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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Texas Rangers, at Busch Stadium III, June 18, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Start Time:
3:15ct (local), 4:15et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
85° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
70
On This Date:
22-26
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
67
On This Date:
60-61
Season Series
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 TEX  1 @STL  0     

Sat, Jun 18, 2016 TEX    @STL  4:15pm
Sun, Jun 19, 2016 TEX    @STL  2:15pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
43-25, 1st, 6½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-10   Road:   19-15   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  31-16   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  14-4 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest: 26-13 IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Fri, Jun 17  @STL  W   1-0       43-25  1st  6.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 16  @OAK  W   5-1       42-25  1st  6.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 15  @OAK  W   7-5       41-25  1st  6.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 14  @OAK  W  10-6       40-25  1st  5.5 up
 64 Mon, Jun 13  @OAK  L   5-14      39-25  1st  4.5 up
 63 Sun, Jun 12  @SEA  W   6-4       39-24  1st  5.0 up
 62 Sat, Jun 11  @SEA  W   2-1 (11)  38-24  1st  4.0 up
 61 Fri, Jun 10  @SEA  L   5-7       37-24  1st  3.0 up
 60 Thu, Jun  9   HOU  W   5-3       37-23  1st  4.0 up
 59 Wed, Jun  8   HOU  L   1-3       36-23  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:21-9
St. Louis Cardinals
35-31, 2nd, 10½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-19   Road:   20-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  24-23   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:14-13   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Fri, Jun 17   TEX  L   0-1       35-31  2nd 10.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 15   HOU  L   1-4       35-30  2nd  9.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 14   HOU  L   2-5       35-29  2nd  9.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 12  @PIT  W   8-3       35-28  2nd  9.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 11  @PIT  W   5-1       34-28  2nd  9.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 10  @PIT  W   9-3 (12)  33-28  2nd  9.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  9  @CIN  W   3-2       32-28  2nd 10.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  8  @CIN  W  12-7       31-28  3rd 10.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  7  @CIN  L   6-7       30-28  3rd 10.5 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  5   SFG  W   6-3       30-27  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 TEX  1 @STL  0        W:Cole Hamels (7-1), L: Michael Wacha (2-7), S: Sam Dyson (12)

Sun, Jun 23, 2013 TEX  2 @STL  1        W:Robbie Ross (4-1), L: Adam Wainwright (10-5), S: Joe Nathan (25)
Sat, Jun 22, 2013 TEX  4 @STL  2        W:Martin Perez (1-1), L: Shelby Miller (8-5), S: Joe Nathan (24)
Fri, Jun 21, 2013 TEX  6 @STL  4        W:Neal Cotts (4-1), L: Trevor Rosenthal (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Sun, Jun 13, 2004 STL 13 @TEX  2        W:Woody Williams (4-6), L: R.A. Dickey (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 TEX  7  STL  2        W:Ryan Drese (3-3), L: Chris Carpenter (7-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 STL 12 @TEX  7        W:Jeff Suppan (6-5), L: Juan Dominguez (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - TEX over 1-0; 2015 -  0-0; 2014 -  0-0; All-Time - TEX leads 5-2

SP: Nick Martinez (25, RHP, 1-1, 3.38)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-1) 2.2 4 1 1 2 2 0 3.38
2015 (7-7) 125.0 135 66 55 46 77 16 3.96
2014 (5-12) 140.1 150 79 71 55 77 18 4.55
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.2 48 34 29 15 23 10 7.12 37
2015-08-12 @MIN L 3.2 11 7 4 0 4 3 96 21
2015-08-05 HOU W 5.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 86 59
2015-07-31 SFG W 6.1 7 2 2 2 4 0 99 53
2015-07-26 @LAA L 5.0 6 4 4 3 5 2 98 41
2015-07-20 @COL ND 4.0 7 7 7 2 2 1 84 20
2015-07-01 @BAL L 6.2 7 4 3 1 5 2 97 50
2015-06-26 @TOR L 6.0 9 9 8 4 2 2 107 18
Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Carlos Martinez (24, RHP, 7-5, 3.46)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (7-5) 75.1 59 29 29 26 62 6 3.46
2015 (14-7) 179.2 168 65 60 63 184 13 3.01
2014 (2-4) 89.1 90 41 40 36 84 4 4.03
Last 7 GS 3-4 40.2 36 19 19 18 34 2 4.20 52
2016-06-11 @PIT W 8.1 6 1 1 3 5 0 122 69
2016-06-05 SFG W 6.0 4 3 3 2 7 1 100 57
2016-05-30 @MIL W 8.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 104 79
2016-05-25 CHC L 5.0 6 6 6 3 7 0 103 35
2016-05-20 ARI L 5.0 7 4 4 3 3 0 86 37
2016-05-14 @LAD L 5.0 5 4 4 3 2 1 85 40
2016-05-06 PIT L 3.1 3 1 1 3 2 0 51 49
Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

Rangers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 18.Martinez
G/S/vB		 67.Bowman
G/S/vB		 30.Broxton
G/S/vB		 60.Kiekhefer*
G/S/vB		 70.Lyons*
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
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 250/188 .279/.329/.397/.727 .970/.642 .731 98/.701 9/3 3/6
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 256/186 .282/.332/.470/.802 .871/.776 .781 78/.906 0/0 10/2
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/23 .250/.344/.750/1.094 1.587/.923 1.217 16/1.298 0/0 4/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 7/.762 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 43/29 .200/.442/.333/.775 .974/.659 .895 19/.921 2/0 1/1
20.Desmond G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 290/208 .311/.362/.498/.860 1.006/.803 .776 113/.982 12/2 10/5
84.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 271/190 .199/.269/.311/.581 .565/.587 .513 97/.631 0/0 5/1
8.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/57 .250/.295/.425/.720 .661/.755 .786 24/.705 0/0 2/0
30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/175 .299/.345/.450/.795 .594/.891 .721 105/.817 0/1 10/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 232/174 .231/.297/.429/.727 .694/.738 .636 82/.775 0/0 10/1
12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 257/175 .268/.292/.492/.784 .860/.748 .767 76/.826 6/1 13/6
19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 82/53 .333/.366/.487/.853 .427/1.081 .668 82/.853 0/1 2/4
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/89 .295/.377/.500/.877 1.138/.703 .822 69/1.124 6/0 6/2
6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/87 .250/.287/.350/.637 1.043/.520 .611 58/.625 0/0 3/0
IP 75.1 26.0 26.1 11.0 28.2 34.2 22.0 27.0 TOTAL .265/.321/.430/.751 .785/.737 .716 .811 43/11 84/38
ERA-K/9 3.46/7.4 3.46/6.9 4.10/7.9 5.73/7.4 4.40/8.8 1.56/12.2 4.09/13.5 3.00/10.3 4.04/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (1-1-0)
 Holaday (9-5-1)
 Wilson (14-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.217 105/.224 115/.198 49/.267 115/.236 132/.146 103/.250 105/.188 .246  Mazara
 Desmond
 Rua
 Choo
 Holaday
5/0/56/4
29/41/0/4
33/1/2/3
0/0/10/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .602 .603 .612 .771 .768 .402 .745 .633 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.734 34/.565 41/.902 24/.513 35/.365 66/.364 42/.598 32/.764 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.440 71/.621 74/.464 25/1.031 80/.938 66/.439 61/.830 73/.576 .697
Home 170/.675 64/.578 56/.849 28/.742 66/.629 74/.539 57/.879 57/.553
Last 28d days 110/.550 33/.502 39/.494 32/.839 36/.699 47/.452 37/.739 40/.712
HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 3/1/1 2/5/0 2/0/0 7/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 5/1/0 63/22/12
Usage ······X· ···o···o ··o··o·X ········ ···o···· o··o···o ··X···oX o·o··o··
Cardinals Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Martinez
G/S/vB		 43.Barnette
G/S/vB		 51.Bush
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 55.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.096 2/.000 ··· ··· 165/133 .309/.358/.553/.910 .860/.923 1.203 72/1.027 0/1 9/4
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 273/186 .295/.407/.554/.961 .810/1.030 .891 78/1.079 0/0 10/8
36.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 246/173 .306/.355/.495/.851 .678/.927 .758 97/.603 2/1 8/13
59.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/25 .414/.452/.483/.934 .533/1.022 1.380 12/.500 0/0 0/0
35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/42 .421/.551/.632/1.183 1.000/1.217 .701 34/.971 0/1 2/1
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 225/149 .206/.276/.392/.668 .547/.727 .769 80/.620 3/1 8/0
3.Gyorko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 135/73 .228/.296/.398/.695 .612/.764 .664 37/.621 0/0 6/4
7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 245/175 .253/.327/.466/.793 .719/.821 .594 80/.843 0/0 11/0
4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.900 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 253/181 .274/.348/.363/.711 .672/.726 .708 83/.490 2/0 1/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP 12/.349 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 189/142 .251/.333/.575/.908 .560/1.025 .853 66/1.134 0/0 15/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 39/23 .278/.333/.444/.778 .464/.982 .417 39/.778 0/0 1/0
55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 268/195 .300/.381/.468/.849 1.176/.736 .832 81/.664 3/5 7/1
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 144/122 .222/.306/.286/.591 .687/.574 .580 36/.404 3/0 1/6
IP 2.2 26.0 15.2 16.0 25.2 34.1 31.1 20.1 TOTAL .265/.336/.450/.785 .708/.816 .760 .734 17/11 87/51
ERA-K/9 3.38/6.7 3.81/6.2 1.15/9.7 5.06/6.2 1.40/10.2 2.10/7.3 4.88/5.2 8.41/8.4 3.96/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-3-0)
 Molina (21-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 15/.333 115/.321 64/.203 74/.328 98/.148 128/.203 138/.320 95/.322 .252  Grichuk
 Piscotty
 Moss
 Holliday
0/55/0/2
0/5/58/2
19/0/11/1
51/0/0/1
OPS .967 .772 .487 .857 .451 .562 .924 .955 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 7/1.171 52/.944 20/.733 16/1.063 28/.334 50/.569 29/.693 42/1.282 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 8/.804 63/.629 44/.377 58/.793 70/.497 78/.558 109/.979 53/.714 .741
Road 15/.967 46/.838 24/.519 36/.901 42/.375 65/.744 68/.874 36/.942
Last 28d days 10/.800 44/.789 47/.565 20/1.032 33/.284 47/.436 42/1.157 23/.704
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/1 6/4/1 6/1/2 82/26/11
Usage ··X····· ·····o·· o·oo··o· ···oo··· ··o··Xo· o·oX·oo· ····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

BOS  5.79

LAA  4.30

PHI  3.21

 RA/G

CHC  2.85

HOU  4.35

CIN  5.84

 BA

D. Murphy  .361

R. Odor  .268

P. Fielder  .199

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .426

N. Markakis  .334

F. Galvis  .249

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .723

J. Werth  .438

A. Escobar  .286

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.147

J. Segura  .772

A. Escobar  .552

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.58

E. Volquez  3.90

J. Locke  5.92

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.16

M. Wacha  7.78

M. Pelfrey  4.42

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.