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PITTSBURGH ( LOCKE ) |
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| 951 | ST LOUIS | -130 | Ov 7,-115 | -115 | Ov 7.5,+110 | | 952 | PITTSBURGH | +120 | Un 7,-105 | +105 | Un 7.5,-130 |
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| All Games | 71-60 | -0.7 | 59-66 | 3.8 | 0.253 | 0.313 | 3.9 | 0.244 | 0.306 | | Road Games | 32-34 | -4.5 | 28-35 | 3.5 | 0.247 | 0.303 | 3.8 | 0.250 | 0.310 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 14-15 | -3.2 | 14-13 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.318 | 4.3 | 0.262 | 0.316 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.6 | 4-3 | 4.0 | 0.270 | 0.351 | 4.4 | 0.242 | 0.289 | | Grass Games | 68-58 | -2.2 | 58-62 | 3.8 | 0.254 | 0.313 | 3.9 | 0.246 | 0.306 | | Day Games | 26-20 | +2.8 | 23-21 | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.312 | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.303 | | Division | 31-20 | +6.1 | 30-19 | 4.3 | 0.259 | 0.323 | 4.1 | 0.255 | 0.312 |
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| All Games | 3.8 | 0.253 | 0.313 | 131 | 4393 | 1112 | 339 | 84 | 0.02 | 475 | 381 | 907 | 52 | 941 | 133 | 71 | 118 | 46 | | Road Games | 3.5 | 0.247 | 0.303 | 66 | 2267 | 559 | 150 | 41 | 0.02 | 222 | 184 | 509 | 21 | 479 | 60 | 37 | 60 | 24 | | Lefty Starters | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.318 | 29 | 980 | 246 | 88 | 19 | 0.02 | 113 | 96 | 220 | 15 | 220 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
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| All Games | 3.75 | 1.226 | 384.3 | 171 | 160 | 347 | 32 | 124 | 343 | 18-18 | 45 | 15 | 75% | | Road Games | 3.95 | 1.221 | 184.3 | 87 | 81 | 177 | 22 | 48 | 160 | 7-7 | 18 | 6 | 75% |
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| All Games | 68-64 | -1.7 | 62-62 | 4.2 | 0.257 | 0.323 | 4.2 | 0.255 | 0.318 | | Home Games | 41-27 | +7.6 | 31-31 | 4.4 | 0.272 | 0.339 | 4.0 | 0.249 | 0.311 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 53-52 | -2.2 | 53-46 | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.325 | 4.2 | 0.257 | 0.320 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.4 | 3-4 | 4.9 | 0.247 | 0.298 | 3.9 | 0.275 | 0.350 | | Grass Games | 66-63 | -3.2 | 60-61 | 4.2 | 0.257 | 0.323 | 4.2 | 0.255 | 0.318 | | Day Games | 16-26 | -12.4 | 12-27 | 2.9 | 0.229 | 0.289 | 4.0 | 0.239 | 0.304 | | Division | 25-32 | -9.4 | 26-28 | 4.1 | 0.245 | 0.314 | 4.0 | 0.257 | 0.319 |
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| All Games | 4.2 | 0.257 | 0.323 | 132 | 4508 | 1157 | 361 | 123 | 0.03 | 539 | 439 | 1019 | 91 | 972 | 129 | 92 | 124 | 93 | | Home Games | 4.4 | 0.272 | 0.339 | 68 | 2312 | 630 | 188 | 49 | 0.02 | 286 | 233 | 474 | 50 | 518 | 77 | 47 | 57 | 50 | | Righty Starters | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.325 | 105 | 3599 | 927 | 300 | 107 | 0.03 | 438 | 359 | 820 | 75 | 781 | 109 | 76 | 98 | 70 |
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| All Games | 3.47 | 1.291 | 404.3 | 166 | 156 | 376 | 37 | 146 | 341 | 29-19 | 35 | 21 | 62.5% | | Home Games | 3.16 | 1.251 | 231 | 88 | 81 | 212 | 18 | 77 | 194 | 19-7 | 18 | 10 | 64.3% |
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| 8/13/2014 | MASTERSON(R) | @ MIAMI | EOVALDI(R) | 5-2 | W | 100 | 7.5 ov | U | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | | 8/14/2014 | LACKEY(R) | SAN DIEGO | STULTS(L) | 4-3 | W | -185 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 8/15/2014 | LYNN(R) | SAN DIEGO | ROSS(R) | 4-2 | W | -135 | 7 un | U | 8 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 8/16/2014 | MILLER(R) | SAN DIEGO | HAHN(R) | 5-9 | L | -125 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 8/17/2014 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | SAN DIEGO | DESPAIGNE(R) | 7-6 | W | -195 | 7 un | O | 10 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 8/18/2014 | MASTERSON(R) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | 6-5 | W | -130 | 8 un | O | 13 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 8/19/2014 | LACKEY(R) | CINCINNATI | SIMON(R) | 5-4 | W | -165 | 7.5 un | O | 14 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 8/20/2014 | LYNN(R) | CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | 7-3 | W | -105 | 6.5 ov | O | 10 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | 8/22/2014 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 4-5 | L | -155 | 7.5 ov | O | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 8/23/2014 | MILLER(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | BUCHANAN(R) | 6-5 | W | -115 | 8 ev | O | 13 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | | 8/24/2014 | MASTERSON(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | WILLIAMS(R) | 1-7 | L | -125 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | | 8/25/2014 | LACKEY(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | 3-2 | W | 135 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | | 8/26/2014 | LYNN(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | COLE(R) | 2-5 | L | 120 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 8/27/2014 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LOCKE(L) | | | 8/29/2014 | MILLER(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | | | 8/30/2014 | | CHICAGO CUBS | | | | 8/30/2014 | | CHICAGO CUBS | | | | 8/31/2014 | LACKEY(R) | CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | | | 9/1/2014 | | PITTSBURGH | | | | 9/2/2014 | | PITTSBURGH | | | | 9/3/2014 | | PITTSBURGH | | |
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| 8/13/2014 | WORLEY(R) | @ DETROIT | FARMER(R) | 4-8 | L | 105 | 8.5 ov | O | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | | 8/14/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | @ DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | 2-5 | L | 180 | 7.5 ov | U | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 8/15/2014 | MORTON(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ROARK(R) | 4-5 | L | 140 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 8/16/2014 | LOCKE(L) | @ WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 3-4 | L | 135 | 7 ov | P | 8 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 8/17/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | @ WASHINGTON | FISTER(R) | 5-6 | L | 140 | 7.5 ov | O | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | | 8/18/2014 | WORLEY(R) | ATLANTA | SANTANA(R) | 3-7 | L | +100 | 7 ov | O | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | | 8/19/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | ATLANTA | HARANG(R) | 3-11 | L | -165 | 7.5 ov | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | | 8/20/2014 | COLE(R) | ATLANTA | WOOD(L) | 3-2 | W | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 8/22/2014 | LOCKE(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 8-3 | W | 135 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | | 8/23/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | 10-2 | W | 115 | 8 ov | O | 12 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 1 | | 8/24/2014 | WORLEY(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | FIERS(R) | 3-4 | L | 125 | 8.5 un | U | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | 8/25/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | ST LOUIS | LACKEY(R) | 2-3 | L | -145 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | | 8/26/2014 | COLE(R) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 5-2 | W | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | | 8/27/2014 | LOCKE(L) | ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | | | 8/29/2014 | VOLQUEZ(R) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | | | 8/30/2014 | WORLEY(R) | CINCINNATI | SIMON(R) | | | 8/31/2014 | LIRIANO(L) | CINCINNATI | CUETO(R) | | | 9/1/2014 | | @ ST LOUIS | | | | 9/2/2014 | | @ ST LOUIS | | | | 9/3/2014 | | @ ST LOUIS | | |
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| |  | ST LOUIS: ST. LOUIS (AP) - Last October, the St. Louis Cardinals were sufficiently flush with arms that they carried rookie Shelby Miller and deposed closer Edward Mujica in ceremonial roles and made it to Game 6 of the World Series against Boston.
After leading major league rookies with 15 wins, Miller was limited to one postseason inning due to concerns about a heavy workload. Mujica was used only in mop-up duty after mid-September.
The National League champions are perhaps even deeper, across the board, entering opening day March 31 at Cincinnati. The team that tied for the major league high with 97 wins has a surplus of viable candidates.
''I think we have the potential to be great,'' said ace Adam Wainwright, who won 19 games and finished second in NL Cy Young balloting. ''We just have to go out there, not listen to the hype, and perform.''
The 32-year-old Wainwright qualifies as the grizzled leader of a rotation that could include three members coming off big rookie debuts. Michael Wacha was a postseason sensation and the NLCS MVP, Miller went wire-to-wire as the fifth starter and Carlos Martinez, who's had an impressive spring, moved into the setup role when fellow rookie Trevor Rosenthal took over as closer.
Wacha and Martinez are 22, Miller and Rosenthal just 23.
There's also 15-game winner Lance Lynn, who struck out 10 in four innings of his last spring training start, and lefty Jaime Garcia could fit into the mix sometime in April coming off shoulder surgery. And don't forget Joe Kelly, another rookie who won 10 games and was the rotation's strongest starter much of the second half.
And one of the National League's best lineups, too.
Much is expected from a loyal fan base that extends several states, and that's OK.
''Our expectations,'' Lynn said, ''are higher than theirs.''
| | PITTSBURGH: PITTSBURGH (AP) - The roars have faded. The giddiness of ending 21 years of futility and coming with a game of the National League championship series, too.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are in some ways just another NL contender these days. That dark cloud of two decades of losing is gone after a remarkable 94-68 surge and the playoff berth that came along with it in 2013.
Now the franchise needs to figure out what to do with the rest of its life. For three seasons a club that was a laughingstock when manager Clint Hurdle took over in December 2010 has slowly made inroads to relevance.
Suddenly, the ''World Series or bust'' attitude owner Bob Nutting has espoused for years doesn't seem so laughable anymore.
Press reigning NL Manager of the Year Clint Hurdle on what his team can possibly do for an encore despite a relatively quiet offseason and he responds with his usual eternal optimism.
''Excellence is verb, not a noun,'' Hurdle said. ''You're going to continue to push forward. Our goal is to win a sixth world championship. The fact is, we haven't won an LCS or a division series. We need to maintain our focus on the things we need to do.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (ST LOUIS-PITTSBURGH) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Cardinals-Pirates Preview* ===========================
By NOEY KUPCHAN STATS Writer
St. Louis (71-59) at Pittsburgh (67-64), 12:35 p.m. EDT
After a remarkable first half, it hasn't gone so well for Adam Wainwright.
Despite his recent woes, Wainwright still has a chance to become baseball's first 16-game winner Wednesday as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals wrap up a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, who could be without reigning NL MVP Andrew McCutchen.
Wainwright (15-8, 2.52 ERA) has alternated wins and losses over his last eight starts and is 3-4 with a 4.70 ERA since the All-Star break. He's issued 3.48 walks per nine innings during those seven outings after posting a 1.76 mark in the first half.
Wainwright allowed five runs and three walks over six innings in Friday's 5-4 loss at Philadelphia.
"I don't think there is going to be anyone surprised when I say it's just another - I've been in a funk, there's no other way to say it," he told MLB's official website. "It's been a month and a half that's just been very frustrating baseball from my side of it. You can point to a million different things, but it comes down to I haven't been able to go out there and execute pitches like I'd like too. That's the goal going forward."
Wainwright is 4-1 with a 0.80 ERA in his last six starts against the Pirates, including two in last year's Division Series. However, McCutchen has hit him hard, going 14 for 45 with seven extra-base hits, including the playoffs.
It's unclear if Wainwright will have to face him following his early exit Tuesday. McCutchen, who left in the fifth inning because of discomfort in his left ribs, came off the disabled list with a similar injury last Tuesday.
"Today caught up to him in a couple of different ways," manager Clint Hurdle said of McCutchen, who crashed into the wall earlier in the game. "Tonight got to be a point where we didn't think we needed to push any farther than he did."
The Pirates (68-64) went on to win 5-2 thanks to Ike Davis' tiebreaking, pinch-hit three-run homer in the eighth. Josh Harrison also homered for Pittsburgh, which climbed within 3 1/2 games of wild card-leading St. Louis (71-60) and is just behind San Francisco for the second spot.
The Pirates now give the ball to Jeff Locke (5-3, 3.69), who is unbeaten in four starts this month.
The left-hander is looking to win a fourth consecutive decision after throwing six innings of two-run ball in Friday's 8-3 victory at Milwaukee. However, he failed to record a strikeout for the first time this year and issued a season-worst six walks, giving him 12 in his last 16 2-3 innings.
Locke went 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in three starts versus the Cardinals last year. Matt Holliday is 4 for 8 against him and Wainwright is 2 for 4 with a double.
The Cardinals have dropped 14 of their last 20 regular-season games at PNC Park. Leadoff man Matt Carpenter, hitless in his last 13 at-bats, is a career .173 hitter in Pittsburgh. First baseman Matt Adams has also struggled there, going 6 for 42 with 16 strikeouts.
Aside from McCutchen, the Pirates could also be missing newly converted first baseman Pedro Alvarez, who exited Tuesday's game with a foot injury. He has three homers in the last four contests.
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| | Last Updated: 4/26/2024 8:42:00 PM EST. |
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