MLB Baseball Matchup of Friday, August 17, 2012 Busch Stadium

Match Up: Pittsburgh Pirates VS St. Louis Cardinals

PITTSBURGHPIRATES (42-29)

ST. LOUISCARDINALS (45-26)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
PIT	42-29	$1637	7-8	35-21	16-11	26-18	33-38
STL	45-26	$1042	8-8	37-18	32-21	13-5	37-31-3

Smart Chart

PIT	TEAM	STL
3.75	RUNS	5.00
3.48	RUNS AGAINST	3.55
0.27	DIFF	1.45
$1,637	MONEY	$1,042
3.30	TEAM ERA	3.29
7.89	OFF HITS	9.52
2.69	OFF WALKS	2.90
8.44	OFF Ks	6.90
7.54	DEF HIT	8.37
3.39	DEF WALKS	2.44
7.94	DEF Ks	8.04

INJURIES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
A.J. Burnett	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jose Contreras	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jeanmar Gomez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jared Hughes	P	15-Day Disabled List
Phil Irwin	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jeff Karstens	P	60-Day Disabled List
James McDonald	P	15-Day Disabled List
Wandy Rodriguez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jose Tabata	OF	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	60-Day Disabled List
John Gast	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jason Motte	P	60-Day Disabled List
Fernando Salas	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

JAMES MCDONALD (R) ERA: 5.76 W/L: 2-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
04/30/2013	MIL	L	8-12	O	5	-100
04/25/2013	PHI	W	6-4	O	5	168
04/20/2013	ATL	W	3-1	U	6	116

JAKE WESTBROOK (R) ERA: 2.05 W/L: 2-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/14/2013	MIA	L	4-5	O	5	-130
05/08/2013	CHC	W	5-4	O	5⅓	100
05/02/2013	MIL	W	6-5	O	6	102

Pittsburgh Pirates's relievers have pitched 8⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
St. Louis Cardinals's relievers have pitched 8 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/01/2012	Sun	PIT	4	STL	5	STL	-161	9	P	E Bedard	J Westbrook
06/30/2012	Sat	PIT	7	STL	3	PIT	-183	9½	O	J Karstens	L Lynn
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

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

PIRATES

Pirates are third worst in the league in times striking out with 8.4 per game.

Pirates have the second stingiest defence in the league at 3.5 runs per game.

Pirates have the best hits allowed in the league, allowing 7.5 per game.

Pirates give up the most free passes in the league allowing 3.4 per game.

Pirates are third in the league in striking out opponents with 7.9 per game.

CARDINALS

Cardinals are the highest scoring team in the league at 5.0 runs per game.

Cardinals have the second best hits stat in the league at 9.5 per game.

Cardinals are third best in the league in times striking out with 6.9 per game.

Cardinals have allowed the third fewest runs in the league at 3.5 runs per game.

Cardinals give up the fewest free passes in the league allowing 2.4 per game.

Cardinals strike out the second most opponents in the league with 8.0 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/16/2012	Thu	10	LA	6	W	-132	7½	A Burnett	6⅔	J Blanton
08/15/2012	Wed	3	LA	9	L	129	7	Wandy Rodriguez	5⅔	C Kershaw
08/14/2012	Tue	0	LA	11	L	105	8	K Correia	6	C Billingsley
08/13/2012	Mon	4	LA	5	L	-128	8	J Karstens	7	A Harang
08/12/2012	Sun	11	SD	5	W	-175	8	E Bedard	5	R Ohlendorf

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/16/2012	Thu	1	ARI	2	L	-139	8	K Lohse	6⅔	T Cahill
08/15/2012	Wed	5	ARI	2	W	-177	8	A Wainwright	6	J Saunders
08/14/2012	Tue	8	ARI	2	W	101	9	J Kelly	6⅓	I Kennedy
08/12/2012	Sun	7	at PHI	8	L	105	8½	L Lynn	5	V Worley
08/11/2012	Sat	4	at PHI	1	W	-136	8	J Westbrook	7⅔	C Lee

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Pittsburgh's Overall Scoring vs St. Louis's Overall Defense	3.8	11	3.6	3
Pittsburgh's Away Scoring vs St. Louis's Home Defense	3.7	10	3.6	4
Pittsburgh's Road ERA vs St. Louis's Home ERA Allowed	4.0	6	4.6	2
St. Louis's Overall Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Overall Defense	5.0	1	3.5	2
St. Louis's Home Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Road Defense	4.7	3	3.9	4
St. Louis's Home ERA vs Pittsburgh's Road ERA Allowed	3.4	6	3.5	10

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	42-29	25-13	17-16	16-11	26-18	33-38	7-8	35-21
vs Div	20-12	12-6	8-6	8-6	12-6	13-19	1-1	19-11
Last 10	6-4	4-2	2-2	4-1	2-3	6-4	1-1	5-3
vs AL	6-3	5-2	1-1	3-2	3-1	3-6	0-1	6-2
vs NL	36-26	20-11	16-15	13-9	23-17	30-32	7-7	29-19

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	45-26	20-13	25-13	32-21	13-5	37-31-3	8-8	37-18
vs Div	18-10	10-7	8-3	13-9	5-1	15-13	2-2	16-8
Last 10	5-5	1-1	4-4	4-4	1-1	5-5	1-0	4-5
vs AL	3-1	1-1	2-0	2-1	1-0	1-2-1	0-0	3-1
vs NL	42-25	19-12	23-13	30-20	12-5	36-29-2	8-8	34-17

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

JAMES MCDONALD VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/15/2013	10-6	STL	1⅔	8	8	3	2	0	L
08/28/2012	9-0	PIT	7	2	0	0	1	6	W
08/17/2012	2-1	PIT	6	2	0	0	3	7	W
08/26/2011	5-4	STL	6	5	3	3	3	5	ND
08/15/2011	6-2	PIT	5⅔	6	2	2	2	4	W

JAKE WESTBROOK VS. PITTSBURGH PIRATES

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/27/2013	5-3	PIT	6	6	0	0	0	6	ND
08/28/2012	9-0	PIT	5	11	7	7	4	2	L
08/17/2012	2-1	PIT	7⅔	6	2	1	3	3	L
07/01/2012	5-4	STL	6	9	4	4	1	6	W
05/03/2012	6-3	PIT	6⅓	9	4	4	1	4	L