POSTGAME NOTES Chicago Cubs (4-7) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (6-5) Saturday, April 12, 2014
R H E Starting Pitcher (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Record Chicago 4 8 1 Carlos Villanueva (70 pitches/44 strikes) WIN: Adam Wainwright (2-1) St. Louis 10 13 0 Adam Wainwright (101 pitches/74 strikes) LOSS: Carlos Villanueva (1-3) SAVE:
First Pitch: 1:17 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 79° – Mostly Cloudy Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 45,302 (Sellout #2)
Cardinals Notes Adam Wainwright made his team leading third start of the season, first against the Cubs in 2014 and 23rd career start (32nd app.) vs. the Cubs (9-6)…tied Matt Morris, Larry Jackson and Max Lanier for 10th on the Cardinals all-time wins lead with 101 victories…was 5-0 with an 0.23 ERA (39.1 IP/1 ER) in the Cardinals alternate “St. Louis” jersey (five Saturday home starts in 2013) entering today…allowed a lead-off home run for the second time in his career (last: 6/14/10 vs. SEA, Ichiro Suzuki, 2nd pitch)…struck out seven or more batters for the third consecutive start this season. Adam Wainwright tallied his 50th career hit vs. N.L. Central clubs (92nd overall) and is a career .243 (56-230) batter at Busch Stadium with 22 RBI. Matt Adams connected on his 20th career home run, coming in the second inning. It marked his first career home run against the Cubs and his eighth career solo shot. 12-of-his-20 career home runs have come vs. NL Central opponents (incl. 1 vs. HOU in 2012). Daniel Descalso snapped an 0-for-10 to start the season by tallying a multi-hit game with an RBI single and a double in his first two at bats today. Matt Carpenter has hit safely in 9-of-first-11 games…has back-to-back games with an RBI and his third multi-hit game of the season (299 career hits). Yadier Molina tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the season and has hit safely in 8-of-11 games this season…has three doubles in his last five games. Kolten Wong stole his third base of the season, tying his total from the 2013 MLB season. Matt Holliday has an RBI in 5-of-11 games this season…stole his first base of the season (last: 8/11/13 vs. CHI). Jon Jay is a career .345 batter (10-29) in bases loaded situations with 34 RBI. Shane Robinson rapped out the first Cardinals pinch-hit of the season with a single in the 7th inning, which is also Robinson’s first hit of the season...18 of Robinson’s 85 career hits are pinch hits… Cardinals started the season 0-for-10 in PH situations. Every batter in the Cardinals starting lineup recorded a hit today…established their highest run total (10) and tied hits (13 vs. CIN 4/8). The five runs in the 4th inning also marked a season high.
Cubs Notes Carlos Villanueva made his second start (4th app.) of the season, first against the Cardinals in 2014 and 11th career start (32nd app.) vs. the Cardinals (5-5)…threw at least 6.0 innings in each of his last three starts vs. the Cardinals coming in to today…has received a decision in all four appearances this season…allowed double-digit hits for the fifth time in his career (last: career high 12 on 5/14/13 vs. COL)…surrendered a career high with nine runs and nine earned runs. Junior Lake led off the game hitting a solo home run on the first pitch off Adam Wainwright. The last Cubs lead-off home run to begin a game was David DeJesus vs. Colorado (5/15/13)…three of his eight career home runs have been hit in the 1st inning and that was his first home run on a first pitch. Nate Schierholtz hit two doubles in a game for the 10th time in his career (last: 9/29/13 vs. STL). Had one double this season entering today’s game…has back-to-back multi-hit games. **CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE**
Chris Rusin made his first career MLB relief appearance today following 20 starts. His 5.0 innings pitched were as long as 14 of his starts in his career. Cubs manager Ricky Renteria challenged an out-safe call at first base on Jon Jay’s hit in the 3rd inning. Call was overturned from safe to out. Renteria is 1-for-2 on challenges this series and 3-for-5 this season. Cubs have eight hits today and six were extra bases.
Today’s Home Runs CHI – Junior Lake #2 (1st inn., 0 on, 0 out, 0-0 count, off Adam Wainwright) – 395 feet (8th career home run) STL – Matt Adams #1 (2nd inn., 0 on, 0 out, 2-1 count, off Carlos Villanueva) – 374 feet (20th career home run)