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PITTSBURGH PIRATES	ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

26-18

August 17, 8:15 PM | Grass of Busch Stadium

28-16

RECENT FORM
TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP
PIT	26-18	$1009	5-6	21-12
STL	28-16	$790	4-5	24-11

TEAM	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
PIT	8-8	18-10	20-24	0.43
STL	19-12	9-4	21-22-1	1.11

SMART CHART
PIT		TEAM		STL
4.00		RUNS		4.61
3.57		RUNS AGNST		3.50
0.43		DIFF		1.11
$1,009		MONEY		$790
3.35		TEAM ERA		3.21
8.11		OFF HITS		8.86
2.70		OFF WALKS		3.00
7.57		OFF Ks		6.75
7.30		DEF HITS		8.32
3.59		DEF WALKS		2.59
8.23		DEF Ks		8.09

UPDATED ODDS

Date	Teams	Opening	OddsShark.com	BETONLINE.ag	SportsBetting.ag	5Dimes.eu
08/17/2012	Pittsburgh	8½o-115	8½o-115	8½u-130	8½u-130	8½u-117
8:15 PM	St. Louis	-160	-160	-150	-150	-159

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: 1.62 W/L: 2-1
DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/08/2013	CHC	W	5-4	O	5⅓	100
05/02/2013	MIL	W	6-5	O	6	102
04/27/2013	PIT	L	3-5	O	6	-110

BULLPENS
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.

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

BETTING TRENDS
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
No trends to report
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
No trends to report

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL
DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WIN	HOME LINE	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

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

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPP	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	OPP	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

SUPERGRID
		RANK		RANK
Pittsburgh's Overall Scoring vs St. Louis's Overall Defense	4.0	11	3.5	3
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	4.6	4	3.6	4
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	5	4.1	4

TEAM WEATHER AND NEWS

PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh Tribune

ST. LOUIS

St. Louis Post Dispatch

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3
PIRATES
Pirates have the best hits allowed in the league, allowing 7.3 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 8.2 per game.
CARDINALS
Cardinals are third in the league in hits at 8.9 per game.
Cardinals are third best in the league in times striking out with 6.8 per game.
Cardinals have allowed the third fewest runs in the league at 3.5 runs per game.
Cardinals are the third best in base on balls allowed, allowing 2.6 per game.

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE
PITTSBURGH PIRATES	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	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	28-16	14-8	14-8	19-12	9-4	21-22-1	4-5	24-11
vs Div	15-8	9-6	6-2	11-8	4-0	13-10	1-2	14-6
Last 10	6-4	6-3	0-1	6-4	0-0	5-5	0-2	6-2
vs NL	28-16	14-8	14-8	19-12	9-4	21-22-1	4-5	24-11

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