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MLB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 7/4/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
SAN DIEGO  DESPAIGNE )
 
ST LOUIS  MARTINEZ )
+1.5  -120

-1.5  +100
+185

-200

7un
 
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Final
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SAN DIEGO (39 - 43) at ST LOUIS (51 - 28)
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Saturday, 7/4/2015 2:15 PM
ODRISAMER DESPAIGNE (R) vs. CARLOS MARTINEZ (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
953SAN DIEGO+175Ov 7,-110+190Ov 7,+100
954ST LOUIS-185Un 7,-110-210Un 7,-120
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
SAN DIEGO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games39-43-3.549-314.10.2400.2920.3740.6664.60.2580.3190.4220.741
Road Games21-21+325-174.20.2420.3000.3830.6824.50.2660.3260.4260.752
vs Right-handed Starters28-35-736-253.80.2370.2860.3690.6554.80.2680.3260.4370.764
Past 7 Games4-3+13-33.10.2110.2600.3830.6443.70.1970.2640.3280.592
Grass Games39-43-3.549-314.10.2400.2920.3740.6664.60.2580.3190.4220.741
Day Games11-14-3.117-74.40.2430.2970.3920.6904.60.2400.3070.4230.729
SAN DIEGO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2400.29282281767513518690.3743192087005352560497664
Road Games4.20.2420.3004214953628311350.3831731233652929327233232
Righty Starters3.80.2370.2866321645129715530.3692321495154639944366646
SAN DIEGO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.811.263252.7116107230258923015-1122678.6%
Road Games3.351.245123.74746115113911810-613476.5%

ST LOUIS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games51-28+18.529-474.00.2610.3230.3950.7182.90.2410.2960.3570.653
Home Games29-11+14.413-263.90.2680.3350.3960.7312.70.2420.2940.3510.645
vs Right-handed Starters44-17+24.823-354.20.2670.3290.4030.7312.60.2360.2900.3500.640
Past 7 Games3-4-2.13-43.00.2270.2940.3390.6332.90.2440.3020.3780.680
Grass Games51-28+18.529-474.00.2610.3230.3950.7182.90.2410.2960.3570.653
Day Games18-8+8.76-193.60.2600.3200.3920.7122.70.2350.2950.3620.657
ST LOUIS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.00.2610.32379268370014913620.3953002446123256876466522
Home Games3.90.2680.3354013273567810240.3961481332871729244262414
Righty Starters4.20.2670.32961207455412111460.4032411904532244657334815
ST LOUIS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.241.233228.76057206167621214-931586.1%
Home Games2.111.266124322912010371059-419290.5%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
SAN DIEGO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
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)5-3W1007.5 unO8809132
7/3/2015CASHNER(R)@ ST LOUISWACHA(R)2-1W1407 unU860430
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) 
7/8/2015CASHNER(R)@ PITTSBURGHMORTON(R) 
7/10/2015 @ TEXAS  
7/11/2015 @ TEXAS  

ST LOUIS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
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)3-5L-1107.5 unO9132880
7/3/2015WACHA(R)SAN DIEGOCASHNER(R)1-2L-1507 unU430860
7/4/2015MARTINEZ(R)SAN DIEGODESPAIGNE(R) 
7/5/2015LYNN(R)SAN DIEGOKENNEDY(R) 
7/6/2015LACKEY(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSLESTER(L) 
7/7/2015COONEY(L)@ CHICAGO CUBSARRIETA(R) 
7/7/2015GARCIA(L)@ CHICAGO CUBS  
7/8/2015WACHA(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSHAMMEL(R) 
7/9/2015MARTINEZ(R)@ PITTSBURGHLOCKE(L) 
7/10/2015 @ PITTSBURGH  
7/11/2015 @ 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 JACK CASSIDY STATS Writer

San Diego (38-43) at St. Louis (51-27), 2:15 p.m. EDT

Despite a season-high losing streak, the St. Louis Cardinals still sit atop the MLB standings largely thanks to an imposing starting staff.

They've rarely had any trouble winning when Carlos Martinez takes the mound, which he'll do Saturday against a San Diego Padres team looking to capture its first four-game series in St. Louis in a decade.

St. Louis (51-28) dropped its first two against San Diego (39-43) and has now lost four in a row for the first time since August. The Cardinals managed only four hits in Friday's 2-1 defeat and are in danger of their first five-game losing streak since a seven-game slide July 26-31, 2013.

Martinez (9-3, 2.80 ERA), who has proven himself capable of turning the tides, owns the best ERA (1.35) among qualifying NL starters since May 20 after holding the Chicago Cubs to a run and two hits over six innings Sunday in a 4-1 win. The right-hander has rattled off eight straight quality starts as the Cardinals have improved to 13-3 when he takes the mound.

"He's just looking untouchable," first baseman Xavier Scruggs told MLB's official website. "He always had the fastball in the minors when I was playing with him, but now he has a whole arsenal that is just disgusting. It's nasty."

Starting pitching, however, has hardly been St. Louis' concern, as the rotation has notched 10 consecutive quality starts and owns a 1.94 ERA in that span. The Cardinals supported the staff with 27 runs through six wins to begin that stretch, but have given their starters only six total runs in four games since - a stretch in which they're 1 for 34 with runners in scoring position.

Peter Bourjos, Yadier Molina, Kolten Wong, Randal Grichuk and Mark Reynolds are a combined 11 for 71 (.155) since Tuesday.

Martinez will face a Padres offense that did just enough in Friday's win. Jedd Gyorko had both RBIs in his fourth game back from Triple-A, and Yangervis Solarte extended his extra-base hitting streak to four with a triple.

"If we want to be the team we think we can, these are the games we have to win," Gyorko said. "We have to be able to come in and win games like this. I would find it hard to believe this wasn't a playoff atmosphere the way this was played tonight. ... It comes down to getting that big hit."

Looking to win a four-game series in St. Louis for the first time since May 5-8, 2005, San Diego will go with Odrisamer Despaigne (3-6, 4.94), who is 1-6 with a 5.68 ERA in 10 starts since May.

The right-hander has been plagued both by home runs - he ranks toward the bottom of the majors with 1.42 homers allowed per nine innings since joining the rotation full time - and a lack of run support. The Padres failed to score in Despaigne's first four losses and have given him only four runs in four starts since.

Despaigne, who is 0-2 with a 10.24 ERA in two career starts against St. Louis, lasted 5 2-3 innings Sunday in a 6-4 loss to Arizona, allowing five runs while striking out six.


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