10-run Sundays

by StLHugo on Jul 30, 2007 2:33 PM EDT

Seeing as how people keep bringing up our "big" Sundays I wanted to investigate this a little. First off how many wins and losses have we had on Sundays and what our overall run differential was on that day along with how many blowouts we had.

Going month by month.

April: 3-1 with one postponed game (RIP 32) 33-18 RS-RA with 2 blowouts and all 3 wins having 10+ RS

May: 1-3 with 8-17 one of the loses can be considered a blowout in the 5+ run definition the other three games were all within 3 runs.

June: 3-1 with 28-23 the 3 wins had RS of 8, 9 and 10 respectively but none of the games were blowouts with the loss and the 10 run game both being decided by 4 runs.

July: 5-0 44-16. Every game was decided by 4+ runs and 3 of them by 5+

Overall that is a 12-5 record with a 113-74 run differential.

This team does love Sundays.

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It wouldn't shock me...

...if the Birds were the highest scoring team in MLB on Sundays. About the only thing we'd be considered the best at this year.

Also, as of July 15th all of Pujols' multiple homerun games and half of his total homeruns have come on Sundays this year. (According to ESPN)

"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson

by birds 4 life on Jul 30, 2007 2:55 PM EDT reply actions

Pujols, WPA, and Sundays

I sent this to erik this morning to post on Gas House Graphs.

"In 17 Sunday games this year, Albert's WPA is +2.431 (Cards are 12-5); the other 85 have been worth +0.903 (W-L 37-48). Maybe Pujols is a god. (I was mostly kidding about that, but another big night for church worship is Wednesday - Pujols has a +1.778 on Odin's Day (10-6). Scary, isn't it? Worst day of the week - Tuesday is -0.783, 6-10.) [NOTE: All of these numbers are based on adding up play-by-play values; you can adjust them for the daily values available on Fangraphs.]"

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.

by Solanus on Jul 30, 2007 2:59 PM EDT reply actions

I was thinking maybe there is a day-night split...

The Cardinals are -1 run in day games (150-151) and -77 in night games (302-378).

The St Louis Cardinals- 11 time World Champs!

by Zubin on Jul 30, 2007 3:15 PM EDT reply actions

Odd lineups

I know in past years TLR would give some of the regulars a day off on Sunday. Frequently Pujols was just about the only regular on the field. I haven't had the chance to watch as regularly this year, is that still true? And if it is, does it have anything to do with this phenomonenon, or is it just a coincidence?

by Leo on Jul 30, 2007 3:40 PM EDT reply actions

Well

Considering our most commonly used lineup (5 games) is Molina, Pujols, Kennedy, Rolen, Eckstein, Duncan, Edmonds, Wilson with the next most common (4 games) being either Skip or Spiezio in RF or Juan in RF and Miles at 2B I don't think any lineup we have had this season can be considered "odd". Batting order is even worse with the most common being Eck, Dunc, Pujols, Rolen, Edmonds, Wilson, Kennedy, Molina.

by StLHugo on Jul 30, 2007 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Is it possible

this team really just gets 'up' for rubber games and when down 2-0 in a series? I apologize for being too lazy to do the math on how many Sunday offensive outbursts fit the down-2-0 model. Given the team's current record, I imagine most every Sunday fits the down-2-0 or the rubber-game model.

I do think teams with some sense of dignity (i.e., non-cellar-dwellers) do find something extra to salvage the last game of a series. And we all know, from many sources, how important the win-the-series model of season-long motivation is to Tony.

by jfs on Jul 30, 2007 5:30 PM EDT reply actions

Nope

Only 3 Sunday's were down 0-2 matches (Well the Hancock game was too but that game didn't get played) and we went 2-1 in those games (Lost to Det beat LAA and SF)

by StLHugo on Jul 30, 2007 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Grrr

that Detroit series. We could have won 2 of 3 if Edmonds had broke back on that ball hit to CF and if that fan hadn't touched the ball on Speizio's hit.

Call up PJ Walters!

by Hardcore Legend on Jul 30, 2007 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions