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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves, at Busch Stadium III, August 7, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Start Time:

1:15ct (local), 2:15et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

88° (based on last ten years)

Braves

Manager:

Brian Snitker

Game #:

112

On This Date:

68-52

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

113

On This Date:

67-57

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 13 @STL  5     

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

                         All times ET

Atlanta Braves

40-70, 5th, 25 GB, 21 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-39   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  28-43   vsLHP:  12-27   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast: 19-25   vsCntrl:10-18   vsWest:  5-18 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  6  @STL  W  13-5       40-70  5th 25.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

St. Louis Cardinals

58-52, 2nd, 10½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-31   Road:   32-21   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  44-34   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:24-19   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  6   ATL  L   5-13      58-52  2nd 10.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 06, 2016 ATL 13 @STL  5        W:Roberto Hernandez (1-0), L: Carlos Martinez (10-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2016 - STL over 4-1; 2015 - ATL won 4-2; 2014 - STL won 4-2; All-Time - STL leads 1073-965

SP: Mike Foltynewicz (24, RHP, 4-5, 4.60)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (4-5)			72.1	73	39	37	21	62	13	4.60
2015 (4-6)			86.2	112	63	55	29	77	17	5.71
2014 (0-1)			18.2	23	11	11	7	14	3	5.30

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.0	39	26	24	13	34	7	5.54	47
2016-08-02	PIT	L	5.1	4	5	5	3	4	0	103	41
2016-07-27	@MIN	W	5.1	12	7	6	0	3	1	100	21
2016-07-21	@COL	L	5.2	4	3	3	5	5	1	112	49
2016-07-16	COL	ND	7.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	107	60
2016-07-10	@CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	10	0	106	77
2016-07-05	@PHI	L	5.2	8	5	5	1	5	4	87	37
2016-06-30	MIA	ND	3.0	2	3	2	2	2	1	61	45

Has never faced STL as starter.

SP: Adam Wainwright (34, RHP, 9-5, 4.14)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (9-5)			137.0	143	64	63	34	109	10	4.14
2015 (2-1)			28.0	25	7	5	4	20	0	1.61
2014 (20-9)			227.0	184	64	60	50	179	10	2.38

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.2	48	15	15	9	44	2	2.96	57
2016-08-02	@CIN	ND	5.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	101	53
2016-07-27	@NYM	ND	6.2	11	4	4	1	4	1	117	39
2016-07-21	SDP	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	8	0	96	58
2016-07-16	MIA	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	120	84
2016-07-07	PIT	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	114	71
2016-07-02	MIL	W	7.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	98	66
2016-06-27	@KCR	L	5.0	10	6	6	1	7	0	102	29

Last 5 v.ATL		2-2	33.1	34	16	15	12	30	2	4.05	53
2016-04-10	@ATL	ND	5.0	6	5	5	5	2	1	87	32
2014-05-07	@ATL	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	103	71
2013-08-23	ATL	W	9.0	6	1	1	0	9	0	128	80
2013-07-26	@ATL	L	7.0	7	4	3	1	8	1	119	56
2012-05-12	ATL	L	4.1	9	5	5	5	5	0	108	25

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

Braves Batters (3.54 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Wainwright
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 6/1.000 ··· 12/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.800 331/235 .235/.293/.292/.585 .522/.611 .475 71/.781 3/5 1/13

7.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 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 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 218/132 .258/.321/.359/.680 .686/.676 .747 38/.651 8/3 1/2

18.Francoeur G/S/vP 26/.656 ··· 2/1.500 25/1.116 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 14/.226 258/130 .249/.287/.390/.677 .753/.603 .655 44/.553 2/0 7/3

5.Freeman* G/S/vP 18/.631 ··· 4/1.250 6/2.833 1/no AB 2/.500 4/.250 9/1.667 473/299 .280/.366/.510/.875 .898/.862 .932 92/.813 4/0 19/5

13.Garcia G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 343/234 .272/.312/.410/.722 .697/.734 .762 81/1.008 2/2 9/14

11.Inciarte* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 342/238 .269/.327/.346/.674 .640/.689 .669 88/.888 11/3 2/4

27.Kemp G/S/vP 32/.391 ··· 4/1.250 21/.979 8/.661 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 453/347 .255/.283/.482/.765 1.006/.692 .845 79/.969 0/0 24/2

22.Markakis* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 6/.666 8/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.250 24/.950 467/308 .269/.345/.379/.724 .656/.759 .765 86/.871 0/0 6/3

8.Peterson* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 243/206 .268/.360/.383/.742 .513/.785 .693 76/.704 2/4 5/9

15.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 3/.666 10/.200 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 18/.334 232/196 .211/.228/.283/.511 .222/.566 .575 47/.638 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 137.0 46.2 41.2 40.1 29.2 56.2 42.0 5.2 TOTAL .244/.307/.360/.667 .651/.675 .672 .744 55/25 70/76

ERA-K/9

4.14/7.2

3.28/6.6

4.75/7.3

2.45/10.0

3.34/4.5

2.06/11.4

2.79/9.2

0.00/4.7

3.98/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 570/.275 188/.213 184/.231 171/.224 124/.263 221/.172 166/.185 27/.240 .252 Inciarte
Kemp
Francoeur
Markakis
d'Arnaud
Snyder
Peterson
Garcia 10/69/0/11
5/0/97/8
51/0/9/7
0/0/101/3
8/4/1/1
1/0/0/0
13/0/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .723 .588 .677 .653 .730 .482 .628 .696 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 248/.763 70/.586 74/.842 81/.664 45/.606 105/.470 53/.693 10/.300 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 322/.691 118/.588 110/.572 90/.639 79/.800 116/.493 113/.598 17/.945 .697

Home 293/.600 115/.557 99/.886 102/.640 64/.622 125/.541 88/.539 5/1.200

Last 28d days 106/.692 51/.705 34/1.119 38/.735 37/.301 42/.662 41/.611 27/.696

HR/SB/CS 10/4/2 3/1/1 4/6/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 3/1/1 7/4/0 0/0/0 101/51/17

Usage ····X··· ···Xo·X· X···o··· o··oX··· X·o····· ·X·XX··· ···XX·o· 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 26.Foltynewicz
G/S/vB 62.Cabrera
G/S/vB 32.Hernandez
G/S/vB 39.Cunniff
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 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 271/229 .254/.310/.464/.774 .686/.790 .910 59/.728 0/1 12/7

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/5.000 2/2.000 358/245 .292/.414/.557/.971 .855/1.025 .867 7/.143 0/2 14/11

35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 156/130 .276/.404/.402/.805 .801/.806 .677 66/.645 1/1 3/4

3.Gyorko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.119 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 247/146 .242/.300/.467/.767 .620/.869 .818 81/.877 0/0 15/6

41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 174/137 .245/.304/.471/.775 .649/.811 .675 39/.788 5/2 8/4

7.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 402/286 .241/.316/.449/.765 .747/.772 .630 73/.754 0/0 18/0

4.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.667 1/.000 388/282 .273/.338/.375/.713 .691/.721 .666 66/.911 3/1 3/1

37.Moss* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.286 ··· 4/.250 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 272/195 .263/.346/.571/.916 .600/1.046 .817 22/.983 0/0 18/3

27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 12/1.083 ··· 10/.522 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 134/93 .228/.261/.409/.671 .477/.756 .681 24/.583 0/0 5/2

28.Pham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 127/87 .248/.325/.504/.830 .610/.938 .756 75/.835 1/2 8/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 439/321 .280/.349/.467/.816 1.091/.721 .869 82/.675 4/5 15/4

68.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/18 .227/.292/.273/.564 .333/.611 .350 20/.472 0/0 0/0

16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 259/212 .241/.324/.329/.653 .623/.660 .626 52/.724 5/0 2/6

IP 72.1 19.2 5.0 0.1 40.1 33.1 24.2 7.0 32.2 TOTAL .256/.328/.442/.770 .710/.793 .745 .726 26/19 149/81

ERA-K/9

4.60/7.7

3.20/8.2

5.40/7.2

0.00/0.0

3.79/8.3

2.70/9.2

6.57/6.9

7.71/11.6

3.31/6.9

4.35/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (35-11-6)
Rosario (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.263 79/.214 22/.300 2/1.000 169/.242 137/.250 113/.327 35/.259 135/.212 .251 Piscotty
Pham
Holliday
Moss
Hazelbaker
Wong 0/8/96/4
10/31/1/2
79/0/0/2
25/0/16/2
40/19/4/0
5/8/2/0

OPS .782 .543 .818 2.000 .695 .671 .865 .873 .646 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.859 29/.457 7/1.262 / 82/.757 55/.586 61/.738 10/1.250 51/.586 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.727 50/.595 15/.624 2/2.000 87/.637 82/.729 52/1.017 25/.716 84/.681 .701

Road 170/.922 52/.674 22/.818 / 79/.824 61/.770 52/.746 6/.500 61/.415

Last 28d days 102/.728 54/.474 22/.818 2/2.000 40/.732 35/.658 27/.819 20/.425 29/.747

HR/SB/CS 13/1/3 0/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/1 3/2/0 3/4/2 3/1/0 1/1/0 5/5/0 120/83/16

Usage ····X··· Xo·o··X· X······· ··o····· ··oX··o· X··o··oo o······X Xo··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 5.44

SDP 4.46

ATL 3.54

RA/G

CHC 3.42

KCR 4.42

ARI 5.52

J. Altuve .355

J. Ellsbury .272

D. Norris .190

OBP

M. Trout .431

T. Story .341

D. Norris .252

SLG

D. Murphy .619

M. Reynolds .448

A. Escobar .302

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.013

J. Bautista .788

A. Escobar .579

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

H. Iwakuma 3.99

S. Gray 5.74

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.