Thursday HP Umpire Assignment ++

[Mendoza Line]

Ump listed with 2011 and 2010 stats for home-road team wins and over-unders.

TEX GM6, P: C LEWIS -R +1½-215 o7-120 +103
STL GM6, P: J GARCIA -L -1½+185 u7EV -113
Gary Cederstrom 2011: 15-20, 12-21 o/u (2010: 17-18, 17-17 o/u)
The Under is 5-1 with Cederstrom in games with a total of 7 or less this season.
Under is 14-3-1 in Cederstroms last 18 games behind home plate.
Under is 4-1 in Cederstroms last 5 Cardinals games behind home plate.
Under is 5-1-1 in Cederstroms last 7 Rangers games behind home plate.
Under is 7-1 in Cederstroms last 8 interleague games behind home plate.
Rangers are 20-6 in their last 26 games with Cederstrom behind home plate.
Cardinals are 3-7 in their last 10 games with Cederstrom behind home plate.

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Pitcher career stats vs opponent*

LEWIS is 0-0 when starting against ST LOUIS with an ERA of 1.35 and a WHIP of 0.900.
GARCIA is 0-0 when starting against TEXAS with an ERA of 0.00 and a WHIP of 0.571.

*Their only meeting was last Thursday's 2-1 Texas win in St. Louis.

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Weather:

Busch Stadium at game time: 50 degrees, 51% humidity, 18% chance of rain, wind out of the North at 4 mph, in from left field*

*This is not a common wind direction in this stadium. It happened only once this season, and the Cards won 6-3, sending the game Over the total. The Cardinals were 1-1 o/u in games with this wind direction last season.