: 14-7  IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug 11   PIT  W   4-3       72-40  1st  6.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  9  @MIL  L   4-5       71-40  1st  5.0 up
110 Sat, Aug  8  @MIL  W   3-0       71-39  1st  6.0 up
109 Fri, Aug  7  @MIL  W   6-0       70-39  1st  6.0 up
108 Thu, Aug  6  @CIN  W   3-0       69-39  1st  6.0 up
107 Wed, Aug  5  @CIN  W   4-3 (13)  68-39  1st  5.5 up
106 Tue, Aug  4  @CIN  L   2-3       67-39  1st  5.5 up
105 Sun, Aug  2   COL  W   3-2       67-38  1st  5.5 up
104 Sat, Aug  1   COL  L   2-6       66-38  1st  5.5 up
103 Fri, Jul 31   COL  W   7-0       66-37  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 STL  4  PIT  3        W:Carlos Martinez (12-4), L: Jeff Locke (6-7), S: Trevor Rosenthal (34)
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (10)   W:Arquimedes Caminero (1-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 PIT  6  STL  5 (14)   W:Vance Worley (3-4), L: Nick Greenwood (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 PIT  5  STL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (13-3), L: Lance Lynn (6-5), S: Mark Melancon (29)
Thu, Jul 09, 2015 STL  4 @PIT  1        W:Carlos Martinez (10-3), L: Jeff Locke (5-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (26)
Sun, May 10, 2015 PIT  4  STL  3        W:Jared Hughes (1-1), L: Mitch Harris (1-1), S: Mark Melancon (7)
Sat, May 09, 2015 PIT  7  STL  5        W:Rob Scahill (1-2), L: Carlos Martinez (3-1), S: Mark Melancon (6)
Fri, May 08, 2015 STL  8 @PIT  5        W:Michael Wacha (5-0), L: Francisco Liriano (1-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (11)
Sun, May 03, 2015 STL  3  PIT  2 (14)   W:Miguel Socolovich (1-0), L: Radhames Liz (1-2), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2015 STL  2  PIT  1 (11)   W:Carlos Villanueva (3-1), L: Jared Hughes (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 6-5; 2014 - STL won 11-8; 2013 - PIT won 10-9; All-Time - PIT leads 1234-1176

SP: Gerrit Cole (24, RHP, 14-5, 2.39)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (14-5) 143.1 126 46 38 32 143 8 2.39
2014 (11-5) 138.0 127 58 56 40 138 11 3.65
2013 (10-7) 117.1 109 43 42 28 100 7 3.22
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.2 43 17 15 7 41 2 2.83 59
2015-08-07 LAD ND 6.0 4 3 3 3 5 0 91 54
2015-08-01 @CIN L 5.0 7 3 2 1 8 0 98 50
2015-07-26 WSN W 7.2 7 1 1 0 8 1 103 69
2015-07-21 @KCR L 7.1 5 3 2 0 6 0 108 64
2015-07-10 STL W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 114 58
2015-07-05 CLE W 8.0 5 3 3 1 5 0 106 64
2015-06-30 @DET ND 6.2 9 2 2 0 6 0 107 54
Last 5 v.STL 2-2 33.1 29 12 12 11 23 3 3.24 56
2015-07-10 STL W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 114 58
2014-09-01 @STL L 6.1 8 5 5 3 4 1 94 38
2014-08-26 STL ND 6.0 3 2 2 1 9 0 108 66
2014-04-25 @STL L 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 62
2014-04-04 STL W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 1 108 58

SP: Michael Wacha (23, RHP, 13-4, 2.92)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (13-4) 132.1 111 45 43 32 112 10 2.92
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 4-1 44.0 35 15 15 12 43 4 3.07 59
2015-08-06 @CIN W 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 102 73
2015-07-31 COL W 7.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 102 75
2015-07-26 ATL L 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 99 52
2015-07-21 @CHW W 5.0 4 5 5 2 8 2 100 45
2015-07-08 @CHC ND 6.0 7 5 5 1 6 0 109 43
2015-07-03 SDP ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 95 68
2015-06-27 CHC W 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 92 59
Last 5 v.PIT 2-0 24.2 20 6 5 5 12 0 1.82 59
2015-05-08 @PIT W 6.0 6 3 2 0 1 0 104 51
2015-05-03 PIT ND 6.2 5 0 0 2 2 0 100 64
2014-05-09 @PIT ND 5.0 7 3 3 1 7 0 91 47
2013-09-08 PIT W 7.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 97 73

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Pirates Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Wacha
G/S/vB		 30.Broxton
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 28.Cishek
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 12/.250 4/.833 8/.500 3/.666 3/2.500 11/.384 8/.661 10/.775 355/314 .238/.304/.438/.742 .602/.761 .766 68/.777 2/0 16/16
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 335/275 .303/.367/.427/.794 1.092/.731 .721 70/.895 1/1 6/3
23.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .091/.091/.091/.182 .000/.200 .000 11/.182 0/0 0/1
30.Ishikawa* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 51/49 .178/.275/.311/.586 .000/.611 .729 34/.640 0/0 1/1
27.Kang G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 3/1.167 2/1.000 341/272 .293/.367/.454/.821 .851/.813 .812 88/1.070 5/3 9/9
6.Marte G/S/vP 8/.750 8/2.875 1/.000 3/1.000 8/1.000 8/.500 2/.000 11/.956 433/352 .287/.341/.444/.785 .910/.757 .742 93/.790 22/8 13/2
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 13/.962 12/1.166 ··· 5/1.000 12/.833 15/.938 6/1.500 18/.745 464/384 .297/.394/.508/.902 .927/.897 .764 92/.941 6/2 17/0
31.Morse G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 4/.750 ··· 3/.000 182/150 .214/.275/.310/.584 .357/.632 .796 26/.763 0/0 4/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 6/.833 3/1.167 8/.250 3/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 434/358 .253/.327/.379/.706 .552/.739 .729 98/.884 20/7 6/5
17.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.933 15/1.292 1/.000 3/1.667 10/.900 8/1.750 2/.000 16/1.263 358/285 .243/.288/.405/.693 .643/.705 .723 78/.696 1/0 11/9
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/2.334 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 7/.533 175/103 .224/.251/.321/.573 .554/.586 .561 39/.520 2/1 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 124/103 .286/.328/.348/.676 .611/.688 .681 20/.535 0/0 0/6
18.Walker# G/S/vP 11/.473 7/.572 5/.400 5/.400 12/.166 12/1.000 3/.333 8/.875 428/358 .271/.327/.427/.754 .637/.777 .801 88/.748 3/0 11/5
IP 132.1 41.0 23.0 38.0 45.1 52.2 51.2 47.2 TOTAL .259/.320/.392/.711 .711/.712 .695 .767 74/28 92/81
ERA-K/9 2.92/7.6 5.49/9.2 3.91/6.3 4.03/7.3 3.57/6.6 1.54/10.2 1.57/11.1 1.51/7.4 2.61/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (70-21-6)
 Stewart (29-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.224 172/.268 94/.256 168/.282 191/.303 216/.223 211/.207 191/.196 .238  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Morse
 Ishikawa
 Rodriguez
94/14/0/10
0/102/0/6
8/2/98/6
6/0/0/1
3/0/0/0
10/0/10/0
OPS .609 .770 .684 .750 .762 .573 .610 .600 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 261/.583 72/.875 78/.678 75/.775 64/.792 95/.508 72/.885 85/.525 .683
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.631 100/.693 16/.713 93/.730 127/.747 121/.614 139/.481 106/.659 .625
Home 230/.571 78/.628 45/.500 101/.787 100/.803 120/.659 118/.673 100/.575
Last 28d days 100/.575 30/.359 20/.718 37/.535 44/.741 43/.579 43/.440 42/.499
HR/SB/CS 10/5/0 6/1/0 2/0/0 2/5/1 4/1/0 1/2/0 3/1/4 4/4/3 77/37/20
Usage ·····X·· ··o··XX· ··o··o·o ······oo ··X···Xo X··o·XX· ··oo··X· ····X·o·
Cardinals Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 55.Blanton
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 38.Soria
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 5/1.167 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.000 194/131 .223/.323/.343/.666 .674/.662 .800 24/.524 5/6 2/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 15/1.169 4/.000 8/.125 1/.000 10/.829 7/.000 ··· 12/.334 457/314 .267/.368/.477/.845 .739/.894 .866 96/1.001 3/2 17/10
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 81/62 .184/.215/.211/.426 .646/.364 .178 19/.222 0/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 293/196 .282/.328/.560/.888 .836/.915 .926 89/.970 4/1 14/2
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 10/.775 19/.325 14/.500 4/.833 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.250 426/301 .289/.344/.430/.774 .774/.773 .860 90/.892 18/2 9/2
38.Kozma G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 5/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 86/57 .156/.235/.156/.391 .368/.402 .403 15/.452 2/0 0/4
4.Molina G/S/vP 12/.166 3/2.667 21/.855 3/.000 11/.364 7/.929 3/.666 10/.200 405/295 .279/.317/.351/.668 .597/.693 .646 82/.617 1/1 2/4
21.Moss* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 14/1.049 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.667 ··· 406/265 .213/.283/.391/.674 .744/.637 .558 75/.466 0/0 15/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 15/.762 2/.000 26/1.143 5/1.200 4/1.250 7/.858 23/.772 10/.522 464/333 .277/.334/.445/.780 .805/.769 .732 92/.587 1/2 16/4
55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/48 .355/.397/.468/.865 .926/.838 1.141 68/.865 0/0 0/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 7/1.143 3/.667 9/.873 2/.500 6/1.700 8/1.089 4/.000 5/.200 317/222 .223/.303/.379/.682 .667/.689 .612 57/.684 2/1 9/5
16.Wong* G/S/vP 14/.714 3/1.334 2/3.000 3/3.500 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 6/.400 458/326 .268/.332/.406/.738 .585/.801 .734 105/.608 13/8 11/10
IP 143.1 36.0 46.2 52.0 49.2 52.0 45.2 50.2 TOTAL .254/.321/.389/.709 .669/.725 .726 .700 54/26 91/62
ERA-K/9 2.39/9.0 3.50/8.5 3.66/8.7 3.81/10.0 2.36/5.6 1.56/6.4 2.56/7.7 2.49/8.9 3.25/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (9-2-1)
 Molina (28-18-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 575/.240 159/.213 193/.261 224/.236 213/.281 203/.223 184/.210 199/.211 .253  Moss
 Heyward
 Bourjos
 Grichuk
 Piscotty
 Kozma
 Reynolds
0/0/79/6
0/0/103/5
0/68/0/1
42/31/12/1
16/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
5/0/1/0
OPS .625 .683 .736 .684 .722 .564 .652 .553 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.593 42/.610 102/.833 88/.679 81/.629 94/.402 89/.698 51/.606 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 296/.654 117/.710 91/.628 136/.685 132/.779 109/.699 95/.606 148/.534 .681
Road 292/.611 73/.662 81/.719 100/.531 99/.838 88/.524 95/.710 94/.750
Last 28d days 103/.649 45/.708 48/.518 56/.668 54/1.011 37/.776 44/.468 32/.689
HR/SB/CS 8/19/6 4/7/0 6/1/1 6/8/0 3/5/3 2/0/2 8/2/0 3/1/0 78/101/31
Usage ····X··· X·o·X·oX ···X···· o·X····X o·X···oX ···Xo·o· ···oX·X· ···oo·o·

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  5.27

LAA  4.13

MIA  3.58

 RA/G

STL  2.88

CLE  4.21

COL  5.18

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .337

M. Carpenter  .267

M. Zunino  .168

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

B. Crawford  .326

M. Zunino  .227

 SLG

B. Harper  .650

R. Cano  .418

B. Hamilton  .281

 OPS

B. Harper  1.110

H. Ramirez  .748

M. Zunino  .523

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.65

C. Carrasco  3.68

K. Kendrick  6.43

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.56

J. Teheran  7.57

M. Pelfrey  4.28

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.