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Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Miller Park, July 8, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, July 8, 2016

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Miller Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

80° (based on last ten years)

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

On This Date:

55-48

Brewers

Manager:

Craig Counsell

Game #:

On This Date:

21-20

Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 STL 10  MIL  1     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 MIL  6 @STL  4     
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 STL  7  MIL  0     
Mon, May 30, 2016 STL  6 @MIL  0     
Tue, May 31, 2016 STL 10 @MIL  3     
Wed, Jun 01, 2016 MIL  3  STL  1     
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 STL  7  MIL  1     
Sat, Jul 02, 2016 STL  3  MIL  0     
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 STL  9  MIL  8     

Fri, Jul 08, 2016 STL    @MIL  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 STL    @MIL  2:10pm
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 STL    @MIL  2:10pm
Mon, Aug 29, 2016 STL    @MIL  7:20pm
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 STL    @MIL  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 STL    @MIL  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 08, 2016 MIL    @STL  7:15pm
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 MIL    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Sep 10, 2016 MIL    @STL  7:15pm
Sun, Sep 11, 2016 MIL    @STL  2:15pm

                         All times ET

St. Louis Cardinals

44-41, 2nd, 8 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   19-26   Road:   25-15   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  32-27   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:   7-14
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Thu, Jul  7   PIT  W   5-1       44-41  2nd  8.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  6   PIT  L   5-7       43-41  3rd  9.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  5   PIT  L   2-5       43-40  2nd  9.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  4   PIT  L   2-4       43-39  2nd  9.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  3   MIL  W   9-8       43-38  2nd  8.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  2   MIL  W   3-0       42-38  2nd  9.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  1   MIL  W   7-1       41-38  2nd 10.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 30   KCR  L   2-4       40-38  2nd 11.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 29   KCR  L   2-3 (12)  40-37  2nd 11.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 28  @KCR  W   8-4       40-36  2nd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Milwaukee Brewers

37-47, 4th, 14½ GB, 9½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   22-20   Road:   15-27   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  22-35   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl: 9-15   vsWest:  5-12 IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  6  @WSN  L   4-7       37-47  4th 15.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  5  @WSN  W   5-2       37-46  4th 15.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  4  @WSN  W   1-0       36-46  4th 16.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  3  @STL  L   8-9       35-46  4th 16.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  2  @STL  L   0-3       35-45  4th 16.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  1  @STL  L   1-7       35-44  4th 16.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 30   LAD  L   1-8       35-43  4th 16.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 29   LAD  W   7-0       35-42  4th 16.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 28   LAD  L   5-6       34-42  4th 16.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 26   WSN  L   2-3       34-41  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 STL  9  MIL  8        W:Michael Wacha (5-7), L: Chase Anderson (4-9), S: Seung-hwan Oh (2)
Sat, Jul 02, 2016 STL  3  MIL  0        W:Adam Wainwright (7-5), L: Jimmy Nelson (5-7), S: Seung-hwan Oh (1)
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 STL  7  MIL  1        W:Jaime Garcia (6-6), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 01, 2016 MIL  3  STL  1        W:Zach Davies (3-3), L: Jaime Garcia (4-5), S: Jeremy Jeffress (13)
Tue, May 31, 2016 STL 10 @MIL  3        W:Mike Leake (4-4), L: Wily Peralta (3-6), S: none
Mon, May 30, 2016 STL  6 @MIL  0        W:Carlos Martinez (5-5), L: Junior Guerra (3-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 STL  7  MIL  0        W:Jaime Garcia (1-0), L: Wily Peralta (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 MIL  6 @STL  4        W:Michael Blazek (1-0), L: Trevor Rosenthal (0-1), S: Jeremy Jeffress (4)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 STL 10  MIL  1        W:Michael Wacha (1-0), L: Taylor Jungmann (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 27, 2015 MIL  8 @STL  4        W:David Goforth (1-0), L: Trevor Rosenthal (2-4), S: Francisco Rodriguez (37)
Season Series: 2016 - STL over 7-2; 2015 - STL won 13-6; 2014 - STL won 12-7; All-Time - STL leads 176-124

SP: Michael Wacha (24, RHP, 5-7, 4.38)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-7)			98.2	105	56	48	34	85	7	4.38
2015 (17-7)			181.1	162	74	68	58	153	19	3.38
2014 (5-6)			107.0	95	41	38	33	94	6	3.20

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.1	40	18	17	12	37	2	3.53	55
2016-07-03	MIL	W	5.0	9	2	2	1	6	0	93	46
2016-06-28	@KCR	W	6.0	9	4	3	1	4	0	99	43
2016-06-22	@CHC	W	6.2	3	2	2	2	5	1	106	63
2016-06-17	TEX	L	7.2	6	1	1	2	7	1	103	68
2016-06-10	@PIT	ND	7.0	3	2	2	3	5	0	105	65
2016-06-04	SFG	ND	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	86	41
2016-05-29	@WSN	L	6.0	4	3	3	1	6	0	86	57

Last 5 v.MIL		3-0	25.1	30	9	9	8	26	0	3.20	52
2016-07-03	MIL	W	5.0	9	2	2	1	6	0	93	46
2016-04-11	MIL	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	94	70
2015-09-24	MIL	W	5.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	90	41
2014-09-04	@MIL	ND	3.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	50	51
2014-04-28	MIL	ND	6.1	8	3	3	2	9	0	101	52

SP: Jimmy Nelson (27, RHP, 5-7, 3.65)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-7)			101.0	94	47	41	44	74	12	3.65
2015 (11-13)			177.1	163	89	81	65	148	18	4.11
2014 (2-9)			69.1	82	42	38	19	57	6	4.93

Last 7 GS		1-4	36.1	44	22	20	18	20	4	4.95	44
2016-07-02	@STL	L	6.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	89	46
2016-06-26	WSN	ND	5.0	1	0	0	5	1	0	91	61
2016-06-21	@OAK	ND	5.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	105	52
2016-06-15	@SFG	L	3.2	8	8	6	3	2	0	85	16
2016-06-09	NYM	L	5.1	8	2	2	2	5	1	97	47
2016-06-03	@PHI	L	4.0	7	6	6	3	1	2	63	22
2016-05-29	CIN	W	7.1	6	2	2	2	5	1	104	61

Last 5 v.STL		0-4	25.0	33	22	21	6	21	1	7.56	40
2016-07-02	@STL	L	6.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	89	46
2015-09-17	STL	L	2.0	5	4	4	0	1	0	25	31
2015-08-09	STL	ND	7.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	98	53
2015-06-03	@STL	L	5.0	7	7	6	2	5	0	84	30
2014-09-07	STL	L	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	0	90	42

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

Cardinals Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Nelson
G/S/vB 50.Barnes
G/S/vB 54.Blazek
G/S/vB 48.Boyer
G/S/vB 21.Jeffress
G/S/vB 53.Marinez
G/S/vB 13.Smith*
G/S/vB 37.Thornburg
G/S/vB 59.Torres
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 202/166 .269/.317/.468/.785 .763/.789 .617 50/.269 0/1 9/6

36.Diaz G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 319/222 .319/.382/.539/.921 .828/.963 1.059 91/1.039 3/2 12/15

35.Garcia* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 80/69 .344/.475/.484/.959 .818/.983 1.293 36/.591 1/1 2/2

15.Grichuk G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 6/1.833 233/154 .222/.288/.415/.703 .552/.778 .582 21/1.013 3/1 9/0

3.Gyorko G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 4/1.250 160/81 .238/.300/.408/.708 .611/.802 .716 37/.577 0/0 7/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP 10/.425 ··· 4/.250 5/1.400 9/1.000 2/5.000 5/.933 5/.900 7/.629 324/230 .241/.318/.455/.773 .735/.788 .986 98/.777 0/0 15/0

19.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/1 /// / 1/ 0/0 0/

4.Molina G/S/vP 8/.708 1/.000 2/.000 7/.858 8/.625 2/1.000 3/.000 5/.650 7/.429 314/225 .256/.322/.326/.648 .632/.654 .646 79/.490 2/1 1/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 14/.819 1/no AB 2/.000 6/.750 8/.875 1/.000 5/.400 4/.000 14/.819 99/68 .237/.273/.409/.681 .400/.809 .672 82/.578 0/0 3/2

28.Pham G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 42/25 .222/.317/.417/.734 .529/.890 .840 41/.754 0/0 2/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 3/2.667 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 342/248 .292/.368/.475/.844 1.065/.765 .803 91/.817 4/5 11/3

16.Wong* G/S/vP 16/1.001 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 5/1.267 2/3.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 197/162 .237/.320/.301/.620 .538/.638 .620 53/.699 3/0 1/6

IP 101.0 12.0 30.2 37.2 36.2 24.0 14.2 32.2 43.0 TOTAL .261/.334/.443/.777 .707/.805 .807 .727 20/16 111/67

ERA-K/9

3.65/6.6

4.50/11.2

4.70/7.6

3.58/3.6

2.45/6.4

3.00/10.1

1.84/6.7

2.76/12.1

3.14/9.2

4.50/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (23-9-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 433/.252 52/.283 143/.283 161/.280 156/.279 106/.284 56/.163 128/.164 183/.222 .270 Piscotty
Grichuk
Holliday
Wong
Pham 0/6/74/3
0/57/0/2
64/0/0/2
5/8/0/0
5/11/0/0

OPS .748 .746 .837 .690 .709 .770 .536 .578 .711 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 219/.776 30/.862 63/.801 83/.630 82/.915 57/.868 25/.400 60/.400 82/.704 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.722 22/.588 80/.864 78/.752 74/.485 49/.652 31/.656 68/.738 101/.713 .815

Home 240/.698 24/.915 82/.862 90/.535 93/.762 37/.856 18/.410 72/.611 90/.719

Last 28d days 94/.750 40/.800 29/.825 40/.859 36/.808 55/.895 39/.651 30/.733 55/.697

HR/SB/CS 12/13/6 1/0/1 3/2/3 2/2/1 2/0/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 5/3/1 104/46/32

Usage ·····X·· ····o··X ·X··X··o ····o··X ··oXo··· ····X·XX ··oo·o·· ··X····· ·Xo··X·X

Brewers Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Wacha
G/S/vB 67.Bowman
G/S/vB 30.Broxton
G/S/vB 70.Lyons*
G/S/vB 43.Maness
G/S/vB 26.Oh
G/S/vB 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB 64.Tuivailala
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 6/1.334 1/.000 11/1.091 1/2.000 9/.777 1/.000 11/1.545 1/2.000 296/215 .322/.378/.533/.912 .999/.880 .902 87/.972 6/3 13/1

33.Carter G/S/vP 5/.200 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 332/251 .226/.310/.491/.802 .851/.786 .913 87/.796 0/0 20/7

7.Elmore G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/5 .111/.200/.111/.311 .650/.000 .167 10/.311 0/0 0/0

18.Flores* G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 219/163 .233/.310/.286/.596 .551/.612 .498 71/.636 3/0 1/1

2.Gennett* G/S/vP 16/.750 1/2.000 3/.000 4/.000 5/1.200 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 257/207 .267/.332/.414/.746 .868/.717 .786 89/.816 4/1 7/4

20.Lucroy G/S/vP 12/.750 1/.000 4/.250 1/no AB 10/.800 1/.000 13/.585 1/2.000 315/234 .302/.359/.484/.843 .664/.903 .941 84/.755 4/0 10/5

12.Maldonado G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 7/.429 ··· 77/55 .161/.316/.323/.638 .508/.691 .607 29/.825 0/0 3/2

15.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.000 4/.500 0/0 0/0

10.Nieuwenhuis* G/S/vP 7/.619 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.667 ··· 219/200 .212/.320/.376/.695 .488/.716 .908 64/.692 6/4 5/0

14.Perez G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 138/68 .269/.294/.408/.702 .705/.698 .728 50/.460 10/3 4/4

5.Villar# G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.500 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 356/249 .294/.380/.422/.801 .897/.761 .787 97/.727 28/9 6/10

24.Wilkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/

IP 98.2 32.2 34.1 38.0 17.1 44.0 29.2 2.0 TOTAL .248/.324/.394/.719 .709/.722 .753 .727 72/27 86/59

ERA-K/9

4.38/7.8

3.31/6.3

3.93/6.8

3.55/9.0

5.71/5.2

1.64/11.9

5.16/12.7

13.50/9.0

3.93/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lucroy (40-26-3)
Maldonado (6-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 426/.273 132/.211 147/.189 148/.219 84/.333 173/.157 146/.303 11/.333 .249 Braun
Flores
Nieuwenhuis
Perez 67/0/1/9
8/24/33/2
2/57/8/2
1/0/10/0

OPS .743 .567 .582 .701 .959 .435 .836 .788 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.764 47/.541 54/.765 53/.393 21/.881 82/.409 54/.868 3/.000 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 257/.729 85/.580 93/.483 95/.873 63/.984 91/.458 92/.816 8/1.125 .684

Road 203/.700 45/.614 70/.376 67/.767 49/.964 71/.281 64/.798 /

Last 28d days 106/.691 30/.379 37/.405 36/.430 22/.792 46/.527 50/1.045 11/.788

HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 3/1/1 2/5/1 8/1/0 2/1/1 1/0/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 75/29/13

Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· ·X··oo·· o·o·X··X ···X···· oo··Xo·· o·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 2016 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

BOS 5.67

HOU 4.50

ATL 3.37

RA/G

CHC 3.48

PHI 4.61

CIN 6.00

J. Altuve .346

J. Jaso .273

T. Frazier .211

OBP

D. Ortiz .429

B. Dozier .340

F. Galvis .253

SLG

D. Ortiz .677

J. Bautista .455

B. Burns .306

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.106

B. Dozier .795

B. Burns .579

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

E. Santana 4.06

J. Shields 5.67

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.10

R. Porcello 7.81

M. Pelfrey 4.29

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.