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Tampa Bay Rays at St. Louis Cardinals
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Stats: Overall | Home/Away | Grass | Today's Starters | Bullpens | Starting Staffs
Umpire: Brian Runge | Records: Last 5 | Last 10 | After Win | After Loss
 
2:15 PM ET W/L Units Home Away O/U RL W/L RL Units
Tampa Bay 25-17 9.05 16-8 9-9 16-26 27-15 12.54
St. Louis 24-20 2.09 15-10 9-10 19-23 22-22 0.95

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Trends and Odds
Recent Trends
Tampa Bay:
  • TB are 8-1 in their last 9 overall.
  • Over is 21-5 in TB last 26 interleague road games.
  • TB are 10-3 in their last 13 Sun. games.
St. Louis:
  • Over is 23-9-2 in STL last 34 interleague games.
  • STL are 16-7 in their last 23 Sun. games.



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Pitchers and Bullpens
Starters | In-Depth | Starting Staffs
Overall W-L Tm W-L IP H WHIP ERA AF AA OU
E. Jackson (R)
K. Lohse (R)		 2-3
3-2		 5-3
3-6		 49.1
51.1		 43
54		 1.30
1.36		 3.47
4.91		 3.9
4.2		 3.2
5.0		 2-6
5-4
Last 3 W-L Tm W-L IP H WHIP ERA AF AA OU
E. Jackson (R)
K. Lohse (R)		 0-1
0-2		 2-1
0-3		 19.0
17.0		 20
22		 1.32
1.76		 2.84
10.06		 4.3
3.3		 3.7
8.7		 2-1
3-0

Bullpens | In Depth
 
Total
  
Available
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
TB 121.2 1.13 3.11 121.2 1.13 3.11
Last 3 28.1 1.13 3.18 28.1 1.13 3.18
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
STL 105.0 1.49 3.86 105.0 1.49 3.86
Last 3 23.2 1.82 5.32 23.2 1.82 5.32

Umpire
| vs. Team/Pitchers
  W/L O/U Runs Str. % HR Pit.
Runge, Brian 3-6 5-4 9.56 63.9 2.3 279.6

Stadium and Weather
Busch Stadium
Wind (MPH)
Over/Under		 0-10
5-3		 10-20
5-10		 20+
0-1
Weather at Busch Stadium
 

Statistics and Records
Overall | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
TB
STL		 25-17
24-20		 16-26
19-23		 .259
.278		 3.58
3.96
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
TB
STL		 .262
.281		 .249
.270		 3.79
3.85		 3.15
4.20

Home/Away | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
TB
STL		 9-9
15-10		 10-8
10-14		 .247
.283		 4.69
3.30
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
TB
STL		 .261
.287		 .199
.270		 4.53
2.98		 5.00
4.00

Last 10 | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
TB
STL		 8-2
2-8		 2-8
4-5		 .274
.265		 1.99
5.30
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
TB
STL		 .270
.266		 .226
.300		 1.16
4.62		 3.86
6.84

Series Game Records
TB O
 AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4		 9-6
8-6
7-4
1-1
 5-4
5-3
4-3
0-0
 4-2
3-3
3-1
1-1
STL O AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4		 6-9
11-3
7-5
0-3
 3-5
3-3
6-4
0-1
 3-4
8-0
1-1
0-2
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Grass
After Win
After Loss
Last 5


Injuries

 Tampa Bay Injuries
Player Pos Injury Status
R. Baldelli CF Hamstring Out indefinitely
W. Aybar 3B Hamstring 15-day DL
C. Orvella RP Shoulder Out indefinitely
 St. Louis Injuries
Player Pos Injury Status
J. Isringhausen RP Hip 15-day DL
B. Thompson RP Elbow 15-day DL
C. Carpenter SP Elbow 15-day DL
M. Clement SP Shoulder 15-day DL
J. Kinney RP Elbow 15-day DL
M. Mulder SP Shoulder 15-day DL
T. Johnson RP Shoulder 15-day DL
J. Encarnacion RF Eye 60-day DL

Recent Meetings
 
Date Home-Away H Starter A Starter Line O/U
5/16/2008 STL 1 - TB 3 B. Looper A. Sonnanstine 101/9 U
2005 Season
6/19/2005 TB 5 - STL 8 D. Waechter J. Suppan 130/10 O
6/18/2005 TB 2 - STL 5 M. Hendrickson M. Morris 162/9 U
6/17/2005 TB 4 - STL 6 S. Kazmir M. Mulder 146/9 O

Last 10 Games
TB OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
5/16/2008 @STL 3-1 -109/9 W/U .764 .324 A. Sonnanstine 8.0 B. Looper 6.0
5/15/2008 NYY 5-2 -154/8 W/U .707 .185 S. Kazmir 6.0 I. Kennedy 5.0
5/14/2008 NYY 1-2 -133/8.5 L/U .531 .226 J. Shields 7.1 M. Mussina 6.1
5/13/2008 NYY 2-1x 122/8.5 W/U .705 .297 E. Jackson 7.0 C. Wang 7.0
5/12/2008 NYY 7-1 -104/9 W/U .869 .361 M. Garza 7.0 A. Pettitte 4.0
5/11/2008 LAA 8-5 -107/8 W/O .951 .405 A. Sonnanstine 5.0 E. Santana 5.2
5/10/2008 LAA 2-0 -124/8.5 W/U .663 .269 S. Kazmir 6.0 J. Saunders 6.0
5/9/2008 LAA 2-0 -159/8.5 W/U .626 .207 J. Shields 9.0 J. Garland 8.0
5/8/2008 @TOR 8-3x 106/9.5 W/O .758 .265 E. Jackson 8.0 J. Litsch 7.0
5/7/2008 @TOR 2-6 123/9 L/U .328 .133 M. Garza 6.2 S. Marcum 8.2

STL OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
5/16/2008 TB 1-3 101/9 L/U .618 .235 B. Looper 6.0 A. Sonnanstine 8.0
5/15/2008 PIT 5-11 -120/9 L/O .744 .341 J. Pineiro 5.0 I. Snell 4.0
5/14/2008 PIT 5-1 -154/8.5 W/U .937 .417 T. Wellemeyer 7.0 P. Maholm 6.0
5/13/2008 PIT 4-8x -148/9 L/O .652 .171 K. Lohse 7.0 P. Dumatrait 6.0
5/12/2008 @MIL 3-8 -103/8.5 L/O .714 .194 A. Wainwright 6.0 D. Bush 6.0
5/11/2008 @MIL 3-5 107/9.5 L/U .801 .281 B. Looper 6.0 J. Suppan 7.0
5/10/2008 @MIL 5-3 163/8 W/P .802 .316 J. Pineiro 6.1 B. Sheets 7.0
5/9/2008 @MIL 3-4 115/9 L/U .579 .188 T. Wellemeyer 6.0 M. Parra 5.0
5/8/2008 @COL 3-9 113/10.5 L/O .594 .200 K. Lohse 4.0 J. De La Rosa 5.2
5/7/2008 @COL 3-4 120/9 L/U .739 .273 A. Wainwright 7.0 J. Francis 5.0

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