Pittsburgh Pirates vs St Louis Cardinals 4/28/2013

vs

Pirates 14-10, 6-6 away
Cardinals 14-9, 5-3 home

Jeff Locke a left hander. 2-1. 21.2 innings pitched, 12 strike outs, ERA 3.74 vs Shelby Miller a right hander. 3-1. 25 innings pitched. 26 strike outs, ERA 1.44

Expected pirates batting order

1. S. Marte, CF
2. J. Tabata, LF
3. G. Jones, RF
4. G. Sanchez, 1B
5. P. Alvarez, 3B
6. R. Martin, C
7. B. Inge, 2B
8. J. McDonald, SS
9. J. Locke, P

Expected Cardinals batting order

1. M. Carpenter, 2B
2. C. Beltran, RF
3. M. Holliday, LF
4. A. Craig, 1B
5. Y. Molina, C
6. D. Freese, 3B
7. S. Robinson, CF
8. P. Kozma, SS
9. S. Miller, P

 

Team stats of interest

Pittsburgh

21st in runs-89
26th in batting average-.236
23rd in on base percentage-.308
26th in slugging percentage-.363
7th in ERA-3.43
26th in quality overall starts-8
15th in WHIP-1.26
2nd in BAA-.224

St. Louis

6th in the league in runs-114
13th in batting percentage-.251
17th in on base percentage-.314
23rd in slugging percentage-.384
2nd in ERA-3.04
1st in quality starts-17
16th in WHIP-1.26
18th in BAA-.249

 

Injury Report

Pittsburgh

Travis Snider RF - Apr 27: Day-To-Day
Neil Walker 2B - Apr 26: Day-to-Day
Jose Contreras RP - Apr 26: Day-to-Day
Jeff Karstens SP - Apr 24: 15-Day DL
Francisco Liriano SP - Apr 24: 15-Day DL

St. Louis

Jason Motte RP - Apr 28: 15-Day DL
Matt Carpenter 2B - Apr 27: Day-To-Day
Matt Adams 1B - Apr 26: 15-Day DL

 

S Marte .319 5 doubles 1 HR 8 RBI's

singled to left.

 

J. Tabata .175, 2 doubles 2 RBI's

struck out swinging

 

G Jones .297, 6 doubles, 1 HR, 12 RBI's

Flied out to left

 

G. Sanchez .278, 2 doubles, 3 HR's, 12 RBI's

Struck out swinging

 

M. Carpenter .286, 8 doubles, 3 HR's, 8 RBI's

safe at first on error by pitcher J Locke.

 

C. Beltran .300, 2 doubles, 6 HR's, 17 RBI's

lined out to left

 

M. Holliday .276, 5 doubles, 2 HR's, 14 RBI's

singled to right, Carpenter holds up at second.

 

A. Craig .262, 8 doubles, 18 RBI's

lined out to center

 

Y. Molina .302, 6 doubles, 2 HR's, 14 RBI's

lined out to 3rd

End of 1, 0-0

 

P. Alvarez .195, 4 HR's, 9 RBI's

struck out looking

 

R. Martin .243, 5 doubles, 3 HR's, 6 RBI's

homered to center.

 

B. Inge .308, 1 double, 2 RBI's (4-23)

Struck out swinging

 

J. McDonald .333, (3-9)

flied out to right

 

D. Freese .190, 2 doubles, 3 RBI's

walked on 5 pitches

 

S. Robinson .190, (4-21)

grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Freese out at second.

 

P. Kozma .268, 4 doubles, 1 HR, 8 RBI's

lines out to 1st.

End of 2 innings, 1-0 Pirates

 

J. Locke .000 0-6

walked