The Cardinals' 19 Innings of Offensive Futility & Frustration In A Stat
A look at the Cardinals WPA during their 19-inning loss to the Pirates on Sunday.
| Final - 8.19.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Tabata, LF | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .232 |
| Josh Harrison, 4,9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .234 |
| Andrew McCutchen, CF | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .354 |
| Gaby Sanchez, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .213 |
| Kevin Correia, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 |
| Neil Walker, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| Chris Resop, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jordy Mercer, ph,4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Travis Snider, RF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Joel Hanrahan, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jared Hughes, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| James McDonald, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 |
| Juan Cruz, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rod Barajas, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .193 |
| Wandy Rodriguez, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .023 |
| Michael McKenry, C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 |
| Pedro Alvarez, 3B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .235 |
| Clint Barmes, SS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .221 |
| Jeff Karstens, P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .080 |
| Yamaico Navarro, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 |
| Jason Grilli, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Garrett Jones, 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .284 |
| Totals | 66 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |
Batting
Home runs - Alvarez
Triples - Harrison
Doubles - Tabata, Mercer, Jones
Grounded into DP - Walker, McKenry, Alvarez
Hit by pitch - Barmes
Sacrifices - Tabata, Karstens
Sacrifice flies - Harrison
Caught Stealing - 2 Tabata
Team LOB - 13
Fielding
Errors - Karstens
Home runs - Alvarez
Triples - Harrison
Doubles - Tabata, Mercer, Jones
Grounded into DP - Walker, McKenry, Alvarez
Hit by pitch - Barmes
Sacrifices - Tabata, Karstens
Sacrifice flies - Harrison
Caught Stealing - 2 Tabata
Team LOB - 13
Fielding
Errors - Karstens
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Karstens | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.79 | 0 | 91-67 |
| Jason Grilli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.38 | 0 | 19-12 |
| Kevin Correia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.56 | 0 | 24-16 |
| Chris Resop | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 47-36 |
| Joel Hanrahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 1 | 20-10 |
| Jared Hughes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.51 | 0 | 27-18 |
| Juan Cruz | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.78 | 0 | 21-16 |
| Wandy Rodriguez (W, 8-12) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 32-19 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jay, CF | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 |
| Allen Craig, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Daniel Descalso, pr,3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .227 |
| Matt Holliday, LF | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .301 |
| Carlos Beltran, RF | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| David Freese, 3B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .294 |
| Yadier Molina, C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 |
| Ryan Jackson, PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Fernando Salas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Wainwright, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| Barret Browning, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Skip Schumaker, 2B | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .304 |
| Rafael Furcal, SS | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Jaime Garcia, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Matt Carpenter, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .309 |
| Jason Motte, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitchell Boggs, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Shane Robinson, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Edward Mujica, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Kelly, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .130 |
| Marc Rzepczynski, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tony Cruz, ph,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .223 |
| Totals | 68 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
Batting
Doubles - Beltran
Sacrifice flies - Cruz
Stolen Bases - 3 Beltran
Team LOB - 13
Fielding
Errors - Garcia
Doubles - Beltran
Sacrifice flies - Cruz
Stolen Bases - 3 Beltran
Team LOB - 13
Fielding
Errors - Garcia
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Garcia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 107-73 |
| Jason Motte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 14-9 |
| Mitchell Boggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.09 | 0 | 19-6 |
| Edward Mujica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 0 | 11-5 |
| Joe Kelly | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.27 | 1 | 87-55 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.89 | 0 | 12-7 |
| Fernando Salas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 | 0 | 15-11 |
| Barret Browning (L, 1-3) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.21 | 0 | 28-15 |
Pitching
IBB - McCutchen by Mujica
Alvarez by Kelly
IBB - McCutchen by Mujica
Alvarez by Kelly
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - James Hoye, First Base Umpire - Jim Joyce, Second Base Umpire - Lance Barrett, Third Base Umpire - Jim Reynolds
Duration: 6:07
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - James Hoye, First Base Umpire - Jim Joyce, Second Base Umpire - Lance Barrett, Third Base Umpire - Jim Reynolds
Duration: 6:07
