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MLB : ATS Matchup
Friday 7/12/2013Line$ LineOU LineScore
ST LOUIS  KELLY )
 
CHICAGO CUBS  VILLANUEVA )
-1.5  +135

+1.5  -155
-110

+100

8.5un
 
3
Final
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ST LOUIS (55 - 35) at CHICAGO CUBS (41 - 49)
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Friday, 7/12/2013 4:05 PM
JOE KELLY (R) vs. CARLOS VILLANUEVA (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
901ST LOUIS-120Ov 8.5,+100-110Ov 8.5,+100
902CHICAGO CUBS+110Un 8.5,-120+100Un 8.5,-120
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
ST LOUIS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games55-35+8.146-414.90.2740.3303.60.2430.295
Road Games28-19+6.525-205.30.2700.3293.70.2580.311
vs Right-handed Starters47-23+17.336-325.30.2840.3403.50.2410.292
Past 7 Games5-2+2.44-34.40.2610.3293.60.2340.292
Grass Games55-35+8.146-414.90.2740.3303.60.2430.295
Day Games19-11+4.420-105.00.2680.3253.70.2680.321
Division20-11+4.815-164.80.2740.3283.30.2470.300
ST LOUIS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.90.2740.330903075842259810.03423260611235921044010219
Road Games5.30.2700.329471650446144440.032361443601130857225911
Righty Starters5.30.2840.340702403683204660.033512024701746084308117
ST LOUIS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.601.242242.31039722922722308-11271073%
Road Games2.661.158128.7413811812311144-412570.6%

CHICAGO CUBS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPRunsAvgOBP
All Games41-49-2.542-434.10.2420.2954.20.2410.305
Home Games21-24-3.324-194.60.2530.3134.60.2570.320
vs Right-handed Starters29-34-131-294.30.2450.2974.20.2390.303
Past 7 Games5-2+3.93-34.30.2360.3093.90.2370.311
Grass Games41-49-2.542-434.10.2420.2954.20.2410.305
Day Games21-25-1.619-244.20.2390.2973.80.2330.301
Division14-26-8.418-213.00.2120.2724.10.2400.309
CHICAGO CUBS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABHEBHR/ABRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2420.295903065741293990.033532316454957270627568
Home Games4.60.2530.313451496379163620.041991293132327942354733
Righty Starters4.30.2450.297632173533215700.032581594332840148435247
CHICAGO CUBS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.101.3712481221132373210320411-14211755.3%
Home Games4.411.447130.7696413113581205-67750%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
ST LOUIS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/28/2013MILLER(R)@ OAKLANDCOLON(R)1-6L1007.5 unU750970
6/29/2013WAINWRIGHT(R)@ OAKLANDPARKER(R)7-1W-1207.5 evO1051550
6/30/2013WESTBROOK(R)@ OAKLANDMILONE(L)5-7L1208.5 ovO8521261
7/2/2013LYNN(R)@ LA ANGELSWEAVER(R)1-5L1108 ovU981941
7/3/2013MILLER(R)@ LA ANGELSWILLIAMS(R)12-2W1008.5 ovO1380651
7/4/2013WAINWRIGHT(R)@ LA ANGELSBLANTON(R)5-6L-1358 unO10601141
7/5/2013WESTBROOK(R)MIAMITURNER(R)4-1W-1658.5 unU742330
7/6/2013KELLY(R)MIAMIEOVALDI(R)5-4W-1708 unO852651
7/7/2013LYNN(R)MIAMIFERNANDEZ(R)3-2W-1657 ovU670980
7/9/2013WAINWRIGHT(R)HOUSTONNORRIS(R)9-5W-2757.5 unO1580880
7/10/2013MILLER(R)HOUSTONLYLES(R)5-4W-2608 unO76210120
7/11/2013WESTBROOK(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSJACKSON(R)0-3L-1258.5 unU470761
7/12/2013KELLY(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSVILLANUEVA(R) 
7/13/2013LYNN(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSGARZA(R) 
7/14/2013WAINWRIGHT(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSWOOD(L) 
7/19/2013 SAN DIEGO  

CHICAGO CUBS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/28/2013WOOD(L)@ SEATTLEIWAKUMA(R)4-5L1407 unO7209111
6/29/2013SAMARDZIJA(R)@ SEATTLEHARANG(R)5-3W-1107 ovO10601080
6/30/2013JACKSON(R)@ SEATTLEBONDERMAN(R)7-6W1058 ovO9601071
7/2/2013RUSIN(L)@ OAKLANDGRIFFIN(R)7-8L1958 evO13511040
7/3/2013GARZA(R)@ OAKLANDCOLON(R)3-1W1807.5 unU1290470
7/4/2013WOOD(L)@ OAKLANDSTRAILY(R)0-1L1508 ovU240561
7/5/2013SAMARDZIJA(R)PITTSBURGHLIRIANO(L)2-6L+1257.5 unO44013130
7/6/2013JACKSON(R)PITTSBURGHMORTON(R)4-1W+1059 unU760551
7/7/2013VILLANUEVA(R)PITTSBURGHBURNETT(R)4-3W+1359 ovU871992
7/8/2013GARZA(R)@ CHI WHITE SOXSANTIAGO(L)8-2W1108 ovO13101530
7/9/2013WOOD(L)LA ANGELSBLANTON(R)7-2W+1259 ovP960650
7/10/2013SAMARDZIJA(R)LA ANGELSWILSON(L)2-13L+1208 unO5201570
7/11/2013JACKSON(R)ST LOUISWESTBROOK(R)3-0W+1158.5 unU761470
7/12/2013VILLANUEVA(R)ST LOUISKELLY(R) 
7/13/2013GARZA(R)ST LOUISLYNN(R) 
7/14/2013WOOD(L)ST LOUISWAINWRIGHT(R) 
7/19/2013 @ COLORADO  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
ST LOUIS: HITTING: Alienate and trade your talented young centerfielder for bullpen scraps and a middling, impending free-agent starter. Justify your ludicrous pitching changes by blaming crowd noise and your innocent bullpen coach'and you too could win a World Series! This was Tony La Russa baseball. But he's gone now, as is the all-world Albert Pujols. SS RAFAEL FURCAL liked his short stint in the Show Me State enough to sign up for more. OF CARLOS BELTRAN will hit second after an impressive 2011 campaign during which he produced solid numbers in pitchers' parks amidst weak lineups. 2Bs TYLER GREENE and DANIEL DESCALSO are the latest plucky 'gamer' to play infield at Busch. Resuscitated slugger 1B LANCE BERKMAN shifts to a much more suitable defensive position. OF MATT HOLLIDAY's OPS remains as strong as ever. 3B DAVID FREESE will never have to buy a drink in Missouri again after his postseason heroics. C YADIER MOLINA is a defensive whiz behind the plate and an underrated hitter. OFs ALLEN CRAIG and JON JAY are more suited to platoon roles, but Jay will be starting in center on Opening Day.
STARTING PITCHING: His stuff isn't nearly what it used to be, and he's more than earned his reputation within the game as a towering crybaby. But on the mound, CHRIS CARPENTER remains ruthlessly effective when he's healthy. But he'll miss the first couple of months of the 2012 campaign due to shoulder problems. ADAM WAINWRIGHT should be ready to go on Opening Day, and has shown every reason to think he'll be his old brilliant self. JAIME GARCIA cannot sustain a sub-2.00 ERA for a full season. He's a mid-rotation starter, but one of the better ones in all of baseball. Did KYLE LOHSE really register a 1.17 WHIP over an entire season? Really? He just doesn't miss enough bats to keep that going. JAKE WESTBROOK stayed healthy for a full season again, which is a relief given his past dalliances with the DL. He's an innings eater who's capable of another dozen wins. LANCE LYNN gives the Cardinals enviable depth in the rotation. He'll probably slide back to the bullpen once Carpenter returns. Uber-prospect SHELBY MILLER could be a second-half call-up.
RELIEF PITCHING: It doesn't look pretty when JASON MOTTE winds up and delivers a pitch, but in the end, results are results. The converted catcher has finally nailed down the closer role that many predicted would be his a few years ago. The only way he loses it this time is if he hurts himself with that painful delivery. FERNANDO SALAS can more than hold his own if that happens. He'll slot into the eighth-inning role, but he provides more of the pitching depth that is a hallmark of this Cardinals team. KYLE McCLELLAN, like Lynn, is serviceable both in relief or in the rotation. But he's better in the former role.
CHICAGO CUBS: HITTING: 'Under New Management' is the motto in Wrigleyville, where Epstein, Hoyer, Sveum and Co. aim to turn SS STARLIN CASTRO and a bunch of straw into gold. OF DAVID DeJESUS was an underrated first pick-up. But OFs ALFONSO SORIANO and MARLON BYRD are overpaid and over the hill. C GEOVANY SOTO has lost his mojo. New 3B IAN STEWART has a lousy career OPS of .737 away from Coors Field. 1B BRYAN LaHAIR is tagged as part of a 'youth movement,' but he's almost 30. The other youths'2B DARWIN BARNEY, IF JEFF BAKER, and IF BLAKE DEWITT 'are interchangeable guys with low ceilings. Fourth OF TONY CAMPANA is fast but one-dimensional. And minor-league reinforcements are scarce. OF BRETT JACKSON is solid, but blocked in the lineup. And former uber-prospect 3B JOSH VITTERS has done nothing to justify his third-overall draft status. This rebuilding process will take time. Meanwhile, somewhere in the Chicago suburbs, Jim Hendry quietly sobs into a pile of Cubs-themed stuffed animals.
STARTING PITCHING: RYAN DEMPSTER should bounce back from an unlucky year in which there was nearly a full-run difference between his ERA and his FIP. He's no ace in good times, but he's an underrated and dependable source of innings and strikeouts. MATT GARZA didn't disappoint in his debut season on the North Side, but he was an odd acquisition to begin with: the Cubs dealt top prospects from a thin system when all signs pointed to a belly-flop of a season. He's already trade bait again. JEFF SAMARDZIJA is moving to the rotation after a strong year in the bullpen (2.97 ERA, 87 K in 88 IP), but he needs to cut down on his walks (5.1 per 9 IP). What killed TRAVIS WOOD in 2011 was uncharacteristic wildness. His walk total spiked by over 50 percent from 2010. He's better than this, though it's hard to say how much. It could be that a 40-inning jump from 2010 to 2011 aided his freefall. Subpar newcomers PAUL MAHOLM and CHRIS VOLSTAD will also compete for rotation spots. The lefty Maholm is coming off his best season in Pittsburgh (3.66 ERA, 1.29 WHIP), but was awful after the All-Star break (0-5, 5.75 ERA, .355 Opp. BA). The 6-foot-8 Volstad was 5-13 with a 4.89 ERA for the Marlins last year, but still has time to figure things out at age 25.
RELIEF PITCHING: Because of his contract and the head-scratching faith in the 'closer mentality' that still pervades even the most enlightened front offices, CARLOS MARMOL will enter the 2012 campaign with a near-ironclad grip on ninth-inning duties for the Cubs. Trading away Sean Marshall, arguably Chicago's best reliever last season, is yet another vote of confidence for Marmol. His lack of command leads to more hittable pitches (along with tons of walks), though his ceiling for strikeouts and saves is sky-high. KERRY WOOD will be the main set-up man again after a triumphant return to Chicago last season (3.35 ERA, 57 K in 51 IP).
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (ST LOUIS-CHICAGO CUBS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Cardinals-Cubs Preview* ========================

By NOEY KUPCHAN STATS Writer

St. Louis (55-34) at Chicago (40-49), 4:05 p.m. EDT

While the St. Louis Cardinals sit atop the NL Central and the Chicago Cubs find themselves near the bottom, manager Dale Sveum's club isn't to be overlooked.

The Cubs try to keep rolling Friday when they continue a four-game set against the visiting Cardinals, who could be without Matt Holliday.

Fourth-place Chicago (41-49) has won five of six and 16 of 27 after taking Thursday's opener 3-0. Edwin Jackson threw seven strong innings while Anthony Rizzo went 2 for 3 and drove in all the runs.

The Cubs have allowed three runs or fewer in each of their last five wins.

"Hopefully, this is (a sign of) things to come in the second half," said Rizzo, who is 5 for 11 in the last three games and leads the team with 54 RBIs.

Thursday's loss, meanwhile, may have come at a cost for St. Louis (55-35), which saw Holliday exit with a tight right hamstring after grounding out in the fourth.

"I think I'll have a better feel for what it looks like (Friday)," said Holliday, who despite going 0 for 2 is batting .377 with five homers, 10 RBIs and 14 runs in his last 17 games in the series. "And hopefully, it will be day to day and I'll be able to use the (All-Star) break, and it will be all right."

The Cardinals, who lost for the first time in six games, have dropped six of eight on the road.

They will try to bounce back against scheduled starter Carlos Villanueva (2-4, 3.63 ERA), who had pitched out of the bullpen for six weeks before returning to the rotation Sunday in a 4-3, 11-inning win over Pittsburgh. The right-hander allowed one run and three hits but was removed after four innings.

"You always don't dwell too much about (returning to the rotation)," he told MLB's official website. "You've got to get people out whenever you put me in."

Villanueva, who has gone 2-2 with a 3.13 ERA in 14 games - six starts - during the day, is 2-0 with a 4.01 ERA in his last four starts against the Cardinals. He yielded three runs and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings in a 5-4 defeat to St. Louis on May 8.

Holliday is 4 for 13 with two homers against Villanueva, but Yadier Molina is 4 for 21. Molina is hitless in his last 13 at-bats overall.

The Cardinals counter with Joe Kelly (0-3, 4.15), who has mostly been used as a long reliever. The right-hander allowed four runs in six innings Saturday in a 5-4 walkoff win over Miami.

"I felt good. Made a couple bad pitches, especially the homers," said Kelly, who was taken deep twice. "Those pitches, I make those down and they're going to be outs. \2026 I'm not terribly disappointed, but I'm not too happy. I mean, we won. The walkoff was awesome, but I'd like to be a little better next time."

Kelly's only other start this year came in a 10-3 loss to Arizona on June 5, when he allowed two runs in 5 2-3 innings.

In his lone start versus Chicago, Kelly permitted three runs in 6 1-3 innings in a 3-2 loss at Wrigley Field last July.

Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano is mired in a 1-for-20 slump against the Cardinals.

St. Louis' Allen Craig is batting .415 with four homers and 19 RBIs in his last 19 games.


Last Updated: 3/29/2024 2:46:27 AM EST.


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