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Jay Bruce vs. Jaime Garcia

2r2d — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:32:12 +0000

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

Information was found at pitchfx

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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Tagged: baseball, Brandon Phillips, Busch Stadium, Cincinnati Reds, Great American Ball Park, Jaime Garcia, Jay Bruce, Ryan Ludwick, sports, St. Louis Cardinals

Brad Lesley

2r2d — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:34:50 +0000

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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Tagged: baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, Brad Lesley, Cincinnati Reds, sports

Jaime Garcia 8-2 vs. Reds

2r2d — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:08:33 +0000

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

Tagged: Adam Wainwright, baseball, baseball reference, Busch Stadium, Cincinnati Reds, Jaime Garcia, sports, St. Louis Cardinals

Bronson Arroyo 8-14 vs. Cardinals

2r2d — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:51:54 +0000

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

Tagged: baseball, baseball reference, Bronson Arroyo, Busch Stadium, Cincinnati Reds, good success, sports, St. Louis Cardinals

Arroyo vs. Garcia

2r2d — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:37:11 +0000

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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Tagged: Bronson Arroyo, Cincinnati Reds, Jaime Garcia, St. Louis Cardinals