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St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets, at Busch Stadium III, August 24, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Start Time:

7:15ct (local), 8:15et

Venue:

Busch Stadium

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

87° (based on last ten years)

Mets

Manager:

Terry Collins

Game #:

128

On This Date:

25-24

Cardinals

Manager:

Mike Matheny

Game #:

127

On This Date:

70-53

Season Series
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 STL  3 @NYM  2     
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 NYM  3  STL  1     
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 STL  5 @NYM  4     
Tue, Aug 23, 2016 NYM  7 @STL  4     

Wed, Aug 24, 2016 NYM    @STL  8:15pm
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 NYM    @STL  7:15pm

                         All times ET

New York Mets

63-62, 3rd, 10 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-30   Road:   32-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  47-45   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 23-24   vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest: 13-21 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Tue, Aug 23  @STL  W   7-4       63-62  3rd 10.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 21  @SFG  W   2-0       62-62  3rd 11.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20  @SFG  W   9-5       61-62  3rd 12.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19  @SFG  L   1-8       60-62  3rd 12.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18  @SFG  L   7-10      60-61  3rd 11.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17  @ARI  L   5-13      60-60  3rd 10.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16  @ARI  W   7-5       60-59  3rd 10.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 15  @ARI  L   6-10      59-59  3rd 11.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 14   SDP  W   5-1       59-58  3rd 10.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 13   SDP  W   3-2 (11)  58-58  3rd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

St. Louis Cardinals

66-58, 2nd, 13½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   28-34   Road:   38-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  49-37   vsLHP:  17-21   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 16-15   vsCntrl:28-22   vsWest: 15-11 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Tue, Aug 23   NYM  L   4-7       66-58  2nd 13.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 21  @PHI  W   9-0       66-57  2nd 12.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 20  @PHI  L   2-4       65-57  2nd 13.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 19  @PHI  W   4-3 (11)  65-56  2nd 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 17  @HOU  W   8-2       64-56  2nd 12.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 16  @HOU  W   8-5       63-56  2nd 12.5 gb
118 Sun, Aug 14  @CHC  W   6-4       62-56  2nd 12.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 13  @CHC  W   8-4       61-56  2nd 13.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 12  @CHC  L   2-13      60-56  2nd 14.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 11  @CHC  L   3-4 (11)  60-55  2nd 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 23, 2016 NYM  7 @STL  4        W:Robert Gsellman (1-0), L: Jaime Garcia (10-9), S: Jeurys Familia (42)
Wed, Jul 27, 2016 STL  5 @NYM  4        W:Jonathan Broxton (3-2), L: Jeurys Familia (2-2), S: Seung-hwan Oh (6)
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 NYM  3  STL  1        W:Bartolo Colon (9-5), L: Jaime Garcia (7-7), S: Jeurys Familia (36)
Tue, Jul 26, 2016 STL  3 @NYM  2        W:Carlos Martinez (10-6), L: Noah Syndergaard (9-5), S: Seung-hwan Oh (5)

Sun, Jul 19, 2015 NYM  3 @STL  1 (18)   W:Carlos Torres (3-4), L: Carlos Martinez (10-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 STL 12  NYM  2        W:John Lackey (8-5), L: Bartolo Colon (9-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 STL  3  NYM  2        W:Lance Lynn (7-5), L: Noah Syndergaard (4-5), S: Trevor Rosenthal (27)
Thu, May 21, 2015 NYM  5  STL  0        W:Jacob deGrom (5-4), L: Jaime Garcia (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 20, 2015 STL  9 @NYM  0        W:Carlos Martinez (4-2), L: Bartolo Colon (6-3), S: none
Tue, May 19, 2015 STL 10 @NYM  2        W:Michael Wacha (6-0), L: Jon Niese (3-4), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - tied 2-2; 2015 - STL won 4-3; 2014 - NYM won 4-3; All-Time - STL leads 385-345

SP: Jacob deGrom (28, RHP, 7-6, 2.73)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-6)			138.1	124	45	42	30	134	12	2.73
2015 (14-8)			191.0	149	59	54	38	205	16	2.54
2014 (9-6)			140.1	117	44	42	43	144	7	2.69

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.1	43	15	15	8	43	3	2.98	58
2016-08-18	@SFG	L	5.0	13	8	8	1	5	1	92	13
2016-08-13	SDP	ND	7.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	93	75
2016-08-07	@DET	ND	6.2	7	1	1	2	3	0	103	57
2016-08-02	NYY	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	103	76
2016-07-28	COL	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	97	72
2016-07-23	@MIA	L	3.2	10	5	5	1	5	1	94	25
2016-07-17	@PHI	W	9.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	105	91

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	12.1	13	6	6	2	13	0	4.38	53
2015-05-21	STL	W	8.0	1	0	0	0	11	0	104	91
2014-06-16	@STL	L	4.1	12	6	6	2	2	0	91	15

SP: Carlos Martinez (24, RHP, 11-7, 3.24)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (11-7)			144.1	121	53	52	51	119	11	3.24
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		4-1	42.0	37	20	19	19	39	4	4.07	53
2016-08-17	@HOU	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	79	73
2016-08-11	@CHC	ND	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	112	47
2016-08-06	ATL	L	5.0	7	7	6	2	5	2	93	30
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

Last 5 v.NYM		2-0	15.1	11	3	2	10	11	1	1.17	57
2016-07-26	@NYM	W	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	106	48
2015-05-20	@NYM	W	6.1	4	0	0	2	5	0	100	68
2014-06-16	NYM	ND	4.0	2	1	0	4	3	0	59	55

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

Mets Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.35 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 26.Oh
G/S/vB 61.Reyes
G/S/vB 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB 64.Tuivailala
G/S/vB 38.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Bruce* G/S/vP 18/.489 ··· 7/1.000 19/.263 1/.000 1/.000 14/.357 4/1.750 3/.333 487/343 .247/.304/.509/.813 .733/.847 .837 94/.461 4/2 27/5

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 5/1.800 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 420/311 .260/.310/.414/.723 .806/.695 .722 30/.588 2/1 13/6

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 6/2.067 ··· 4/2.417 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 16/.875 394/303 .295/.365/.570/.936 1.114/.885 .949 32/.964 2/1 25/4

18.d'Arnaud G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/1.000 203/155 .255/.302/.346/.648 .493/.696 .586 66/.679 0/0 4/1

16.De Aza* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/.500 196/157 .192/.287/.308/.595 .547/.607 .495 62/.665 3/2 4/2

4.Flores G/S/vP 5/.400 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 7/.000 279/182 .259/.315/.447/.762 1.070/.596 .756 70/.685 1/1 13/9

3.Granderson* G/S/vP 10/.550 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.333 1/no AB 17/.568 488/354 .224/.311/.427/.738 .666/.766 .799 83/.572 3/2 20/0

55.Johnson* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 4/.500 8/.625 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 33/.869 264/216 .250/.311/.396/.706 .739/.698 .762 56/.851 2/0 8/8

28.Loney* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 15/.467 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/.875 270/223 .270/.312/.393/.705 .423/.764 .743 77/.536 0/0 6/7

7.Reyes# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 6/.000 28/1.096 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 9/.347 119/76 .284/.336/.477/.813 1.024/.698 .825 47/.878 6/2 3/1

44.Rivera G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 139/105 .218/.283/.363/.646 .929/.556 .529 37/.653 0/0 5/1

54.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/19 .324/.314/.382/.697 .500/.868 .733 35/.697 0/0 0/3

1.Ruggiano G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 23/6 .381/.435/.714/1.149 1.337/.667 1.706 19/1.238 0/1 2/1

IP 144.1 53.1 46.0 47.2 64.1 9.1 47.1 5.0 11.2 TOTAL .240/.308/.408/.716 .744/.706 .731 .709 31/16 164/73

ERA-K/9

3.24/7.4

3.38/6.6

4.70/7.8

2.27/10.2

1.82/12.0

0.00/12.6

2.85/8.9

7.20/10.8

4.63/5.4

4.04/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
d'Arnaud (49-14-3)
Rivera (30-12-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 596/.227 216/.220 204/.236 200/.220 249/.170 35/.161 186/.188 27/.304 55/.294 .254 Bruce
Cespedes
Granderson
Ruggiano
Johnson
De Aza 0/1/113/9
47/63/0/8
6/10/93/7
1/5/1/0
14/0/0/0
20/28/13/0

OPS .630 .603 .695 .625 .471 .451 .627 .712 .953 .712

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 327/.735 81/.567 79/.801 90/.610 116/.448 12/.583 59/.747 13/.558 21/.293 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.504 135/.623 125/.630 110/.637 133/.490 23/.366 127/.572 14/.864 34/1.374 .713

Home 302/.679 129/.602 99/.886 112/.610 127/.532 13/.481 96/.527 17/.871 13/.769

Last 28d days 106/.720 45/.753 34/1.300 44/.480 44/.548 35/.451 34/.671 12/.780 55/.953

HR/SB/CS 11/6/2 3/2/1 5/6/1 2/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/1 8/5/0 0/2/0 4/0/0 118/60/19

Usage ······X· ··o···o· ···oo·X· X··oo··o ····X··o X···X··X ····X··· X··X··o· ··o·····

Cardinals Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.deGrom
G/S/vB 39.Blevins*
G/S/vB 27.Familia
G/S/vB 51.Henderson
G/S/vB 67.Lugo
G/S/vB 49.Niese*
G/S/vB 43.Reed
G/S/vB 47.Robles
G/S/vB 59.Smoker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Carpenter* G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.650 2/.000 5/.933 ··· 16/1.146 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 418/280 .285/.402/.529/.931 .824/.985 .900 67/.652 0/2 15/12

35.Garcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 199/159 .238/.352/.333/.685 .513/.731 .602 72/.374 1/1 3/4

15.Grichuk G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/1.058 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 330/227 .226/.282/.462/.744 .742/.745 .828 44/.970 3/1 16/1

3.Gyorko G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 16/1.063 5/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 302/183 .244/.308/.491/.799 .608/.922 .781 88/.783 0/0 20/6

41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 191/153 .257/.314/.520/.834 .632/.889 .712 39/1.268 5/2 11/4

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 4/1.750 6/1.500 ··· 34/.896 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 447/323 .284/.345/.387/.732 .733/.731 .725 88/.898 3/1 4/1

37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 12/1.045 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 332/237 .263/.340/.573/.914 .711/.998 .799 82/.924 1/0 23/4

27.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.666 7/.929 3/.666 3/2.334 ··· 21/.831 8/1.607 1/.000 1/2.000 187/128 .254/.289/.424/.712 .563/.780 .762 67/.781 0/0 6/2

28.Pham G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 154/97 .250/.353/.508/.861 .853/.865 .794 55/.971 1/2 9/0

55.Piscotty G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.278 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 502/360 .275/.347/.468/.815 .975/.754 .839 95/.699 5/5 18/4

68.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/21 .240/.296/.280/.576 .333/.619 .350 8/.500 0/0 0/0

16.Wong* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 3/3.333 1/.000 ··· 9/.555 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 288/233 .238/.326/.321/.648 .615/.656 .641 54/.756 5/0 2/6

IP 138.1 33.2 59.0 26.0 23.2 121.0 59.2 60.1 3.0 TOTAL .256/.329/.446/.774 .724/.794 .751 .777 28/19 174/86

ERA-K/9

2.73/8.7

2.41/10.1

2.75/9.6

4.15/10.7

3.04/7.2

5.50/6.5

1.96/10.9

4.03/10.1

6.00/9.0

3.62/8.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (44-13-7)
Rosario (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.242 140/.218 245/.236 113/.227 95/.218 546/.297 235/.205 258/.239 14/.308 .255 Grichuk
Piscotty
Pham
Moss
Wong
Hazelbaker 4/77/3/6
0/10/109/4
14/33/1/2
31/0/19/2
5/8/2/0
44/21/4/0

OPS .641 .589 .607 .754 .581 .884 .532 .728 .896 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.598 92/.575 114/.630 42/.661 43/.607 142/.887 99/.541 106/.619 6/.900 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 260/.688 48/.618 131/.586 71/.812 52/.558 404/.883 136/.526 152/.803 8/.875 .698

Road 259/.726 61/.708 104/.579 60/.691 54/.710 284/.938 118/.634 134/.658 14/.896

Last 28d days 130/.650 33/.871 46/.585 3/.667 64/.620 56/1.041 50/.791 53/.848 14/.896

HR/SB/CS 12/3/3 3/2/0 1/6/0 5/4/0 0/1/0 25/2/2 3/0/1 6/7/3 1/0/0 114/110/36

Usage ·····X·· o···oX·o o·o·X··o o······· ····X·o· X·····X· X··X·o·X ···X·X·X X··oo···

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 5.48

MIN 4.52

ATL 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.42

PIT 4.48

ARI 5.60

J. Altuve .363

S. Piscotty .275

T. Frazier .211

OBP

J. Votto .434

N. Walker .341

F. Galvis .265

SLG

D. Ortiz .633

X. Bogaerts .451

A. Escobar .318

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.045

H. Ramirez .804

A. Escobar .607

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.16

T. Bauer 3.88

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.96

J. Eickhoff 7.70

J. Weaver 4.49

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.