St. Louis Cardinals (61-53) at Baltimore Orioles (66-49) Game #115 N Oriole Park at Camden Yards N August 9, 2014 John Lackey (12-7, 3.55) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (61-53) at Baltimore Orioles (66-49) Game #115 N Oriole Park at Camden Yards N August 9, 2014 John Lackey (12-7, 3.55) vs. Ublado Jimenez (3-8, 4.52) K BIRD WATCHING: The 2013 National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 123rd season TODAY’S GAME : The Cardinals continue a six- of play in the National League...St. Louis lost to the Orioles 12-2 last night in Baltimore as the home team hit a sea - game roadtrip with the second of a three-game son-high six home runs to account for 11 of their 12 runs in the game. A.J. Pierzynski provided the Cardinals offense series at Baltimore today at 3:05 p.m. Today’s hitting his first home run for his new club and fifth overall on the season... STANDINGS SNAPSHOT: St. Louis is in game will be televised onFox Sports Midwest 3rd place in the N.L. Central, 2.0 games behind 1st place Milwaukee, 0.5 game behind 2nd place Pittsburgh and with Dan McLaughlin and Rick Hoston on the call 3.0 games in front of 4th place Cincinnati. and nationally on Fox Sports 1 with Joe Davis K STREETCAR SERIES GOES NATIONAL: The Cardinals and Orioles (then-St. Louis Browns) used to share the same and Billy Ripken calling the action and Ken building in Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis and played in the 1944 World Series (Cardinals won 4-2) before the Browns Rosenthal as the on-field host. Following tomor - moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles. The Cardinals play Baltimore for just the 3rd time in both teams his - row afternoon’s 12:35 p.m., game, the Cardinals tories in the regular season...the Orioles came to Busch Stadium II in 2003 with St. Louis winning 2-of-3 games. In travel to Miami for a three-game series with the 2011, the Cardinals swept the Orioles at Camden Yards in three games...St. Louis is 7-11 in interleague play so far Marlins beginning on Monday night. this season and have gone 142-131 overall with a .520 winning pct., 2nd in the N.L. (Miami, .525). K DESIGNATED TO HIT: The Cardinals’ designated hitters have batted .302 (160-529) in Interleague play since it CARDINALS vs. BALTIMORE: began in 1997, the .302 is tops among National League teams with the Cubs ranking second at .280. The Cardinals Season: 3 games; Only Meeting DH’s have also swatted 25 HR (2nd) and tallied 103 RBI (1st). 2014: 0-1 (0-1 at BAL) K BIRD BASHER: A.J. Pierzynski hit his 12th career home run vs. the Orioles last night, the most among active 2011: 3-0 (3-0 at BAL) catchers against Baltimore. Pierzynski has double-digit home runs against seven MLB opponents in his career with All-Time: 5-2 (3-1 at Camden Yards) his 5th highest total coming against the Orioles (Cleveland, 1st, 20) ...HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Pierzynski has a Last Time STL sweep: 6/28-30/11 career .341 BA (60-176) at Camden Yards, the 5th highest in MLB history since it opened in 1992. Last Time BAL sweep: N/A K CARDINALS DOUBLE DOWN: The Cardinals boast four players with 26 doubles or more in their lineup with Jhonny Peralta at 27, Matt Holliday, Matt Carpenter and Matt Adams at 26. The only other team in the National League who can boast four batters with 26 or more doubles is the Milwaukee Brewers (Jonathan Lucroy 38, Khris RECORD BREAKDOWN Davis 28, Carlos Gomez & Ryan Braun 26). As a team, the Cardinals rank 5th in the N.L. with 203 doubles. By Day By Month K HAWAIIAN PUNCH: Hawaii-native Kolten Wong hit two home runs Thursday night for the first multi-home run Monday 7-5 Spring 11-13-2 game of his career. Wong also scored a career-high three runs and added his 17th stolen base of the season in the Tuesday 10-7 March/ April 15-14 process. Since returning from the disabled list on July 6, Wong is T2nd in the Majors with eight home runs trailing Wednesday 7-10 May 15-12 only Chris Carter (10, HOU), while knocking in 15 runs and slugging .567. Thursday 7-6 June 14-13 Friday 7-12 July 13-11 BIRD BANTER... VS. BALTIMORE IN 2014: .129 (4-31) 1 HR ROAD TRIP: .129 (4-29) 6 HR Saturday 13-5 August 4-3 K #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 1G (1-2, .500) Series: 1-2, .500 Road Trip: 1-2, .500 Sunday 10-8 September 0-0 [ Ranks 4th in NL with .314 BA & 7th in SLG .503...hit 26 2Bs; T2nd on team...T1st on team w/42 XBH ...hit 1st career walk-off HR on 7/7 vs. PIT...had career-high 4 hits vs. MIA (7/6)...hit 2 HR’s & had career-high 6 RBI 6/23 at COL...has 33 multi-hit By Seriies games...HRed in 3-str. Gms 6/13-15...is 1st STL 1Bman w/4 triples since ‘84 (D.Green). 2G 3G 4G 5G K #8 PETER BOURJOS: Streak: 1g (1-3, .333) Series: 1-3, .333 Road Trip: 1-3, .333 Won --- 20 1 --- [ First hit since 8/1 last night...batted .360 in July (9-25)...hit game-tying 2-R HR 7/20 vs. LAD w/2 SB...2nd on team w/8 SB Lost 2 7 3 --- ...had PH-3B 7/9 vs. PIT...14-of-44 hits are XBH...T1st on team w/4 3Bs...hit 1st Busch Std. HR on 6/3...15th in NL w/3 bunt hits Split 2 --- 2 --- K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 0-7 Series: 0-2, .000 Road Trip: 0-2, .000 Sweeps --- 2 --- --- [ Has 6 multi-hit G’s & team-high 18 H’s since ASB...leads team with 121 hits and T8th in NL w/36 multi-hit games (99, 2013-14, Opp. Sweeps 2 --- --- --- 1st MLB)...hit 4th career lead-off HR on 7/22; 2nd in ‘14...NL All-Star for 2nd-str. year...ranks among NL leaders in pitches/PA (4.35, 1st), runs (71, T8th), OBP (.379, 8th) & walks (63, 4th)...batting .305 w/RISP...14G hit streak 5/18-6/1. By DIIVIISIION K #48 TONY CRUZ: Streak: 0-4 Series: 0-1, .000 Road Trip: 0-1, .000 Home Road Total [ Had 2H, 2 runs in start vs. MIL (8/2)...3 of 5 2Bs this yr vs. MIL; career-high 3 RBI at MIL (7/12)...has RBI in 4 of last 14 NL Central 14-8 13-11 27-19 starts... batting .291 (16-55) on road with all 11 RBI... .250 BA (20-80) w/10 RBI in 24 starts...10-of-11 RBI w/2 out. NL East 10-6 5-6 15-12 K #33 DANIEL DESCALSO: Streak: 0-5 Series: 0-2, .000 Road Trip: 0-2, .000 NL West 6-4 6-7 12-11 [ Had PH-1B on 7/31 at SD; has team-high 6 PH’s, 3 PH 2B’s...hit safely in 7-of-last-8 starts (8-29, .276)...had PH game-tying AL East 3-5 3-3 6-8 2B on 6/25 at COL ...has .259 BA in Close & Late (7-27), 5th on team...has made 15 starts (2B, 3B, SS). AL Central 0-2 1-1 1-3 K #3 MARK ELLIS: Streak: 0-2 Series: 0-2, .000 Road Trip: 0-2, .000 AL West 0-0 0-0 0-0 [ Hit safely in 9-of-last-14 starts...had GWRBI safety squeeze vs. PHI (6/22)...posted 5G hit streak 6/4-14... .250 BA (4-16) TOTALS 33-25 28-28 61-53 w/RISP & 2 outs...started 16G in June... came off DL 4/15 (L Knee)...has not hit into a DP this season (183 PA), T1st in MLB K #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) Series: 1-4, .250 Road Trip: 1-4, .250 [ Career .303 BA in Interleague games...has team-high 6 HR (T2nd NL) & 13 RBI in 18 G’s since ASB...4 GW-RBI since ASB... MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny, who in 2012 be - T1st in MLB w/16 GWRBI...has team-high 58 RBI... .337 BA w/RISP is 5th in NL...T17th in NL w/26 2Bs, T4th in NL w/11 HBP came the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals his - ...54 BBs 9th in NL; walk in 47/111 G’s (42%)...15th in NL OBP (.364)...scored 1,000th career run & hit 400th 2B on 7/18... tory, took his team to the World Series in his 1,000th RBI on 6/16...batted 2nd in 14 starts...reached base safely in first 30 home Gms...131 career GWRBI, 16th actives. second season at the helm with a league-best 97- K #19 JON JAY: Streak: 0-2 Series: 0-2, .000 Road Trip: 0-2, .000 win season in 2013...in 2012, Mike guided the Car - [ Had GWRBI in 8th inn. on Tue.; 1st Gm since 7/29 (wrist)...played all 3 OF pos. on 7/19 for 1st time in MLB career... T9th in dinals to the N.L. Championship round of the NL HBP (9)... has .307 BA on road (43-140)... .310 BA in June...batting team high .319 (15-47) Close & Late...tied STL season- playoffs ...he is the first Cardinals manager to lead high w/3 runs on 6/16..