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| 957 | PITTSBURGH | +170 | Ov 7.5,-110 | +185 | Ov 7.5,+100 | | 958 | ST LOUIS | -180 | Un 7.5,-110 | -200 | Un 7.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 14-10 | +6.4 | 11-13 | 3.7 | 0.237 | 0.300 | 3.7 | 0.224 | 0.309 | | Road Games | 6-6 | +1.6 | 7-5 | 3.0 | 0.207 | 0.270 | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.339 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 11-6 | +6.6 | 8-9 | 4.2 | 0.255 | 0.317 | 3.7 | 0.227 | 0.309 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +4.5 | 4-3 | 3.6 | 0.258 | 0.310 | 3.4 | 0.258 | 0.337 | | Grass Games | 14-10 | +6.4 | 11-13 | 3.7 | 0.237 | 0.300 | 3.7 | 0.224 | 0.309 | | Day Games | 4-4 | +1 | 5-3 | 4.0 | 0.244 | 0.308 | 4.7 | 0.247 | 0.337 | | Division | 6-4 | +2.1 | 5-5 | 4.2 | 0.264 | 0.326 | 4.1 | 0.212 | 0.295 |
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| All Games | 3.7 | 0.237 | 0.300 | 24 | 776 | 184 | 63 | 17 | 0.02 | 86 | 70 | 196 | 14 | 164 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 16 | | Road Games | 3.0 | 0.207 | 0.270 | 12 | 392 | 81 | 25 | 8 | 0.02 | 36 | 34 | 111 | 7 | 81 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | | Righty Starters | 4.2 | 0.255 | 0.317 | 17 | 553 | 141 | 49 | 13 | 0.02 | 69 | 50 | 138 | 10 | 118 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 9 |
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| All Games | 2.47 | 1.099 | 91 | 25 | 25 | 61 | 6 | 39 | 80 | 6-2 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% | | Road Games | 2.85 | 1.183 | 47.3 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 2 | 19 | 36 | 3-1 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
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| All Games | 14-9 | +5.1 | 11-11 | 5.0 | 0.251 | 0.308 | 3.5 | 0.250 | 0.309 | | Home Games | 5-3 | +1.4 | 5-3 | 5.5 | 0.273 | 0.324 | 3.0 | 0.217 | 0.282 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 4-1 | +3.3 | 1-3 | 4.0 | 0.250 | 0.328 | 1.0 | 0.205 | 0.271 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +3.7 | 3-4 | 4.1 | 0.277 | 0.348 | 2.4 | 0.221 | 0.287 | | Grass Games | 14-9 | +5.1 | 11-11 | 5.0 | 0.251 | 0.308 | 3.5 | 0.250 | 0.309 | | Day Games | 5-4 | +1.1 | 6-3 | 5.8 | 0.265 | 0.318 | 3.4 | 0.248 | 0.317 | | Division | 6-4 | +1.2 | 6-4 | 5.4 | 0.253 | 0.310 | 3.5 | 0.240 | 0.301 |
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| All Games | 5.0 | 0.251 | 0.308 | 23 | 776 | 195 | 64 | 19 | 0.02 | 106 | 64 | 167 | 7 | 129 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 7 | | Home Games | 5.5 | 0.273 | 0.324 | 8 | 264 | 72 | 27 | 10 | 0.04 | 38 | 20 | 49 | 3 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | | Lefty Starters | 4.0 | 0.250 | 0.328 | 5 | 156 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 0.03 | 20 | 18 | 35 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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| All Games | 5.52 | 1.542 | 60.3 | 39 | 37 | 73 | 8 | 20 | 55 | 0-5 | 6 | 5 | 54.5% | | Home Games | 10.57 | 2.218 | 15.3 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0-3 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
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| 4/14/2013 | IRWIN(R) | CINCINNATI | LATOS(R) | 10-7 | W | +145 | 7.5 un | O | 15 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | | 4/15/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 6-10 | L | +110 | 7.5 ov | O | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 4/17/2013 | BURNETT(R) | ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | 5-0 | W | +105 | 7.5 un | U | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 4/18/2013 | LOCKE(L) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 4-6 | L | +100 | 8.5 ov | O | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 4/19/2013 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | ATLANTA | HUDSON(R) | 6-0 | W | +105 | 7 ov | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 4/20/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | ATLANTA | MAHOLM(L) | 3-1 | W | +120 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | SANCHEZ(L) | ATLANTA | MEDLEN(R) | 4-2 | W | +150 | 7 ov | U | 10 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | | 4/22/2013 | BURNETT(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | PETTIBONE(R) | 2-3 | L | -115 | 8 un | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 4/23/2013 | LOCKE(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 2-0 | W | 145 | 7 un | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | | 4/24/2013 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HALLADAY(R) | 5-3 | W | 100 | 7 ev | O | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 4/25/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LEE(L) | 6-4 | W | 170 | 7 un | O | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 4/26/2013 | SANCHEZ(L) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 1-9 | L | 187 | 8 un | O | 5 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | | 4/27/2013 | BURNETT(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WESTBROOK(R) | 5-3 | W | -105 | 7 ov | O | 11 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | | 4/28/2013 | LOCKE(L) | @ ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | | | 4/29/2013 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | | | 4/30/2013 | MCDONALD(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | | | 5/1/2013 | SANCHEZ(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | BURGOS(R) | | | 5/3/2013 | | WASHINGTON | | | | 5/4/2013 | | WASHINGTON | | | | 5/5/2013 | | WASHINGTON | | |
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| 4/14/2013 | GARCIA(L) | MILWAUKEE | ESTRADA(R) | 3-4 | L | -155 | 8 ev | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | | 4/15/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | MCDONALD(R) | 10-6 | W | -120 | 7.5 ov | O | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | | 4/17/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ PITTSBURGH | BURNETT(R) | 0-5 | L | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 4/18/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HAMELS(L) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 7 ev | P | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 4/19/2013 | GARCIA(L) | @ PHILADELPHIA | HALLADAY(R) | 2-8 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | O | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 4/20/2013 | LYNN(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | LEE(L) | 5-0 | W | 130 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | | 4/21/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | KENDRICK(R) | 3-7 | L | 100 | 8 un | O | 10 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | | 4/22/2013 | MILLER(R) | @ WASHINGTON | HAREN(R) | 3-2 | W | -115 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 4/23/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | @ WASHINGTON | DETWILER(L) | 2-0 | W | -120 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 4/24/2013 | GARCIA(L) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 4-2 | W | 145 | 7 ev | U | 9 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 4/26/2013 | LYNN(R) | PITTSBURGH | SANCHEZ(L) | 9-1 | W | -205 | 8 un | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | | 4/27/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | PITTSBURGH | BURNETT(R) | 3-5 | L | -105 | 7 ov | O | 8 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | | 4/28/2013 | MILLER(R) | PITTSBURGH | LOCKE(L) | | | 4/29/2013 | WAINWRIGHT(R) | CINCINNATI | LATOS(R) | | | 4/30/2013 | GARCIA(L) | CINCINNATI | ARROYO(R) | | | 5/1/2013 | LYNN(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | | | 5/2/2013 | WESTBROOK(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | | | 5/3/2013 | | @ MILWAUKEE | | | | 5/4/2013 | | @ MILWAUKEE | | | | 5/5/2013 | | @ MILWAUKEE | | |
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| |  | PITTSBURGH: HITTING: The Pirates' two-month casual flirtation with competitiveness was cute while it lasted, before this team fizzled to a 72-win season. This team is still years away. But don't blame OF ANDREW McCUTCHEN, who might be the best all-around player in the division. Of all the ballyhooed outfielders from the 2005 draft, he's the one GMs would most want to build around. OF JOSE TABATA, not so much. He's serviceable and has plus speed, but the six-year extension the Pirates gave him was absurd. 2B NEIL WALKER has settled into a respectable place short of stardom. 3B PEDRO ALVAREZ has a lot of uphill climbing to do if he wants to wake up old expectations. He'll compete with 3B CASEY MCGEHEE for a starting role, but it's most likely that Alvarez moves to first base to back up 1B GARRETT JONES. OFs NATE McLOUTH and ALEX PRESLEY are underwhelming choices for the starting left-field spot. SS CLINT BARMES and C ROD BARAJAS would like to thank the Pirates for wildly overpaying them.
STARTING PITCHING: JEFF KARSTENS looked pretty decent for much of last year. But that's what happens when you get to log 14 percent of your innings against the lowly Astros. Better teams exposed him for the replacement-level guy he is. Contrary to what a lot of bored, lazy sportswriters wanted you to believe last year, CHARLIE MORTON doesn't pitch like Roy Halladay. At all. JAMES McDONALD could still be special if he cut down his walk rate. ERIK BEDARD was a respectable signing. Even if his shoulder acts up, he cost only $4.5 million for a year. If he's healthy, he's still well above-average. KEVIN CORREIA may only be slightly more effective at striking out hitters than a batting tee, but the Pirates are grateful for the innings he eats. BRAD LINCOLN is the designated fill-in if any of the other starters get hurt (cough, Bedard). In the meantime, he's a swing man.
RELIEF PITCHING: Closer JOEL HANRAHAN has been outstanding since first donning a Pirates uniform in 2009, converting 40-of-44 saves with a 1.83 ERA last season. It makes sense for the rebuilding Pirates to move him, but they'll probably keep the hand they were dealt. There isn't another qualified ninth-inning pitcher in this bullpen though. EVAN MEEK was bit by the shoulder bug. His early season was an unqualified disaster, but he turned it around and regained his form once he came back in September. He should be fully healthy again, and a quiet source of a few saves. CHRIS RESOP is another primary set-up man, but he posted a 4.39 ERA and 1.48 WHIP in 2011. DANIEL McCUTCHEN won't be so lucky with his ERA this year if he doesn't lower his walk rate. He's just not a guy to put much faith in. | | 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. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (PITTSBURGH-ST LOUIS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Pirates-Cardinals Preview* ===========================
Pittsburgh (13-10) at St. Louis (14-8), 2:15 p.m. EDT
Shelby Miller is a big reason why St. Louis Cardinals starters own the best ERA in baseball.
The rookie will look to gain a measure of revenge against the only team to ever beat him Sunday when the Cardinals and visiting Pittsburgh Pirates complete this three-game set.
St. Louis starters have a 2.06 ERA, with the entire rotation allowing two earned runs over 33 2-3 innings in the last five games. Jake Westbrook completed that run with six scoreless innings Saturday, but the Cardinals' bullpen couldn't hold a two-run lead in a 5-3 defeat that ended a four-game win streak.
"Any time you lose a game in the last third, it can be extremely frustrating," manager Mike Matheny said. "When the starter gives you a great chance like that, you hate to see it slip away."
Now it's Miller's turn to help St. Louis (14-9) bounce back. He's struck out 19 and yielded three hits over 15 career scoreless innings at home, and yielded two unearned runs over 6 2-3 innings Monday to earn a 3-2 victory at Washington his last time out.
"He's got a different look than the majority of the guys we have on our staff, and a lot of other guys in the league," Matheny said. "He's keeping people off balance with that."
Pittsburgh (14-10) has the advantage of seeing Miller (3-1, 1.44 ERA) before. The right-hander allowed two runs over six innings April 17 in a 5-0 road loss to the Pirates.
Neil Walker went 2 for 3 against Miller in that contest, but the second baseman is out with a hand injury. Right fielder Travis Snider is day to day after being scratched Saturday with discomfort on his left side.
The Pirates scored one run through their first 15 innings in this series before using a four-run rally in the seventh Saturday in their fourth win in five games. Russell Martin hit a two-run homer in that frame and scored Pittsburgh's final run in the eighth on Gaby Sanchez's sacrifice fly.
Outfielder Jose Tabata has hit safely in 20 of his 22 career games at Busch Stadium, batting .308 in those contests with hits in the last seven.
The Cardinals look to improve to 5-1 when opponents start left-handers as they face Jeff Locke (2-1, 3.74) for the first time. Locke enters off his best 2013 effort, yielding two hits over six innings Tuesday to gain a 2-0 victory at Philadelphia.
"The big thing is I was able to get ahead, something I've stressed the last few starts," said Locke, who was the Pirates' Minor League pitcher of the year in 2012. "It's great to compete and get through it and know that you can do it."
He'll face challenges against Yadier Molina, who is hitting .438 against left-handers, and Allen Craig, who is batting .389 against southpaws and is a career .358 hitter versus Pittsburgh.
David Freese, who is hitting .190, will likely return to the Cardinals lineup. Matheny rested the third baseman Saturday, saying that Freese was pressing.
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| | Last Updated: 4/17/2024 11:36:42 PM EST. |
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