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Michael Wacha vs Yordano Ventura

game "please gobs, don't let Yordano's beautiful arm fall off tonight or any time soon."
game "please gobs, don't let Yordano's beautiful arm fall off tonight or any time soon."

The Starters

Michael Wacha
ERA FIP xFIP K% BB% HR/FB% IP
Career 2.61 2.81 3.24 25.1 6.8 6.8 138
2013 2.78 2.92 3.36 25.0 7.3 7.4 64
2014 2.45 2.71 3.14 25.2 6.4 6.3 73

Yordano Ventura
ERA FIP xFIP K% BB% HR/FB% IP
Career 3.47 3.82 3.42 22.8 8.1 13.4 72
2013 3.52 5.33 4.30 17.2 9.4 17.6 15
2014 3.45 3.41 3.19 24.3 7.8 12.0 57





Today's Lineups

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Matt Carpenter - 3B Norichika Aoki - RF
Kolten Wong - 2B Omar Infante - 2B
Matt Holliday - DH Eric Hosmer - 1B
Allen Craig - 1B Billy Butler - DH
Yadier Molina - C Alex Gordon - LF
Oscar Taveras - RF Salvador Perez - C
Jhonny Peralta - SS Lorenzo Cain - CF
Jon Jay - LF Mike Moustakas - 3B
Peter Bourjos - CF Alcides Escobar - SS
Michael Wacha - RHP Yordano Ventura - RHP