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MLB : ATS Matchup
Thursday 7/2/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
SAN DIEGO  ROSS )
 
ST LOUIS  COONEY )
+1.5  -210

-1.5  +175
+100

-110

7.5un
 
5
Final
3

SAN DIEGO (37 - 43) at ST LOUIS (51 - 26)
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Thursday, 7/2/2015 7:15 PM
TYSON ROSS (R) vs. TIM COONEY (L)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
959SAN DIEGO+130Ov 7.5,+105+115Ov 7.5,+105
960ST LOUIS-140Un 7.5,-125-125Un 7.5,-125
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
SAN DIEGO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games37-43-5.948-304.10.2400.2920.3720.6644.60.2590.3200.4270.747
Road Games19-21+0.624-164.20.2430.3000.3800.6804.60.2700.3280.4370.765
vs Left-handed Starters10-8+2.412-64.80.2520.3120.3840.6963.70.2250.2940.3770.671
Past 7 Games2-5-3.43-33.30.2200.2600.3630.6235.90.2500.3050.4520.757
Grass Games37-43-5.948-304.10.2400.2920.3720.6644.60.2590.3200.4270.747
Night Games26-29-2.831-233.90.2390.2890.3630.6524.60.2680.3260.4290.755
SAN DIEGO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2400.29280274465913317650.3723122016815251159497262
Road Games4.20.2430.3004014223468110310.3801661163462827926232830
Lefty Starters4.80.2520.31218614155363130.3848253176711816131017
SAN DIEGO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.941.275244.7116107224258822313-1120676.9%
Road Games3.581.271115.7474610911381118-611473.3%

ST LOUIS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games51-26+21.128-464.00.2630.3240.4000.7242.90.2420.2970.3540.651
Home Games29-9+1712-254.00.2730.3380.4060.7442.70.2430.2940.3460.640
vs Right-handed Starters44-15+27.422-344.30.2700.3300.4090.7392.60.2370.2900.3470.637
Past 7 Games5-2+2.53-44.00.2470.3020.3810.6832.10.2330.2850.3310.616
Grass Games51-26+21.128-464.00.2630.3240.4000.7242.90.2420.2970.3540.651
Night Games33-18+12.522-274.30.2640.3250.4040.7303.00.2450.2980.3510.648
ST LOUIS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.00.2630.32477261468714713620.4002972355963055272446421
Home Games4.00.2730.3383812583437610240.4061451242711527640242313
Righty Starters4.30.2700.33059200554111911460.4092381814372043053314714
ST LOUIS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.191.223221.75754199157220514-731586.1%
Home Games2.001.2481172926113933989-219290.5%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
SAN DIEGO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/18/2015KENNEDY(R)@ OAKLANDGRAVEMAN(R)3-1W1207.5 unU760542
6/19/2015SHIELDS(R)@ ARIZONADE LA ROSA(R)2-4L-1108.5 unU6111982
6/20/2015ROSS(R)@ ARIZONARAY(L)8-1W-1108 unO1050441
6/21/2015CASHNER(R)@ ARIZONAHELLICKSON(R)2-7L-1108.5 unO862420
6/23/2015DESPAIGNE(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOBUMGARNER(L)3-2W1656.5 unU850790
6/24/2015KENNEDY(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOVOGELSONG(R)0-6L1157 evU571640
6/25/2015SHIELDS(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOHESTON(R)8-13L1206.5 ovO12501970
6/26/2015ROSS(R)ARIZONARAY(L)4-2W-1406.5 evU840233
6/27/2015CASHNER(R)ARIZONAHELLICKSON(R)7-2W-1256.5 ovO1581840
6/28/2015DESPAIGNE(R)ARIZONAANDERSON(R)4-6L-1107.5 unO531620
6/30/2015KENNEDY(R)SEATTLEMONTGOMERY(L)0-5L-1207.5 unU152730
7/1/2015SHIELDS(R)SEATTLEWALKER(R)0-7L-1057 unP341970
7/2/2015ROSS(R)@ ST LOUISCOONEY(L) 
7/3/2015CASHNER(R)@ ST LOUISWACHA(R) 
7/4/2015DESPAIGNE(R)@ ST LOUISMARTINEZ(R) 
7/5/2015KENNEDY(R)@ ST LOUISLYNN(R) 
7/6/2015SHIELDS(R)@ PITTSBURGHBURNETT(R) 
7/7/2015ROSS(R)@ PITTSBURGHLIRIANO(L) 
7/8/2015 @ PITTSBURGH  

ST LOUIS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/18/2015GARCIA(L)@ MINNESOTAPELFREY(R)1-2L-1108 unU540770
6/19/2015LYONS(L)@ PHILADELPHIAAUMONT(R)12-4W-1908 unO1613111111
6/20/2015LACKEY(R)@ PHILADELPHIAHARANG(R)10-1W-1507.5 unO1690670
6/21/2015WACHA(R)@ PHILADELPHIAMORGAN(L)2-9L-1858.5 evO7611360
6/23/2015MARTINEZ(R)@ MIAMIURENA(R)4-3W-1257 unP9801070
6/24/2015GARCIA(L)@ MIAMILATOS(R)6-1W-1156.5 evO710760
6/25/2015LYNN(R)@ MIAMIHAREN(R)5-1W-1157.5 unU1081472
6/26/2015LACKEY(R)CHICAGO CUBSARRIETA(R)3-2W-1206.5 ovU69012121
6/27/2015WACHA(R)CHICAGO CUBSROACH(R)8-1W-1757 ovO1390770
6/28/2015MARTINEZ(R)CHICAGO CUBSHAMMEL(R)4-1W-1357 unU841690
6/30/2015LYNN(R)CHI WHITE SOXSALE(L)1-2L+1056 unU891990
7/1/2015LACKEY(R)CHI WHITE SOXQUINTANA(L)1-7L-1506.5 unO7711270
7/2/2015COONEY(L)SAN DIEGOROSS(R) 
7/3/2015WACHA(R)SAN DIEGOCASHNER(R) 
7/4/2015MARTINEZ(R)SAN DIEGODESPAIGNE(R) 
7/5/2015LYNN(R)SAN DIEGOKENNEDY(R) 
7/6/2015LACKEY(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSLESTER(L) 
7/7/2015 @ CHICAGO CUBS  
7/7/2015 @ CHICAGO CUBS  
7/8/2015 @ CHICAGO CUBS  
7/9/2015 @ PITTSBURGH  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
SAN DIEGO: San Diego Padres manager Bud Black turned the corner to meet the press on the first day of spring training and was taken aback at the throng of reporters waiting.
''What are we, the Yankees?'' Black asked.
No, but they're no longer the anonymous Padres, the light-hitting, star-less team planted near the bottom of the NL West.
Thanks to first-year general manager A.J. Preller's wild offseason, the Padres have been remade. There's suddenly star power. And expectations, too.
''The organization, from top on down, there's a different vibe,'' Black said.
A new ace in James Shields joins an already strong rotation. Matt Kemp, Justin Upton and Wil Myers make for a brand new power-hitting outfield. Derek Norris is now catching. Newcomers Yangervis Solarte and Will Middlebrooks have had great springs as they compete at third base.
''I'm impressed,'' Kemp said. ''We've got a lot of great players in this clubhouse. We have a really good chance of winning some games.''
It's been a long time since people have been saying that about the Padres. They were last in the postseason in 2006. They haven't had a winning season since 2010 and last year finished 18 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.
A lost season included a shake-up at the top. Preller, a former assistant GM with Texas, replaced the fired Josh Byrnes in August. Preller was then the clear star of baseball's hot stove season.
Kemp, who acknowledged he was shocked the Dodgers traded him, thinks the Padres now have the best outfield in the game.
Shields, who helped get Kansas City to the World Series last season, was the last piece. He signed in February.
''Shields wanted to be here. Kemp, Upton, Norris, those guys are happy to be here,'' Black said. ''They're happy to be in San Diego. They're happy to be a Padre. That's a good thing.''
Now it will be up to Black, lauded for squeezing as much as he can out of bad rosters, to make them winners. The Padres expect to contend for at least a wild card spot.
''I've been in San Diego for 40 years. That energy is back,'' Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler said. ''People are talking baseball and it's fun to be a Padre right now.''
ROTATION WORKHORSES: Adding Shields gives the Padres baseball's most durable pitcher on a staff already known for eating innings. The right-hander has tossed 1,785 2/3 innings since 2007. No pitcher has thrown more. Tyson Ross (195 2/3) and Ian Kennedy (201) were workhorses in 2014. Right-hander Andrew Cashner was the exception, but last year's opening-day starter has looked dominant as he returns from arm issues. Brandon Morrow and Odrisamer Despaigne are contending for the fifth spot. And Josh Johnson, coming back from elbow surgery, could be ready by June. ''The one thing we do have is pitching depth,'' Shields said. ''And you can never have too much.'' The one issue: no left-handers.
CAN THEY FIELD?: The new outfield packs power, but can they cover spacious Petco Park? Kemp's arthritic hips were made public during trade discussions and he no longer has the speed for center. Myers has only played there in the minors. ''They read the noise that we're not going to play defense,'' Black said. ''Players have a lot of pride.'' Veteran Wil Nieves, a non-roster invite, is the likely backup catcher with Tim Federowicz sidelined following knee surgery.
WHO PLAYS THIRD?: Solarte, acquired last summer from the Yankees, has impressed at the plate and can also play second and first. Middlebrooks, coming off a poor, injury-plagued 2014 in Boston, has hit well and looked smooth in the field. ''I'm not too worried about it. I know I'm a good player,'' Middlebrooks said. ''He's a good player as well. We're both going to be on the field at some point.''
WHAT HAPPENS TO QUENTIN?: Preller's next task is to figure out what to do with all his spare outfielders. That includes Carlos Quentin, the oft-injured two-time All-Star. ''Everyone knows there's a DH in the American League,'' said Quentin, who is open to a trade. Will Venable and Cameron Maybin also face uncertain futures.
PRESSURE ON BLACK: Black found a way to win 77 games last year with a roster that scored 535 runs, 38 fewer than any other team. But Preller declined to extend his contract in the offseason. ''We're both in the last year before we're free agents,'' Kennedy said, grinning.
ST LOUIS: ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Cardinals hope Michael Wacha is ready to stand alongside ace Adam Wainwright at the top of their rotation.
Wacha was the NL Championship Series MVP as a rookie but just 5-6 with a 3.20 ERA in 19 starts last year. He was sidelined for most of the season's second half by a stress reaction in his shoulder, and was rusty in October before giving up Travis Ishikawa's series-winning homer in Game 5 of the NLCS.
Now he feels healthy.
''It's very encouraging, the long term of what this kid could be and the short term of how he feels, somebody every fifth day that can bring the kind of stuff he does,'' St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. ''He feels good about himself and we feel good about what we're seeing.''
The 23-year-old Wacha has long insisted the injury is behind him.
''Ever since I came back last year, I haven't thought about it when I was on the mound,'' Wacha said. ''As far as I know, it was a rare injury. I'm not sure where it came from.''
If it stays away, the Cardinals figure to again have one of the deeper starting staffs despite trading 15-game winner Shelby Miller for outfielder Jason Heyward. Wainwright was a 20-game winner for the second time, and Lance Lynn has averaged 16 wins during three years in the rotation.
John Lackey is a proven late-season talent. Jaime Garcia's resurgent spring following surgery to relieve nerve compression may cause promising Carlos Martinez to be related to the bullpen again.
Lackey expects to be more comfortable in his first full NL season, saying ''It's different for a lot of reasons.''
Things to watch for with the Cardinals, who open April 5 at Chicago:
LEFT-HANDED HEAVY
There are five lefty bats in the lineup, a potential downside. But there also figures to be more power on the bench. Mark Reynolds, who has hit 20 or more homers each of the last seven seasons, was signed as a free agent. He could factor in as a semi-regular, especially at first base, where Matt Adams has struggled against lefties.
HEYWARD TIME
Only 25, Heyward is a potential future core member of the franchise. His is eligible for free agency after the World Series, and the wooing began not long after the trade with Atlanta - which also brought set-up man Jordan Walden.
''He fits in very well with how our guys work, how seriously they take the game,'' Matheny said. ''He's mixed in very well to this point.''
IMPROVED POP
St. Louis hit just 105 homers last season, second-fewest in the majors. They Cardianls are anticipating more out of right field from Heyward, who had a career-low 11 last year while forced into the leadoff spot with Atlanta. Jhonny Peralta followed his drug suspension with a 21 homers, a franchise record among shortstops, and the smooth-swinging Adams is capable of hitting a lot more than 15.
HEALTHY CHOICES
A full return by Garcia would be an unexpected bonus after two injury-filled seasons. Wainwright and Lynn are recovering from health setbacks early in spring training. Center fielder Jon Jay made a delayed exhibition debut following wrist surgery. ''I said the whole goal was to be ready April 5,'' Jay said.
MORE SPEED
Along with increasing the power profile, there will be an emphasis on manufacturing runs. The Cardinals stole 57 bases last year, third-fewest in the major leagues, but are primed for at least a little more thievery with both Wong and Heyward capable of swiping 20-plus.
''I want to see bigger leads. I want to see more aggressive chances with balls in the dirt,'' Matheny said. ''I want to see us take a first-and-second double steal because we have the kind of players to do that.''
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (SAN DIEGO-ST LOUIS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Padres-Cardinals Preview* ==========================

By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer

San Diego (37-43) at St. Louis (51-26), 7:15 p.m. EDT

The St. Louis Cardinals should be at the forefront of discussions if baseball entertains the idea of bringing the designated hitter to the NL.

Jaime Garcia has been pushed back in the rotation for a second time, giving Tim Cooney the opportunity to make his second major league start Thursday night against the slumping San Diego Padres at Busch Stadium.

Adam Wainwright tore his left Achilles while batting against Milwaukee on April 25. Garcia, who is 3-3 with a 1.69 ERA in seven starts, suffered a mild left groin strain rounding third base in his last outing June 24 at Miami after reaching on a base hit.

Garcia, who made 16 starts the previous two seasons and began 2015 on the disabled list while recovering from left shoulder surgery, won't go on the DL and hopes to pitch a game in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs.

Cooney made his big league debut April 30 after Wainwright went on the DL, allowing three runs and seven hits in just 2 1-3 innings before St. Louis beat Philadelphia 9-3.

The left-hander was sent to the minors following that outing and has gone 4-3 with a 2.52 ERA in 11 starts since rejoining Triple-A Memphis. Cooney was pulled after 26 pitches in Sunday's start to keep him available if Garcia remained injured.

He'll look to help the Cardinals (51-26) avoid just their second three-game losing streak after they were swept in a two-game set against the White Sox at home.

St. Louis fell 2-1 in 11 innings Monday and 7-1 on Tuesday as the White Sox joined Detroit (May 15-16) as the only clubs to win back-to-back games at Busch Stadium in 2015.

The Cardinals, who went 0 for 16 with runners in scoring position in the two games, had outscored opponents 30-9 during a six-game winning streak prior to facing Chicago.

After a trio of rain delays in Wednesday night's game, manager Mike Matheny wouldn't blame the soggy conditions for the poor offensive showing.

"It's not like we're the only guys in a holding pattern. No excuse there," he said. "We've had plenty of experience in the rain and everybody does know the routine."

Offensive woes seem the least of San Diego's problems after interim manager Pat Murphy questioned his players' character.

The Padres (37-43) have dropped three straight after mustering a combined four hits against Seattle in Monday's 5-0 loss and Tuesday's 7-0 defeat. San Diego is 5-9 since Murphy took over after Bud Black was fired June 15.

He said it's been "an eye-opening learning experience."

"Guys not trusting their own ability. Guys not knowing how capable they are. Guys letting the outside expectations affect them," Murphy said. "We have work to do as an offensive club. There are no breaks."

The Padres now begin a 10-game trip that leads into the All-Star break, and Tyson Ross is hoping to help them get it off to a good start.

Ross (5-7, 3.57 ERA) was excellent in an 8-1 win over Arizona on June 20, allowing one run while tossing a four-hitter, then overcame five walks while allowing two runs and two hits in six innings of Friday's 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks.

The right-hander has allowed two earned runs or fewer in six of his last seven outings. He's gone 72 innings without allowing a homer since April 28.

"I was pleased that Tyson showed some mental toughness to get through some tough situations," Murphy said.

Ross struggled with his control against the Cardinals last season, walking nine in 12 innings while going 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in two starts.


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