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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Busch Stadium III, July 5, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Start Time:
7:09ct (local), 8:09et
Venue:
Busch Stadium
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
86° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Clint Hurdle
Game #:
88
On This Date:
70-56
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
83
On This Date:
72-56
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 10 @STL  5     
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 STL  9 @PIT  3 (12)
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 STL  5 @PIT  1     
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 STL  8 @PIT  3     
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 PIT  4 @STL  2     

Tue, Jul 05, 2016 PIT    @STL  8:09pm
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
42-41, 3rd, 10½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-19   Road:   20-22   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  30-33   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  7-7    vsCntrl:13-17   vsWest: 15-9  IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Mon, Jul  4  @STL  W   4-2       42-41  3rd 10.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3  @OAK  W   6-3       41-41  3rd 10.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2  @OAK  W   4-2 (10)  40-41  3rd 11.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1  @OAK  W   7-3       39-41  3rd 12.5 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 29  @SEA  W   8-1       38-41  3rd 14.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 28  @SEA  L   2-5       37-41  3rd 14.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 27   LAD  L   4-5       37-40  3rd 13.0 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 26   LAD  W   4-3       37-39  3rd 12.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 25   LAD  W   6-1       36-39  3rd 13.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 24   LAD  W   8-6       35-39  3rd 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
St. Louis Cardinals
43-39, 2nd, 9 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-24   Road:   25-15   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  31-27   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:   7-14
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl:20-14   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 75 Mon, Jun 27  @KCR  L   2-6       39-36  2nd 10.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 26  @SEA  W  11-6       39-35  2nd  9.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 25  @SEA  L   4-5       38-35  2nd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 04, 2016 PIT  4 @STL  2        W:Jon Niese (7-6), L: Carlos Martinez (7-6), S: Neftali Feliz (1)
Sun, Jun 12, 2016 STL  8 @PIT  3        W:Mike Leake (5-4), L: Jon Niese (6-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 STL  5 @PIT  1        W:Carlos Martinez (7-5), L: Francisco Liriano (4-6), S: Trevor Rosenthal (12)
Fri, Jun 10, 2016 STL  9 @PIT  3 (12)   W:Jonathan Broxton (1-0), L: Juan Nicasio (5-5), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2016 PIT 10 @STL  5        W:Gerrit Cole (3-3), L: Michael Wacha (2-3), S: Mark Melancon (9)
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
Season Series: 2016 - PIT over 6-4; 2015 - STL won 10-9; 2014 - STL won 11-8; All-Time - PIT leads 1244-1184

SP: (2016, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Mike Leake (28, RHP, 5-6, 4.13)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-6) 98.0 102 52 45 17 63 14 4.13
2015 (11-10) 192.0 174 80 79 49 119 22 3.70
2014 (11-13) 214.1 217 93 88 50 164 23 3.70
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.2 50 24 20 5 30 7 4.22 49
2016-06-30 KCR L 7.0 5 3 2 1 4 0 102 60
2016-06-25 @SEA L 3.1 9 5 4 2 1 0 81 23
2016-06-19 TEX ND 6.0 8 3 2 0 5 2 86 51
2016-06-12 @PIT W 7.0 6 3 2 0 6 0 105 61
2016-06-07 @CIN ND 6.1 10 6 6 0 5 2 92 34
2016-05-31 @MIL W 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 1 83 57
2016-05-26 @WSN L 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 2 95 59
Last 5 v.PIT 3-1 32.1 28 10 9 4 20 1 2.51 59
2016-06-12 @PIT W 7.0 6 3 2 0 6 0 105 61
2016-04-06 @PIT L 4.1 7 4 4 3 1 0 99 31
2015-08-22 @PIT ND 6.0 1 1 1 1 6 1 77 71
2015-06-24 @PIT W 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 105 58
2015-05-06 @PIT W 8.0 6 0 0 0 2 0 105 72

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Pirates Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 8.Leake
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
26.Frazier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 16/12 .438/.438/.625/1.063 2.000/.750 1.100 16/1.063 3/0 0/0
23.Freese G/S/vP 23/1.249 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 264/197 .292/.367/.458/.825 .970/.776 .861 73/.865 0/0 8/5
24.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/30 .368/.415/.421/.836 .664/.898 .400 14/.665 0/1 0/0
5.Harrison G/S/vP 32/.669 1/.000 9/.666 19/.790 12/.819 ··· 9/.222 ··· 304/234 .282/.307/.387/.694 .776/.669 .752 92/.499 13/1 3/6
28.Jaso* G/S/vP 8/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 275/258 .277/.358/.401/.758 .259/.789 .718 76/.681 0/2 4/3
17.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 147/118 .306/.429/.579/1.007 .970/1.016 .903 52/.915 1/1 8/0
27.Kang G/S/vP 7/1.286 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.666 4/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 1/.000 172/120 .250/.326/.520/.845 .808/.862 .808 75/.605 2/0 11/2
38.Kratz G/S/vP 11/1.091 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 76/53 .080/.092/.133/.225 .581/.075 .235 46/.239 0/0 1/2
6.Marte G/S/vP 44/.708 ··· 11/2.283 14/1.024 11/.888 1/.000 12/1.084 1/.000 314/242 .321/.366/.474/.841 .615/.908 .885 81/.824 24/6 6/3
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 79/.654 3/1.334 14/1.126 18/.807 17/.651 3/3.000 18/.856 1/.000 346/266 .236/.309/.406/.715 .666/.730 .729 95/.601 2/5 12/1
10.Mercer G/S/vP 26/.724 1/.000 9/.536 15/.553 19/.591 1/.000 8/.750 2/.000 318/242 .278/.364/.377/.742 .943/.681 .683 89/.794 1/0 5/5
25.Polanco* G/S/vP 23/.462 3/1.666 7/.453 12/.361 8/1.333 2/.000 7/.572 3/.000 330/252 .297/.374/.521/.895 .713/.952 .861 91/.827 9/5 12/1
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 5/.400 6/.733 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 169/110 .259/.345/.476/.821 .903/.777 .718 57/.701 2/0 6/2
IP 98.0 31.2 33.1 36.2 17.1 42.0 27.0 1.0 TOTAL .265/.337/.412/.749 .761/.746 .733 .671 61/22 78/42
ERA-K/9 4.13/5.8 3.41/6.2 3.51/6.8 3.68/9.1 5.71/5.2 1.71/12.2 5.67/13.0 27.00/9.0 3.92/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (2-4-0)
 Kratz (7-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 412/.266 127/.203 140/.181 143/.220 84/.333 167/.163 136/.313 6/.400 .249  Marte
 Polanco
 McCutchen
 Frazier
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Harrison
 Jaso
69/10/0/9
12/3/61/6
0/78/0/4
2/0/3/0
7/2/10/0
8/0/23/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .723 .557 .564 .712 .959 .451 .871 .900 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.784 45/.567 54/.765 51/.368 21/.881 81/.414 53/.886 2/.000 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 226/.675 82/.552 86/.447 92/.903 63/.984 86/.486 83/.860 4/1.417 .680
Home 182/.663 82/.525 70/.771 76/.666 35/.952 96/.574 72/.934 6/.900
Last 28d days 101/.695 29/.321 37/.283 39/.502 22/.792 50/.547 50/1.159 6/.900
HR/SB/CS 14/7/2 3/1/1 2/5/1 8/1/0 2/1/1 1/0/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 73/27/13
Usage ····X··· ·X·o·o·· ·oo··Xo· ·X··Xo·· X····X·X ·Xo··XX· ·X··oX·X oo······
Cardinals Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Caminero
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 48.Hughes
G/S/vB		 35.Melancon
G/S/vB		 12.Nicasio
G/S/vB		 31.Schugel
G/S/vB		 44.Watson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 7/.143 6/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 8/.536 195/161 .279/.328/.486/.814 .808/.815 .973 55/.470 0/1 9/6
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 4/1.750 2/4.000 11/.739 13/.398 7/.762 2/2.500 16/.266 345/236 .305/.427/.581/1.008 .891/1.062 .930 100/1.223 0/2 14/9
36.Diaz G/S/vP 4/.250 3/1.667 ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 3/1.167 1/.000 306/214 .313/.374/.522/.896 .741/.967 .738 95/.889 2/2 11/14
35.Garcia* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 71/63 .357/.493/.500/.993 .875/1.008 .680 30/.607 0/1 2/2
3.Gyorko G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 7/.286 5/.400 17/.470 1/.000 2/.000 152/79 .229/.289/.407/.697 .559/.823 .664 34/.412 0/0 7/4
7.Holliday G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 11/1.182 9/.347 7/1.571 2/.000 16/.650 311/222 .244/.318/.466/.784 .756/.796 .594 93/.777 0/0 15/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/.400 1/no AB 12/.432 10/.844 9/.555 ··· 12/.174 307/220 .259/.326/.331/.657 .647/.661 .668 83/.605 2/1 1/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 3/.666 3/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.000 250/181 .251/.340/.562/.902 .550/1.040 .835 93/.975 0/0 17/3
33.Pena# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.500 6/1.167 5/.800 ··· ··· 5/1.400 5/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.200 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.888 3/.000 6/1.500 9/.666 6/1.500 1/.000 11/.586 98/68 .239/.276/.413/.689 .414/.809 .711 94/.652 0/0 3/2
28.Pham G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 37/22 .219/.306/.438/.743 .600/.852 .646 36/.766 0/0 2/0
55.Piscotty G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 5/1.267 330/241 .294/.373/.474/.847 1.108/.757 .893 91/.751 4/5 10/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP 4/3.500 ··· 5/.000 7/.143 3/1.167 ··· 9/.833 190/157 .235/.321/.301/.622 .509/.646 .624 46/.720 3/0 1/6
IP 31.1 31.2 23.2 33.1 69.2 41.1 35.0 TOTAL .261/.334/.445/.779 .705/.808 .750 .747 18/16 108/65
ERA-K/9 3.45/7.5 2.84/9.9 4.18/4.2 1.35/7.6 5.43/9.0 3.48/7.8 3.09/8.2 4.38/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (23-9-6)
 Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.312 121/.189 112/.298 132/.215 304/.261 163/.221 140/.195 .267  Piscotty
 Holliday
 Moss
 Wong
 Pham
0/6/71/3
61/0/0/2
24/0/14/2
5/8/0/0
4/10/0/0
OPS .887 .608 .898 .530 .821 .595 .633 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 67/.930 57/.544 56/.973 60/.581 149/1.045 80/.538 47/.606 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.847 64/.667 56/.833 72/.487 155/.596 83/.647 93/.647 .766
Road 62/.832 64/.605 41/.710 59/.554 144/.953 87/.704 60/.643
Last 28d days 59/.696 36/.660 46/.977 29/.395 55/1.067 64/.449 37/.500
HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 4/2/0 3/3/2 1/2/0 12/1/3 3/0/1 4/2/0 95/34/15
Usage o··X··X· oXo··o·· ······oX ·oXo···· X·X····X ·X·o·o·· ·oX··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 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  5.65

LAA  4.40

ATL  3.40

 RA/G

CHC  3.39

PHI  4.60

CIN  6.05

 BA

J. Altuve  .353

J. Giavotella  .273

D. Norris  .212

 OBP

D. Ortiz  .433

E. Nunez  .341

F. Galvis  .250

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .679

A. Beltre  .456

B. Burns  .311

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.112

Z. Cozart  .793

B. Burns  .585

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Hellickson  4.06

C. Bettis  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.10

M. Wacha  7.75

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.