Jaime Garcia is no road warrior

Last night, Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia pitched three innings and allowed seven hits and four runs at the Padres clobbered the Cards, 11-3. Garcia has not had a good season, standing now at 4-7 with a 4.41 ERA and a 1.469 WHIP.

But this season, Garcia has been particularly toxic on the road. He has pitched 48 innings at home and 48 innings on the road, after that there is no similarity between Garcia's performances at home and on the road.

Take a look:

Jaime Garcia	Home	Away
Games Started	7	9
Innings pitched	48.0	48.0
Wins	2	2
Losses	2	5
W-L %	.500	.286
ERA	2.63	6.19
Hits	52	63
Runs	18	33
Earned Runs	14	33
Home Runs	0	6
Walks	9	17
Wild Pitches	3	6
WHIP	1.271	1.667
SO/9	7.9	6.6
SO/BB	4.67	2.06

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Check out the dramatic differences in Garcia's home and road graphics:

Garcia at home:

Garcia on the road:

Here are the numbers that extrapolate what you see above. 

Jaime Garcia	Home	Away
At Bats	181	194
Hits	52	63
Runs	18	33
Doubles	12	12
Triples	1	2
Homers	0	6
Walks	9	17
Strikeouts	42	35
Batting average against	.287	.325
On-Base percentage	.318	.372
Slugging	.365	.490
OPS	.682	.862

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: Generated 9/11/2012.

 

If the Cardinals reach the postseason, you can be sure that Mike Methany will be adjusting his rotation to allow Garcia hear the hometown cheers.