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Mon., Aug. 17 vs. GIANTS: RHP Michael Wacha (14-4, 2.93) vs. Chris Heston (11-7, 3.38) 7:09 p.m.*% Tue., Aug. 18 vs. GIANTS: RHP Lance Lynn (9-7, 2.95) vs. Mike Leake (9-6, 3.52) 7:15 p.m.* Wed., Aug. 19 vs. GIANTS: LHP Jaime Garcia (5-4, 1.57) vs. TBA 6:15 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 (75-41) vs. Miami Marlins (46-70) Game #117 Busch stadium August 16, 2015 Carlos Martinez (12-4, 2.62) vs. David Phelps (4-8, 4.35) BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season of play with a 25-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 games ahead of Pittsburgh...for a second consecutive night a Cardinals starter went 8.1 innings, this time John Lackey who allowed 2 runs to the Fish in the Cards 6-2 win...Randal Grichuk homered in the 1st and a 3-run HR from Mark Reynolds gave the Cards a 4-run cushion...St. Louis is a season-high 34 games over .500, the first time with that margin since the end of the 2005 season...the Cards own the majors top winning pct. (.647) and the NL’s top run differential (+125). CAN’T BEAT HOME: The Cards have just 17 home losses this season and a 44-17 record through 61 games, tied for the 4th-best home record in franchise history through 61 games with the 1935 club, according to Elias...the 1942 & ‘44 teams through 61 home affairs were 47-15 while the 1943 team was 44-16 mark. ROOKIEs ROCK: Stephen Piscotty collected his first two-double game last night with doubles in his first two at bats and a single in his next...he has seven multi-hit games since joining the club and he is batting .452 at Busch Stadium (19-42)...his .338 average ranks as the 14th best in the National League post All-Star break and 8th best in the N.L. since he was purchased from Memphis on July 21...he has started 20 games with starts at leftfield, first- base and rightfield. ROOKIE GRICHUK: Randal Grichuk continues to gain ground among rookie hitters, hitting his 15th home run last night, T3rd among all rookies and he has 43 extra-base hits, top among all MLB rookies. MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter snapped a 10-game hitting streak yesterday after batting .368 (14-38) with five home runs during that time...since his return to the leadoff spot in the batting order 7/30 he is hitting .356 with 8 home runs (1st NL) and 15 RBI (T5th)...his 12 GWing RBI this year are T3rd in the N.L. sAvING THE DAY: Trevor Rosenthal is 2nd in the N.L. with 36 saves and his 47 saves at Busch Stadium are tops at Busch...he is the first STL pitcher with back-to-back 35+ save seasons since J. Isringhausen in 2004 (47) and 2005 (39). TODAY’s GAME : The Cardinals will play their final game against Miami this season today and will be going for the series and season sweep... the Cardinals swept Miami in three games earlier this season at Marlins Park and with wins the first two games of this series currently have a 6- game win streak against the Marlins dating to the final game between the two clubs in 2014... the Cards have never swept a season series from MIA/FLA, with 5-1 mark in 2006 their best...St. Louis plays three games each against Pittsburgh (2-1), Miami (2-0) and San Francisco during this homestand... the Cardinals 19-8 post All-Star record is T2nd best in the majors with TOR (19-8) behind CHI Cubs (20-8)...St. Louis is 44-17 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: 5-0 (2-0 at STL; 3-0 at MIA) 2014: 2-4 (1-2 at STL; 1-2 at MIA) All-Time: 103-68 (18-11 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 12-7 August 9-4 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 19 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 4/26 100 J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 95 M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 70 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 44 J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 40 M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 15 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 8/15/15 vs. MIA 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 8/15/15 vs. MIA 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 kooo Cruz o1oo 1obk Grichuk 31ck oo2kk4kkko ok4o ok1k k1ok ekoo ko1o 1kkwo 1k2 4okw Heyward 1oko owkowo o1co o11o oooo 2o1o c11o wcok wk11 oooo d1ko Kozma 1 o Molina oooo 1odwk 2co1 oooo oofo oo32 1owf oooo oo11 Moss ko1o kkok wkoo w2oo kk1o kkk oo Peralta k11w ko1kko kook oooo oooo 1kwoc 11ko ow11o woo2 1ooo Piscotty cooko ooh2 c2oc 1o1 oo1o o211 ke1k kdoo ooo 221k Reynolds o kk 2owk o ooo1 1 o e21 2k4d Wong ko1k ooooo ow1o 1owoo ooow ok1k c1w1c d1oo o1ck ooco ooo1 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: .278 (46-165) 6 HR HOMEsTAND: .293 (48-164) 3 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: 0-4 series: 2-8 .250, HR Homestand: 6-19, .316, HR [ His 18 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .349 (51-146, 10 HR) in No. 1 spot...1st on team w/62 RBI & 18 HR (sin- gle-season high)...leads team with 36 multi-hit games (T8th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (29, 3rd); runs (69, 5th); walks (61, T7th) & on-base pct. (.367, T11th)...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 12th in the NL in BA w/RIsP (30-83, .361)...scored 2+ runs in 13G (sTL 11-2)...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...snapped 10G streak yest (.368)... 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: 4G (5-14, .357) HR series: 3-6, .500 HR Homestand: 5-18, .278 [ Hit 3-run HR (#14) 8/7 at MIL...had HR for GWRBI in 13th 8/5 at CIN...1st among MLB rookies w/43 XBH’s and doubles (21, 5th), triples (7, T2nd), HR (15, T3rd) & RBI (44, 6th)...hit 7th triple (2nd NL) 8/4, most since Carpenter (7) in ‘13...post All-star break has 8 HR (T4th NL), 18 RBI (T16th NL) & .625 slugging (10th NL)...43 of 81 hits are XBH’s (21-2B; 7-3B, 15-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: 1G (1-4, .250) series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: 5-18, .278 [ 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 (23rd, NL)...2nd on team w/24 2B’s (T19th, NL)...hit safely in 38-of-last-52 games (17 multi-hit Gs) for a .323 BA (61-189)...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: 1G (2-4, .500) series: 2-8, .250 Homestand: 5-17, .294 [ started 100+ games 11 straight yrs...2nd on team w/.282 BA & 4th w/110 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 33 multi-hit G’s...109 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB & 20 2Bs, 2nd...leads MLB with 916.1 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: 5G (7-19, .368) series: 2-7, .285 Homestand: 7-19, .368 [ 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/123 hits (T12th) & 195 total bases (T14th), 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... .331 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: 1G (3-4, .750) series: 3-7, .429 Homestand: 7-19, .368 [ Had 2nd 3-hit gm w/2 2Bs yest...3 hits Tue w/ 3rd GWing RBI...batting .429 (9-21) w/RIsP...has hits in 17 of his 22 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 Memphis & 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: 2G (4-7, .571) HR series: 4-7, .571, HR Homestand: 6-13, .462 [ 3R-HR yest...2Bed & scored, 1B-RBI Fri...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 45G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 73 starts (1B, LF, 3B, DH, RF)...has 14 two-out RBI. #16 KOLTEN WONG: streak: 1G (1-4, .250) series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: 5-20, .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 (114), 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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Mon., Aug. 17 vs. GIANTS: RHP Michael Wacha (14-4, 2.93) vs. Chris Heston (11-7, 3.38) 7:09 p.m.*%Tue., Aug. 18 vs. GIANTS: RHP Lance Lynn (9-7, 2.95) vs. Mike Leake (9-6, 3.52) 7:15 p.m.*Wed., Aug. 19 vs. GIANTS: LHP Jaime Garcia (5-4, 1.57) vs. TBA 6:15 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 (75-41) vs. Miami Marlins (46-70)Game #117 � Busch stadium � August 16, 2015

Carlos Martinez (12-4, 2.62) vs. David Phelps (4-8, 4.35)

� BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season ofplay with a 25-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 games ahead of Pittsburgh...for a secondconsecutive night a Cardinals starter went 8.1 innings, this time John Lackey who allowed 2 runs to the Fish in theCards 6-2 win...Randal Grichuk homered in the 1st and a 3-run HR from Mark Reynolds gave the Cards a 4-runcushion...St. Louis is a season-high 34 games over .500, the first time with that margin since the end of the 2005season...the Cards own the majors top winning pct. (.647) and the NL’s top run differential (+125).� CAN’T BEAT HOME: The Cards have just 17 home losses this season and a 44-17 record through 61 games, tiedfor the 4th-best home record in franchise history through 61 games with the 1935 club, according to Elias...the1942 & ‘44 teams through 61 home affairs were 47-15 while the 1943 team was 44-16 mark.� ROOKIEs ROCK: Stephen Piscotty collected his first two-double game last night with doubles in his first two atbats and a single in his next...he has seven multi-hit games since joining the club and he is batting .452 at BuschStadium (19-42)...his .338 average ranks as the 14th best in the National League post All-Star break and 8th bestin the N.L. since he was purchased from Memphis on July 21...he has started 20 games with starts at leftfield, first-base and rightfield. ROOKIE GRICHUK: Randal Grichuk continues to gain ground among rookie hitters, hitting his15th home run last night, T3rd among all rookies and he has 43 extra-base hits, top among all MLB rookies.

� MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter snapped a 10-game hitting streak yesterday after batting .368 (14-38) with fivehome runs during that time...since his return to the leadoff spot in the batting order 7/30 he is hitting .356 with 8home runs (1st NL) and 15 RBI (T5th)...his 12 GWing RBI this year are T3rd in the N.L. � sAvING THE DAY: Trevor Rosenthal is 2nd in the N.L. with 36 saves and his 47 saves at Busch Stadium are tops atBusch...he is the first STL pitcher with back-to-back 35+ save seasons since J. Isringhausen in 2004 (47) and 2005 (39).

TODAY’s GAME: The Cardinals will play theirfinal game against Miami this season today andwill be going for the series and season sweep...the Cardinals swept Miami in three games earlierthis season at Marlins Park and with wins thefirst two games of this series currently have a 6-game win streak against the Marlins dating tothe final game between the two clubs in 2014...the Cards have never swept a season series fromMIA/FLA, with 5-1 mark in 2006 their best...St.Louis plays three games each against Pittsburgh(2-1), Miami (2-0) and San Francisco during thishomestand... the Cardinals 19-8 post All-Starrecord is T2nd best in the majors with TOR (19-8)behind CHI Cubs (20-8)...St. Louis is 44-17 atBusch Stadium, the best home mark in MLB, and31-24 on the road ...STL has played just eightroad games since the All-Star break.

CARDINALs vs. MIAMI:season: 6 games; final series meeting of 20152015: 5-0 (2-0 at STL; 3-0 at MIA)2014: 2-4 (1-2 at STL; 1-2 at MIA)All-Time: 103-68 (18-11 at Busch III)Last Time sTL sweep: 6/23-25/2015 at MIALast Time MIA sweep: 8/27-29/1996 at STL

RECORD BREAKDOWN

BByy DDaayy BByy MMoo nntthh

Monday 5-5 Spring 13-11-3Tuesday 10-7 April 15-6Wednesday 12-6 May 18-11Thursday 11-4 June 18-8Friday 14-5 July 15-12Saturday 12-7 August 9-4Sunday 12-7 Sept./Oct. 0-0

BByy SS ee rr ii ee ss

2G 3G 4G 5GWon 2 19 4 ---Lost 2 5 1 ---Split 1 --- 3 ---Sweeps 3 5 --- ---Opp. Sweeps 2 --- --- ---

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 100J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 95M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 70 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 44J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 40M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 15

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 8/15/15 vs. MIA 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 8/15/15 vs. MIA 22/1... 7/11/15 at PITWong 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 kooo

Cruz o1oo 1obk

Grichuk 31ck oo2kk4kkko ok4o ok1k k1ok ekoo ko1o 1kkwo 1k2 4okw

Heyward 1oko owkowo o1co o11o oooo 2o1o c11o wcok wk11 oooo d1ko

Kozma 1 o

Molina oooo 1odwk 2co1 oooo oofo oo32 1owf oooo oo11

Moss ko1o kkok wkoo w2oo kk1o kkk oo

Peralta k11w ko1kko kook oooo oooo 1kwoc 11ko ow11o woo2 1ooo

Piscotty cooko ooh2 c2oc 1o1 oo1o o211 ke1k kdoo ooo 221k

Reynolds o kk 2owk o ooo1 1 o e21 2k4d

Wong ko1k ooooo ow1o 1owoo ooow ok1k c1w1c d1oo o1ck ooco ooo1

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: .278 (46-165) 6 HR HOMEsTAND: .293 (48-164) 3 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...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: 0-4 series: 2-8 .250, HR Homestand: 6-19, .316, HR[ His 18 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .349 (51-146, 10 HR) in No. 1 spot...1st on team w/62 RBI & 18 HR (sin-gle-season high)...leads team with 36 multi-hit games (T8th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (29, 3rd); runs (69, 5th);walks (61, T7th) & on-base pct. (.367, T11th)...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 12th in the NL in BAw/RIsP (30-83, .361)...scored 2+ runs in 13G (sTL 11-2)...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...snapped 10G streak yest (.368)...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: 4G (5-14, .357) HR series: 3-6, .500 HR Homestand: 5-18, .278 [ Hit 3-run HR (#14) 8/7 at MIL...had HR for GWRBI in 13th 8/5 at CIN...1st among MLB rookies w/43 XBH’s and doubles (21,5th), triples (7, T2nd), HR (15, T3rd) & RBI (44, 6th)...hit 7th triple (2nd NL) 8/4, most since Carpenter (7) in ‘13...post All-starbreak has 8 HR (T4th NL), 18 RBI (T16th NL) & .625 slugging (10th NL)...43 of 81 hits are XBH’s (21-2B; 7-3B, 15-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: 1G (1-4, .250) series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: 5-18, .278[ 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-stealseason...had 75th career sB on 7/17; leads team with 18 sB (T9th NL)...1st on team w/.286 BA (23rd, NL)...2nd on team w/242B’s (T19th, NL)...hit safely in 38-of-last-52 games (17 multi-hit Gs) for a .323 BA (61-189)...has increased BA .211 to .286 since5/3...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 careerhigh...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: 1G (2-4, .500) series: 2-8, .250 Homestand: 5-17, .294[ started 100+ games 11 straight yrs...2nd on team w/.282 BA & 4th w/110 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 33 multi-hit G’s...109 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB & 20 2Bs, 2nd...leads MLB with 916.1 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: 5G (7-19, .368) series: 2-7, .285 Homestand: 7-19, .368[ 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/123hits (T12th) & 195 total bases (T14th), 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... .331 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: 1G (3-4, .750) series: 3-7, .429 Homestand: 7-19, .368[ Had 2nd 3-hit gm w/2 2Bs yest...3 hits Tue w/ 3rd GWing RBI...batting .429 (9-21) w/RIsP...has hits in 17 of his 22 gamesw/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 rookiesince John Rodriguez (‘05)...had sac. fly for 1st ML RBI (GW) on 7/25 in 1-0 win...purchased from Memphis & had 1st MLB hit7/21 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: 2G (4-7, .571) HR series: 4-7, .571, HR Homestand: 6-13, .462[ 3R-HR yest...2Bed & scored, 1B-RBI Fri...PH-1B Wed; is 5-18 w/3 RBI, 2-2B as PHer...walked 3 times 7/21 at CWs...3-hitgame 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 45G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 73 starts (1B, LF, 3B, DH, RF)...has 14 two-out RBI.

� #16 KOLTEN WONG: streak: 1G (1-4, .250) series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: 5-20, .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 (114), 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.

BATTING ORDER

11 Wong 51, Carpenter 36, Bourjos 11, Jay 9, Pham 6, Grichuk 2, Heyward 122 Carpenter 69, Heyward 17, Wong 14, Grichuk 11, Piscotty 4, Peralta 133 Holliday 62, Peralta 46, Wong 4, Heyward 3, Reynolds 1 44 Peralta 42, Adams 28, Heyward 26, Reynolds 17, Grichuk 355 Molina 32, Peralta 22, Heyward 21, Grichuk 18, Reynolds 17, Adams 4, Moss 1, Wong 166 Molina 43, Heyward 18, Jay 13, Reynolds 12, Grichuk 11, Wong 9, Moss 3, Piscotty 3, Adams 2, Bourjos 1, Pham 177 Molina 29, Grichuk 16, Reynolds 13, Wong 11, Heyward 10, Jay 8, Scruggs 8, Piscotty 7, Bourjos 3, Cruz 3, Moss 3, Carpenter 2, Johnson 2, Adams 188 Bourjos 21, Wong 16, Reynolds 13, Kozma 12, Grichuk 11, Jay 11, Cruz 9, Heyward 8, Piscotty 5, Pham 3, Johnson 2, Scruggs 2, G. Garcia 2, Moss 199 Lackey 22, Martinez 21, Wacha 19, Lynn 19, J. Garcia 10, Cooney 6, Lyons 6, Bourjos 4, Wainwright 4, Kozma 2, Piscotty 2, Cruz 1 Lineups Used: 95

STARTS BY POSITION

CC Molina 103, Cruz 131B1B Reynolds 56, Adams 35, Scruggs 10, Moss 8, Johnson 4, Piscotty 32B2B Wong 106, Kozma 6, Carpenter 3, G. Garcia 1SSSS Peralta 110, Kozma 5, G.Garcia 13B3B Carpenter 104, Reynolds 9, Kozma 3LFLF Holliday 59, Grichuk 31, Piscotty 16, Reynolds 4, Jay 3, Pham 3CFCF Bourjos 39, Jay 38, Grichuk 32, Pham 7RFRF Heyward 104, Grichuk 9, Reynolds 1, Jay 1, Piscotty 1PP Lackey 24, Wacha 22, Lynn 22, Martinez 21, J.Garcia 11, Cooney 6, Lyons 6, Wainwright 4DHDH Holliday 4, Reynolds 3, Peralta 2, Molina 1

THE LINEUP CARD

Scoring first 48-12Opponent scores first 27-29

Scoring more than 3 runs 49-10Scoring 3 runs 17-7Scoring fewer than 3 runs 9-24

Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 63-38Scoring 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 47-12Out-hit by opponents 19-27

Final at-bat decisions 14-10Come-from-behind wins 30Walk-off wins/losses 8-5

In errorless games 47-24Extra innings 7-8Shutouts 13-8

Leading after 7 innings 58-3Tied after 7 innings 8-6Trailing after 7 innings 9-32

Leading after 8 innings 65-0Tied after 8 innings 7-8Trailing after 8 innings 3-33

Runs via HR 154Opponent runs via HR 116

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, Piscotty 8/15 vs. MIAMost 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 7/29-8/4Most IP Game-Starter *8.1, Lackey 8/15 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.

# Busch Stadium III record.

Upcoming MilestonesPlayer Milestone Needs ForMatt Belisle Wins 1 50Steve Cishek Saves 6 100Jason Heyward Home Runs 7 100Yadier Molina Home Runs 2 100Jhonny Peralta Home Runs 9 200Trevor Rosenthal Saves 16 100

STL rec. in Avg. IP K’s/ RunPitcher Starts QS W-L his starts per start 9 IP supportCooney 6 2 1-0 2-4 5.1 8.3 4.2 (25)J.Garcia 11 10 5-4 6-5 6.2 6.3 2.4 (26)Lackey 24 19 10-7 13-11 6.2 6.5 4.0 (95)Lynn 22 14 9-7 13-8 5.2 9.6 3.1 (68)Lyons 6 0 2-1 3-3 4.2 9.7 5.3 (32)Martinez 21 16 12-3 18-3 6.1 9.1 4.4 (93)Wacha 22 15 14-4 17-5 6.1 7.7 5.0 (109)Wainwright 4 3 2-1 3-1 6.0 6.5 3.5 (14)

Totals 116 79 55-27 75-41 6.0 8.0 4.0 (462) 716.1 IP 639 Ks

GETTING sTARTED

TODAY’s sTARTING PITCHER

TOMORROW’s sTARTING PITCHER#52 MICHAEL WACHA • RHP • 6-6 • 210 • 24 yrs

� The 24-year old will be making his 23rd start of 2015, his 51st career start and 57th career appearance.

� The majors’ wins co-leader (14) will be facing the SF Giants for 1st time since allowing series-ending HR inrelief outing during Game 5 of the NLCS last year.

� Bested Gerrit Cole & PIT last Wed. (8/12) with a 4-2 win, stretching his season-high scoreless IP streak to 17.0IP before allowing a 4th inning run.

� Is one of just eight Cardinals since 1969, age 24 or younger, with 14 wins in a single season, the first sinceShelby Miller (15) in 2013. His 14 wins, 22 starts, 138.1 IP and 119 K’s are all career highs.

� Will be making 2nd career regular season start/app. against the Giants. Blanked SF for 6.0 IP on just 3 hitswith 7 strikeouts in a 2-0 win on 5/31/14 at Busch Stadium.

BULLPEN BRIEFs: 20-14 • 2.25 ERA • 343.2 IP • 298 H • 95 R, 86 ER • 121 BB • 305 sO • 21 HR48/60 sv/Opp ... 73 HOLDs ... 362/248 (69%) 1st BF/Retired ... 146/33 (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 40/24 14/9

Last Appearance: 8/15 vs. MIA; ND, 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 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/17 Holds...1st MLB relief 2013-15 w/36 DP’s & 4th inW’s (15)...T3rd in NL app. (57) & T3rd in IR(38)...Rosenthal 2nd NL Sv (36)...1st NL re-lief ERA (1.49)...T8th 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 T1st 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 IPon 8/12 & w/4 K’s 6/10... Villanueva T2ndNL relief ERA (1.51)...5th career 3.0+ IP Svon 8/7, 2nd in ‘15...4.0 rel. IP on 7/19 & 4relief K 5/4, 7/10...14 of 27 gms 2.0+ IP.

#18 CARLOs MARTINEZ • RHP • 6-0 • 185 • 23 yrs

TODAY’s GAME:� Is set to make his 22nd start and 24th appearance of the season. It

will be his 102nd career game and 30th career start.� 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, winning the first

five, losing two, then winning 13 of last 14. 16 of his 21 starts arequality starts. Has a 2.26 ERA (115.1 IP/29 ER) in his 18 wins by STL.

vs. MIAMI MARLINs:� Is 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 runin the 2nd, but settled in with 5.0 scoreless IP after the 2nd. Struckout 9 batters in his 7.0 IP 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 Eastclubs with the Cardinals winning all six games..

2015 sEAsON:� Ranks T5th in the National League in wins (12), 3rd in winning pct

(.750), 9th in ERA (2.62) and 20th in opp. BA (.245).� His 139 strikeouts are tops on the Cardinals and 12th in the NL.� Voted in by fans to the All-Star team as part of the Final Vote contest.� Posted 11 straight quality starts from 5/20-7/25, ranking 2nd only to

Clayton Kershaw (12) for the longest streak during the 2015 season. � Earned 4-3 win vs. PIT last Tue. (8/11), striking out 8 and matching his

career-high with 8.0 IP.� Received a no-decision in back-to-back starts (7/30 vs. COL & 8/5 at

CIN), working 5.0 IP in both starts. The Cardinals won both games.� Faced off against former teammate Shelby Miller vs. ATL (7/25) and

earned the win in a 1-0 game lasting just 2:13. Pitched 8.0 inningsallowing 6 hits, 1 walk and 6 K’s in the shutout. The Cardinals had just2 hits, but a single, walk, fly-out and sac fly in the 8th pushed a runacross for the win.

� Made a 4.0-inning relief app. vs. NYM (7/19), pitching innings 15-18and taking the loss allowing two runs (1 ER) in his longest career reliefapp. and most pitches (72) in relief.  It marked his 2nd relief app. ofthe season (Opening Day, 4/5 at CHI).

� Earned the team’s only win in the 4-game series against rival PIT inhis final start before the All-Star break (7/9). Shut out the Pirates over7.1 innings, allowing 4 hits, walking 2 and fanning 8 in the 4-1 win.

� Joined Michael Wacha (10) to give STL the majors’ first pair of 10-game winners following his last win (7/9 at PIT).

MARTINEZ sEAsON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2014 STL 2-4 4.03 57 7 89.1 90 41 40 36 84

MEM 1-0 0.00 2 2 10.1 6 0 0 1 72015 STL 12-4 2.62 23 21 137.1 124 44 40 51 139MAJORS 16-9 3.39 101 29 255.0 245 101 96 96 247

MARTINEZ - LAsT 3 APPEARANCEsDATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO7/31 vs. COL ND, W 9-8 1 1 5.0 10 5 5 1 68/5 at CIN ND, W 4-3 1 1 5.0 7 3 1 3 48/11 vs. PIT W, 4-3 1 1 8.0 9 3 3 0 8

MARTINEZ vs. MARLINs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2015 1-0 3.86 1 1 7.0 8 3 3 1 9Career 1-0 3.86 1 1 7.0 8 3 3 1 9LAST APP. vs. MIA: 6/23/15 at MIA, W 7.0 8 3 3 1 9LAST WIN vs. MIA: 6/23/15 at MIA (4-3)

MARTINEZ CAREER HITTING TOTALs AVG. AB H HR RBI SH2015 .119 42 5 0 0 4

Career .143 56 8 0 2 5

2015 CARDINALs DAY-BY-DAY H/R Time/ GA/

Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB

4/5 CHI R/N W, 3-0 Wainwright-Lester-Rosenthal #35,055 1-0 1 +0.5

4/6 OPEN DATE 1-0 T1 +1.0

4/7 CHI R/N PPD-WEATHER 1-0 T1 +1.0

4/8 CHI R/D L, 2-0 Arrieta-Lynn-Rondon 26,814 1-1 T2 -1.0

4/9 OPEN DATE 1-1 T2 -1.5

4/10 CIN R/N L, 5-4 Hoover-Walden-Chapman 30,808 1-2 T2 -2.5

4/11 CIN R/D W, 4-1 Wacha-Cuteo-Rosenthal #41,525 2-2 T2 -1.5

4/12 CIN R/D W, 7-5 (11) Villanueva-Gregg #41,446 3-2 T2 -0.5

4/13 MIL H/D L, 5-4 Garza-Wainwright-Rodriguez #47,875 3-3 3 -1.0

4/14 OPEN DATE 3-3 3 -1.0

4/15 MIL H/N W, 4-2 Lynn-Peralta-Rosenthal 40,826 4-3 T2 -0.5

4/16 MIL H/D W, 4-0 Lackey-Fiers 40,079 5-3 T1 --

4/17 CIN H/N W, 6-1 Wacha-Cueto-Siegrist #46,462 6-3 1 +1.0

4/18 CIN H/D W, 5-2 Martinez-Bailey-Rosenthal #45,906 7-3 1 +1.0

4/19 CIN H/N W, 2-1 Wainwright-LEAKE-Walden 40,742 8-3 1 +2.0

4/20 OPEN DATE 8-3 1 +1.5

4/21 WSH R/N L, 2-1 (10) Barrett-Villanueva 27,021 8-4 1 +0.5

4/22 WSH R/N W, 7-5 Siegrist-Treinen-Rosenthal 25,771 9-4 1 +1.5

4/23 WSH R/D W, 4-1 Wacha-Scherzer-Rosenthal 26,990 10-4 1 +2.5

4/24 MIL R/N W, 3-0 Martinez-Garza-Rosenthal 26,286 11-4 1 +2.5

4/25 MIL R/N W, 5-3 Belisle-Peralta-Maness 35,919 12-4 1 +3.0

4/26 MIL R/D L, 6-3 Blazek-Lynn-Rodriguez 32,758 12-5 1 +2.0

4/27 PHI H/N L, 4-1 Hamels-Lackey-Papelbon 40,052 12-6 1 +1.0

4/28 PHI H/N W, 11-5 Wacha-Gonzalez 40,143 13-6 1 +1.0

4/29 PHI H/N W, 5-2 Martinez-Harang-Rosenthal 40,399 14-6 1 +2.0

4/30 PHI H/D W, 9-3 Villanueva-Buchanan 40,715 15-6 1 +2.5

APRIL TOTALS 423,199 15-6 1 +2.5

5/1 PIT H/N W, 2-1 (10) Choate-Schaill 40,912 16-6 1 +2.5

5/2 PIT H/D W, 2-1 (11) Villanueva-Hughes #45,095 17-6 1 +3.5

5/3 PIT H/D W, 3-2 (14) Socolovich-Liz #44,382 18-6 1 +4.5

5/4 CHI H/N W, 10-9 Socolovich-Strop 41,981 19-6 1 +5.5

5/5 CHI H/N W, 7-4 Harris-Jackson-Rosenthal 41,613 20-6 1 +6.5

5/6 CHI H/N L, 6-5 Lester-Lynn-Rondon 42,207 20-7 1 +5.5

5/7 CHI H/D W, 5-1 Lackey-Arrieta-Rosenthal 44,472 21-7 1 +6.5

5/8 PIT R/N W, 8-5 Wacha-Liriano-Rosenthal 33,507 22-7 1 +6.5

5/9 PIT R/N L, 7-5 Scahill-Martinez-Melancon #38,068 22-8 1 +6.5

5/10 PIT R/D L, 4-3 Hughes-Harris-Melancon 34,036 22-9 1 +6.5

5/11 OPEN DATE 22-9 1 +6.0

5/12 CLE R/N W, 8-3 Lynn-Carrasco 12,615 23-9 1 +6.0

5/13 CLE R/N L, 2-0 Kluber-Lackey-Allen 12,313 23-10 1 +5.0

5/14 CLE R/N W, 2-1 Siegrist-Rzepczynski-Rosenthal 15,865 24-10 1 +5.0

5/15 DET H/N L, 10-4 Greene-Martinez #45,601 24-11 1 +4.0

5/16 DET H/D L, 4-3 (10) Hardy-Belisle-Soria #45,313 24-12 1 +3.0

5/17 DET H/N W, 2-1 Lynn-Simon-Rosenthal 43,654 25-12 1 +4.0

5/18 NYM R/N L, 2-1 (14) C.Torres-Tuivailala 23,338 25-13 1 +3.5

5/19 NYM R/N W, 10-2 Wacha-Niese 21,157 26-13 1 +4.5

5/20 NYM R/N W, 9-0 Martinez-Colon 23,726 27-13 1 +4.5

5/21 NYM R/D L, 5-0 deGrom-Garcia 32,783 27-14 1 +3.5

5/22 KC R/N L, 5-0 C.Young-Lynn 37,379 27-15 1 +3.5

5/23 KC R/N L, 3-2 (6) VOLQUEZ-LACKEY #38,676 27-16 1 +2.5

5/24 KC R/D W, 6-1 Wacha-Ventura 36,342 28-16 1 +3.5

5/25 ARI H/D W, 3-2 (10) Rosenthal-Ramirez 42,853 29-16 1 +4.5

5/26 ARI H/N W, 6-4 Garcia-Bradley-Maness 41,107 30-16 1 +4.5

5/27 ARI H/N W, 4-3 Maness-Ziegler 43,715 31-16 1 +5.5

5/28 OPEN DATE 31-16 1 +5.5

5/29 LAD H/N W, 3-0 Lackey-Bolsinger-Rosenthal #44,223 32-16 1 +6.5

5/30 LAD H/N L, 5-1 Frias-Wacha #44,754 32-17 1 +6.0

5/31 LAD H/D W, 3-1 Martinez-Anderson-Rosenthal #45,285 33-17 1 +6.0

MAY TOTALS 697,167 18-11 1 +6.0

6/1 MIL H/N L, 1-0 Fiers-Garcia-F.Rodriguez 40,689 33-18 1 +5.0

6/2 MIL H/N W, 1-0 Lynn-Cravy-Rosenthal #42,835 34-18 1 +6.0

6/3 MIL H/D W, 7-4 Lackey-Nelson-Rosenthal 41,567 35-18 1 +6.0

6/4 LAD R/N W, 7-1 Wacha-Frias 45,058 36-18 1 +6.5

6/5 LAD R/N W, 2-1 Martinez-Anderson-Rosenthal 44,649 37-18 1 +6.5

6/6 LAD R/N L, 2-0 Kershaw-Garcia-Jansen 47,655 37-19 1 +6.5

6/7 LAD R/N W, 4-2 Siegrist-Nicasio-Rosenthal 41,500 38-19 1 +6.5

6/8 COL R/N L, 11-3 Hale-Lackey 32,043 38-20 1 +6.5

6/9 COL R/N L, 4-3 De La Rosa-Wacha-Axford 33,731 38-21 1 +6.5

6/10 COL R/D W, 4-2 Martinez-Bettis-Rosenthal 30,698 39-21 1 +6.5

6/11 OPEN DATE 39-21 1 +6.5

6/12 KC H/N W, 4-0 Garcia-Ventura #45,909 40-21 1 +6.5

6/13 KC H/D W, 3-2 Lyons-Guthrie-Rosenthal #45,981 41-21 1 +6.5

6/14 KC H/D PPD-RAIN 41-21 1 +6.0

6/15 MIN H/N W, 3-2 Lackey-May-Siegrist #43,174 42-21 1 +6.0

6/16 MIN H/D W, 3-2 Wacha-Gibson-Siegrist 41,203 43-21 1 +6.0

6/17 MIN R/N L, 3-1 Milone-Martinez-Perkins 34,381 43-22 1 +5.0

6/18 MIN R/D L, 2-1 Boyer-Villanueva 34,648 43-23 1 +4.0

6/19 PHI R/N W, 12-4 Lyons-Aumont 21,169 44-23 1 +5.0

6/20 PHI R/D W, 10-1 Lackey-Harang 24,256 45-23 1 +6.0

6/21 PHI R/D L, 9-1 Morgan-Wacha 30,423 45-24 1 +6.0

6/22 OPEN DATE 45-24 1 +6.0

6/23 MIA R/N W, 4-3 Martinez-Dyson-Rosenthal 21,759 46-24 1 +6.0

6/24 MIA R/N W, 6-1 Garcia-Latos 18,492 47-24 1 +7.0

6/25 MIA R/N W, 5-1 Lynn-Haren 20,733 48-24 1 +8.0

6/26 CHI H/N W, 3-2 (10) Maness-Grimm #45,558 49-24 1 +8.0

6/27 CHI H/N W, 8-1 Wacha-Roach-Villanueva #46,407 50-24 1 +8.0

6/28 CHI H/N W, 4-1 Martinez-Hammel-Rosenthal #45,384 51-24 1 +9.0

6/29 OPEN DATE 51-24 1 +9.0

6/30 CWS H/N L, 2-1 (11) Webb-Socolovich-Robertson #45,626 51-25 1 +8.0

JUNE TOTALS 484,333 18-8 1 +8.0

7/1 CWS H/N L, 7-1 Quintana-Lackey 41,696 51-26 1 +7.0

7/2 SD H/N L, 5-3 (11) Kelley-Villanueva-Kimbrel #42,926 51-27 1 +6.0

7/3 SD H/N L, 2-1 Benoit-Rosenthal-Kimbrel #47,330 51-28 1 +6.0

7/4 SD H/D W, 2-1 Maness-Maurer-Rosenthal #44,690 52-28 1 +6.0

7/5 SD H/D W, 3-1 Lynn-I.Kennedy-Siegrist 42,764 53-28 1 +6.0

7/6 CHI R/N W, 6-0 Lackey-Lester 37,609 54-28 1 +6.0

7/7 CHI R/D L, 7-4 Arrieta-Lyons 34,368 54-29 1 +5.5

CHI R/N L, 5-3 T.Wood-Maness-Motte 35,703 54-30 1 +4.5

7/8 CHI R/N W, 6-5 Socolovich-Strop-Rosenthal 37,993 55-30 1 +4.5

7/9 PIT R/N W, 4-1 Martinez-Locke-Rosenthal 35,183 56-30 1 +5.5

7/10 PIT R/N L, 5-2 Cole-Lynn-Melancon 36,825 56-31 1 +4.5

7/11 PIT R/N L, 6-5 (14) Worley-Greenwood 37,318 56-32 1 +3.5

7/12 PIT R/N L, 3-2 (10) Caminero-Rosenthal 33,544 56-33 1 +2.5

1ST HALF TOTALS 1,824,105 56-33 1 +2.5

7/13 All-Star Break 56-33 1 +2.5

7/14 All-Star Game - Cincinnati, Ohio 56-33 1 +2.5

7/15 All-Star Break 56-33 1 +2.5

H/R Time/ GA/

Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB

7/16 OPEN DATE 56-33 1 +2.5

7/17 NYM H/N W, 3-2 Lynn-Syndergaard-Rosenthal #44,540 57-33 1 +3.5

7/18 NYM H/N W, 12-2 Lackey-Colon #45,852 58-33 1 +4.5

7/19 NYM H/D L, 3-1 (18) C. Torres-Martinez 43,194 58-34 1 +4.5

7/20 OPEN DATE 58-34 1 +4.0

7/21 CWS R/N W, 8-5 Wacha-Rodon-Rosenthal 29,728 59-34 1 +5.0

7/22 CWS R/N W, 3-2 Socolovich-Duke-Rosenthal 30,046 60-34 1 +6.0

7/23 KC* H/N W, 4-3 Lackey-C.Young-Rosenthal #46,003 61-34 1 +6.0

7/24 ATL H/N W, 4-2 Cooney-Banuelos-Siegrist #44,778 62-34 1 +6.0

7/25 ATL H/N W, 1-0 Martinez-Miller-Choate #45,862 63-34 1 +7.0

7/26 ATL H/D L, 3-2 Wisler-Wacha-Johnson #44,780 63-35 1 +6.0

7/27 CIN H/N W, 4-1 Lynn-Iglesias-Rosenthal 42,553 64-35 1 +6.5

7/28 CIN H/N L, 4-0 Leake-Garcia 41,466 64-36 1 +5.57/29 CIN H/N L, 1-0 DeSclafani-Lackey-Chapman 42,334 64-37 1 +4.5

7/30 COL H/N W, 9-8 Villanueva-Axford 43,518 65-37 1 +5.5

7/31 COL H/N W, 7-0 Wacha-Kendrick 42,568 66-37 1 +5.5

JULY TOTALS 746,854 15-12 1 +5.5

8/1 COL H/N L, 6-2 De La Rosa-Lynn #45,216 66-38 1 +5.5

8/2 COL H/N W, 3-2 Rosenthal-Oberg #44,743 67-38 1 +5.5

8/3 OPEN DATE 67-38 1 +5.5

8/4 CIN R/N L, 3-2 DeSclafani-Lackey-Chapman 25,969 67-39 1 +5.5

8/5 CIN R/N W, 4-3 (13) Maness-Axelrod 34,700 68-39 1 +5.5

8/6 CIN R/D W, 3-0 Wacha-Lorenzen-Rosenthal 26,053 69-39 ! +6.0

8/7 MIL R/N W, 6-0 Lynn-Cravy-Villanueva 28,869 70-39 1 +6.0

8/8 MIL R/N W, 3-0 Garcia-Peralta-Rosenthal 34,327 71-39 1 +6.0

8/9 MIL R/D L, 5-4 W.Smith-Broxton-Rodriguez 34,993 71-40 1 +5.0

8/10 OPEN DATE 71-40 1 +5.0

8/11 PIT H/N W, 4-3 Martinez-Locke-Rosenthal 41,273 72-40 1 +6.0

8/12 PIT H/N W, 4-2 Wacha-Cole-Rosenthal 41,493 73-40 1 +7.0

8/13 PIT H/N L, 10-5 Liriano-Lynn 41,501 73-41 1 +6.0

8/14 MIA H/N W, 3-1 Garcia-Koehler-Rosenthal 42,025 74-41 1 +6.0

8/15 MIA H/N W, 6-2 Lackey-Hand #44,706 75-41 1 +6.0

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.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12+ TotalCARDINALS 52 50 44 57 68 52 46 57 22 6 3 5 462OPPONENTS 50 27 42 35 31 38 41 30 25 6 3 7 337

2015 SCORING BY INNING

Cardinals Recent TransactionsAugust 7: Recalled LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis (AAA).

August 6: Optioned INF Greg Garcia to Memphis (AAA), following the game.

August 1: Recalled RHP Jordan Walden from injury rehabilitation assignment. Out-

righted 1B Dan Johnson to Memphis (AAA).

July 31: Acquired RHP Jonathan Broxton from Milwaukee in exchange for minor

league OF Malik Collymore. Optioned RHP Miguel Socolovich to Memphis (AAA) and

designated RHP Marcus Hatley for assignment.

July 30: Acquired OF/1B Brandon Moss from Cleveland in exchange for minor

league LHP Rob Kaminsky.


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