Jay Bruce vs. Jaime Garcia
Jay Bruce has a .267 career batting average vs. St. Louis Cardinals Left handed starting pitcher Jaime Garcia with one home run. The home run was hit at Great American Ball Park on August 25, 2012 in a game that saw the Reds win 8-2. box score Bruce went 1 for 3 with a home run, walk and strike out in that game. Brandon Phillips went 3 for 5 with 2 runs batted and Ryan Ludwick when 3 for 4.
With 32 plate appearances against Garcia, Jay Bruce has never hit a double against him and he has only hit 2 doubles in his career in Busch Stadium. Bruce has one home run against Garcia and only two in Busch Stadium. Hopefully these stats mean nothing today as Jay Bruce and the Reds take on Jaime Garcia and the Cardinals.
Jay Bruce career at bats vs. Jaime Garcia
Date Inning Result 8/15/2008 6 Ground Out 8/17/2008 7 Single 5/14/2010 1 Strikeout 5/14/2010 4 Walk 5/14/2010 7 Lineout 5/31/2010 1 Flyout 5/31/2010 3 Flyout 5/31/2010 5 Groundout 7/5/2011 2 Groundout 7/5/2011 4 Groundout 7/5/2011 6 Flyout 7/17/2011 2 Flyout 7/17/2011 4 Groundout 7/17/2011 7 Pop Out 9/3/2011 1 Strikeout 9/3/2011 3 Single 9/3/2011 6 Strikeout 4/11/2012 2 Single 4/11/2012 3 Strikeout 4/11/2012 5 Sac Fly 4/18/2012 2 Single 4/18/2012 4 Groundout 4/18/2012 6 Flyout 8/25/2012 2 Groundout 8/25/2012 4 Strikeout 8/25/2012 6 Home Run 10/1/2012 2 Single 10/1/2012 4 Strikeout 10/1/2012 7 Strikeout 4/8/2013 2 Pop Out 4/8/2013 4 Single 4/8/2013 6 Single
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Jay Bruce batting stats vs. Jaime Garcia [career]
PA AB H HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Jaime Garcia 32 30 8 1 4 1 7 .267 .281 .367 .648
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Some extra information about Jay Bruce in Busch Stadium:
Jay Bruce Year-by-Year splits in Busch Stadium
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR BA OBP SLG OPS
2008 3 11 0 0 0 0 .000 .083 .000 .083
2009 4 14 0 0 0 0 .000 .176 .000 .176
2010 6 23 6 1 1 0 .261 .292 .391 .683
2011 9 38 7 1 0 2 .184 .225 .368 .593
2012 6 23 6 0 0 0 .261 .292 .261 .553
2013 4 17 5 0 0 0 .294 .333 .294 .627
Career Total 32 126 24 2 1 2 .190 .244 .270 .514
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Generated 4/30/2013.
Brad Lesley
The #HOF remembers former #Reds #Brewers pitcher Brad “The Animal” Lesley, who passed away on Saturday. ow.ly/i/20lv4
— Baseball Hall (@BaseballHall) April 30, 2013
Brad “The Animal” Leslie was a 1st round pick for Cincinnati Reds in 1978. He first debuted on July 31, 1982 at 23 years old vs. San Diego Padres where he pitched 1 inning giving up one hit and walking one. While looking at his stats I came across something I wanted to share. Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker had 4 plate appearances against The Animal in his career going 1 for 3 with a walk.
Batters with 4 or more career plate apperances against Brad Leslie
PA H BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Johnnie LeMaster 6 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Garry Templeton 6 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Chili Davis 5 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Andre Dawson 5 1 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600
Pedro Guerrero 5 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200
Gene Richards 5 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400
Joel Youngblood 5 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200
Dusty Baker 4 1 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Gary Carter 4 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Ron Cey 4 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jack Clark 4 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Darrell Evans 4 2 0 1 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
Phil Garner 4 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
Sixto Lezcano 4 1 1 2 .333 .500 1.333 1.833
Milt May 4 2 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Tim Raines 4 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Luis Salazar 4 3 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Steve Sax 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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Jaime Garcia 8-2 vs. Reds
Jaime Garcia will be making his 13th career start against Cincinnati Reds and hopes he continues his winning ways against them. He has gone 8-2 with a 3.39 ERA against the Reds in his career. Garcia has really been a great pitcher for the Cardinals and his stats at home only make this team tougher to beat today. At home Garcia has a 20-11 record with a 2.45 ERA. The Reds will have to be very patient at the plate against Garcia and hope they can strike early like they did against Adam Wainwright yesterday.
Jaime Garcia vs. Cincinnati Reds [career]
Split W L ERA GS IP H WHIP SO/9 SO/BB
Cincinnati Reds 8 2 3.39 12 77.0 75 1.312 7.6 2.50
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Jaime Garcia in Busch Stadium [career]
Split W L W-L% ERA GS IP H WHIP SO/9 SO/BB
STL-Busch Stad 3 20 11 .645 2.45 41 271.2 247 1.185 7.4 2.97
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#Cardinals Jaime Garcia: The left-hander is 6-0 with a 2.40 ERA in seven home starts versus the Reds
— Sportsfeedia.com (@sportsfeedia) April 30, 2013
Bronson Arroyo 8-14 vs. Cardinals
Bronson Arroyo will be making his 33rd career start against St. Louis Cardinals and hopes to get another win against a team that has had some very good success against him. Mat Latos yesterday broke his losing ways in Busch Stadium so hopefully Arroyo can do the same. 8-14 with a 4.60 ERA is not bad against a very tough team like St. Louis and I have a feeling Arroyo still has many more games to go against them.
Bronson Arroyo vs. St. Louis Cardinals [career]
Split W L ERA GS IP H WHIP SO/9 SO/BB
St. Louis Cardinals 8 14 4.60 32 205.1 218 1.330 5.7 2.35
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Bronson Arroyo in Busch Stadium [career]
Split W L ERA GS IP H WHIP SO/9 SO/BB
STL-Busch Stad 3 3 7 5.46 15 94.0 106 1.394 5.6 2.32
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#Reds Bronson Arroyo is 1-6 with a 5.58 ERA in his last 10 starts against the #Cardinals
— Sportsfeedia.com (@sportsfeedia) April 30, 2013
Arroyo vs. Garcia
Bronson Arroyo (2-2, 4.24 ERA) vs. Jaime Garcia (2-1, 2.89 ERA)
Preview
Bronson Arroyo will try to bounce back against St. Louis Cardinals and get a win against Jaime Garcia. Arroyo is going to need all of his pitches to be hitting the targets today against this very tough Cardinals team. Hopefully he pitches a great game like Mat Latos did yesterday. The Reds would love to have him go 7+ innings today.
Bronson Arroyo vs. St. Louis Cardinals [career]
AB H HR BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Matt Holliday 46 14 3 4 9 .304 .373 .565 .938
Yadier Molina 43 7 0 0 2 .163 .178 .186 .364
Carlos Beltran 26 8 1 3 5 .308 .379 .577 .956
Jon Jay 28 11 1 0 3 .393 .393 .643 1.036
Daniel Descalso 19 8 0 0 3 .421 .421 .684 1.105
David Freese 12 1 0 1 3 .083 .154 .083 .237
Allen Craig 8 1 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375
Jaime Garcia 6 5 1 1 0 .833 .857 1.500 2.357
Matt Carpenter 6 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Tony Cruz 5 1 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600
Pete Kozma 4 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Adam Wainwright 2 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Lance Lynn 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Shane Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jake Westbrook 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 208 57 6 10 30 .274 .312 .457 .769
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Jamie Garcia vs. Cincinnati Reds [career]
AB H HR BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Brandon Phillips 35 9 2 0 7 .257 .257 .486 .743
Jay Bruce 30 8 1 1 7 .267 .281 .367 .648
Joey Votto 26 6 0 4 8 .231 .333 .308 .641
Zack Cozart 17 4 0 1 3 .235 .278 .235 .513
Chris Heisey 15 4 0 0 4 .267 .267 .600 .867
Todd Frazier 8 1 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250
Bronson Arroyo 5 1 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400
Homer Bailey 4 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Shin-Soo Choo 4 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Mat Latos 2 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Mike Leake 3 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Devin Mesoraco 3 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Xavier Paul 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Derrick Robinson 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 155 39 3 8 39 .252 .287 .374 .661
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@braunerhulk ready to play! #reds
I just wanna thank all my family, friends,coaches all over the world for everything they have done for me! This is a special day
#happy
— Donald Lutz (@braunerhulk) April 29, 2013
Donald Lutz is ready to play and I am ready to see this kid play with the big boys. I wish him all the best and hope to see a lot more of him as the season goes on. Good luck @braunerhulk
Donald Lutz minor league stats
Year Age Tm Lg Lev AB BA OBP SLG OPS 2008 19 Reds GULF Rk 108 .250 .317 .361 .678 2009 20 Reds GULF Rk 59 .169 .246 .305 .551 2010 21 2 Teams 2 Lgs Rk-Fgn 303 .277 .342 .492 .834 2010 21 Billings PION Rk 203 .286 .356 .478 .834 2010 21 Canberra AUBL Fgn 100 .260 .312 .520 .832 2011 22 Dayton MIDW A 465 .301 .358 .492 .850 2012 23 3 Teams 3 Lgs A+-AA-Rk 416 .269 .336 .517 .852 2012 23 Reds ARIZ Rk 14 .643 .706 1.071 1.777 2012 23 Bakersfield CALL A+ 253 .265 .325 .561 .886 2012 23 Pensacola SOUL AA 149 .242 .315 .389 .704 2013 24 Pensacola SOUL AA 76 .211 .294 .513 .807 6 Seasons 1427 .273 .337 .483 .820 Rk (4 seasons) Rk 384 .271 .343 .440 .783 AA (2 seasons) AA 225 .231 .308 .431 .739 A (1 season) A 465 .301 .358 .492 .850 Fgn (1 season) Fgn 100 .260 .312 .520 .832 A+ (1 season) A+ 253 .265 .325 .561 .886
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Generated 4/29/2013.
Cueto feeling good
News of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto is spreading all over twitter right now that he is feeling better and ready to come back. I wanted to post these tweets on here so everyone can take a look for themselves. Getting Johnny Cueto back in the rotation healthy will really help this ball club out. Tony Cingrani has been pitching great in Cueto’s spot but having the Reds number one starter back will really boost this team.
My boys in St Louis tell me that Cueto threw 45 pitches off the mound today and felt good, threw everything #Reds
— Jim Day (@JimDayTV) April 29, 2013
Cueto feeling good after latest mound session bit.ly/13H1srA #reds
— Mark Sheldon (@m_sheldon) April 29, 2013
Cueto is going to talk with Bryan Price, but he thinks he’s ready for a minor league rehab outing @cincienquirer #reds
— John Fay (@johnfayman) April 29, 2013
Cueto threw 45 pitches off the mound. “Pretty good. Breaking balls. Everything. #reds @cincienquirer
— John Fay (@johnfayman) April 29, 2013
I don’t know what will happen with Leake, Cingrani when Cueto returns. Cingrani has obviously been better so far. #reds @cincienquirer
— John Fay (@johnfayman) April 29, 2013
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