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Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Nationals Park, May 27, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, May 27, 2016
Start Time:
7:05et (local)
Venue:
Nationals Park
Series:
Game #2 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
49
On This Date:
63-60
Nationals
Manager:
Dusty Baker
Game #:
50
On This Date:
17-23
Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 WSN  5 @STL  4     
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1     
Sun, May 01, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1     
Thu, May 26, 2016 WSN  2  STL  1     

Fri, May 27, 2016 STL    @WSN  7:05pm
Sat, May 28, 2016 STL    @WSN  7:15pm
Sun, May 29, 2016 STL    @WSN  1:35pm

                         All times ET
St. Louis Cardinals
24-24, 3rd, 8½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-15   Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  17-18   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   3-7 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Thu, May 26  @WSN  L   1-2       24-24  3rd  8.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 25   CHC  L   8-9       24-23  3rd  8.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 24   CHC  L   3-12      24-22  3rd  7.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 23   CHC  W   4-3       24-21  3rd  6.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 22   ARI  L   2-7       23-21  3rd  7.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 21   ARI  W   6-2       23-20  3rd  7.0 gb
 42 Fri, May 20   ARI  L   7-11      22-20  3rd  8.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 19   COL  W  13-7       22-19  3rd  7.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 18   COL  W   2-0       21-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 17   COL  L   1-3       20-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Washington Nationals
29-19, 1st, 1 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-9    Road:   15-10   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  23-17   vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 7-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Thu, May 26   STL  W   2-1       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Wed, May 25   NYM  L   0-2       28-19  1st  0.5 up
 46 Tue, May 24   NYM  W   7-4       28-18  1st  1.5 up
 45 Mon, May 23   NYM  L   1-7       27-18  1st  0.5 up
 44 Sun, May 22  @MIA  W   8-2       27-17  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sat, May 21  @MIA  L   2-3       26-17  1st  1.5 up
 42 Fri, May 20  @MIA  W   4-1       26-16  1st  2.0 up
 41 Thu, May 19  @NYM  W   9-1       25-16  1st  1.0 up
 40 Wed, May 18  @NYM  W   7-1       24-16  1st  0.5 up
 39 Tue, May 17  @NYM  L   0-2       23-16  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 26, 2016 WSN  2  STL  1        W:Joe Ross (4-4), L: Mike Leake (3-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (13)
Sun, May 01, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1        W:Max Scherzer (3-1), L: Carlos Martinez (4-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2016 WSN  6 @STL  1        W:Joe Ross (3-0), L: Jaime Garcia (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 WSN  5 @STL  4        W:Stephen Strasburg (4-0), L: Mike Leake (0-3), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)

Wed, Sep 02, 2015 WSN  4 @STL  3        W:Rafael Martin (1-0), L: Jonathan Broxton (1-4), S: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 STL  8  WSN  5        W:Mitch Harris (2-1), L: Casey Janssen (1-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 31, 2015 STL  8  WSN  5        W:Kevin Siegrist (6-1), L: Casey Janssen (1-3), S: Trevor Rosenthal (42)
Thu, Apr 23, 2015 STL  4 @WSN  1        W:Michael Wacha (3-0), L: Max Scherzer (1-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (6)
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 STL  7 @WSN  5        W:Kevin Siegrist (1-0), L: Blake Treinen (0-2), S: Trevor Rosenthal (5)
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 WSN  2  STL  1 (10)   W:Aaron Barrett (2-0), L: Carlos Villanueva (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - WSN over 4-0; 2015 - STL won 4-2; 2014 - STL won 5-2; All-Time - STL leads 310-293

SP: Jaime Garcia (29, LHP, 3-4, 3.59)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. WSN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-4) 52.2 43 24 21 20 51 2 3.59
2015 (10-6) 129.2 106 37 35 30 97 6 2.43
2014 (3-1) 43.2 39 20 20 7 39 6 4.12
Last 7 GS 2-4 37.2 37 20 17 16 32 2 4.06 50
2016-05-22 ARI L 2.1 10 5 5 1 0 0 55 16
2016-05-17 COL L 5.0 5 3 3 4 3 0 82 44
2016-05-11 @LAA W 7.0 4 2 0 1 8 1 95 72
2016-05-05 PHI W 7.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 82 78
2016-04-30 WSN L 6.1 4 4 4 3 6 1 96 52
2016-04-25 @ARI ND 5.0 8 4 3 3 3 0 92 37
2016-04-19 CHC L 5.0 4 2 2 4 7 0 98 54
Last 5 v.WSN 2-2 30.1 30 14 14 9 24 3 4.15 52
2016-04-30 WSN L 6.1 4 4 4 3 6 1 96 52
2014-06-15 WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 100 67
2013-04-24 @WSN W 5.2 4 1 1 1 3 0 89 59
2012-08-30 @WSN L 5.1 9 6 6 2 2 2 85 26
2011-06-14 @WSN ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 107 54

SP: Max Scherzer (31, RHP, 5-3, 3.80)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-3) 66.1 55 28 28 18 84 14 3.80
2015 (14-12) 228.2 176 74 71 34 276 27 2.79
2014 (18-5) 220.1 196 80 77 63 252 18 3.15
Last 7 GS 3-3 46.1 41 21 21 12 64 11 4.08 59
2016-05-22 @MIA W 8.0 6 2 2 0 8 1 103 70
2016-05-17 @NYM L 6.1 3 2 2 3 10 2 98 66
2016-05-11 DET W 9.0 6 2 2 0 20 2 119 87
2016-05-06 @CHC L 5.0 7 7 7 3 7 4 96 29
2016-05-01 @STL W 7.0 4 0 0 0 9 0 105 78
2016-04-26 PHI ND 6.0 7 3 3 4 7 1 116 49
2016-04-21 @MIA L 5.0 8 5 5 2 3 1 99 32
Last 5 v.STL 1-2 30.0 33 11 9 4 28 1 2.70 56
2016-05-01 @STL W 7.0 4 0 0 0 9 0 105 78
2015-09-02 @STL ND 6.0 11 2 2 0 10 1 108 52
2015-04-23 STL L 7.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 82 61
2009-04-14 STL ND 5.0 5 3 3 2 1 0 83 44
2008-09-24 @STL L 5.0 7 4 2 2 4 0 85 43

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Cardinals Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (3.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 46.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Petit
G/S/vB		 73.Rivero*
G/S/vB		 36.Solis*
G/S/vB		 45.Treinen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Adams* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 3/3.000 109/91 .320/.376/.560/.936 .778/.969 .399 64/1.093 0/1 6/3
36.Diaz G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 170/120 .329/.359/.570/.928 .778/.993 1.226 97/.727 1/1 7/10
59.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/17 .476/.522/.571/1.093 .533/1.276 .333 11/.664 0/0 0/0
35.Garcia* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/16 .636/.765/1.000/1.765 .000/1.913 2.152 2/2.000 0/0 1/1
15.Grichuk G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 164/113 .238/.311/.442/.753 .609/.815 .633 81/.846 3/0 7/0
3.Gyorko G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 9/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 101/59 .228/.297/.424/.721 .704/.733 .782 40/.606 0/0 5/4
41.Hazelbaker* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 120/92 .255/.294/.518/.812 .679/.855 1.005 54/.536 3/2 7/3
7.Holliday G/S/vP 9/.347 2/.000 5/.200 23/.620 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 177/125 .231/.305/.450/.755 .555/.834 .878 96/.642 0/0 7/0
4.Molina G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 5/.400 23/.962 13/.930 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.667 187/136 .291/.374/.394/.768 .625/.822 .776 97/.686 2/0 1/0
37.Moss* G/S/vP 22/.773 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 3/3.000 138/105 .218/.319/.471/.789 .480/.889 .794 69/.714 0/0 8/2
55.Piscotty G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 206/150 .326/.398/.495/.893 1.247/.771 .900 106/.893 2/3 5/1
19.Tejada G/S/vP 4/.750 3/.666 5/1.550 2/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.800 40/23 .176/.225/.235/.460 .853/.221 .445 27/.449 0/0 0/4
16.Wong* G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 4/2.083 4/1.000 4/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 127/105 .236/.323/.309/.632 .687/.621 .667 67/.733 3/0 1/5
IP 66.1 16.0 18.2 13.0 23.2 22.1 12.1 20.2 TOTAL .266/.339/.458/.797 .717/.827 .819 .753 14/7 65/42
ERA-K/9 3.80/11.4 1.13/12.4 2.89/6.3 2.77/11.1 1.52/7.2 4.03/11.3 2.19/8.0 3.05/9.1 2.82/9.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-3-0)
 Molina (12-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 267/.225 61/.190 75/.271 52/.182 90/.202 91/.195 49/.119 80/.232 .224  Piscotty
 Grichuk
 Holliday
 Moss
 Hazelbaker
0/2/44/2
0/40/0/1
34/0/0/0
15/0/4/0
20/13/3/0
OPS .735 .540 .691 .521 .545 .604 .483 .712 .636
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/1.016 14/.452 41/.755 28/.229 38/.842 39/.767 14/.445 28/.870 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.458 47/.561 34/.618 24/.845 52/.336 52/.484 35/.499 52/.635 .600
Home 86/.738 31/.428 30/.555 30/.596 37/.404 43/.583 28/.423 45/.526
Last 28d days 137/.687 34/.610 34/.653 26/.462 40/.506 46/.646 43/.395 46/.768
HR/SB/CS 14/0/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 43/11/6
Usage ····X··· ··X···o· o·····oX ·o··o··o ···o·X·· X·X···o· ···o·X·· ·o·Xo··o
Nationals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 17/.941 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/50 .152/.216/.304/.520 2.000/.489 .576 26/.633 0/0 2/1
8.Espinosa# G/S/vP 17/.871 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.000 2/.500 175/142 .201/.301/.302/.603 .319/.669 .536 99/.619 1/0 4/4
34.Harper* G/S/vP 9/.555 1/no AB 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 6/.500 4/1.250 197/155 .245/.426/.545/.972 .887/.996 .959 106/.763 7/4 12/0
14.Heisey G/S/vP 21/.905 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 48/32 .220/.333/.561/.894 1.067/.813 .950 24/.933 0/0 4/0
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 54/46 .178/.315/.222/.537 .125/.611 .798 28/.539 0/0 0/0
20.Murphy* G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.500 5/.200 1/2.000 188/140 .394/.426/.617/1.043 .919/1.085 1.094 102/1.064 1/2 7/5
40.Ramos G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 141/113 .333/.376/.515/.891 .896/.890 .907 83/.943 0/0 5/2
6.Rendon G/S/vP 9/.476 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 5/1.200 1/.000 209/173 .255/.344/.370/.714 .789/.699 .656 114/.840 5/2 3/3
9.Revere* G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 82/72 .184/.232/.303/.534 1.850/.372 .323 80/.548 2/2 1/1
25.Robinson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 49/45 .214/.306/.381/.687 1.000/.657 .701 29/1.039 0/0 2/0
3.Taylor G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 132/98 .194/.235/.323/.557 .763/.486 .536 50/.538 6/2 4/0
28.Werth G/S/vP 23/1.041 ··· 13/.331 ··· 3/1.666 3/.666 8/1.089 3/.000 172/139 .224/.285/.391/.676 1.124/.569 .607 94/.685 1/0 6/0
11.Zimmerman G/S/vP 15/.343 ··· 10/.956 ··· 3/3.334 2/.000 3/.333 1/5.000 180/144 .231/.306/.400/.706 .778/.690 .707 101/.789 1/0 6/1
IP 52.2 20.2 18.1 7.1 23.2 25.2 16.0 19.0 TOTAL .243/.322/.402/.724 .812/.703 .705 .749 25/12 57/19
ERA-K/9 3.59/8.7 3.92/7.0 4.42/8.9 6.14/8.6 3.80/9.5 2.10/11.9 2.25/14.1 2.37/11.8 4.23/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (2-1-3)
 Ramos (8-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 219/.219 87/.238 84/.206 32/.267 95/.230 97/.146 73/.246 73/.164 .250  Taylor
 Harper
 Werth
 Revere
 Robinson
 Heisey
0/36/0/3
0/0/45/1
41/0/0/1
7/18/0/0
1/0/0/0
8/2/4/0
OPS .584 .625 .646 .746 .755 .422 .731 .576 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.465 29/.670 31/1.045 12/.583 28/.464 46/.367 30/.650 20/.712 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 176/.615 58/.603 53/.441 20/.844 67/.869 51/.471 43/.781 53/.528 .703
Road 77/.688 26/.666 34/.275 6/.833 35/.866 40/.157 30/.541 31/.722
Last 28d days 116/.628 45/.600 45/.697 32/.746 59/.683 47/.474 43/.854 39/.564
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 2/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 6/1/0 1/0/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 45/13/8
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· ·X··o·X· ··X·o·oo ··X·o··X XX·o·o·o ·o·X·X·· ·o·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  5.87

MIL  4.15

ATL  3.09

 RA/G

CHC  3.04

NYY  4.30

CIN  5.85

 BA

D. Murphy  .394

C. Seager  .263

R. Howard  .160

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .453

J. Turner  .335

E. Aybar  .222

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .706

M. Kemp  .434

E. Aybar  .211

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.126

B. Lawrie  .775

E. Aybar  .432

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.48

J. Eickhoff  3.86

J. Peavy  7.26

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.34

A. Sanchez  7.93

M. Latos  4.59

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.