MLB Matchup of

Match Up: Pittsburgh Pirates VS St. Louis Cardinals

PITTSBURGHPIRATES (25-18)

ST. LOUISCARDINALS (27-15)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
PIT	26-18	$1009	5-6	21-12	8-8	18-10	20-24
STL	28-15	$926	4-5	24-10	19-11	9-4	21-21-1

Smart Chart

PIT	TEAM	STL
4.07	RUNS	4.69
3.65	RUNS AGAINST	3.52
0.42	DIFF	1.17
$909	MONEY	$826
3.43	TEAM ERA	3.21
8.21	OFF HITS	8.98
2.74	OFF WALKS	3.00
7.63	OFF Ks	6.86
7.40	DEF HIT	8.31
3.63	DEF WALKS	2.57
8.28	DEF Ks	8.14

INJURIES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Jose Contreras	P	Bereavement List
Chase d'Arnaud	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Jeff Karstens	P	15-Day Disabled List
Andrew McCutchen	OF	Day-to-Day (knee)
James McDonald	P	15-Day Disabled List
John McDonald	SS	15-Day Disabled List
Charlie Morton	P	15-Day Disabled List

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Chris Carpenter	P	60-Day Disabled List
Rafael Furcal	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Jaime Garcia	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jason Motte	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jake Westbrook	P	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

PITTSBURGH	ST. LOUIS
Pittsburgh Tribune	St. Louis Post Dispatch

BETTING TRENDS

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

No trends to report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

JEFF KARSTENS (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
08/31/2012	MIL	L	3-9	O	⅓	-100
08/25/2012	MIL	W	4-0	U	7	100
08/19/2012	STL	W	6-3	O	7	139

LANCE LYNN (R) ERA: 3.27 W/L: 6-1

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/18/2013	MIL	L	4-6	O	5	-150
05/13/2013	NYM	W	6-3	O	7	100
05/07/2013	CHC	L	1-2	U	7	-132

Pittsburgh Pirates's relievers have pitched 9⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
St. Louis Cardinals's relievers have pitched 7⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/29/2012	Fri	PIT	14	STL	5	PIT	-193	9	O	K Correia	A Wainwright
05/03/2012	Thu	PIT	6	STL	3	PIT	-151	7	O	E Bedard	J Westbrook
05/02/2012	Wed	PIT	3	STL	12	STL	-166	7	O	A Burnett	L Lynn
05/01/2012	Tue	PIT	7	STL	10	STL	-170	7	O	C Morton	A Wainwright
04/22/2012	Sun	STL	5	PIT	1	STL	111	7	U	K Lohse	E Bedard
04/21/2012	Sat	STL	0	PIT	2	PIT	126	7½	U	J Westbrook	A Burnett
04/20/2012	Fri	STL	4	PIT	1	STL	135	8	U	L Lynn	C Morton
09/14/2011	Wed	STL	3	PIT	2	STL	138	8½	U	E Jackson	C Morton
09/13/2011	Tue	STL	6	PIT	4	STL	148	8	O	C Carpenter	J Karstens
09/12/2011	Mon	STL	5	PIT	6	PIT	130	8½	O	K Lohse	B Lincoln

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

PIRATES

Pirates have the best hits allowed in the league, allowing 7.4 per game.

Pirates are second worst in walks allowed in the league at 3.6 per game.

Pirates strike out the second most opponents in the league with 8.3 per game.

CARDINALS

Cardinals are third in the league in hits at 9.0 per game.

Cardinals are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 3.5 runs per game.

Cardinals are second best in walks allowed in the league at 2.6 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/29/2012	Fri	14	at STL	5	W	-193	9	K Correia	5	A Wainwright
06/28/2012	Thu	5	at PHI	4	W	102	9	A Burnett	6⅔	K Kendrick
06/27/2012	Wed	11	at PHI	7	W	-111	8	J McDonald	5⅔	R Valdes
06/26/2012	Tue	4	at PHI	5	L	-141	7½	E Bedard	6	V Worley
06/25/2012	Mon	3	at PHI	8	L	-133	8	J Karstens	5	J Blanton

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/29/2012	Fri	5	PIT	14	L	-193	9	A Wainwright	5	K Correia
06/27/2012	Wed	3	at MIA	5	L	-133	8½	J Kelly	6	A Sanchez
06/26/2012	Tue	5	at MIA	2	W	102	8½	K Lohse	7⅓	C Zambrano
06/25/2012	Mon	8	at MIA	7	W	104	9	J Westbrook	6	R Nolasco
06/24/2012	Sun	11	at KC	8	W	138	10	L Lynn	5⅓	J Sanchez

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Pittsburgh's Overall Scoring vs St. Louis's Overall Defense	4.1	9	3.5	1
Pittsburgh's Away Scoring vs St. Louis's Home Defense	4.3	6	3.4	5
Pittsburgh's Road ERA vs St. Louis's Home ERA Allowed	4.4	11	4.2	7
St. Louis's Overall Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Overall Defense	4.7	4	3.7	4
St. Louis's Home Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Road Defense	4.4	7	4.3	8
St. Louis's Home ERA vs Pittsburgh's Road ERA Allowed	3.3	5	4.1	4

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	26-18	15-9	11-9	8-8	18-10	20-24	5-6	21-12
vs Div	11-7	8-4	3-3	4-3	7-4	9-9	0-1	11-6
Last 10	8-2	5-2	3-0	4-2	4-0	3-7	1-1	7-1
vs AL	3-2	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	1-4	0-1	3-1
vs NL	23-16	12-7	11-9	5-6	18-10	19-20	5-5	18-11

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	28-15	14-8	14-7	19-11	9-4	21-21-1	4-5	24-10
vs Div	15-8	9-6	6-2	11-8	4-0	13-10	1-2	14-6
Last 10	7-3	7-3	0-0	7-3	0-0	5-5	0-2	7-1
vs NL	28-15	14-8	14-7	19-11	9-4	21-21-1	4-5	24-10

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

JEFF KARSTENS VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/19/2012	6-3	PIT	7	2	2	2	1	4	ND
06/30/2012	7-3	PIT	7	4	2	2	2	7	W
09/13/2011	6-4	STL	4⅓	7	4	4	2	2	ND
08/28/2011	7-4	STL	3⅔	9	5	5	2	1	L
08/16/2011	5-4	PIT	5⅓	6	3	3	2	5	ND

LANCE LYNN VS. PITTSBURGH PIRATES

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/26/2013	9-1	STL	7	2	1	1	3	9	W
04/15/2013	10-6	STL	5	7	4	4	3	4	W
08/18/2012	5-4	STL	4⅓	4	3	3	3	8	ND
06/30/2012	7-3	PIT	5	7	6	6	4	6	L
05/02/2012	12-3	STL	6⅔	3	2	2	1	6	W