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St. Louis Cardinals (12‐4) at Milwaukee Brewers (3‐15) Game #17 ◆ Miller Park ◆ April 26, 2015 Lance Lynn (1‐1, 1.56) vs. Mike Fiers (0‐2, 6.75) ❑ BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals have opened their 124th sea‐ TODAY’S GAME: The Cardinals play the final of son of play with a 5‐0‐1 series record and are in 1st place in the NL Central 3 games ahead, of Chicago... three games today at Milwuakee (2‐0) and will St. Louis won 5‐3 last night, securing the 5th series win on the season...Kolten Wong picked up the be looking for their second series sweep on the game‐winning RBI in the 2nd inning with the team’s 1st triple this year...Matt Holliday hit a 3‐run season after winning three vs. CIN last weekend homer, his first home run of the year, and Matt Carpenter extended his hitting streak to 12 games. (4/17‐19)...St. Louis won the series (2‐1) vs. the ❑ WAINWRIGHT PLACED ON DL: Adam Wainwright injured his left ankle during his at‐bat in the 5th Nationals at Washington to begin this road trip... inning last night, causing him to leave the game after 4.0 shutout innings...the team placed Wainwright these two teams last saw each other eight days on the 15‐day disabled list earlier today with a left Achilles and low ankle injury and recalled catcher ago as the Brewers opened the home portion of Cody Stanley from Memphis (AAA)...Stanley had appeared in 15 games for the Redbirds and has a the Cardinals 2015 schedule...St. Louis has won .272 minor league career avg with 40 home runs and 235 RBI in 420 career minor league games...it four‐straight over the Brewers after losing the will be Stanley’s Major League debut when he makes an appearance and he will wear uniform no. 43. home opener and winning the next two at Busch ❑ ANCHORS AWAY: Pitcher Mitch Harris made his Major League debut last night and pitched 1.1 score‐ ...the three games at Washington this past week, less innings...Harris entered the game following the injury to Wainwright and struck out the first batter combined with four vs. Philadelphia when the he faced in the 5th (Adam Lind)...a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Harris, 29, is the team returns home (4/27‐30) are the only seven first U.S. Naval Academy graduate to appear in the majors since pitcher Nemo Gaines did so with the games against non‐central division foes in the Washington Senators in 1921. first 31 games to start the season...in addition to ❑ TRIPLE THREAT: Kolten Wong hit the team’s 1st triple of 2015 and the first in 34 games...the last St. facing the Phillies, the Cardinals will play 3 vs. Louis triple came on Sept. 7, 2014 by Peter Bourjos, also at Milwaukee...the 34‐game drought is the Pittsburgh and 4 vs. Chicago in an 11‐game 2nd‐longest in team history between triples (38, 7/28‐9/7/07). homestand that starts Monday...the Cardinals ❑ EVERYONE NEEDS A GOOD CARPENTER: Matt Carpenter extended his hitting streak to a team‐tying have won five consecutive series and nine of high and N.L. leading 12 games last night...he also collected his 12th multi‐hit game, tops in the N.L., their last 10 games...St. Louis is in a stretch of while his 26 hits are T5th in the league...he has reached base safely by hit or walk in each of the team’s 20‐straight games (4/21‐5/10) and are in sole 16 games this season and 23 straight games dating back to 9/18 last season...Carpenter was named possession of 1st place in the NL Central. N.L. Player of the Week last Monday after producing a .480 BA (12‐25) with ML best 7 doubles. ❑ STINGY PEN: Cardinals relievers own a combined 2.03 ERA (44.1IP, 10ER) while walking 20 and strik‐ CARDINALS vs. MILWAUKEE: ing out 51 this season...the 2.03 ERA leads all N.L. teams and is half a run less than the next closest NL Season: 19 games; next meeting 6/1‐3 at STL opponent (NY Mets, 2.58)...the 44.1 innings pitched is an N.L. low. ADD ‘EM UP: Combined, the St. 2015: 4‐1 (2‐1 at STL, 2‐0 at MIL) Louis pitching staff’s ERA of 1.99 leads all of baseball with the Mets 2nd (2.96) and the Royals (2.98) 2014: 12‐7 (5‐4 at STL, 7‐3 at MIL) the next closest in fewest average earned runs allowed. All‐Time: 160‐117 (70‐45 at Miller Park) Last Time STL sweep: 5/2‐5/13 at MIL BIRD BANTER... VS. MILWAUKEE IN 2015: .270 (47-174) 3HR ROADTRIP: .256 (45-176) 6HR Last Time MIL sweep: 6/10‐12/11 at MIL ❑ #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 0‐4 Series: 1‐5, .200 Roadtrip: .286 (4‐14) HR 3RBI [ Had GWing‐RBI single Thu...hit HR for GWRBI at CIN 4/11...is a career .294 hitter vs. MIL (.315 at Miller Park) w/8 HRs RECORD BREAKDOWN ❑ #8 PETER BOURJOS: Streak: 0‐6 Series: 0‐2, .000 Roadtrip: .000 (0‐2) By Day By Month [ Removed from paternity list Tue...has 3 SB’s this season, 2 as pinch‐runner...was STL co‐leader w/5 triples in 2014. Monday 0‐1 Spring 13‐11‐3 ❑ #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 12G (22‐52, .423) 2HR Series: 4‐10, .400 Roadtrip: .364 (8‐22) RBI Tuesday 0‐1 April 12‐4 [ Wednesday 2‐1 May 0‐0 12G hit streak is longest active in NL & ties NL season high (Holliday 12)...1st in NL w/12 multi‐hit gms and 2nd in NL w/13 Thursday 2‐0 June 0‐0 extra‐base hits...10 doubles 1st in NL...hit 2nd leadoff HR of season Tue; 6th career...had 2B’s in 5‐straight G’s 4/13‐18 (1st Friday 2‐1 July 0‐0 since Molina; 7‐str. in ‘13) & multi‐hits in 7‐straight games...N.L. POW last week with .480 BA Saturday 3‐0 August 0‐0 ❑ #48 TONY CRUZ: Streak: 1G (1‐4, .250) Series: 1‐5, .200 Roadtrip: .222 (2‐9) Sunday 3‐0 Sept./Oct. 0‐0 [ Made 1st start of ‘15 Thu; entered in 5th Fri...35 starts in ‘14 with STL going 19‐16...batted .333 (5‐15) last April By Seriies ❑ #22 JASON HEYWARD: Streak: 4G (5‐18, .278) Series: 2‐9, .222 HR Roadtrip: .217 (5‐23) HR 2G 3G 4G 5G [ Hit 2nd HR Fri...had 1st multi‐hit game Thu (2H) since 3 hits in STL debut (4/5 at CHI), the 23rd player to do so Won ‐‐‐ 5 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ Lost ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ❑ #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: Streak: 1G (1‐4, .250) Series: 1‐6, .167 HR Roadtrip: .353 (6‐17) HR 4RBI Split 1 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ [ 1st HR of ‘15 yest, 3R HR...snapped 12G streak Wed. (17‐40, .425)...tied career high w/4 hits Tue...has 3GWRBI...has hits in Sweeps ‐‐‐ 1 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ 15 of 16 gms, reaching in all 16... .478 OBP 2nd in NL... .583 BA (7‐12) w/RISP...has 90 career GWRBI w/STL, 3rd all‐time Opp. Sweeps ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ❑ #19 JON JAY: Streak: 1G (1‐2, .500) Series: 1‐6, .167 Roadtrip: .167 (3‐18) [ Had 2 web gems Tue. in CF...2B & scored GW‐run to lead off 8th 4/19...has team‐high 2HBP, had MLB high 20 HBPs in ‘14 MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny has begun his ❑ 4th season as the Cardinals manager, having taken #38 PETE KOZMA: Streak: 1G (1‐1, 1.000) Series: DNP Roadtrip: 1.000 (1‐1) his teams to the postseason in each of his first [ Had team‐high .408 BA/20 hits in Spring...is 43‐141 (.305 BA) career w/RISP....300 (15‐50) vs. Milwaukee in career three seasons and becoming just the 15th man‐ ❑ #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 0‐3 Series: 0‐2, .000 Roadtrip: .333 (4‐12) RBI ager in MLB history to record 275 or more wins in [ Left gm yest in 5th Fri. after ball hit R knee while catching...had 1st day off Thu...has 12 hits, 7RBI in past 8 gms played, 5 his first three years...Matheny in 2012 became the multi‐hit gms...started 11th straight Season Opener 4/5 at CHI, most ever by STL catcher‐ caught 2nd‐straight OD shutout win. 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals history and in ❑ #27 JHONNY PERALTA: Streak: 5G (8‐21, .381) Series: 5‐8, .625 HR Roadtrip: .381 (8‐21) HR 2013 he took his team to the World Series in just [ his second season at the helm with a league‐best 1st 3H gm of season Fri...has hits in 14 of 16 gms & had 12‐game hit strk dating to ‘14 snapped 4/18...hit 2‐run HR to tie 97‐wins...in 2014, Mike guided the Cardinals to game in 8th 4/12 at CIN...set STL record for HR’s (21) by shortstop last season & set club April HR record (6) by a SS. the N.L. Central tile and their 4th‐straight trip to ❑ #12 MARK REYNOLDS: Streak: 0‐4 Series: 0‐4, .000 Roadtrip: .125 (1‐8) RBI the NLCS...he is the only Cardinals manager & just [ 2Bed off bench Thu, scoring on errant throw during same play...2H in start 4/16; 3‐9 in 3GS...20+ HR each of last 7 seasons the 5th in MLB history to lead his teams to the ❑ #43 CODY STANLEY: Streak: ‐‐‐ Series: ‐‐‐ Roadtrip: ‐‐‐ postseason in each of his first three full seasons, [ Recalled today from Memphis (AAA)...caught 7 Gs, app.