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St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants, at Busch Stadium III, August 18, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

84° (based on last ten years)

Giants

Manager:

Bruce Bochy

Game #:

120

On This Date:

65-50

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

121

On This Date:

64-52

Season Series
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 STL  2  SFG  1     

Tue, Aug 18, 2015 SFG    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 SFG    @STL  7:15pm
Fri, Aug 28, 2015 STL    @SFG 10:15pm
Sat, Aug 29, 2015 STL    @SFG  4:05pm
Sun, Aug 30, 2015 STL    @SFG  4:05pm

                         All times ET

San Francisco Giants

64-54, 2nd, 3 GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   35-24   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  47-44   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:  15-16
 vsEast: 18-15   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest: 27-23 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 17  @STL  L   1-2       64-54  2nd  3.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   WSN  W   5-0       64-53  2nd  2.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   WSN  W  12-6       63-53  2nd  2.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   WSN  W   8-5       62-53  2nd  2.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   WSN  W   3-1       61-53  2nd  2.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12   HOU  L   0-2       60-53  2nd  3.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11   HOU  W   3-1       60-52  2nd  2.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @CHC  L   0-2       59-52  2nd  3.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @CHC  L   6-8       59-51  2nd  3.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @CHC  L   3-7       59-50  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

St. Louis Cardinals

76-42, 1st, 6 up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   45-18   Road:   31-24   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  59-27   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  27-19
 vsEast: 18-8    vsCntrl:32-18   vsWest: 15-7  IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 17   SFG  W   2-1       76-42  1st  6.0 up
117 Sun, Aug 16   MIA  L   4-6       75-42  1st  5.0 up
116 Sat, Aug 15   MIA  W   6-2       75-41  1st  6.0 up
115 Fri, Aug 14   MIA  W   3-1       74-41  1st  6.0 up
114 Thu, Aug 13   PIT  L   5-10      73-41  1st  6.0 up
113 Wed, Aug 12   PIT  W   4-2       73-40  1st  7.0 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 17, 2015 STL  2  SFG  1        W:Kevin Siegrist (4-0), L: Hunter Strickland (2-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (37)

Thu, Jul 03, 2014 STL  7 @SFG  2        W:Carlos Martinez (2-3), L: Madison Bumgarner (9-6), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2014 STL  2 @SFG  0        W:Adam Wainwright (11-4), L: Ryan Vogelsong (5-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (25)
Tue, Jul 01, 2014 SFG  5  STL  0        W:Tim Lincecum (7-5), L: Marco Gonzales (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 SFG  8 @STL  0        W:Tim Hudson (6-2), L: Lance Lynn (6-3), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 STL  2  SFG  0        W:Michael Wacha (4-3), L: Yusmeiro Petit (3-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (16)
Fri, May 30, 2014 SFG  9 @STL  4        W:Madison Bumgarner (7-3), L: Adam Wainwright (8-3), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2014 SFG  6 @STL  5        W:Javier Lopez (1-0), L: Carlos Martinez (0-3), S: Sergio Romo (17)
Sun, Jun 02, 2013 SFG  4 @STL  2        W:Chad Gaudin (1-1), L: Tyler Lyons (2-1), S: Sergio Romo (15)
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 STL  7  SFG  1        W:Adam Wainwright (8-3), L: Madison Bumgarner (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 1-0; 2014 - SFG won 4-3; 2013 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - SFG leads 1064-955

SP: Ryan Vogelsong (37, RHP, 8-8, 4.15)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (8-8)			110.2	106	56	51	48	89	16	4.15
2014 (8-13)			184.2	178	86	82	58	151	18	4.00
2013 (4-6)			103.2	124	73	66	38	67	15	5.73

Last 7 GS		3-2	37.1	32	13	13	18	35	5	3.13	54
2015-08-13	WSN	W	5.0	3	1	1	4	8	1	94	61
2015-08-07	@CHC	L	4.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	82	43
2015-07-11	PHI	ND	5.2	5	4	4	3	5	2	95	45
2015-07-05	@WSN	ND	4.0	3	1	1	3	2	0	67	51
2015-06-30	@MIA	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	4	2	88	43
2015-06-24	SDP	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	88	64
2015-06-18	@SEA	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	6	0	102	72

Last 5 v.STL		1-2	30.2	31	12	12	11	25	1	3.52	53
2014-07-02	STL	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	8	0	97	64
2014-05-29	@STL	ND	6.1	7	4	4	3	5	1	101	45
2013-04-06	STL	L	5.1	9	5	5	2	6	0	90	34
2012-08-08	@STL	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	97	71
2011-05-31	@STL	ND	5.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	92	52

SP: Lance Lynn (28, RHP, 9-7, 2.95)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (9-7)			128.0	124	49	42	44	137	10	2.95
2014 (15-10)			203.2	185	72	62	72	181	13	2.74
2013 (15-10)			201.2	189	92	89	76	198	14	3.97

Last 7 GS		3-3	35.2	41	20	16	13	40	5	4.04	50
2015-08-13	PIT	L	0.2	6	7	3	0	1	1	41	21
2015-08-07	@MIL	W	6.0	6	0	0	4	7	0	109	63
2015-08-01	COL	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	5	2	104	39
2015-07-27	CIN	W	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	115	65
2015-07-22	@CHW	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	105	61
2015-07-17	NYM	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	107	75
2015-07-10	@PIT	L	4.0	9	5	5	1	5	1	86	28

Last 5 v.SFG		0-3	14.2	20	16	13	7	13	2	7.98	36
2014-06-01	SFG	L	3.1	8	7	4	4	2	0	88	20
2012-08-07	SFG	L	6.0	8	4	4	3	6	1	105	43
2011-06-02	SFG	L	5.1	4	5	5	0	5	1	64	45

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

Giants Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lynn
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Adrianza# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/45 .196/.297/.268/.565 .721/.497 .726 49/.612 1/1 0/2

9.Belt* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 6/.833 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 442/341 .277/.351/.494/.844 .750/.872 .845 101/.945 7/2 17/4

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 8/1.571 5/1.400 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 301/248 .297/.375/.422/.797 .694/.820 .707 81/.789 11/4 3/2

35.Crawford* G/S/vP 7/.619 1/.000 8/.375 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 450/343 .269/.327/.494/.821 .793/.829 .821 92/.886 4/4 19/11

5.Duffy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 415/318 .306/.341/.468/.809 .634/.862 .793 105/.842 5/0 10/11

50.Lollis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

43.Maxwell G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 259/172 .216/.279/.356/.635 .668/.618 .720 37/.609 2/1 7/2

8.Pence G/S/vP 9/.666 7/.453 ··· 7/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 26/.961 223/182 .275/.327/.478/.806 .570/.861 .904 103/.753 4/1 9/3

2.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 .000/1.000 4/.500 1/0 0/0

28.Posey G/S/vP 6/1.834 3/.000 ··· 7/.629 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 453/358 .326/.384/.494/.878 .782/.904 .938 93/.887 2/0 16/1

34.Susac G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 127/87 .235/.307/.400/.707 .900/.619 .603 4/.250 0/0 3/4

37.Tomlinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/19 .348/.375/.565/.940 1.200/.868 .665 24/.940 0/0 0/0

IP 128.0 43.0 23.2 39.2 47.1 55.1 54.2 49.0 TOTAL .270/.327/.413/.740 .697/.754 .757 .759 59/23 103/58

ERA-K/9

2.95/9.6

5.23/8.8

3.80/6.1

3.86/7.5

3.99/6.3

1.46/9.9

1.48/10.9

1.65/7.3

2.58/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Posey (24-20-3)
Susac (27-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.253 178/.258 96/.261 173/.273 203/.314 226/.218 220/.197 197/.197 .239 Pence
Maxwell
Blanco
Lollis
Belt
Perez 0/0/51/4
17/2/55/2
34/33/21/1
2/0/0/0
12/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .693 .742 .691 .727 .791 .561 .583 .610 .651

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 250/.777 75/.838 80/.686 76/.764 67/.824 99/.486 75/.843 86/.518 .691

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.624 103/.672 16/.713 97/.698 136/.775 127/.611 145/.461 111/.679 .622

Home 302/.661 84/.583 47/.522 106/.747 112/.851 130/.632 127/.622 106/.595

Last 28d days 116/.857 33/.324 20/.821 32/.419 47/.892 42/.425 41/.348 28/.371

HR/SB/CS 10/2/0 6/1/0 2/0/1 2/5/1 4/1/0 1/2/0 3/1/4 4/4/3 80/38/22

Usage ····X··· ·o··o··· ·o······ ··o·o··· ·X··X··· X··o·oX· o····X·· ·X······

Cardinals Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Vogelsong
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 46.Casilla
G/S/vB 70.Kontos
G/S/vB 49.Lopez*
G/S/vB 61.Osich*
G/S/vB 52.Petit
G/S/vB 54.Romo
G/S/vB 60.Strickland
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bourjos G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 199/132 .216/.315/.333/.648 .631/.657 .756 19/.167 5/6 2/1

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 12/1.283 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 482/329 .271/.369/.477/.846 .761/.887 .867 106/1.084 3/2 18/11

48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 81/62 .184/.215/.211/.426 .646/.364 .178 17/.250 0/0 0/0

22.Heyward* G/S/vP 13/1.189 6/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 447/312 .287/.343/.437/.780 .754/.790 .865 96/.789 18/2 11/3

38.Kozma G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/60 .160/.236/.160/.396 .355/.417 .414 10/.522 2/0 0/4

4.Molina G/S/vP 21/.497 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.250 ··· 12/1.017 8/1.625 1/.000 429/310 .280/.318/.363/.680 .598/.710 .670 85/.695 2/1 3/4

21.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 416/273 .212/.286/.386/.672 .744/.635 .558 70/.400 0/0 15/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.730 16/.625 8/1.089 1/3.000 3/1.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 486/347 .281/.337/.443/.781 .820/.765 .739 94/.539 1/3 16/4

60.Pham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 52/40 .170/.250/.319/.569 .250/.645 .600 3/.000 1/0 1/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/4.000 91/62 .341/.374/.506/.880 1.092/.776 1.052 87/.898 0/0 1/1

12.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/.666 11/.831 6/.733 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 5/1.000 8/.125 1/.000 334/234 .228/.305/.393/.698 .719/.689 .650 53/.664 2/3 10/5

16.Wong* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 482/339 .261/.324/.391/.715 .552/.785 .691 107/.553 14/8 11/12

IP 110.2 30.1 40.1 57.1 31.1 10.2 63.0 39.0 36.0 TOTAL .254/.320/.390/.711 .679/.724 .728 .691 56/30 98/66

ERA-K/9

4.15/7.2

5.34/5.6

3.79/9.2

1.88/5.2

1.44/5.5

0.84/9.3

4.00/6.3

3.46/12.5

1.75/10.0

3.68/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cruz (9-2-1)
Molina (29-20-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 484/.249 140/.282 178/.269 220/.212 111/.127 45/.175 260/.246 156/.231 136/.189 .248 Moss
Heyward
Bourjos
Kozma
Piscotty
Reynolds
Pham 2/0/79/6
0/2/108/6
0/71/0/1
1/0/0/0
21/0/3/0
5/0/1/0
6/8/0/0

OPS .755 .816 .780 .560 .384 .544 .736 .636 .502 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.873 59/.773 79/1.050 74/.599 69/.328 20/.472 105/.875 51/1.101 50/.457 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 273/.662 81/.848 99/.574 146/.540 42/.481 25/.604 155/.647 105/.424 86/.528 .670

Road 271/.837 78/.816 73/.693 123/.694 48/.405 29/.750 166/.899 69/.510 82/.431

Last 28d days 52/.824 34/.465 30/1.010 45/.622 23/.269 15/.767 44/.538 34/.358 45/.370

HR/SB/CS 16/8/0 5/4/0 5/3/2 5/5/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 10/2/0 2/4/3 1/2/2 109/57/27

Usage ····X··· o··o···· ····o··· ··oo·X·· ···o·X·· ···X·o·· X·X····· ···ooo·· X···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 5.23

LAA 4.08

PHI 3.67

RA/G

STL 2.92

CLE 4.16

COL 5.22

P. Goldschmidt .334

A. Escobar .267

M. Zunino .177

OBP

B. Harper .452

A. Simmons .326

O. Infante .232

SLG

B. Harper .638

M. Trumbo .424

B. Hamilton .293

OPS

B. Harper 1.089

K. Seager .752

O. Infante .529

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.58

F. Hernandez 3.65

K. Lohse 6.11

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.90

S. Miller 7.58

M. Buehrle 4.24

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.