MLB Matchup of

Match Up: Pittsburgh Pirates VS St. Louis Cardinals

PITTSBURGHPIRATES (27-18)

ST. LOUISCARDINALS (29-16)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
PIT	27-18	$1109	5-6	22-12	9-8	18-10	21-24
STL	29-16	$890	4-5	25-11	20-12	9-4	22-22-1

Smart Chart

PIT	TEAM	STL
4.02	RUNS	4.73
3.58	RUNS AGAINST	3.47
0.44	DIFF	1.27
$1,109	MONEY	$890
3.36	TEAM ERA	3.18
8.11	OFF HITS	8.96
2.78	OFF WALKS	2.98
7.51	OFF Ks	6.78
7.38	DEF HIT	8.29
3.53	DEF WALKS	2.58
8.24	DEF Ks	8.04

INJURIES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Chase d'Arnaud	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Jeff Karstens	P	15-Day Disabled List
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
David Freese	3B	Day-to-Day (hand)
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

ERIK BEDARD (L) ERA: 7.18 W/L: 0-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/18/2013	PIT	W	4-2	U	6	240
05/11/2013	TEX	L	7-8	O	5	-100
05/01/2013	NYY	L	4-5	O	4	-100

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 8⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
St. Louis Cardinals's relievers have pitched 6⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/17/2012	Fri	PIT	2	STL	1	PIT	-159	8½	U	J McDonald	J Westbrook
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

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 3.5 per game.

Pirates strike out the second most opponents in the league with 8.2 per game.

CARDINALS

Cardinals are the third highest scoring team in the league at 4.7 runs per game.

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

Cardinals are second best in K's per game with 6.8.

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

Cardinals are the third best in base on balls allowed, allowing 2.6 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/17/2012	Fri	2	at STL	1	W	-159	8½	J McDonald	6	J Westbrook
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

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/17/2012	Fri	1	PIT	2	L	-159	8½	J Westbrook	7⅔	J McDonald
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

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Pittsburgh's Overall Scoring vs St. Louis's Overall Defense	4.0	11	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	12	4.2	7
St. Louis's Overall Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Overall Defense	4.7	3	3.6	5
St. Louis's Home Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Road Defense	4.4	7	4.3	7
St. Louis's Home ERA vs Pittsburgh's Road ERA Allowed	3.2	6	4.1	4

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	27-18	16-9	11-9	9-8	18-10	21-24	5-6	22-12
vs Div	12-7	9-4	3-3	5-3	7-4	10-9	0-1	12-6
Last 10	8-2	6-2	2-0	5-2	3-0	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	24-16	13-7	11-9	6-6	18-10	20-20	5-5	19-11

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	29-16	14-8	15-8	20-12	9-4	22-22-1	4-5	25-11
vs Div	15-8	9-6	6-2	11-8	4-0	13-10	1-2	14-6
Last 10	6-4	5-3	1-1	6-4	0-0	6-4	0-2	6-2
vs NL	29-16	14-8	15-8	20-12	9-4	22-22-1	4-5	25-11

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

ERIK BEDARD VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/18/2012	5-4	STL	4⅔	9	5	5	3	4	L
07/01/2012	5-4	STL	4⅔	8	5	5	2	5	L
05/03/2012	6-3	PIT	5	5	2	2	2	11	W
04/22/2012	5-1	STL	7	7	3	2	4	7	L

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