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| 905 | ST LOUIS | -1.5,+125 | -1.5,+135 | | 906 | ATLANTA | +1.5,-145 | +1.5,-155 |
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| All Games | 62-37 | +11.9 | 50-46 | 5.0 | 0.278 | 0.335 | 3.6 | 0.246 | 0.298 | | Road Games | 30-20 | +7.4 | 27-21 | 5.3 | 0.275 | 0.333 | 3.7 | 0.260 | 0.312 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 11-12 | -6.2 | 12-10 | 4.3 | 0.259 | 0.317 | 3.9 | 0.254 | 0.307 | | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +3.9 | 3-4 | 6.1 | 0.331 | 0.389 | 3.4 | 0.276 | 0.332 | | Grass Games | 62-37 | +11.9 | 50-46 | 5.0 | 0.278 | 0.335 | 3.6 | 0.246 | 0.298 | | Night Games | 41-26 | +5.4 | 30-34 | 5.1 | 0.283 | 0.341 | 3.5 | 0.236 | 0.288 |
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| All Games | 5.0 | 0.278 | 0.335 | 99 | 3386 | 940 | 286 | 82 | 0.02 | 473 | 291 | 653 | 25 | 668 | 111 | 42 | 117 | 22 | | Road Games | 5.3 | 0.275 | 0.333 | 50 | 1769 | 486 | 155 | 45 | 0.03 | 253 | 155 | 376 | 11 | 343 | 58 | 23 | 62 | 13 | | Lefty Starters | 4.3 | 0.259 | 0.317 | 23 | 789 | 204 | 67 | 16 | 0.02 | 96 | 68 | 153 | 7 | 164 | 21 | 11 | 28 | 2 |
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| All Games | 3.57 | 1.242 | 267.3 | 112 | 106 | 252 | 23 | 80 | 253 | 9-11 | 32 | 11 | 74.4% | | Road Games | 2.65 | 1.144 | 139 | 44 | 41 | 125 | 13 | 34 | 126 | 5-4 | 13 | 6 | 68.4% |
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| All Games | 57-45 | -0.3 | 52-43 | 4.3 | 0.249 | 0.318 | 3.6 | 0.247 | 0.302 | | Home Games | 31-15 | +7.7 | 21-21 | 4.6 | 0.258 | 0.329 | 3.1 | 0.230 | 0.282 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 42-33 | -1.3 | 38-30 | 4.4 | 0.249 | 0.317 | 3.6 | 0.254 | 0.307 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.8 | 4-3 | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.285 | 4.4 | 0.269 | 0.336 | | Grass Games | 56-44 | -0.3 | 50-43 | 4.3 | 0.248 | 0.318 | 3.5 | 0.245 | 0.300 | | Night Games | 39-29 | +0.3 | 34-32 | 4.2 | 0.245 | 0.310 | 3.4 | 0.244 | 0.295 |
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| All Games | 4.3 | 0.249 | 0.318 | 102 | 3438 | 855 | 290 | 124 | 0.04 | 421 | 347 | 874 | 33 | 719 | 89 | 59 | 90 | 51 | | Home Games | 4.6 | 0.258 | 0.329 | 46 | 1494 | 385 | 130 | 56 | 0.04 | 200 | 158 | 380 | 19 | 321 | 35 | 29 | 39 | 19 | | Righty Starters | 4.4 | 0.249 | 0.317 | 75 | 2531 | 631 | 213 | 91 | 0.04 | 317 | 252 | 648 | 29 | 524 | 62 | 44 | 67 | 38 |
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| All Games | 2.68 | 1.175 | 281.7 | 86 | 84 | 223 | 16 | 108 | 256 | 18-8 | 29 | 6 | 82.9% | | Home Games | 2.23 | 1.060 | 133 | 33 | 33 | 91 | 7 | 50 | 131 | 12-2 | 13 | 2 | 86.7% |
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| 7/12/2013 | KELLY(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | VILLANUEVA(R) | 3-2 | W | -110 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 7/13/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | GARZA(R) | 4-6 | L | -115 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | | 7/14/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | WOOD(L) | 10-6 | W | -150 | 7 ev | O | 21 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | | 7/19/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | SAN DIEGO | MARQUIS(R) | 9-6 | W | -190 | 9 un | O | 14 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | | 7/20/2013 | LYNN(R) | SAN DIEGO | VOLQUEZ(R) | 3-5 | L | -210 | 8.5 ov | U | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | 7/21/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | SAN DIEGO | STULTS(L) | 3-2 | W | -240 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | | 7/23/2013 | MILLER(R) | PHILADELPHIA | PETTIBONE(R) | 4-1 | W | -220 | 8.5 un | U | 11 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 7/24/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | PHILADELPHIA | LANNAN(L) | 11-3 | W | -165 | 8 ov | O | 16 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 7/25/2013 | LYNN(R) | PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 3-1 | W | -180 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 7/26/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ ATLANTA | MINOR(L) | | | 7/27/2013 | KELLY(R) | @ ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | | | 7/28/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ ATLANTA | MEDLEN(R) | | | 7/29/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LIRIANO(L) | | | 7/30/2013 | | @ PITTSBURGH | | | | 7/30/2013 | | @ PITTSBURGH | | | | 7/31/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | LOCKE(L) | | | 8/1/2013 | | @ PITTSBURGH | | | | 8/2/2013 | | @ CINCINNATI | | |
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| 7/12/2013 | MEDLEN(R) | CINCINNATI | ARROYO(R) | 2-4 | L | -130 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | | 7/13/2013 | MINOR(L) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 5-2 | W | +105 | 7 un | P | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 7/14/2013 | TEHERAN(R) | CINCINNATI | CINGRANI(L) | 4-8 | L | -105 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | | 7/19/2013 | HUDSON(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 6-4 | W | -115 | 9 un | O | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 7/20/2013 | MAHOLM(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | PEAVY(R) | 6-10 | L | 105 | 9 un | O | 10 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | | 7/21/2013 | MINOR(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 1-3 | L | -125 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 7/22/2013 | TEHERAN(R) | @ NY METS | GEE(R) | 2-1 | W | -125 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | | 7/23/2013 | MEDLEN(R) | @ NY METS | TORRES(R) | 1-4 | L | -130 | 7.5 ov | U | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | | 7/24/2013 | HUDSON(R) | @ NY METS | HEFNER(R) | 8-2 | W | -135 | 7.5 ov | O | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | | 7/25/2013 | WOOD(L) | @ NY METS | WHEELER(R) | 4-7 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | | 7/26/2013 | MINOR(L) | ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | | | 7/27/2013 | TEHERAN(R) | ST LOUIS | KELLY(R) | | | 7/28/2013 | MEDLEN(R) | ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | | | 7/29/2013 | BEACHY(R) | COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | | | 7/30/2013 | WOOD(L) | COLORADO | NICASIO(R) | | | 7/31/2013 | MINOR(L) | COLORADO | CHATWOOD(R) | | | 8/1/2013 | TEHERAN(R) | COLORADO | POMERANZ(L) | | | 8/2/2013 | | @ PHILADELPHIA | | |
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| |  | 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. | | ATLANTA: HITTING: The Braves were 27th in the majors in steals last year, but that number should rise with a full season of speedster OF MICHAEL BOURN, who was acquired from Houston last July. OFs MARTIN PRADO and JASON HEYWARD comprise the corner outfield spots, and are both are looking to bounce back after disappointing, injury-riddled 2011 campaigns. 2B DAN UGGLA smacked a career-best 36 HR in his first year with Atlanta, his fifth straight 30-homer season. Steady veterans C BRIAN McCANN and 3B CHIPPER JONES comprise a solid middle of the lineup. McCann has four straight 20-HR, 70-RBI seasons, while Jones, who turns 40 in April, has a career .402 on-base percentage. 1B FREDDIE FREEMAN was the N.L.'s best offensive rookie last year, batting .282 with 21 HR and 76 RBI. The starting shortstop will be one of two highly-touted, 22-year-old prospects, TYLER PASTORNICKY or ANDRELTON SIMMONS.
STARTING PITCHING: Even with significant injuries to three starters, the Braves rotation still ranked ninth in the majors in ERA (3.73), thanks to TIM HUDSON posting a 3.22 ERA in 215 innings. The right-hander was lights-out at Turner Field again, going 10-4 with a 2.31 ERA and 1.01 WHIP. But he'll be out at least a month because of back problems. JAIR JURRJENS was outstanding through the end of July (12-3, 2.38 ERA), but a knee strain bothered him in August and shut him down for September. Although many teams inquired about Jurrjens in the offseason, it doesn't look like the Braves want to deal him just yet. TOMMY HANSON is another young star (25) that had to be shut down in early August due to a partially torn rotator cuff. His ERA was a career-worst 3.60, but he notched a career-best 9.8 K/9 rate. BRANDON BEACHY, also 25, posted a whopping 10.7 K/9 ratio with a respectable ERA (3.68) and WHIP (1.21). Atlanta is loaded with young pitchers, but expect MIKE MINOR (5-3, 4.14 ERA) and RANDALL DELGADO to start in the majors, with JULIO TEHERAN, who has the most upside of the trio, to begin 2012 in Triple-A.
RELIEF PITCHING: CRAIG KIMBREL exceeded all expectations last year, establishing himself as one of the best closers in the game. He struck out an eye-popping 14.8 batters per nine (127 K in 77 IP), and converted 46-of-54 (85%) save chances. Even though Kimbrel's job as a closer is probably locked down for the next decade, the Braves have two other great relievers, both lefties. JONNY VENTERS posted a 1.84 WHIP and .176 opponents' BA in 88 innings, and is next in line for saves (five in 2011) should Kimbrel suffer an injury. Fellow southpaw ERIC O'FLAHERTY had a 0.98 ERA (8 ER in 73.2 IP) and 32 holds, just three fewer than Venters. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (ST LOUIS-ATLANTA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Cardinals-Braves Preview* ==========================
By CHRIS ALTRUDA STATS Editor
St. Louis (61-37) at Atlanta (57-44), 7:30 p.m. EDT
The St. Louis Cardinals are setting out on a pivotal road trip as they try to pad their lead atop the NL Central.
It appears they have the right pitcher to get off to a positive start.
Adam Wainwright seeks his NL-leading 14th victory Friday night when the Cardinals face the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.
The Cardinals (62-37) have plenty of momentum to begin their trek, sweeping three games from Philadelphia after a 3-1 victory that extended their winning streak to four. Lance Lynn pitched effectively for his 12th victory, making St. Louis' three-run third inning stand.
While this three-game set will pit division leaders against each other, eight games against the Cardinals' closest pursuers in the Central - Pittsburgh and Cincinnati - loom. St. Louis, a season-high 25 games over .500, will play five times in four days at PNC Park versus the second-place Pirates - 2 1/2 games back - following this series, but manager Mike Matheny refuses to look that far ahead.
"We'll jump on a plane, it will take us to the right place, and we'll end up at the right hotel and we're going to start studying the right team," he told the team's official website prior to Thursday's win. "Let's play them then. I just think if we got our heads too far into what's in front of us, you lose some of your focus on here and now.
"And we've got plenty of here and now."
While Wainwright (13-5, 2.44 ERA) has been uneven in his last two road starts - giving up four runs in each and not getting a decision in either - his eight-game winning streak is the longest active road run by an NL pitcher and best by a Cardinals hurler since Chris Carpenter reeled off 10 straight from July 5, 2009-June 23, 2010.
The right-hander got back on track Sunday versus San Diego, working in and out of trouble to limit the Padres - whose leadoff hitter reached base in seven of eight innings Wainwright pitched - to two runs in a 3-2 victory.
"He got tough with guys on base, no doubt about it," Padres manager Bud Black said. "He's a veteran pitcher with a lot of know-how."
And Wainwright knows how to pitch at Turner Field, winning all three of his starts there with a 2.57 ERA, but this will be his first appearance in Atlanta since 2010. The Braves reached him for five runs and nine hits with five walks in 4 1-3 innings in a 7-2 victory May 12, 2012, ending Wainwright's six-start win streak against them.
Atlanta (57-45) has a comfortable eight-game cushion atop the NL East but settled for a split of its four-game series with the Mets following a 7-4 defeat Thursday. Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman each homered for the Braves, but a missed call on David Wright's triple - replays showed it should have been a ground-rule double - keyed a three-run Mets rally in the sixth and the ejection of manager Fredi Gonzalez.
"I don't think I needed a replay to know I was right," Gonzalez said.
Mike Minor (9-5, 2.98) will try to avoid losing consecutive starts for the first time this season as Atlanta opens a seven-game homestand. The left-hander threw a five-hitter in a 3-1 road loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday for his first complete game.
Minor, who has no record with a 9.31 ERA in two lifetime starts versus St. Louis, has struggled against Carlos Beltran, who is 4 for 7 with two doubles, a triple and a homer in this matchup.
Uggla, who has homered in his last two games, is 4 for 22 with a double, home run and seven strikeouts lifetime versus Wainwright.
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