GDT(1/3): St. Louis Cardinals @ Toronto Blue Jays - Stroman vs. Lynn - 7:07 PM ET

[fatcowxlive]

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Pitching Matchup:

 

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SP - Marcus Stroman (12.1 IP, 1 BB, 7.30 K/9, 0.73 BB/9, .327 BAA, .386 BABIP, 2.99 FIP) [R]

 

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SP - Lance Lynn (72.1 IP, 27 BB, 7.84 K/9, 3.36 BB/9, .250 BAA, .308 BABIP, 3.29 FIP) [R]

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Lineups:

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Make your picks for the first homer contest hosted by Dylan! (Click the image below!)

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Jays Batting:

 

Team Batting:

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Team Pitching:

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Cardinals Batting:

 

Team Batting:

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Team Pitching:

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Notes:

 

MLB:

• No Important Notes Today.
  

 

Jays:

• Stroman will make his second major league start after winning his first with an impressive effort. He gave up one run over six innings and struck out six in a 12-2 victory over the Royals on Saturday.
  
• Encarnacion is hitting .362 with 11 homers and 20 RBIs in his last 16 games. Bautista is batting .450 with 11 RBIs during his hit streak, and Adam Lind is hitting .406 with seven RBIs and 11 runs in his last nine contests. That trio is a big reason the Blue Jays are hitting .299 with 28 homers in their past 16 games while averaging 6.0 runs. They've scored 7.0 per game with 15 home runs in seven interleague matchups.
  
• Toronto, which leads the Majors with 87 home runs this season, will be taking on a St. Louis club that ranks second-to-last in the Majors with 32. The Blue Jays have five batters with 10 or more homers.
  

 

Cardinals:

• Lynn gave up a season-high seven runs - four earned - along with eight hits and four walks in 3.1 innings of Sunday's 8-0 loss to San Francisco. The right-hander was 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA in his previous three outings and tossed a five-hit shutout against the New York Yankees on May 27.
  
• When third baseman Matt Carpenter's 14-game hitting streak reached an end Monday, he didn't wait long to start a new one. Carpenter went 7-for-7 in his next seven at-bats while drawing three walks to reach base in his next 10 plate appearances. He has collected hits in 17 of 18 games since May 18, hitting .419 (31/74) with nine doubles during that span. Carpenter, who hit .315 last season, has seen his batting average rise 50 points to .306 during the last 18 games as well.
  
• The Cards have lost seven of nine, getting outscored 49-29. They blew a two-run lead to Kansas City for the second time in three games Thursday, losing 3-2.
  

 

Standings:

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Venue:

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I hope you guys enjoy the GDT! Please leave feedback and ideas/improvements for future GDTs!

[Ziggyy108]

its stro time!!

[G-Snarls]

Wish I could watch this

 

I'm pumped/nervous/excited to see what Stroman can do over his next 3-4 starts

 

Quite a bit rides on it actually

[Dirty SlobberKnocker]

Nice, Edwin is back, very good to see.

[G-Snarls]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1708/o9p6.jpg

[G-Snarls]

I like how Lind matches up against Lynn

[G-Snarls]

Ooh, we get to Taveras too!

[dineke]

If a Blue Jay and a Cardinal got into a fight, the Cardinal would get raped. Take it as you will.

[havok24]

This series is "Must See TV" as far as I'm concerned.

[G-Snarls]

If a Blue Jay and a Cardinal got into a fight, the Cardinal would get raped. Take it as you will.

 

Blue jays (the birds) are vicious, no doubt. And so is this lineup.

[G-Snarls]

This series is "Must See TV" as far as I'm concerned.

 

I sense you're a fan of both teams?

[JFD]

enough of all this draft nonsense, time for some baseball!

[theblujay]

Lets go Jays!!!

 

Pumped to see Stroman!

[Chappy]

Pumped to see Stroman again.

[GD]

Stroman starting on the 25th anniversary of SkyDome versus Oscar Taveras and the Cardinals. And I'm going to see Burleh tomorrow. After our draft, I'm so hyped about this team.

[Solaxys]

I wanted to go; but f*** work caught me.

[o2cui2i]

Stro-show!!!

 

hope he's good again tonight.

[Jonzo]

Hopefully his slider is as good as last games!

[RickyWalks]

Bleh Tabler is back.

 

Time for the St. Louis feed.

[Candy Maldonado]

aww Pat Tabler is back

[Chappy]

Need to attack these guys.

[havok24]

Dammit leadoff walk.

[Atothe]

Calm Stro is good stro

[Chappy]

A DP would be nice right here.

[Angrioter]

Canadian! Well kinda. Should have played on our wbc team.

 

lol He's dominican and will play for us.

[Chappy]

Ouch

[theblujay]

All fastballs

[Chappy]

It was a good pitch though.

[Solaxys]

dat leadoff walk hurts now.

[Atothe]

Stro has to get his pitches down, everything is up