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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves, at Busch Stadium III, August 6, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Start Time:

6:15ct (local), 7:15et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

89° (based on last ten years)

Braves

Manager:

Brian Snitker

Game #:

111

On This Date:

70-52

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

112

On This Date:

71-53

Season Series
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 STL  7 @ATL  4     
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 STL 12 @ATL  2     
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 STL 12 @ATL  7     
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 STL  1  ATL  0     

Sat, Aug 06, 2016 ATL    @STL  7:15pm
Sun, Aug 07, 2016 ATL    @STL  2:15pm

                         All times ET

Atlanta Braves

39-70, 5th, 26 GB, 21 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-39   Road:   21-31   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  27-43   vsLHP:  12-27   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast: 19-25   vsCntrl: 9-18   vsWest:  5-18 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  5  @STL  L   0-1       39-70  5th 26.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4   PIT  W   5-2       39-69  5th 25.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3   PIT  W   8-4       38-69  5th 25.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2   PIT  L   3-5       37-69  5th 25.5 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31   PHI  W   2-1       37-68  5th 24.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30   PHI  L   5-9       36-68  5th 25.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 29   PHI  W   2-1       36-67  5th 25.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 28   PHI  L   5-7       35-67  5th 25.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 27  @MIN  W   9-7       35-66  5th 24.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 26  @MIN  W   2-0       34-66  5th 24.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

St. Louis Cardinals

58-51, 2nd, 9½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-30   Road:   32-21   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  44-33   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 14-11   vsCntrl:24-19   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Fri, Aug  5   ATL  W   1-0       58-51  2nd  9.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @CIN  L   0-7       57-51  2nd  9.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @CIN  W   5-4       57-50  2nd  9.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @CIN  L   5-7       56-50  2nd  9.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 31  @MIA  L   4-5       56-49  2nd  7.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 30  @MIA  L   0-11      56-48  2nd  6.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 29  @MIA  W  11-6       56-47  2nd  6.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 28  @MIA  W   5-4       55-47  2nd  6.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 27  @NYM  W   5-4       54-47  2nd  6.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 26  @NYM  L   1-3       53-47  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 STL  1  ATL  0        W:Jaime Garcia (8-8), L: Joel De La Cruz (0-4), S: Seung-hwan Oh (9)
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 STL 12 @ATL  7        W:Seung-hwan Oh (1-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-1), S: Trevor Rosenthal (2)
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 STL 12 @ATL  2        W:Carlos Martinez (1-0), L: Julio Teheran (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 STL  7 @ATL  4        W:Kevin Siegrist (1-0), L: Eric O'Flaherty (0-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (1)

Sun, Oct 04, 2015 ATL  2  STL  0        W:Matt Wisler (8-8), L: Lance Lynn (12-11), S: Edwin Jackson (1)
Sun, Oct 04, 2015 ATL  6  STL  0        W:Shelby Miller (6-17), L: John Lackey (13-10), S: none
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 ATL  4  STL  0        W:Julio Teheran (11-8), L: Jaime Garcia (10-6), S: none
Sun, Jul 26, 2015 ATL  3 @STL  2        W:Matt Wisler (5-1), L: Michael Wacha (11-4), S: Jim Johnson (9)
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 STL  1  ATL  0        W:Carlos Martinez (11-4), L: Shelby Miller (5-7), S: Randy Choate (1)
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 STL  4  ATL  2        W:Tim Cooney (1-0), L: Manny Banuelos (1-2), S: Kevin Siegrist (5)
Season Series: 2016 - STL over 4-0; 2015 - ATL won 4-2; 2014 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 1073-964

SP: Roberto Hernandez (35, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-5)			84.2	90	48	41	26	42	9	4.36
2014 (8-11)			164.2	156	84	75	73	105	19	4.10
2013 (6-13)			151.0	164	87	82	38	113	24	4.89

Last 7 GS		1-3	42.1	54	31	28	13	15	5	5.95	40
2015-06-05	@TOR	L	5.2	9	6	5	2	1	2	96	28
2015-05-31	CHW	L	5.2	8	5	4	1	2	0	95	36
2015-05-24	@DET	ND	5.0	9	7	7	3	5	0	95	23
2015-05-19	OAK	W	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	105	51
2015-05-14	TOR	ND	6.1	6	4	4	3	0	2	85	42
2015-05-08	@LAA	L	7.2	7	2	2	0	3	0	92	60
2015-05-03	SEA	ND	6.0	8	5	4	2	1	0	93	37

Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Carlos Martinez (24, RHP, 10-6, 2.99)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-6)			126.1	104	42	42	45	103	9	2.99
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		3-1	44.0	41	13	13	18	37	3	2.66	57
2016-07-31	@MIA	ND	7.0	7	4	4	4	4	0	102	47
2016-07-26	@NYM	W	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	106	48
2016-07-20	SDP	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	89	65
2016-07-09	@MIL	W	5.0	4	1	1	4	11	0	103	62
2016-07-04	PIT	L	7.0	9	3	3	1	7	1	108	53
2016-06-29	KCR	ND	6.0	8	0	0	1	3	0	89	58
2016-06-24	@SEA	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	109	66

Last 5 v.ATL		2-0	14.0	10	2	2	4	11	0	1.29	67
2016-04-09	@ATL	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	99	58
2015-07-25	ATL	W	8.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	93	75

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

Braves Batters (3.45 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.24 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 29.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Maness
G/S/vB 26.Oh
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 38.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 11/.364 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.800 326/230 .235/.294/.294/.588 .522/.616 .477 69/.775 3/5 1/13

7.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 5/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 190/123 .240/.332/.383/.715 .735/.704 .726 66/.477 1/0 4/2

23.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 216/130 .250/.315/.347/.662 .686/.646 .714 40/.488 7/3 1/2

18.Francoeur G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 25/1.116 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 14/.226 258/130 .249/.287/.390/.677 .753/.603 .655 48/.613 2/0 7/3

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 3/.667 6/2.833 ··· 2/.500 4/.250 9/1.667 468/294 .275/.359/.499/.858 .898/.834 .894 91/.735 4/0 18/5

13.Garcia G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 338/230 .269/.308/.397/.705 .690/.711 .722 80/.916 2/2 8/14

11.Inciarte* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 336/232 .264/.324/.333/.658 .640/.666 .635 86/.822 11/3 1/4

27.Kemp G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 3/.000 21/.979 7/.762 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 448/342 .256/.283/.479/.762 1.006/.687 .841 78/.913 0/0 23/2

22.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 5/.400 7/.286 ··· ··· 4/1.250 24/.950 462/304 .265/.342/.376/.718 .647/.756 .754 85/.805 0/0 6/3

8.Peterson* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 238/202 .273/.363/.390/.753 .528/.795 .716 75/.823 2/4 5/9

15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 3/.666 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 17/.352 227/192 .216/.233/.289/.522 .229/.578 .601 46/.717 1/0 1/4

20.Recker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 39/26 .355/.432/.516/.949 1.007/.917 .900 39/.949 1/0 0/0

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 34/25 .182/.206/.515/.721 2.000/.247 .500 8/.375 0/0 2/1

IP 126.1 46.2 41.1 39.1 27.2 56.2 42.0 5.0 TOTAL .242/.306/.356/.662 .650/.668 .662 .721 54/25 66/76

ERA-K/9

2.99/7.3

3.28/6.6

3.92/7.2

2.52/10.1

3.58/4.5

2.06/11.4

2.79/9.2

0.00/5.4

3.92/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pierzynski (37-12-4)
Recker (11-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 519/.226 188/.213 178/.207 167/.222 118/.275 221/.172 166/.185 22/.200 .251 Inciarte
Kemp
Francoeur
Markakis
d'Arnaud
Snyder
Peterson
Garcia 10/68/0/11
4/0/97/8
51/0/9/7
0/0/100/3
8/4/1/1
1/0/0/0
13/0/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .620 .588 .600 .648 .757 .482 .628 .573 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 282/.728 70/.586 70/.743 78/.664 41/.635 105/.470 53/.693 7/.429 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.494 118/.588 108/.513 89/.632 77/.822 116/.493 113/.598 15/.641 .693

Home 277/.656 115/.557 93/.749 98/.632 58/.665 125/.541 88/.539 /

Last 28d days 81/.722 51/.705 31/.680 35/.700 31/.323 45/.617 41/.611 22/.573

HR/SB/CS 9/6/2 3/1/1 2/5/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 3/1/1 7/4/0 0/0/0 97/50/17

Usage ·····X·· ··Xo·X·X ···o···· ··oX···o ·o·····X X·XX···· ··XX·o·· ·X····X·

Cardinals Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 62.Cabrera
G/S/vB 54.Cervenka*
G/S/vB 39.Cunniff
G/S/vB 60.De La Cruz
G/S/vB 53.Johnson
G/S/vB 46.Krol*
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Ramirez
G/S/vB 51.Withrow
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 270/228 .251/.307/.457/.765 .686/.780 .895 63/.766 0/1 12/7

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/5.000 2/2.000 355/242 .294/.415/.561/.975 .855/1.032 .874 4/.000 0/2 14/10

35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 155/130 .278/.406/.405/.811 .835/.806 .687 65/.656 1/1 3/4

3.Gyorko G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 243/142 .244/.300/.471/.772 .620/.879 .831 77/.896 0/0 15/5

41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 173/137 .240/.300/.468/.768 .611/.811 .658 38/.751 5/2 8/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 397/282 .236/.312/.447/.759 .754/.761 .615 69/.709 0/0 18/0

4.Molina G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/3.000 1/.000 385/279 .272/.338/.372/.710 .691/.717 .661 63/.906 3/1 3/1

37.Moss* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.250 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 267/192 .264/.348/.579/.927 .617/1.052 .836 17/1.162 0/0 18/3

27.Peralta G/S/vP 10/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 130/89 .220/.254/.407/.660 .477/.745 .657 25/.533 0/0 5/2

28.Pham G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/83 .255/.328/.518/.846 .610/.968 .784 76/.844 1/2 8/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 434/318 .281/.351/.471/.822 1.093/.728 .881 82/.700 4/5 15/4

68.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .227/.292/.273/.564 .333/.611 .350 24/.499 0/0 0/0

16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 256/210 .240/.324/.316/.640 .638/.640 .598 54/.721 5/0 1/6

IP 18.2 34.0 0.1 29.0 40.1 32.0 23.2 6.1 32.2 TOTAL .255/.328/.442/.770 .711/.792 .745 .733 26/19 148/79

ERA-K/9

/0.0

2.41/8.2

3.18/9.3

0.00/0.0

3.41/4.3

3.79/8.3

2.81/9.3

6.85/6.8

8.53/12.9

3.31/6.9

4.34/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (35-11-6)
Rosario (9-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 73/.188 139/.175 2/1.000 125/.241 169/.242 133/.258 109/.320 31/.280 135/.212 .250 Piscotty
Pham
Holliday
Moss
Hazelbaker
Wong 0/7/95/4
10/30/1/2
78/0/0/2
25/0/15/2
40/19/4/0
5/8/2/0

OPS .486 .617 2.000 .762 .695 .692 .860 .899 .646 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 27/.377 73/.506 / 60/.781 82/.757 52/.622 59/.729 10/1.250 51/.586 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 46/.555 66/.744 2/2.000 65/.743 87/.637 81/.739 50/1.018 21/.734 84/.681 .701

Road / 46/.604 62/.781 / 76/.835 79/.824 57/.827 48/.725 2/.500 61/.415

Last 28d days / 48/.379 31/.675 2/2.000 63/.524 43/.727 31/.748 23/.785 16/.393 32/.672

HR/SB/CS // 0/2/0 2/7/2 0/0/1 4/1/0 3/2/0 3/4/2 3/1/0 1/1/0 5/5/0 119/83/16

Usage o·o··X·X oo·o··X· ·o······ X····X·· ·oX··o·X ··o··ooo ······X· o··X·oX· ·Xo··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 5.49

SDP 4.42

ATL 3.45

RA/G

CHC 3.45

KCR 4.44

CIN 5.53

J. Altuve .357

A. Hill .273

D. Norris .190

OBP

M. Trout .428

T. Story .341

D. Norris .252

SLG

D. Murphy .626

C. Dickerson .451

A. Escobar .302

OPS

D. Murphy 1.022

R. Odor .792

A. Escobar .579

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

H. Iwakuma 3.99

S. Gray 5.84

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

J. Eickhoff 7.64

M. Pelfrey 4.06

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.