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St. Louis Cardinals (19‐18) at Los Angeles Dodgers (20‐17) Game #38 ◆ Dodger Stadium ◆ May 15, 2016 Mike Leake (1‐3, 5.10) vs. Alex Wood (1‐3, 4.58) ❑ REDBIRD RUNDOWN: The 2015 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in their 125th season of play in TONIGHT’S GAME: The Cardinals conclude their the National League...St. Louis enters the day 9.0 games back of 1st place Chicago & tied in 2nd place with Pittsburgh six‐game roadtrip tonight with the final of three ...the Cardinals are 6‐4 in their past 10 games and 3‐2 in their last five...the club holds a +46 run‐differential, 3rd games against the Los Angeles Dodgers...the behind the Cubs (+110) and Boston (+58). team will look to avoid a sweep, the last time the ❑ Dodgers swept St. Louis was in 2012 at LA...the A PINCH OF THIS: Jeremy Hazelbaker blasted his 3rd pinch‐hit home run last night with a two‐run shot in the Dodgers scored 3 in the 5th last night to take the 9th...his three pinch home runs lead the Majors (Chris Heisey, WSH & Matt Joyce, PIT) and the club’s eight total lead, and hold on for a 5‐3 win...tonight ends this pinch home runs pace MLB (Washington 6)...three pinch homers are the most a St. Louis Cardinals has hit in a Los Angeles roadtrip vs. the Angels (3‐0) and single season, as Hazelbaker joins Matt Adams (2013), Marlon Anderson (2004), Ryan Ludwick (2007), Eduardo Dodgers (0‐2)...first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. CDT Perez (2002) and Gerald Perry (1993) for the Franchise record...the 1998 Cardinals recorded the most pinch homers tonight as the featured game on ESPN Sunday in a single season at 10. Night baseball...St. Louis returns home following ❑ LOFTY HEIGHTS: Catcher Yadier Molina played in his 1,500th career game yesterday, joining 25 active Major tonight’s contest for a nine‐game home‐ stand, League players who have played 1,500 or more games...Matt Holliday ranks 14th on the list at 1,699 career games, opening the season with three straight homes‐ while Alex Rodriguez leads active players at 2,739 games played...Molina is also just 16.0 innings shy of matching tands with nine or more games...after an open Ted Simmons’ 12,335.0 innings caught for the Franchise record for innings caught...his current total of 12,319.0 in‐ date on Monday, the club will play three games nings as catcher ranks 20th on Major League baseball’s all time innings caught list. each against Colorado, Arizona and Chicago Cubs. ❑ TAKE THAT TO THE DEAN: Dean Kiekhefer made his Major League debut last night pitching 1.2 innings and struck out four before allowing a solo home run to Corey Seager...the last Cardinals pitcher with 4+ strikeouts in CARDINALS vs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS: relief in his MLB debut was Kevin Siegrist on June 6, 2013 vs. Arizona who also fanned 4 in 1.2 IP (0R). Season: 6 games; 7/22‐24 next meeting BIRD BANTER... VS. LA DODGERS IN 2016: .209 (14-67) 2 HR ROADTRIP: .299 (55-184) 9 HR 2016: 0‐2 (‐‐‐ at STL, 0‐2 at LA) ❑ #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 0‐4 Series: 0‐4, .000 Roadtrip: .286 (4‐14) 2015: 5‐2 (2‐1 at STL, 3‐1 at LA) [ Had 1st 3‐hit gm of the yr & 2nd 3RBI gm Thu; was 2‐2 RISP & is 8‐22 (.364) RISPing, 3rd on the team and 18th in NL... All‐Time: 1,017‐1,020 (144‐153 at Dodger Std.) recorded 2nd GWing RBI Wed. & 1st road RBI...is T3rd MLB in pinch‐hits (5‐10), batting .500 w/ HR... .356 career PH BA (26‐ Last Time STL sweep: 7/15‐18/10 at STL 73) 1st in MLB since ’12...batting .378 at Busch (14‐41, 3 HR)...in last 11 games is .333 (12‐36) 2HR. Last Time LAD sweep: 5/18‐20/12 at LA ❑ #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 0‐7 Series: 0‐7, .000 Roadtrip: .222 (4‐18) 2HR [ Hit 3R‐HR for GWRBI Thu.; has 4GWRBI T8th in NL...had 3rd career multi‐HR gm Tue., 1st in ‘16...hit 1st career walk‐off HR RECORD BREAKDOWN 5/7 vs. PIT...1st on team in RBI (25, T11th NL)...8 games of multiple‐BBs, 3 Fri.; T7th in NL (25)...29 HR from #1 spot 2nd in MLB By Day By Month 2015‐16 (Granderson‐32)...469 H, 297 R & 46 HR batting #1 since ‘13 are tops in NL. ❑ #36 ALEDMYS DIAZ: Streak: 0‐4 Series: 2‐8, .250, HR Roadtrip: .263 (5‐19) HR Monday 2‐2 Spring 11‐13‐3 [ 3rd MLB in batting (.377), 2nd in the Majors in slugging (.667), 15th in OBP (.410)...ranks among NL leaders hits (43, Tuesday 2‐3 April 12‐12 T10th), runs (25, T8th), doubles (13, T2nd), XBH (20, T4th) and TB (76, 6th)...DNP 5/5 for 1st time since recall on 4/5 (26 gms) Wednesday 4‐2 May 7‐6 ...part of 2 back‐to‐back HR’s (4/24 & 5/2)...became 2nd STL rookie (Pujols, 2001) w/30 hits in April...5th in NL in PA/K (10.2)... Thursday 3‐1 June 0‐0 has .444 BA on road (24‐54, 3 HR)...leads team w/6 defensive gems...1st rookie in MLB modern era with .500 BA after 50+ AB Friday 2‐4 July 0‐0 (52)...had MLB’s first 5‐hit game this year (5‐5) at SD (4/23); 1st STL rookie since Wally Moon with 5 hits (1954)...had hits in 7‐ straight PA (4/22‐24)...is 2‐2 as PH w/HR (4/8 at ATL; 1st PH AB). Saturday 3‐3 August 0‐0 ❑ Sunday 3‐3 Sept./Oct. 0‐0 #59 ERIC FRYER: Streak: 0‐3 Series: DNP Roadtrip: .000 (0‐1) [ Made 3rd start 5/4; 0‐1, walked & scored..batting .571 (4‐7, 2 2B, 2 RBI) in starts...only STL player to start season w/6 By Seriies straight hits & 1st in MLB since D.Willis (‘04)...had career‐high 3 H’s & GWRBI‐2B vs. CIN (4/17)..threw out 2‐of‐3 SB att. 2G 3G 4G 5G ❑ #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 1G (2‐4, .500) Series: 2‐8, .250 Roadtrip: .316 (6‐19) HR Won ‐‐‐ 5 1 ‐‐‐ [ Had 7th multi‐hit gm last night...hit 2‐R HR Tue...tied his season‐high 3 RBI 5/7...scored from 2nd on WP 5/6 vs. PIT...2‐2 Lost ‐‐‐ 5 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ w/HR off bench 5/2 vs. PHI...scored in a team‐high 6 straight (4/10‐16)...drew 3 walks at ATL (4/10)...3‐for‐3 in SB att. Split ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ 1 ‐‐‐ ❑ #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 1G (1‐3, .333) Series: 1‐4, .250 Roadtrip: .333 (3‐9) Sweeps ‐‐‐ 2 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ [ Played 2b, 3b & ss w/19 starts...has 53 HR since 2013, 5th among MLB middle inf....was 3‐5, HR, 3B at SD (4/24); HRed in Opp. Sweeps ‐‐‐ 2 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ back‐to‐back games (7th career)...3 hits each at SD (4/23‐24)...13 of his 17 hits on road...2nd on team with 5 def. gems. ❑ #41 JEREMY HAZELBAKER: Streak: 2G (2‐7, .286) HR Series: 1‐1, 1.000, HR Roadtrip: .182 (2‐11) HR MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in his 5th sea‐ [ Blasted 3rd PH‐HR last night, 2R‐HR in the 9th...3 PH HR are most in a single STL season (5 others)...is 5‐11, .455, 3 HR as son as the Cardinals manager, having taken his PH...T1st in MLB PH‐HR (3); T3rd in PHs (5)...ranks T1st on team w/7 HR & w/2 triples (T9th NL)...became 1st player in STL his‐ teams to the postseason in each of his first four tory to come off bench & hit HR + 3B (4/25 at ARI)...ranks 3rd among ML rookies in HR (7) & T3rd RBI (18), 7th in runs (14), T7th in hits (24)...had 8‐game hit streak (4/5‐14)...4 hits in Home Opener; last STL player w/4 hits in 1st home game was Joe seasons, the only manager in MLB history to do Cunningham (7/5/54)...was 1st STL rookie with 2 HR’s in first 4 career G’s since Keith McDonald (2000)...hit one of ML record 3 so...Mike has managed 43 postseason games, and STL pinch‐HR’s on 4/8 at ATL...played 751 career G’s in MiLB before MLB debut. has 21 postseason wins since 2012, 3rd‐most wins ❑ #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: Streak: 0‐6 Series: 2‐9, .222 Roadtrip: .391 (9‐23) 3HR among current Major League managers...in 2012 [ 2HRs (21st career) Thu. part of 4hits, walk, 3R, 3RBI...hit 2 2Bs & HR Tue...hit walk‐off single 5/4 (8th career walk‐off RBI)... Matheny became the 49th manager in St. Louis doubled in 3 str. games (4/27‐29)...T7th in NL doubles (11)...tied STL lead w/4 GWRBI (T8th NL)...has 58 GWRBI at Busch III (Pujols, Cardinals history and in 2013 he took his team to 60)...had 500th career hit at Busch III 4/15...started at 1B Opening Day; played 1,604 consec. gm in LF prior. the World Series in just his second season at the ❑ #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 0‐6 Series: 2‐8, .250 Roadtrip: .450 (9‐20) helm with a league‐best 97‐wins...in 2014, Mike [ Multi‐hits in 4 straight 5/10‐13; 13 multi‐hit gms, T10th in NL...4th NL w/10.6 PA/K, and T7th w/11 2Bs...7th in NL batting (.331), 11th w/.412 OBP...team‐high 18G on‐base streak (4/9‐30) & 11G hit streak (4/18‐30)...leads MLB catchers w/292.1 inn guided the Cardinals to the N.L.