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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Busch Stadium III, May 8, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Start Time:
1:15ct (local), 2:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
74° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
32
On This Date:
57-50
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
32
On This Date:
58-50
Season Series
Sun, Apr 03, 2016 PIT  4  STL  1     
Tue, Apr 05, 2016 PIT  6  STL  5 (11)
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 PIT  5  STL  1     
Fri, May 06, 2016 PIT  4 @STL  2     
Sat, May 07, 2016 STL  6  PIT  4     

Sun, May 08, 2016 PIT    @STL  2:15pm
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 STL    @PIT  7:15pm
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 STL    @PIT  5:05pm
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 PIT    @STL  2:15pm
Tue, Jul 05, 2016 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Wed, Jul 06, 2016 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Jul 07, 2016 PIT    @STL  1:45pm
Mon, Sep 05, 2016 STL    @PIT  4:05pm
Tue, Sep 06, 2016 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Wed, Sep 07, 2016 STL    @PIT  7:05pm
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 PIT    @STL  8:15pm
Sat, Oct 01, 2016 PIT    @STL  4:15pm
Sun, Oct 02, 2016 PIT    @STL  3:15pm

                         All times ET
Pittsburgh Pirates
16-14, 2nd, 7½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-7    Road:    9-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  13-12   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sat, May  7  @STL  L   4-6       16-14  2nd  7.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  6  @STL  W   4-2       16-13  2nd  6.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  4   CHC  L   2-6       15-13  2nd  6.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  3   CHC  L   1-7       15-12  2nd  5.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  2   CHC  L   2-7       15-11  2nd  4.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  1   CIN  L   5-6 (11)  15-10  2nd  3.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 30   CIN  W   5-1       15-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 29   CIN  W   4-1       14-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 27  @COL  W   9-8 (12)  13-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 26  @COL  W   9-4       12-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
St. Louis Cardinals
16-15, 3rd, 8 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-9    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  13-11   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 6-8    vsWest:  4-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sat, May  7   PIT  W   6-4       16-15  3rd  8.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  6   PIT  L   2-4       15-15  3rd  8.0 gb
 29 Thu, May  5   PHI  W   4-0       15-14  3rd  7.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  4   PHI  W   5-4       14-14  3rd  7.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  3   PHI  L   0-1       13-14  3rd  7.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  2   PHI  W  10-3       13-13  3rd  6.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  1   WSN  L   1-6       12-13  3rd  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 30   WSN  L   1-6       12-12  3rd  6.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 29   WSN  L   4-5       12-11  3rd  5.5 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 28  @ARI  L   0-3       12-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 07, 2016 STL  6  PIT  4        W:Trevor Rosenthal (1-1), L: A.J. Schugel (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2016 PIT  4 @STL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (3-1), L: Carlos Martinez (4-2), S: Mark Melancon (8)
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 PIT  5  STL  1        W:Juan Nicasio (1-0), L: Mike Leake (0-1), S: Mark Melancon (1)
Tue, Apr 05, 2016 PIT  6  STL  5 (11)   W:Kyle Lobstein (1-0), L: Seth Maness (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 03, 2016 PIT  4  STL  1        W:Francisco Liriano (1-0), L: Adam Wainwright (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 30, 2015 STL 11 @PIT  1        W:Tyler Lyons (3-1), L: Charlie Morton (9-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 PIT  8  STL  2        W:Gerrit Cole (19-8), L: Michael Wacha (17-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 STL  3 @PIT  0        W:Jonathan Broxton (4-5), L: Mark Melancon (3-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (48)
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 PIT  7 @STL  1        W:Gerrit Cole (16-8), L: John Lackey (11-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 STL  4  PIT  1        W:Jaime Garcia (8-4), L: Charlie Morton (8-7), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 4-1; 2015 - STL won 10-9; 2014 - STL won 11-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1242-1181

SP: Gerrit Cole (25, RHP, 2-3, 3.95)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-3) 27.1 27 15 12 10 25 1 3.95
2015 (19-8) 208.0 183 71 60 44 202 11 2.60
2014 (11-5) 138.0 127 58 56 40 138 11 3.65
Last 7 GS 4-3 41.1 38 18 15 12 35 2 3.27 54
2016-05-02 CHC L 4.2 6 6 5 4 6 0 105 32
2016-04-26 @COL W 6.0 8 4 2 2 3 1 103 45
2016-04-21 @SDP W 6.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 97 71
2016-04-14 DET L 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 83 60
2016-04-09 @CIN L 4.2 5 3 3 3 4 0 100 43
2015-09-30 STL W 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 1 100 57
2015-09-25 @CHC W 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 109 71
Last 5 v.STL 3-2 32.2 30 13 12 10 22 3 3.31 55
2015-09-30 STL W 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 1 100 57
2015-09-06 @STL W 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 99 77
2015-08-12 @STL L 5.1 7 4 3 2 6 0 106 44
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

SP: Michael Wacha (24, RHP, 2-2, 2.65)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-2) 37.1 35 14 11 12 32 3 2.65
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 2-3 41.1 39 20 17 16 36 5 3.70 53
2016-05-03 PHI L 8.0 5 1 1 3 8 1 100 73
2016-04-28 @ARI L 7.0 5 3 3 2 9 2 114 62
2016-04-23 @SDP W 6.0 4 2 2 4 0 0 97 52
2016-04-17 CIN ND 6.0 7 3 1 1 5 0 80 54
2016-04-11 MIL W 6.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 94 70
2016-04-05 @PIT ND 4.1 10 5 4 1 3 0 98 27
2015-09-30 @PIT L 4.0 4 6 6 4 4 2 86 30
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 27.0 34 16 14 10 17 3 4.67 44
2016-04-05 @PIT ND 4.1 10 5 4 1 3 0 98 27
2015-09-30 @PIT L 4.0 4 6 6 4 4 2 86 30
2015-08-12 PIT W 6.0 9 2 2 3 7 1 110 50
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

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

Pirates Batters (4.87 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.03 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		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 11/.964 1/.000 6/.167 7/.286 6/1.167 ··· 6/.334 6/.533 116/95 .305/.422/.358/.780 .936/.746 .788 94/.716 1/2 0/4
23.Freese G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 118/105 .288/.373/.385/.757 1.308/.681 .705 90/.812 0/0 1/3
5.Harrison G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 7/.572 19/.790 11/.900 ··· 7/.286 8/.500 120/95 .324/.353/.423/.776 .875/.750 .843 93/.864 5/0 1/5
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 115/111 .284/.357/.422/.778 .833/.776 .821 88/.763 0/0 2/0
17.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 47/41 .351/.489/.730/1.219 1.417/1.191 .944 41/1.282 0/1 4/0
27.Kang G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· ··· 6/1.666 3/.000 ··· 4/2.750 7/1.571 8/5 .286/.250/1.143/1.393 3.333/.000 1.393 8/1.393 0/0 2/0
6.Marte G/S/vP 15/.564 ··· 9/2.492 14/1.024 9/.858 1/.000 10/.900 7/.000 130/108 .325/.377/.492/.869 .523/.938 .950 103/.889 8/2 3/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 21/1.566 1/2.000 13/1.218 18/.807 15/.750 2/no AB 17/.912 10/1.025 136/115 .231/.338/.444/.783 1.083/.721 .734 108/.758 1/2 6/1
10.Mercer G/S/vP 15/.553 1/.000 7/.500 15/.553 17/.583 1/.000 7/.572 7/.429 126/98 .302/.377/.377/.754 .919/.708 .831 100/.781 1/0 1/3
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 15/1.319 1/.000 5/.650 12/.361 7/.629 1/.000 7/.572 1/.000 131/104 .296/.400/.491/.891 .714/.935 .949 104/.855 3/3 3/1
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.500 6/.733 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 49/32 .326/.408/.698/1.106 1.271/1.018 .905 47/1.050 0/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 27/21 .208/.296/.375/.671 .167/.807 .938 23/.461 0/0 1/1
IP 37.1 12.0 12.0 13.2 10.1 16.1 10.0 13.0 TOTAL .281/.363/.429/.792 .878/.773 .813 .795 19/10 28/24
ERA-K/9 2.65/7.7 2.25/7.5 1.50/9.0 5.27/8.5 5.23/4.4 1.65/11.0 1.80/16.2 2.77/13.8 3.73/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (15-6-2)
 Stewart (4-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 152/.259 48/.205 54/.163 57/.269 50/.364 65/.158 44/.225 52/.204 .237  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Joyce
 Rodriguez
28/3/0/4
2/1/28/3
0/29/0/2
3/0/4/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .733 .566 .617 .873 .976 .461 .620 .638 .681
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.737 17/.307 22/1.212 18/.597 13/.580 32/.540 19/.503 11/.697 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.731 31/.690 32/.263 39/.998 37/1.111 33/.385 25/.697 41/.620 .686
Home 76/.619 28/.494 29/.823 33/.803 14/.940 39/.641 25/.729 30/.533
Last 28d days 129/.670 40/.599 43/.645 44/.984 32/1.013 50/.495 30/.741 41/.704
HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 1/0/1 1/1/0 4/1/0 0/1/1 0/0/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 27/8/7
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··o·o··X ·X····X· ·o···X·o X··o·oX· X·X····o XX·o·oo·
Cardinals Batters (5.48 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Cole
G/S/vB		 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 53.Lobstein*
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 14.Vogelsong
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 14/.445 2/.000 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.536 66/55 .267/.333/.467/.800 .182/.933 1.142 53/.940 0/1 3/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 24/1.235 3/1.666 ··· 11/.739 ··· 12/.334 1/5.000 18/.944 16/.266 138/97 .246/.365/.447/.812 .708/.855 .800 108/.823 0/0 4/3
36.Diaz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 98/71 .402/.439/.696/1.134 1.023/1.178 .920 87/1.072 1/0 5/6
59.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/10 .583/.643/.750/1.393 .833/1.589 1.616 13/1.343 0/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.750 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 107/75 .200/.280/.379/.659 .541/.706 .749 89/.730 2/0 4/0
3.Gyorko G/S/vP 8/.542 1/.000 2/.000 6/.334 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 15/.933 1/.000 76/51 .203/.276/.420/.697 .598/.743 .518 60/.685 0/0 4/3
41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 79/68 .300/.346/.629/.975 1.091/.953 .764 61/.880 2/2 5/2
7.Holliday G/S/vP 16/1.100 2/.000 1/.000 11/1.182 1/no AB 9/.347 ··· 16/.661 16/.650 110/80 .245/.327/.449/.776 .573/.846 .797 86/.831 0/0 3/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 18/.333 4/.000 1/no AB 12/.432 1/.000 8/1.071 ··· 25/.497 12/.174 121/91 .311/.397/.406/.802 .559/.884 .922 94/.893 1/0 0/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP 12/.584 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 7/1.238 3/.000 ··· 7/1.029 2/.000 93/72 .220/.301/.512/.813 .714/.840 .735 73/.795 0/0 7/1
55.Piscotty G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.267 5/1.267 131/97 .303/.366/.521/.887 1.307/.755 .759 101/.873 1/1 5/0
19.Tejada G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.417 ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.708 2/.000 24/13 .190/.208/.286/.494 .828/.237 .427 24/.494 0/0 0/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP 23/.522 4/3.500 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 7/.143 ··· 7/.453 9/.833 75/65 .219/.307/.266/.572 .700/.545 .565 49/.554 2/0 1/4
IP 27.1 13.2 12.0 3.2 20.0 12.1 14.1 15.0 14.2 TOTAL .268/.342/.469/.810 .734/.836 .796 .822 9/4 43/26
ERA-K/9 3.95/8.2 5.27/8.5 4.50/12.0 4.91/2.4 3.60/6.3 2.92/8.0 4.40/8.8 3.60/6.0 3.07/7.3 4.23/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-2-0)
 Molina (7-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 116/.265 66/.278 49/.222 21/.357 84/.257 51/.250 61/.241 62/.200 62/.216 .258  Grichuk
 Piscotty
 Moss
 Hazelbaker
 Holliday
0/26/0/1
0/2/27/1
10/0/3/0
12/8/2/0
23/0/0/0
OPS .667 .909 .730 1.000 .756 .648 .692 .745 .787 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/.725 30/.944 18/.343 8/1.238 20/.150 20/.472 27/.755 22/.837 16/.973 .715
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.621 36/.873 31/.962 13/.916 64/.941 31/.756 34/.647 40/.694 46/.725 .799
Road 70/.657 23/.990 34/.746 7/1.171 55/.748 30/.693 31/.871 29/.693 31/.842
Last 28d days 95/.656 49/.975 37/.940 21/1.000 68/.760 37/.669 61/.692 52/.799 50/.863
HR/SB/CS 1/4/0 2/0/2 2/2/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/1 3/2/0 3/2/0 36/19/8
Usage ·····X·· ·····XX· X······o X··oX·X· ·····X·· ·o·o···o o···Xo·o ···X··X· ·X·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 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

CHC  6.21

BAL  4.24

ATL  3.00

 RA/G

CHC  2.72

OAK  4.19

MIL  5.97

 BA

A. Diaz  .402

D. Gordon  .266

C. Coghlan  .148

 OBP

D. Fowler  .460

C. Santana  .333

R. Goins  .204

 SLG

A. Diaz  .696

P. Goldschmidt  .438

E. Aybar  .214

 OPS

A. Diaz  1.134

A. Gonzalez  .770

R. Goins  .423

 ERA

J. Arrieta  .84

H. Santiago  3.58

M. Cain  7.84

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.55

T. Roark  7.99

M. Pelfrey  4.46

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.