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St. Louis Cardinals (61-54) at Baltimore Orioles (67-49) Game #116 N Oriole Park at Camden Yards N August 10, 2014 Lance Lynn (11-8, 2.89) vs. Kevin Gausman (6-3, 3.77) 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 Baltimore yesterday afternoon by a score of 10-3 as the Orioles hit game roadtrip with the last of a three-game se - three home runs. Jon Jay hit a solo home run and Jhonny Peralta hit two doubles in the game for the Cardinals... STANDINGS SNAPSHOT: St. Louis is in 3rd place in the N.L. Central, 3.0 games behind 1st place Milwau - ries at Baltimore today at 12:35 p.m. Today’s kee, a 0.5 game behind 2nd place Pittsburgh and 3.0 games in front of 4th place Cincinnati. game will be televised on Fox Sports Midwest K with Dan McLaughlin and Rick Hoston on the STREETCAR SERIES GOES NATIONAL: The Cardinals and Orioles (then-St. Louis Browns) used to share the same building in Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis and played in the 1944 World Series (Cardinals won 4-2) before the Browns call. Following the game, the Cardinals travel to moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles. The Cardinals play Baltimore for just the 3rd time in both teams his - Miami for a three-game series with the Marlins tories in the regular season...the Orioles came to Busch Stadium II in 2003 with St. Louis winning 2-of-3 games. In beginning tomorrow night at 6:10 p.m. 2011, the Cardinals swept the Orioles at Camden Yards in three games...St. Louis is 7-12 in interleague play so far this season and have gone 142-132 overall with a .518 winning pct., 4th in the N.L. (Miami, 1st, .525). CARDINALS vs. BALTIMORE: K DESIGNATED TO HIT: Jhonny Peralta went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI last night as the Cardinals’ des - Season: 3 games; Only Meeting ignated hitter. Cardinals designated hitters have batted .304 (162-533) in Interleague play since it began in 1997. 2014: 0-2 (0-2 at BAL) The .304 is tops among National League teams with the Cubs ranking second at .280. The Cardinals DH’s have also 2011: 3-0 (3-0 at BAL) swatted 25 HR (2nd) and tallied 104 RBI (1st). All-Time: 5-3 (3-2 at Camden Yards) K BIRD BASHER: A.J. Pierzynski hit his 12th career home run vs. the Orioles Friday night, the most among active Last Time STL sweep: 6/28-30/11 catchers against Baltimore. Pierzynski has double-digit home runs against seven MLB opponents in his career with Last Time BAL sweep: N/A his 5th highest total coming against the Orioles (Cleveland, 1st, 20) ...HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Pierzynski has a career .335 BA (60-179) at Camden Yards, the 6th highest in MLB history since it opened in 1992. K CARDINALS DOUBLE DOWN: The Cardinals boast four players with 26 doubles or more in their lineup with RECORD BREAKDOWN Jhonny Peralta at 29, Matt Holliday, Matt Carpenter and Matt Adams at 26. The only other team in the National By Day By Month League who can boast four batters with 26 or more doubles is the Milwaukee Brewers (Jonathan Lucroy 38, Khris Monday 7-5 Spring 11-13-2 Davis 28, Carlos Gomez & Ryan Braun 26). As a team, the Cardinals rank T5th in the N.L. with 205 doubles. Tuesday 10-7 March/ April 15-14 K HAWAIIAN PUNCH: Hawaii-native Kolten Wong hit two home runs Thursday night for the first multi-home run Wednesday 7-10 May 15-12 game of his career. Wong also scored a career-high three runs and added his 17th stolen base of the season in the process. Since returning from the disabled list on July 6, Wong is T2nd in the Majors with eight home runs trailing Thursday 7-6 June 14-13 only Chris Carter (10, HOU), while knocking in 15 runs and slugging .549. Friday 7-12 July 13-11 Saturday 13-6 August 4-4 BIRD BANTER... VS. BALTIMORE IN 2014: .200 (13-65) 2 HR ROAD TRIP: .200 (13-65) 2 HR Sunday 10-8 September 0-0 K #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 0-6 Series: 1-7, .143 Road Trip: 1-7, .143 By Seriies [ Ranks 6th in NL with .309 BA & T10th in SLG .496...hit 26 2Bs; T2nd on team...2nd 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 2G 3G 4G 5G games...HRed in 3-str. Gms 6/13-15...is 1st STL 1Bman w/4 triples since ‘84 (D.Green). Won --- 20 1 --- K #8 PETER BOURJOS: Streak: 1G (1-3, .333) Series: 1-3, .333 Road Trip: 1-3, .333 Lost 2 8 3 --- [ First hit since 8/1 Fri. 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 Split 2 --- 2 --- ...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 Sweeps --- 2 --- --- K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) Series: 1-6, .167 Road Trip: 1-6, .167 Opp. Sweeps 2 --- --- --- [ Has 6 multi-hit G’s & team-high 19 H’s since ASB...leads team with 122 hits and T8th in NL w/36 multi-hit games (99, 2013-14, 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 (72, T7th), OBP (.379, 8th) & walks (64, T3rd)...batting .301 w/RISP...14G hit streak 5/18-6/1. By DIIVIISIION K Home Road Total #48 TONY CRUZ: Streak: 0-4 Series: 0-1, .000 Road Trip: 0-1, .000 [ 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: 1G (3-3, 1.000) Series: 3-5, .600 Road Trip: 3-5, .600 NL West 6-4 6-7 12-11 [ Was 3-3 yesterday, season-high hits...had PH-1B on 7/31 at SD; has team-high 6 PH’s, 3 PH 2B’s...hit safely in 8-of-last-9 AL East 3-5 3-4 6-9 starts (11-32, .344)...had PH game-tying 2B on 6/25 at COL ...has .259 BA in Close & Late (7-27), 5th STL...16 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 28-29 61-54 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: 2G (2-7, .286) Series: 2-7, .286 Road Trip: 2-7, .286 [ Career .303 BA in Interleague games...has team-high 6 HR (T2nd NL) & 13 RBI in 19 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... .333 BA w/RISP is T4th in NL...T18th in NL w/26 2Bs, T4th in NL w/11 HBP came the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals his - ...56 BBs 9th in NL; 8G w/2 BBs...walk in 48/112 G’s (43%)...14th in NL OBP (.367)...scored 1,000th career run & hit 400th 2B on tory, took his team to the World Series in his 7/18... 1,000th RBI on 6/16...batted 2nd in 14 starts...reached 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: 1G (1-3, .333, HR) Series: 1-4, .250, HR Road Trip: 1-4, .250, HR win season in 2013...in 2012, Mike guided the Car - [ Hit 1st HR since 4/14 yesterday, 7th multi-RBI G...GWRBI in 8th inn. on Tue...played all 3 OF pos. for 1st time in MLB career (7/19)... T9th in NL HBP (9)... has .310 BA on road (44-142)... .310 BA in June...team high .319 BA (15-47) Close & Late ...tied dinals to the N.L. Championship round of the STL season-high w/3 runs on 6/16..