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Louis Cardinals (16-14) at Miami Marlins (13-17) Game #31 N Marlins park N May 8, 2017 Carlos Martinez (1-3, 3.75) vs. Adam Conley (2-2, 6.12) K LEADING oFF: The St. Louis Cardinals have opened their 126th season of play in the National League...the Car - ToNIGHT’s GAME : The Cardinals continue their dinals entered the day in 2nd place in the National League Central, 1/2-game back of division leader Cincinnati and six-game roadtrip (ATL-3, MIA-3) this evening 1/2-game in front of 3rd place Chicago...the Cardinals are 7-6 on the road, winning six straight away from home. with the first game of a three-game series K RoAD sHoW: The Cardinals swept the Braves in Atlanta this past weekend, extending their road winning streak against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park...first to six games, matching the Washington Nationals for the longest road win streak in the majors this season...the pitch tonight is set for 6:10 p.m. CT...the Cardi - Cardinals posted eight-straight road wins last season (June 8-22) and had a club-record 12-straight in 1941 (April nals won their 6th straight road game yesterday 15-May 5)...the Cardinals have complied a 2.14 ERA (59.0 IP/14 ER) during the streak with one shutout & 5 saves. to complete a weekend series sweep of Atlanta at the new SunTrust Park...the Cardinals have K HELLo! MY NAME Is: The Cardinals have had three outfielders (Piscotty, Fowler, Jose Martinez) go down with climbed to a season-high two games over .500 injury since last Thursday, with Piscotty & Martinez taking stints on the 10-day D.L...Fowler remains day-to-day, but by winning 13 of their last 18 games after start - did pinch-hit yesterday in the 12th inning...outfielders Tommy Pham and Magneuris Sierra were recalled during ing the season 3-9. the weekend series...Pham powered 3 HR’s over the weekend, including two yesterday & Sierra, 21, made the jump from Class-A Palm Beach and debuted yesterday as the team’s starting CF, collecting his 1st ML hit in the 6th. YEsTERDAY’s GAME : Tommy Pham powere a K CARpENTER HAs poWER TooLs: Matt Carpenter HR’d for a 3rd-straight game yesterday, while upping his season pair of homers, including a game-winning 2-run total to a team-high 7 HR’s & 20 RBI...dating back to his walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of DH vs. TOR on April 27, shot in the 14th inning, lifting the Cardinals to a Carpenter has powered 5 HR’s (T1st in NL) and 15 RBI (2nd) while adding a 1.295 OPS (4th) in his past 10 games...the 6-4 win over the Braves...Matt Carpenter home - last Cardinal to homer in 4-straight games was Albert Pujols (June 3-7, 2011). red for a 3rd-straight game and Sam Tuivailala K IT ALL sTARTs HERE: Redbird starting pitchers have combined for a 3.28 ERA (178.1 IP/65 ER), tops in the NL and worked 2.0 scoreless innings for his first ML win. 3rd in the majors behind Tampa Bay (3.26) & tied with Kansas City...the starters have produced 18 quality starts, CoMING Up : The Cardinals will take on the Mar - winning 13 of those games...Mike Leake (6), Lance Lynn (4) & Michael Wacha (5) have combined for quality starts lins here again tomorrow night and Wed. night, in 15 of their 18 games started. both games at 6:10 p.m.CT...after an open date K WoNG FEELs RIGHT: Kolten Wong stretched his hitting streak to a career best 12 games yesterday, the 2nd on Thu., the Cards return home Fri. night to host longest active streak in the NL behind Ryan Zimmerman’s current 13-gamer...it’s the longest hit streak by a Cardinals the Chicago Cubs. 2nd baseman since Matt Carpenter’s 13 and 12 gamers in 2013. K pHAM-TAsTIsC: Tommy Pham cracked two home runs yesterday, including the game winner in the 14th inning, CARDINALs vs. MIAMI : giving him four career multi-homer games in his 139 games played, the first Cardinal to ever have that many in season: 7 games; next meeting, July 3-6 at STL that few of games...J.D. Drew had three multi-HR games in his first 139...Pham’s 14th inning shot was the latest 2016: 3-4 (1-2 at STL; 2-2 at MIA) round-tripper by a Cardinal since Matt Adams went deep in both the 14th and 16th innings on 9/4/13 at CIN...Pham 2015: 5-1 (2-1 at STL; 3-0 at MIA) is one of just 27 ML players to have compiled 4 multi-HR games in their first 139 career games. All-Time: 106-73 (10-7 at Marlins Park) Last Time sTL sweep: 6/23-25/2015 at MIA BIRD BANTER... vs. MIAMI IN 2016: .236 (56-237) 11 HR RoADTRIp: .295 (38-129) 7 HR Last Time MIA sweep: 8/27-29/1996 at STL K #32 MATT ADAMs: streak: 0-3 series: 2-6, .333, HR Roadtrip: .333 (2-6) HR [ Hit HR #1 sat. at ATL...has hit safely in 7-of-his last 13 pA...was 3-3 w/2 2B’s & 2 RBI vs. ToR (4/27)...is 4-13 w/BB & sF in 14 RECoRD BREAKDoWN pinch pA’s this season ...DHed for 1st time in career in NYY series...made 1st MLB oF start 4/6 (LF)...career .327 BA (37-113) as pH, 1st among active players & 3rd since 1974 (min. 100 AB)...7 career pinch HRs are 2nd in sTL history behind G. Crowe (8). By Day By Month By Day By Month K #13 MATT CARpENTER: streak: 3G (4-11, .364) 3 HR series: 4-11, .364, 3 HR Roadtrip: .364 (4-11) 3 HR Monday 1-2 Spring 20-8-4 [ Has HRed in last 3 games & has XBH in 6 of last 7 games...the last Cardinal to HR in 4-str. games was A.pujols in 2011... Tuesday 2-3 April 12-12 leads team with 20 RBI (15 in last 10 G’s) & 7 HR’s (5 in last 10 G’s)...1st on sTL w/24 walks (3rd NL)...had back-to-back games Wednesday 2-0 May 4-2 with 3 walks Thu.-Fri....has scored in 7-str. games (9 runs)...has .176 BA w/RIsp but is 2-for-2 with HR & 8 RBI with bases Thursday 2-3 June 0-0 loaded...hit walk-off grand slam in 11th inn. vs. ToR 4/27 [1], his 1st career Gs; 2nd career walk-off HR). Friday 3-2 July 0-0 K #36 ALEDMYs DIAZ: streak: 0-7 series: 7-14, .500 Roadtrip: .500 (7-14) Saturday 3-1 August 0-0 [ Had season-high 4 hits Fri. at ATL & was 10-for-13 (.769 BA) in 3 games Thu.-sat...has team-high 32 hits & 10 multi-hit games...had 3 hits Thu. & played oF for 1st time...hit HR #5 last Mon...hit safely in 11 of last 15 games (20-64; .313), raising Sunday 3-3 Sept./Oct. 0-0 his BA from .214 to .267...hit 2nd career pH-HR at MIL (4/22); now 5-6 career pHer...had career-best 2 HR & tied career high of 4 RBI vs. CIN (4/8)...2016 All-star (first Cards rookie All-star since Albert pujols in 2001)...5th in 2016 N.L. Rookie of Year vote. By Seriies K 2G 3G 4G 5G #25 DEXTER FoWLER: streak: 0-1 series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: .000 (0-1) [ Hit 74th career triple last Thu. vs. MIL, most in MLB since 2009...left game in 4th inning w/strained right shoulder...has Won --- 3 1 --- reached base safely in his last 10 starts, and in 21 of 27 games...2nd on sTL in runs (17)...has been on base 35 times, scored Lost --- 5 --- --- 17...HRed in back-to-back games (4/27-28)...was 5-9 w/HR, 2B & 4 runs in DH vs. ToR (4/27)...scored a run in 7 straight home Split 1 --- --- --- games (4/18-30)...hit game-tying single w/2 out in 9th vs. ToR (4/25)...HRed twice vs. pIT (4/19); 4th career 2-HR game. Sweeps --- 2 --- --- K #59 ERIC FRYER: streak: 0-4 series: 1-6, .167 Roadtrip: .167 (1-6) Opp. Sweeps --- 1 --- --- [ Career .380 BA (30-79, 10 RBI) vs. N.L. Central clubs...made his 5th start sat. at ATL...sTL is 5-0 in his starts...hit pH single in 11th vs. ToR (4/25)...has 5 hits/2 doubles...2-5 as pH w/double...career .386 BA in 23 games at Busch MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst of K #35 GREG GARCIA: streak: 0-1 series: 1-6, 167 Roadtrip: .167 (1-6) his 6th season as the Cardinals manager...his 474- [ Tied career-high 3-for-3 vs. ToR on 4/27 [2] w/BB, sAC & sB; scored 1st run...batted lead-off w/2-2Bs at MIL (4/22)...is 3-10 362 won-loss mark is tops in the majors since his as pH, .333 career (21-63)...made 9 starts (3B, ss & 2B); sTL is 8-1...reached safely in 14-of-26 games. debut in 2012...Matheny’s 474 managerial wins K #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 3G (6-17, .353) series: 6-17, .353 Roadtrip: .353 (6-17) rank 5th on the franchise’s all-time list...entering [ Hit two 2B’s yest....has team-high 9 2B’s...had 1st caeer 2 sB game sat.