Justin Masterson

ERA 5.09

FIP 4.35

xFIP 4.32

SIERA 4.32

K% 16.0%

BB% 11.2%

GB% 56.8%

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Kyle Lohse

ERA 3.21

FIP 3.61

xFIP 4.08

SIERA 4.06

K% 14.4%

BB% 3.4%

GB% 42.1%

Masterson, after looking like an incredible steal from the Red Sox for a couple seasons has started this one looking very poor indeed, walking a ton of batters and giving up a lot of runs. I suspect this is more likely a temporary setback from. A decent pitcher, though I hope he doesn't recover his form today.

Lohse is the only Cardinal pitcher with a weak groundball rate. Oddly enough, both clubs specialize in pitchers with high groundball rates, but both have very poor defense. This doesn't seem like a recipe for success on run prevention.