Sun., Aug. 16 vs. MARLINS: Carlos Martinez (12-4, 2.62) vs. David Phelps (4-8, 4.35) 1:15 p.m.* Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio *Fox Sports Midwest +FOX Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FOX Sports 1 ^MLB Network UPCOMING GAMEs & PITCHING PROBABLEs st. Louis Cardinals (74-41) vs. Miami Marlins (46-69) Game #116 ◆ Busch stadium ◆ August 15, 2015 John Lackey (9-7, 2.97) vs. Brad Hand (2-2, 4.29) ❑ BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season of play with a 24-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 games ahead of Pittsburgh...Jaime Garcia went 8.1 innings and allowed one unearned run in the 9th in the 3-1 win last night...a double by Mark Reynolds and run-scoring bunt from Matt Carpenter allowed the club’s first run...Reynolds drove in the 2nd run on a single and Matt Carpenter’s solo home run capped the scoring from the Cards...St. Louis is a season-high 33 games over .500 and own the majors top winning pct. (.643) and the NL’s top run differential (+121). ❑ ALL ABOUT CLAss: The St. Louis Cardinals inducted their second Hall of Fame class into the Cardinals Hall of Fame in a ceremony earlier today...Bob Forsch, Curt Flood, George Kissell and Ted Simmons were enshrined in a ceremony at Ballpark Village this afternoon...Forsch and Simmons were selected by fan vote, Flood as the veteran player by a red ribbon panel, and the Cardinals organization chose to induct George Kissell, a lifetime Cardinal, who spent 66 seasons in the organization as a player, coach, scout and instructor and whose techniques and meth- ods made an impact at every level of the organization...more info. on each player can be found in the pressbox. ❑ CAN’T BEAT HOME: The Cards have just 17 home losses this season, the 5th-best home record in franchise his- tory through 60 games according to Elias...the 1942 & ‘44 clubs had lost just 15 games through 60 home affairs (45-15) while the 1943 and ‘35 teams had a 44-16 mark. ❑ MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter extended his hitting streak to 10 games in which he is hitting .368 (14-38) with five home runs during that stretch...last night he picked up his 12th GWing RBI (T3rd in the N.L.)...he returned to the leadoff spot in the batting order 7/30 and since is hitting .382 with 8 home runs (T1st NL) and 15 RBI (T4th). ❑ sAvING THE DAY: Trevor Rosenthal earned his 36th save last night, tied for the N.L. lead...it was his 47th save at Busch Stadium, making him the All-Time leader at Busch passing Ryan Franklin (46)...he is the first Cardinals pitcher with back-to-back 35+ save seasons since Jason Isringhausen in 2004 (47) and 2005 (39). TONIGHT’s GAME : The Cardinals continue play against Miami tonight with Game 2 vs. the sec- ond opponent during this nine-game homestand ...the Cardinals swept Miami in three games ear- lier this season at Marlins Park and with a win last evening currently have a 5-game win streak against the Marlins dating to the final game be- tween the two clubs in 2014...St. Louis plays three games each against Pittsburgh (2-1), Miami (1-0) and San Francisco during this homestand... the Cardinals 18-8 post All-Star record is 3rd best in the majors behind TOR (19-7) and CHI Cubs (19-8)...St. Louis is 43-17 at Busch Stadium, the best home mark in MLB, and 31-24 on the road ...STL has played just eight road games since the All-Star break. CARDINALs vs. MIAMI: season: 6 games; final series meeting of 2015 2015: 4-0 (1-0 at STL; 3-0 at MIA) 2014: 2-4 (1-2 at STL; 1-2 at MIA) All-Time: 102-68 (17-11 at Busch III) Last Time sTL sweep: 6/23-25/2015 at MIA Last Time MIA sweep: 8/27-29/1996 at STL RECORD BREAKDOWN B B y y D D a ay y B B y y M Mo o n nt t h h Monday 5-5 Spring 13-11-3 Tuesday 10-7 April 15-6 Wednesday 12-6 May 18-11 Thursday 11-4 June 18-8 Friday 14-5 July 15-12 Saturday 11-7 August 8-4 Sunday 12-7 Sept./Oct. 0-0 B B y y S S e e r r i i e e s s 2G 3G 4G 5G Won 2 18 4 --- Lost 2 5 1 --- Split 1 --- 3 --- Sweeps 3 5 --- --- Opp. Sweeps 2 --- --- --- MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst of his 4th season as the Cardinals manager, having taken his teams to the postseason in each of his first three seasons and becoming just the 15th manager in MLB history to record 275 or more wins in his first three years...won his 300th game on May 17 in game no. 523 to become the 6th quickest to 300 wins in MLB history...Matheny in 2012 became the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardi- nals history and in 2013 he took his team to the World Series in just his second season at the helm with a league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike guided the Cardinals to the N.L. Central title and their 4th- straight trip to the NLCS...he is the only Cardinals manager & just the 5th in MLB history to lead his teams to the postseason in each of his first three full seasons, having already managed 39 postsea- son games...Matheny, 44, had a 13-year Major League career playing with MIL, TOR, STL & SF, winning four Rawlings Gold Gloves (‘00, ‘03-’05), and retiring from the game in 2006 due to concus- sion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catching record for consecutive errorless games (252). Cardinals Disabled List Date Games Player & Injury DL Missed A. Wainwright, left Achilles 4/26 99 J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 94 M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 69 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 43 J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 39 M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 14 Multi-HR Games Player Last Home Run Career/2015...Last Bourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... --- Carpenter 8/14/15 vs. MIA 1/1... 7/30/15 vs. COL Cruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... --- G. Garcia 6/26/15 vs. CHI 0/0... --- Grichuk 8/7/15 at MIL 2/2... 7/18/15 vs. NYM Heyward 6/24/15 at MIA 5/0... 8/17/13 at WSH Jay 6/8/15 at COL 0/0... --- Kozma 4/2/13 at ARI 0/0... --- Molina 6/19/15 at PHI 2/0... 8/21/11 at CHI Moss 7/18/15 at CIN 7/1... 4/24/15 at DET Peralta 8/1/15 vs. COL 8/0... 4/27/14 vs. PIT Piscotty None 0/0... --- Reynolds 7/21/15 at CWS 22/1... 7/11/15 at PIT Wong 7/27/15 vs. CIN 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS Date/Opp. 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/21 8/22 PLAYER CIN CIN CIN MIL MIL MIL PIT PIT PIT MIA MIA MIA SF SF SF SD SD Bourjos h k b k koo Carpenter k4k3 wow4kk kw2o ko22 4ook oko4 1woow 1ooo w1o1o oo14 Cruz o1oo 1obk Grichuk 31ck oo2kk4kkko ok4o ok1k k1ok ekoo ko1o 1kkwo 1k2 Heyward 1oko owkowo o1co o11o oooo 2o1o c11o wcok wk11 oooo Kozma 1 o Molina oooo 1odwk 2co1 oooo oofo oo32 1owf oooo Moss ko1o kkok wkoo w2oo kk1o kkk oo Peralta k11w ko1kko kook oooo oooo 1kwoc 11ko ow11o woo2 Piscotty cooko ooh2 c2oc 1o1 oo1o o211 ke1k kdoo ooo Reynolds o kk 2owk o ooo1 1 o e21 Wong ko1k ooooo ow1o 1owoo ooow ok1k c1w1c d1oo o1ck ooco Key: 1-Single, 2-Double, 3-Triple, 4-Home Run, o-Out, k-Strikeout, w-Walk, h-HBP, e-Reached on error, b-SacBunt, F-SacFly, c-Fielder’s Choice; d-Double Play Note: Read left-to-right for first-to-last AB. DAILY BATTING LOGs HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTs BIRD BANTER... 2015 vs. MARLINs: .252 (33-131) 4 HR HOMEsTAND: .269 (35-130) 1 HR ❑ #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-16 series: DNP Homestand: 0-4, .000 [ Was HBP 3 times 8/5-6 vs. CIN; 2nd on team w/6 HBP...career-high 3 BB 7/19 vs. NYM...RBI-2B off bench 7/17 vs. NYM...3 of his 11 RBI were in July...has 5 sB’ s, 4 as PR...6 of last 13 hits are XBH (5-2B, 1-HR)...batted leadoff in 11 games. ❑ #13 MATT CARPENTER: streak: 10G (14-38, .368) 5 HR series: 2-4, .500, HR Homestand: 6-15, .400, HR [ His 18 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .359 (51-142, 10 HR) in No. 1 spot...1st on team w/62 RBI & 18 HR (single-season high)...leads team with 36 multi-hit games (T8th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (29, T2nd); runs (69, 5th); walks (61, T6th) & on-base pct. (.370, 9th)...hit 4th leadoff HR of season/8th career 8/8 at MIL...4-5, 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R on 7/30; first career multi-HR game & career-high 4 runs...played 2B for 1st time since 2013 on 7/7 at CHI...ranks 11th in the NL in BA w/RIsP (30-82, .366)...scored 2+ runs in 13G (sTL 11-2)...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...12G hit streak 4/12- 25 (.423 BA)...had 7 straight multi-hit G’s (4/12-19); 5 str. G’s w/2B (4/13-18)...NL Player of Week 4/13-19. ❑ #48 TONY CRUZ: streak: 2G (2-7, .286) series: DNP Homestand: DNP [ Batting .353 (6-17) in Close & Late...had 2-out GWRBI 8/6...season-high 2 hits in 6/7 start at LAD...hit GW-RBI double (2 RBI) vs. CHI (5/4)...has GWRBI in 4 of his last 5 Gs w/RBI...sTL is 5-8 in his starts in ‘15...played 2.0 inn. at 3B at COL (6/8) ❑ #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 3G (4-11, .364) series: 2-3, .667 Homestand: 4-15, .267 [ Hit 3-run HR (#14) 8/7 at MIL...had HR for GWRBI in 13th 8/5 at CIN...1st among MLB rookies w/42 XBH’s and doubles (21, T3rd), triples (7, T2nd), HR (14, T4th) & RBI (43, 6th)...hit 7th triple (2nd NL) 8/4, most since Carpenter (7) in ‘13...post All-star break has 7 HR (T6th NL), 17 RBI (T18th NL) & .602 slugging (T12th NL)...42 of 80 hits are XBH’s (21-2B; 7-3B, 14-HR); 1st sTL rookie since J.Mize (1936) with that trifecta...led sTL w/15 RBI in July (career best month)...has team-high 7 multi-XBH Gs...3- 3, 2 HR, career-high 6 RBI vs. NYM (7/18) & reached in all 5 PA; 2nd multi-HR game (6/20 at PHI)...2nd on team w/7 def. gems ❑ #22 JAsON HEYWARD: streak: 0-4 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 4-14, .286 [ Last 4Gs w/hit have all been 2H games; has 31 multi-hit gms...collected career hit #750 8/6 at CIN & stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs...needs 2 sB’ s for his 3rd 20-steal season...had 75th career sB on 7/17; leads team with 18 sB (T9th NL)...1st on team w/.286 BA (21st, NL)...2nd on team w/24 2B’s (T17th, NL)...hit safely in 37-of-last-51 games (17 multi-hit Gs) for a .324 BA (60-185)...has increased BA .211 to .286 since 5/3...had 7 sB in July (T3rd NL)...tied career-best with 5 hits on 7/18 vs. NYM...had team-high .387 July OBP...batted .326, 4 HR, 14 RBI in June; leading sTL in BA & RBI...tied his season-high with 8G hit streak 6/17-25...HR in 3 str. (6/21-24), tied career high...batting .295 (22nd, NL) vs. LHP’s w/1 HR...team-high 5 OF assists. ❑ #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-1 series: DNP Homestand: DNP [ scored GWing run in 1-0 win on 7/25 vs. ATL...had season-high 3 hits (3-3, RBI) at MIA (6/25) snapped 0-21 slide...has 15 starts at 2B-6, ss-6, 3B-3...46-156 (.295) career w/ RIsP...had GW-run vs. PIT (5/2) after 2-out 1B in 11th...is 2-13 as PHer. ❑ #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 0-5 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 3-13, .231 [ started 100+ games 11 straight yrs...3rd on team w/.280 BA & 5th w/108 hits...RBI-triple for GWing RBI Wed.; season high 2nd triple of year...had 3 hits, incl. 3-run GW-triple at CWs (7/22)...passed Tim McCarver for 25th place on MLB all-time in- nings caught list 7/19 when he caught all 18 innings...had .308 BA in May, .306 in June...2nd to B.Posey (35) among MLB catchers with 32 multi-hit G’s...107 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB & 20 2Bs, 2nd...leads MLB with 907.1 innings & 2.48 Catcher’s ERA - the best since Alan Ashby, HOU in 1981 (2.33). ❑ #21 BRANDON MOss: streak: 0-6 series: DNP Homestand: 0-5, .000 [ Had GWing walkoff RBI-1B 8/2 vs. COL...acquired in trade from CLE on 7/30...was leading CLE with 15 HR, 2nd in RBI (50) at time of trade; 13 multi-RBI games (T11th AL)...had 2 HR (7th time) & career-best 7 RBI at DET (4/24)...hit HR #100 on 6/2 at KC...hit 4 HR in Apr., May & June, 3 HR in July...was All-star in 2013 for OAK...sTL is 7th MLB team (orig. drafted by BOs) ❑ #27 JHONNY PERALTA: streak: 4G (6-15, .400) series: 1-3, .333 Homestand: 6-15, .400 [ HRed 7/31 & 8/1 vs. COL; 20th time career to do so in back/back games...snapped 0-15 Tue. & 0-19 7/30...leads sTL w/122 hits (T10th) & 194 total bases (T15th w/Carpenter), 2nd w/16 HR & 56 RBI...his 12 GWRBI are T3rd in NL & ties career-best (2006, w/CLE)...16 HR’s are 2nd among MLB ss’ s to sF’ s B.Crawford (19)...hit GWing 2R-HR w/2 out, 2 strikes in 9th on 7/8 at CHI... .333 BA (8th NL) in 7th+ inn. w/22 RBI (T7th NL)...singled to break up no-hitters in 7th on 5/13 & 7/6. ❑ #55 sTEPHEN PIsCOTTY: streak: 0-8 series: 0-3, .000 Homestand: 4-15, .267 [ snapped 6G streak Thu. (9-22, .409)...career high 3 hits Tue w/ 3rd GWing RBI...batting .429 (9-21) w/RIsP...has hits in 16 of his 21 games w/AB...had 2nd GWRBI with run-scoring 2B on 8/7...hit safely in his 1st 10 G’s started (.412), longest such streak for sTL rookie since John Rodriguez (‘05)...had sac. fly for 1st ML RBI (GW) on 7/25 in 1-0 win...purchased from Mem- phis & had 1st MLB hit 7/21 at CWs... .272 BA, 28 2B’s (4th, PCL), 11 HR, 41 RBI in 87G, .366 OBP & .475 sLG at AAA ❑ #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 1G (2-3, .667) series: 2-3, .667 Homestand: 4-9, .444 [ 2Bed & scored, 1B-RBI yest...PH-1B Wed; is 5-18 w/3 RBI, 2-2B as PHer...walked 3 times 7/21 at CWs...3-hit game on 7/19 vs. NYM...22nd career 2-HR game 7/11 at PIT... has 6 GWRBI & sTL is 23-4 in G’s w/RBI...hit grand slam 5/4 vs. CHI; 4th career slam...started 44G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 71 starts (1B, LF, 3B, DH, RF)...has 14 two-out RBI. ❑ #16 KOLTEN WONG: streak: 0-6 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 4-16, .250 [ 2H & 2R Tue...had 2 RBI 8/6, giving him team-high 21 two-out RBI...batted No. 3 for 1st time in MLB career on 7/30 & was 2-4...hit 2nd career grand slam in 4-1 win vs. CIN on 7/27...tied game at 1-1 w/HR in 13th on 7/19 vs. NYM...is 1st sTL 2Bman with back-back 10+HR years since F.Frisch (1927-28)...13 HBP, T3rd in NL...3rd sTL in hits (113), 3rd RBI (47, career-high)...33 XBH career high...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27...51G batting No. 1, reaching in 39...11 HR & 46 RBI, rank T1st & T3rd as NL 2Bmen...hit walk-off HR in 14th inn. vs PIT on 5/3 (2nd career, both vs PIT)...had career-high 10 assists 4/29 vs. PHI... 2nd on team w/12 sB’ s; 35-47 (74%) career sB att...has team-high 17 def. gems.
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Sun., Aug. 16 vs. MARLINS: Carlos Martinez (12-4, 2.62) vs. David Phelps (4-8, 4.35) 1:15 p.m.*Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio
st. Louis Cardinals (74-41) vs. Miami Marlins (46-69)Game #116 � Busch stadium � August 15, 2015
John Lackey (9-7, 2.97) vs. Brad Hand (2-2, 4.29)
� BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season ofplay with a 24-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 games ahead of Pittsburgh...JaimeGarcia went 8.1 innings and allowed one unearned run in the 9th in the 3-1 win last night...a double by MarkReynolds and run-scoring bunt from Matt Carpenter allowed the club’s first run...Reynolds drove in the 2nd run ona single and Matt Carpenter’s solo home run capped the scoring from the Cards...St. Louis is a season-high 33games over .500 and own the majors top winning pct. (.643) and the NL’s top run differential (+121).� ALL ABOUT CLAss: The St. Louis Cardinals inducted their second Hall of Fame class into the Cardinals Hall ofFame in a ceremony earlier today...Bob Forsch, Curt Flood, George Kissell and Ted Simmons were enshrined in aceremony at Ballpark Village this afternoon...Forsch and Simmons were selected by fan vote, Flood as the veteranplayer by a red ribbon panel, and the Cardinals organization chose to induct George Kissell, a lifetime Cardinal,who spent 66 seasons in the organization as a player, coach, scout and instructor and whose techniques and meth-ods made an impact at every level of the organization...more info. on each player can be found in the pressbox.� CAN’T BEAT HOME: The Cards have just 17 home losses this season, the 5th-best home record in franchise his-tory through 60 games according to Elias...the 1942 & ‘44 clubs had lost just 15 games through 60 home affairs(45-15) while the 1943 and ‘35 teams had a 44-16 mark.
� MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter extended his hitting streak to 10 games in which he is hitting .368 (14-38) withfive home runs during that stretch...last night he picked up his 12th GWing RBI (T3rd in the N.L.)...he returned tothe leadoff spot in the batting order 7/30 and since is hitting .382 with 8 home runs (T1st NL) and 15 RBI (T4th). � sAvING THE DAY: Trevor Rosenthal earned his 36th save last night, tied for the N.L. lead...it was his 47th saveat Busch Stadium, making him the All-Time leader at Busch passing Ryan Franklin (46)...he is the first Cardinalspitcher with back-to-back 35+ save seasons since Jason Isringhausen in 2004 (47) and 2005 (39).
TONIGHT’s GAME: The Cardinals continue playagainst Miami tonight with Game 2 vs. the sec-ond opponent during this nine-game homestand...the Cardinals swept Miami in three games ear-lier this season at Marlins Park and with a winlast evening currently have a 5-game win streakagainst the Marlins dating to the final game be-tween the two clubs in 2014...St. Louis playsthree games each against Pittsburgh (2-1), Miami(1-0) and San Francisco during this homestand...the Cardinals 18-8 post All-Star record is 3rd bestin the majors behind TOR (19-7) and CHI Cubs(19-8)...St. Louis is 43-17 at Busch Stadium, thebest home mark in MLB, and 31-24 on the road...STL has played just eight road games since theAll-Star break.
CARDINALs vs. MIAMI:season: 6 games; final series meeting of 20152015: 4-0 (1-0 at STL; 3-0 at MIA)2014: 2-4 (1-2 at STL; 1-2 at MIA)All-Time: 102-68 (17-11 at Busch III)Last Time sTL sweep: 6/23-25/2015 at MIALast Time MIA sweep: 8/27-29/1996 at STL
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MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst ofhis 4th season as the Cardinals manager, havingtaken his teams to the postseason in each of hisfirst three seasons and becoming just the 15thmanager in MLB history to record 275 or morewins in his first three years...won his 300th gameon May 17 in game no. 523 to become the 6thquickest to 300 wins in MLB history...Matheny in2012 became the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardi-nals history and in 2013 he took his team to theWorld Series in just his second season at the helmwith a league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike guidedthe Cardinals to the N.L. Central title and their 4th-straight trip to the NLCS...he is the only Cardinalsmanager & just the 5th in MLB history to lead histeams to the postseason in each of his first threefull seasons, having already managed 39 postsea-son games...Matheny, 44, had a 13-year MajorLeague career playing with MIL, TOR, STL & SF,winning four Rawlings Gold Gloves (‘00, ‘03-’05),and retiring from the game in 2006 due to concus-sion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catching recordfor consecutive errorless games (252).
Cardinals Disabled List Date GamesPlayer & Injury DL Missed
A. Wainwright, left Achilles 4/26 99J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 94M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 69 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 43J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 39M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 14
Multi-HR GamesPlayer Last Home Run Career/2015...Last
Bourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... ---Carpenter 8/14/15 vs. MIA 1/1... 7/30/15 vs. COLCruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... ---G. Garcia 6/26/15 vs. CHI 0/0... ---Grichuk 8/7/15 at MIL 2/2... 7/18/15 vs. NYMHeyward 6/24/15 at MIA 5/0... 8/17/13 at WSHJay 6/8/15 at COL 0/0... ---
Kozma 4/2/13 at ARI 0/0... ---
Molina 6/19/15 at PHI 2/0... 8/21/11 at CHI
Moss 7/18/15 at CIN 7/1... 4/24/15 at DETPeralta 8/1/15 vs. COL 8/0... 4/27/14 vs. PITPiscotty None 0/0... ---Reynolds 7/21/15 at CWS 22/1... 7/11/15 at PITWong 7/27/15 vs. CIN 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS
� #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-16 series: DNP Homestand: 0-4, .000[ Was HBP 3 times 8/5-6 vs. CIN; 2nd on team w/6 HBP...career-high 3 BB 7/19 vs. NYM...RBI-2B off bench 7/17 vs. NYM...3of his 11 RBI were in July...has 5 sB’s, 4 as PR...6 of last 13 hits are XBH (5-2B, 1-HR)...batted leadoff in 11 games.
� #13 MATT CARPENTER: streak: 10G (14-38, .368) 5 HR series: 2-4, .500, HR Homestand: 6-15, .400, HR[ His 18 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .359 (51-142, 10 HR) in No. 1 spot...1st on team w/62 RBI & 18 HR(single-season high)...leads team with 36 multi-hit games (T8th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (29, T2nd); runs (69,5th); walks (61, T6th) & on-base pct. (.370, 9th)...hit 4th leadoff HR of season/8th career 8/8 at MIL...4-5, 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 4 Ron 7/30; first career multi-HR game & career-high 4 runs...played 2B for 1st time since 2013 on 7/7 at CHI...ranks 11th in theNL in BA w/RIsP (30-82, .366)...scored 2+ runs in 13G (sTL 11-2)...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...12G hit streak 4/12-25 (.423 BA)...had 7 straight multi-hit G’s (4/12-19); 5 str. G’s w/2B (4/13-18)...NL Player of Week 4/13-19.
� #48 TONY CRUZ: streak: 2G (2-7, .286) series: DNP Homestand: DNP[ Batting .353 (6-17) in Close & Late...had 2-out GWRBI 8/6...season-high 2 hits in 6/7 start at LAD...hit GW-RBI double (2RBI) vs. CHI (5/4)...has GWRBI in 4 of his last 5 Gs w/RBI...sTL is 5-8 in his starts in ‘15...played 2.0 inn. at 3B at COL (6/8)
� #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 3G (4-11, .364) series: 2-3, .667 Homestand: 4-15, .267 [ Hit 3-run HR (#14) 8/7 at MIL...had HR for GWRBI in 13th 8/5 at CIN...1st among MLB rookies w/42 XBH’s and doubles (21,T3rd), triples (7, T2nd), HR (14, T4th) & RBI (43, 6th)...hit 7th triple (2nd NL) 8/4, most since Carpenter (7) in ‘13...post All-starbreak has 7 HR (T6th NL), 17 RBI (T18th NL) & .602 slugging (T12th NL)...42 of 80 hits are XBH’s (21-2B; 7-3B, 14-HR); 1st sTLrookie since J.Mize (1936) with that trifecta...led sTL w/15 RBI in July (career best month)...has team-high 7 multi-XBH Gs...3-3, 2 HR, career-high 6 RBI vs. NYM (7/18) & reached in all 5 PA; 2nd multi-HR game (6/20 at PHI)...2nd on team w/7 def. gems
� #22 JAsON HEYWARD: streak: 0-4 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 4-14, .286[ Last 4Gs w/hit have all been 2H games; has 31 multi-hit gms...collected career hit #750 8/6 at CIN & stole 2 bases, scored 2runs...needs 2 sB’s for his 3rd 20-steal season...had 75th career sB on 7/17; leads team with 18 sB (T9th NL)...1st on team w/.286BA (21st, NL)...2nd on team w/24 2B’s (T17th, NL)...hit safely in 37-of-last-51 games (17 multi-hit Gs) for a .324 BA (60-185)...hasincreased BA .211 to .286 since 5/3...had 7 sB in July (T3rd NL)...tied career-best with 5 hits on 7/18 vs. NYM...had team-high.387 July OBP...batted .326, 4 HR, 14 RBI in June; leading sTL in BA & RBI...tied his season-high with 8G hit streak 6/17-25...HRin 3 str. (6/21-24), tied career high...batting .295 (22nd, NL) vs. LHP’s w/1 HR...team-high 5 OF assists.
� #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-1 series: DNP Homestand: DNP[ scored GWing run in 1-0 win on 7/25 vs. ATL...had season-high 3 hits (3-3, RBI) at MIA (6/25) snapped 0-21 slide...has 15starts at 2B-6, ss-6, 3B-3...46-156 (.295) career w/ RIsP...had GW-run vs. PIT (5/2) after 2-out 1B in 11th...is 2-13 as PHer.
� #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 0-5 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 3-13, .231[ started 100+ games 11 straight yrs...3rd on team w/.280 BA & 5th w/108 hits...RBI-triple for GWing RBI Wed.; season high2nd triple of year...had 3 hits, incl. 3-run GW-triple at CWs (7/22)...passed Tim McCarver for 25th place on MLB all-time in-nings caught list 7/19 when he caught all 18 innings...had .308 BA in May, .306 in June...2nd to B.Posey (35) among MLBcatchers with 32 multi-hit G’s...107 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB & 20 2Bs, 2nd...leads MLB with 907.1 innings & 2.48Catcher’s ERA - the best since Alan Ashby, HOU in 1981 (2.33).
� #21 BRANDON MOss: streak: 0-6 series: DNP Homestand: 0-5, .000[ Had GWing walkoff RBI-1B 8/2 vs. COL...acquired in trade from CLE on 7/30...was leading CLE with 15 HR, 2nd in RBI (50)at time of trade; 13 multi-RBI games (T11th AL)...had 2 HR (7th time) & career-best 7 RBI at DET (4/24)...hit HR #100 on 6/2 atKC...hit 4 HR in Apr., May & June, 3 HR in July...was All-star in 2013 for OAK...sTL is 7th MLB team (orig. drafted by BOs)
� #27 JHONNY PERALTA: streak: 4G (6-15, .400) series: 1-3, .333 Homestand: 6-15, .400[ HRed 7/31 & 8/1 vs. COL; 20th time career to do so in back/back games...snapped 0-15 Tue. & 0-19 7/30...leads sTL w/122hits (T10th) & 194 total bases (T15th w/Carpenter), 2nd w/16 HR & 56 RBI...his 12 GWRBI are T3rd in NL & ties career-best(2006, w/CLE)...16 HR’s are 2nd among MLB ss’s to sF’s B.Crawford (19)...hit GWing 2R-HR w/2 out, 2 strikes in 9th on 7/8 atCHI... .333 BA (8th NL) in 7th+ inn. w/22 RBI (T7th NL)...singled to break up no-hitters in 7th on 5/13 & 7/6.
� #55 sTEPHEN PIsCOTTY: streak: 0-8 series: 0-3, .000 Homestand: 4-15, .267[ snapped 6G streak Thu. (9-22, .409)...career high 3 hits Tue w/ 3rd GWing RBI...batting .429 (9-21) w/RIsP...has hits in 16of his 21 games w/AB...had 2nd GWRBI with run-scoring 2B on 8/7...hit safely in his 1st 10 G’s started (.412), longest suchstreak for sTL rookie since John Rodriguez (‘05)...had sac. fly for 1st ML RBI (GW) on 7/25 in 1-0 win...purchased from Mem-phis & had 1st MLB hit 7/21 at CWs... .272 BA, 28 2B’s (4th, PCL), 11 HR, 41 RBI in 87G, .366 OBP & .475 sLG at AAA
� #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 1G (2-3, .667) series: 2-3, .667 Homestand: 4-9, .444[ 2Bed & scored, 1B-RBI yest...PH-1B Wed; is 5-18 w/3 RBI, 2-2B as PHer...walked 3 times 7/21 at CWs...3-hit game on 7/19vs. NYM...22nd career 2-HR game 7/11 at PIT... has 6 GWRBI & sTL is 23-4 in G’s w/RBI...hit grand slam 5/4 vs. CHI; 4th careerslam...started 44G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 71 starts (1B, LF, 3B, DH, RF)...has 14 two-out RBI.
� #16 KOLTEN WONG: streak: 0-6 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 4-16, .250[ 2H & 2R Tue...had 2 RBI 8/6, giving him team-high 21 two-out RBI...batted No. 3 for 1st time in MLB career on 7/30 & was2-4...hit 2nd career grand slam in 4-1 win vs. CIN on 7/27...tied game at 1-1 w/HR in 13th on 7/19 vs. NYM...is 1st sTL 2Bmanwith back-back 10+HR years since F.Frisch (1927-28)...13 HBP, T3rd in NL...3rd sTL in hits (113), 3rd RBI (47, career-high)...33XBH career high...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27...51G batting No. 1, reaching in 39...11 HR & 46 RBI, rank T1st & T3rd as NL2Bmen...hit walk-off HR in 14th inn. vs PIT on 5/3 (2nd career, both vs PIT)...had career-high 10 assists 4/29 vs. PHI... 2nd onteam w/12 sB’s; 35-47 (74%) career sB att...has team-high 17 def. gems.
Scoring more than 3 runs 48-10Scoring 3 runs 17-7Scoring fewer than 3 runs 9-24
Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 62-38Scoring in 4 or more innings 12-3
First game of Series 26-13Last game of Series 25-13
First game of road trip 5-4Last game of road trip 6-3First game of homestand 6-3Last game of homestand 7-1Following off-days 10-5
Out-hit opponents 46-12Out-hit by opponents 19-27
Final at-bat decisions 14-10Come-from-behind wins 30Walk-off wins/losses 8-5
In errorless games 46-24Extra innings 7-8Shutouts 13-8
Leading after 7 innings 57-3Tied after 7 innings 8-6Trailing after 7 innings 9-32
Leading after 8 innings 64-0Tied after 8 innings 7-8Trailing after 8 innings 3-33
Runs via HR 150Opponent runs via HR 115
Review Challenges: 11-8
2015 RECORD WHEN...
2015 CARDINALs HIGHs & LOWsTT EEAA MM BB AATT TT II NN GG
Most Runs - Inning - Cards *6 (5th) 8/7 at MILMost Runs - Inning - Opponent 7 (1st) 8/13 vs. PITMost Runs - 1st Inning - Cards 5 6/3 vs. MILMost Runs - 1st Inning - Opponent 7 8/13 vs. PITMost Runs - Game - Cards *12 7/18 vs. NYMMost Runs - Game - Opponent 11 6/8 at COLMost Runs - Game - Both Clubs 19 5/4 vs. CHIMost Hits - Game - Cards *16 6/20 at PHIMost Hits - Game - Opponent 17 5/15 vs. DETMost Hits - Game - Both Clubs 30 7/30 vs. COLFewest Hits - Game - Cards *1 6/6 at LADMost Extra Base Hits - Game - Cards 7 5/8 at PITMost Bunt Hits - Game - Cards 2 6/25 at MIAMost Singles - Game - Cards 13 5/25 vs. ARIMost Doubles - Game - Cards 6 6/28 vs. CHIMost Triples - Game - Cards *2 7/8 at CHIMost Home Runs - Game - Cards *3 6/19 at PHIMost Home Runs - Game - Opponent *3 8/9 at MILLongest Home Run Streak (Games) 7 7/10-21Most Stolen Bases - Game - Cards 5 7/11 at PITMost Stolen Bases - Game - Opponent *2 7/19 vs. NYM
TT EE AAMM PP IITT CC HH II NN GG
Most Strikeouts - Game - Cards 17 4/12 at CINMost Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 19 5/13 at CLEFewest Strikeouts - Game - Cards *2 5/23 at KCFewest Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 1 5/23 at KCMost Walks - Game - Cards 13 7/19 vs. NYMMost Walks - Game - Opponent 10 6/19 at PHIFewest Walks - Game - Cards *0 8/11 vs. PITFewest Walks - Game - Opponents *0 8/9 at MILFewest Hits Allowed *2 8/8 at MIL
IINN DD IIVV II DD UUAA LL BB AATT TT II NN GG
Longest Hit Streak-Games *12, Carpenter4/12-25Longest On-BaseStreak-Games 45, Holliday 4/5-6/1Longest HR Streak-Games 3, Heyward 6/21-24Longest Run Streak-Games *6, Carpenter 8/4-9Longest RBI Streak-Games *4, Peralta 7/11-18Most Runs - Game 4, Carpenter 7/30 vs. COLMost Hits - Game 5, Heyward 7/18 vs. NYMMost Bunt Hits - Game *1, Carpenter 8/14 vs. MIAMost Doubles - Game *2, Carpenter 8/7 at MILMost Triples - Game *1, Molina 8/12 vs. PITMost Home Runs - Game *2, Carpenter 7/30 vs. COLGrand Slams - Last *1, Wong 7/27 vs. CINMost RBI - Game 6, Grichuk 7/18 vs. NYMMost SB - Game *2, Heyward 8/6 at CINMost Walks - Game *3, Holliday 7/23 vs. KCMost Int. Walks - Game *1, G. Garcia 8/6 at CINMost HBP - Game *2, Bourjos 7/27 vs. CIN
II NN DD II VV IIDD UUAALL PP IITTCC HH IINN GG
Most K’s Game-Starter 11, Martinez 6/5 at LADMost K’s Game-Reliever *4, Villanueva 7/10 at PITLongest Winning Streak 7, Wacha 4/11-5/24Longest Losing Streak *2, Lackey 7/29-presentMost IP Game-Starter 8.1, Garcia 8/14 vs. MIAMost IP Game-Reliever 5.1, Lyons 8/13 vs. PITConsecutive Scoreless IP 23.2, Rosenthal 5/5-7/2Fewest Hits Allowed - CG 6, Lackey 5/23 at KC
TT EE AAMM MM IISS CC EELL LL AANN EEOO UU SS
Longest Winning Streak 8 games 4/28-5/5Longest Losing Streak 4 games 6/30-7/3Longest Game -Innings 18 7/19 vs. NYMLongest Game -Time (overall) 5:55 7/19 vs. NYMLongest Game -Time (9-inn game) 3:50 7/30 vs. COLShortest Game -Time (9-inn game)2:02 4/19 vs. CINLargest Crowd -Home #47,875 4/13 vs. MILLargest Crowd -Road 47,655 6/6 at LADLargest Margin of Victory 10 runs (12-2) 7/18 vs. NYMLargest Margin of Defeat 8 runs (11-3) 6/8 at COLLargest Comeback Win 5 runs 5/4 vs. CHIComeback Wins (4 or more runs) 1 5/4 vs. CHIMost Left on Base *14 7/19 vs. NYMMost Errors *3 7/30 vs. COLLongest Errorless Streak (Games) 8 5/12-19Most Doubleplays Turned-Cardinals *4 7/25 vs. ATLMost Doubleplays Turned-Opponent 4 7/3 vs. SDMost Tripleplays Turned-Opponent 1 5/9 at PIT* Happened more than once - last time listed.
� Set to make 22nd start (24th appearance) of the season tomorrow.� Has a 1.76 ERA since May 20, the 4th-lowest in NL, trailing Jacob deGrom (1.45), Clayton Kreshaw (1.54) &
Zack Greinke (1.63).� Leads NL starting pitchers with .149 (14-114) Opp. BA w/RISP & .118 (6-51) Opp. mark w/RISP & 2 outs.� The Cardinals are 18-3 in his 21 starts this season.
� Will be making his 2nd career start & 2nd start of season vs. the Marlins. Allowed a 2-run HR by Marlins G.Stanton on 6/23, and another run in the 2nd, but settled in with 5.0 scoreless IP. Struck out 9 batters in his 7.0IP with several family and friends on hand.
� Is 5-0 with a 1.96 ERA (36.1 IP/8 ER) in his six career starts vs. NL East clubs with the Cardinals winning all six
BULLPEN BRIEFs: 20-14 • 2.26 ERA • 343.0 IP • 298 H • 95 R, 86 ER • 121 BB • 305 sO • 21 HR48/60 sv/Opp ... 73 HOLDs ... 361/247 (68%) 1st BF/Retired ... 145/33 (23%) Inh.Runners/scored
PITCHER SV/Opp HOLD FBF/R IR/S Bullpen Bits
#30 JONATHAN BROXTON-RHP 0/2 12 46/31 7/4
Last Appearance: 8/13 vs. PIT; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO
#36 RANDY CHOATE - LHP 1/1 9 55/36 44/5
Last Appearance: 8/9 at MIL; ND, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO
#28 STEVE CISHEK - RHP 3/8 7 39/23 13/9
Last Appearance: 8/13 vs. PIT; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
#70 TYLER LYONS - LHP 0/0 0 1/0 1/0
Last Appearance: 8/13 vs. PIT; ND, 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
#61 SETH MANESS - RHP 3/6 17 57/36 38/9
Last Appearance: 8/13 vs. PIT; ND, 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
#44 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 36/38 0 53/39 12/3
Last Appearance: 8/14 vs. MIA; S #36, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO
#46 KEVIN SIEGRIST - LHP 5/8 22 58/46 19/4
Last Appearance: 8/12 vs. PIT; H #22, 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO
#33 CARLOS VILLANUEVA -RHP 2/2 0 27/18 4/1
Last Appearance: 8/7 at MIL; S #2, 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO
Broxton acq. 8/31 from MIL...10.1 scorelessstrk snapped last Sun...42 K in 42.0 IP...re-tired 16 of 19 BF w/STL... Choate earned 1stSv since ‘12 on 7/25...44 IR are 2nd in NL...leads MLB LHP in G’s since ‘09 (459)... sea-son-high 1.2 IP 8/1 & 5/15... Cishek acquired7/24 from MIA...allowed 2 ER since 6/1(0.95ERA, 19.2 IP)...Lyons had 5.1 scorless IP onThu. night...0.92 career ERA in relief w/28 Kin 29.1 IP...Maness 2nd on team w/17Holds... 1st MLB relief 2013-15 w/36 DP’s &4th in W’s (15)...T2nd in NL app. (57) & T3rdin IR (38)...Rosenthal T1st NL Sv (36)...1st NLrelief ERA (1.49)...8th NL rel. K’s (60)... 84 ca-reer Sv, 6th STL all-time; 47 Sv at Busch IIIrank 1st...had 23.2 ShO IP strk 5/5-7/2...converted 18-str. Sv opp (5/5-7/9)...only 2BSv, both to PIT... Siegrist 1st NL w/58 app...T2nd NL rel. ERA (1.51), 3rd in rel. K’s (65)...22 Holds, T3rd NL...tied career high 2.0 IP onWed. & w/4 K’s 6/10... Villanueva T2nd NLrelief ERA (1.51)...5th career 3.0+ IP Sv on8/7, 2nd in ‘15...4.0 rel. IP on 7/19 & 4 reliefK 5/4, 7/10...14 of 27 gms 2.0+ IP.
#41 JOHN LACKEY • RHP • 6-6 • 235 • 36 yrs TONIGHT’s GAME:� Veteran right-hander is making his team-leading 24th start of 2015
season tonight in his 379th career game (378 starts).
� Aiming for 12th-straight 10-win season; missed all of 2012 w/injury.
� Seeking his 12th-straight quality start, having posted a 2.11 ERA(76.2/18 ER) over his past 11 starts, working 7.0+ IP in eight, 6.2 IP inone (7/11) & 6.0 IP in two. The last time he strung together 11consecutive QS was when he had a career high 14-straight QS from9/7/07-6/29/08.
� Has allowed 2 runs or less in his 9 of his last 11 starts and allowed 3runs or less in 20 of 23 starts this season.
� Has excelled at limiting damage, having not allowed runs in multipleinnings in any of his last seven starts since 7/1 vs. CWS when heallowed single runs in the 5th & 6th.
� Since joining St. Louis, is 9-3, 2.03 ERA (119.2 IP/27 ER) at Busch Std.in 17 starts; Is 7-2, 1.89 ERA at home in ‘15, ranking T2nd in NL homewins, 5th in home ERA. Has allowed just 4 HR’s at home in 85.2 IP.
vs. MIAMI MARLINs:
� Is making just his 2nd career apprearance/start against the Marlinsand his 1st since 6/18/05 with LA Angels when he posted a 2-1 win atthe Big A, allowing one run in 6.2 IP.
2015 sEAsON & CAREER:� Ranks T14th in the National League at 9 wins, 7th in IP (151.1).
� His 2.91 ERA ranks 11th in NL and his 14.4 pitches per inning rank asthe 2nd fewest in the league.
� Career ERA has dropped to 3.96, its lowest point since May 5, 2011.
� Started three-straight games opposing a pitcher of equal or olderage: 7/11 at PIT - A.J. Burnett, 38; 7/18 vs. NYM -B. Colon, 42 & 7/23vs. KC -C. Young, 36.
� Took ND last Sun. (8/9) at MIL in Cardinals 5-4 loss, allowing 3 runson 3 hits in the 3rd, but no runs & just 1 baserunner in his other 5 IP.
� Faced CIN for a 2nd-straight start on 8/4 and took a 3-2 loss, allowingthree 1st-inning runs. Retired the final 14 batters he faced.
� Suffered a 1-0 loss on 7/29 vs. CIN, allowing only 2 hits and the onerun (Jay Bruce solo HR) in his 8.0 innings of work.
� Earned his 9th win in a 4-3 make-up game (rainout 6/14) vs. KC on7/23. Gave up two 1st inning runs but shut out the Royals for hisremaining innings (7.0 IP).
� Allowed just a single run to the Mets in his 7/18 start, a solo homerby M. Cuddyer, in 7.0 innings of a 12-2 Cards win.
LACKEY sEAsON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2014 BOS 11-7 3.60 21 21 137.1 137 60 55 32 116
8/14 MIA H/N W, 3-1 Garcia-Koehler-Rosenthal 42,025 74-41 1 +6.0
8/15 MIA H/N 6:15
8/16 MIA H/D 1:15
8/17 SF H/N 7:15
8/18 SF H/N 7:15
8/19 SF H/N 6:15
8/20 OPEN DATE
8/21 SD R/N 9:10
8/22 SD R/N 7:40
8/23 SD R/D 3:10
8/24 ARI R/N 9:10
8/25 ARI R/N 8:40
8/26 ARI R/N 8:40
8/27 ARI R/N 8:40
8/28 SF R/N 9:15
8/29 SF R/D 3:05
8/30 SF R/D 3:05
8/31 WSH H/N 7:15
AUGUST TOTALS
9/1 WSH H/N 7:15
9/2 WSH H/N 7:15
9/3 OPEN DATE
9/4 PIT H/N 7:15
9/5 PIT H/D 3:05
9/6 PIT H/D 1:15
9/7 CHI H/D 1:15
9/8 CHI H/N 7:15
9/9 CHI H/D 12:45
9/10 CIN R/N 6:10
9/11 CIN R/N 6:10
9/12 CIN R/D 12:05
9/13 CIN R/D 12:10
9/14 OPEN DATE
9/15 MIL R/N 7:10
9/16 MIL R/N 7:10
9/17 MIL R/N 7:10
9/18 CHI R/D 1:20
9/19 CHI R/D 12:05
9/20 CHI R/ TBA
9/21 CIN H/N 7:15
9/22 CIN H/N 7:15
9/23 CIN H/N 7:15
9/24 MIL H/N 6:15
9/25 MIL H/N 7:15
9/26 MIL H/N 6:15
9/27 MIL H/D 1:15
9/28 PIT R/N 6:05
9/29 PIT R/N 6:05
9/30 PIT R/N 6:05
SEPTEMBER TOTALS
10/1 OPEN DATE
10/2 ATL R/N 6:35
10/3 ATL R/N 6:10
10/4 ATL R/D 2:05
OCTOBER TOTALS
2ND HALF TOTALS
SEASON TOTALS
NOTE: Pitchers' complete games in CAPS; Extra innings shown in parentheses;Times listed are Central (STL) time; *indicates make-up game due to rain out; # indicatessellout.
