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St. Louis Cardinals (1-2) at Milwaukee Brewers (3-0) Game No. 4 • Road Game No. 4 • Miller Park • Monday, April 2, 2018 RHP Miles Mikolas (14-8, 2.25 NPB in 2017) vs. RHP Zach Davies (13-8, 3.88 in 2017) IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS: The Cardinals enter this week’s se- RECORD BREAKDOWN ries at Miller Park with an all-time mark of 86-54 (.614) - tops among all oppos- CARDINALS vs. BREWERS All-Time Overall .............9,960-9,488 ing teams…the Cardinals are 36-17 (.679) under former (1994-98) Brewer and All-Time (1997-2017):............................190-139 Under Mike Matheny ...........545-430 current Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny at Miller Park and their 36-17 mark at Busch Stadium II/Busch Stadium III .......... 92-75 2018 Overall ................................1-2 at Miller since 2012 is by far the best of any NL team and significantly better at Busch Stadium II (1998-2005): .................... 25-23 Busch Stadium ............................0-0 then division rivals Chicago (28-29), Cincinnati (22-31) and Pittsburgh (22-33). at Busch Stadium III (2006-17): ....................... 57-52 On the Road .................................1-2 SIX IS A SERIOUS NUMBER: Since Mike Matheny took the helm of the Cardi- at County Stadium/Miller Park: ...................... 98-64 Day ..............................................1-2 nals in 2012, the Cardinals are 39-1 when scoring six or more runs against the at Milwaukee County Stadium (1997-2000):..... 12-10 Night ............................................0-0 Brewers. Their only loss was last season vs. the Brewers on Flag Day when they at Miller Park (2001-17): .........................86-54 Spring ................................17-13-2 trailed 6-0 after and inning and a half and rallied before losing 7-6. 2017................................................... 8-11 March ........................................ 1-2 THE BREAKFAST CLUB: The Cardinals are playing their 4th consecutive day at Busch Stadium ............................................... 3-7 April ...........................................n/a game to begin the season, doing so for the first time since 1983 when they host- at Miller Park ...................................................... 5-4 May ............................................n/a ed the Pirates on Opening Day (Apr. 5), then played at New York (Apr. 9) and at 2016.................................................................... 13-6 June ...........................................n/a Pittsburgh (Apr. 12-13)...the last time the Cards played four straight day games 2015.................................................................... 13-6 July ............................................n/a on the road to begin the season was 1977 with three at Pittsburgh (Apr. 7, 9-10) Postseason: .......................................................... 8-5 August .......................................n/a followed by three at New York (Apr. 12-14)... the Cardinals currently have 60 in St. Louis ......................................................... 5-2 Sept. ..........................................n/a day games on their schedule, and are slated to play 14 of those prior to May 1. in Milwaukee ...................................................... 3-3 Monday ......................................n/a PASSING CHICK: Yadier Molina hit his 2nd HR of the season yesterday to pass Chick Tuesday .....................................n/a Hafey (127) for 16th on the team’s all-time list with 128, one back of Lou Brock (129). Wednesday ................................n/a 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Thursday ................................... 0-1 BEER BATTERED: The Cardinals have hit a MLB-leading 73 HR at Miller Park 4/20 at MIL .......L, 5-7 ..........Davies-Martinez-Barnes Friday .........................................n/a since 2012. The Cardinals also lead all teams in extra base hits (177), doubles 4/21 at MIL .......W, 6-3 ...........Wainwright-Peralta-Oh Saturday .................................... 0-1 (94), RBI (256) and tied for the most with 10 triples. 4/22 at MIL .......W, 4-1 ..................... Lynn-Torres-Oh Sunday ...................................... 1-0 HOPS: Kolten Wong has 12 stolen bases in 14 career attempts vs. the Brewers, 4/23 at MIL .......W, 6-4 ................... Leake-Nelson-Oh Scoring First ............................. 1-0 his most against any MLB opponent and the highest stolen base percentage 5/1 at STL .........L, 5-7 (10) ................. Drake-Oh-Feliz Opponent Scores First .............. 0-2 (85.7%) of any player against the Brewers since he debuted in the league in 5/2 at STL .........W, 2-1 ....Martinez-Peralta-Rosenthal One-Run Games ..........................0-0 2013. Wong also has posted his career bests against the Brewers in hits (63), 5/4 at STL .........L, 4-5 ............... Drake-Bowman-Feliz Two-Run Games ..........................0-0 runs (36), doubles (16), extra base hits (24) and RBI (31). 6/13 [1] at STL ...W, 6-0 .................. Lynn-Suter-Lyons Scoring 3 or More Runs ..............1-1 GOING STREAKING: Yadier Molina currently has an 8-game hitting streak (14- 6/13 [2} at STL ...L, 5-8 ...... Hughes-Rosenthal-Knebel Scoring 3 Runs ............................0-0 game on-base streak) vs. MIL (11-30, .367) since May 4, 2017..Allen Craig has 6/14 at STL ......L, 6-7 ................ Garza-Leake-Knebel Scoring 4 or Fewer Runs .............0-2 the current longest active hitting streak against MIL at 19 games (4/13/13-pres- 6/15 at STL ......L, 4-6 ..................... Torres-Oh-Drake Scoring in 3 or fewer innings.......0-2 ent, last game was 7/13/14) while with St. Louis. Molina’s hitting streak is the 8/1 at MIL .........L, 2-3 ..........Nelson-Martinez-Knebel Scoring in 4 or more innings .......1-0 3rd longest active behind Martin Prado (10) and Ryan Zimmerman (9). 8/2 at MIL .........W, 5-4 ........Weaver-Suter-Rosenthal 8/3 at MIL .........L, 1-2 ..................Garza-Cecil-Knebel vs. Right-Handed Starter .............0-2 CENTURY MEN: Matt Carpenter drilled his first homer of the season on Satur- 8/29 at MIL .......W, 10-2 .......................Weaver-Garza vs. Left-Handed Starter................1-0 day, giving him 98 for his career…Carpenter, Jedd Gyorko (99), Dexter Fowler 8/30 at MIL .......L, 5-6 ......Anderson-Martinez-Knebel Series Openers ............................0-1 (96) and Marcell Ozuna (96) are all approaching 100 career round-trippers. Series Finales ...............................1-0 9/29 at STL ......L, 3-5 ........................Anderson-Gant Homerstand Openers .................. n/a IT’S GOOD TO BE DEJONG AGAIN: Shortstop Paul DeJong enjoyed his first 9/30 at STL ......W, 7-6 ....... Sherriff-Swarzak-Nicasio career multi-HR game yesterday and upped his career HR total to 27 since his Homerstand Finales .................... n/a 10/1 at STL ......L, 1-6 ..................Wilkerson-Flaherty debut (5/28/17)...only MIN’s Brian Dozier (29) has more among MLB middle Road Trip Openers .......................0-1 infielders since...his 27 home runs in his first 112 MLB games also ties him with Last Cardinals sweep: .....................7/1-7/3/16 at STL Road Trip Finales ........................ n/a Albert Pujols for the Cardinals record for most in first 112 career games. Last Brewers sweep: ...................6/10-6/12/11 at MIL Following Off-Days ......................0-2 Out-Hit Opponents .......................1-0 STILL TO COME: Aside from pitchers in the starting rotation, the only Cardinals Out-Hit by Opponents ..................0-2 player yet to see action after the first three games is catcher Francisco Peña. Final At-Bat Decisions ..................0-0 Come-from-Behind Wins ............0-0 MILWAUKEE CONNECTIONS Walk-off Wins/Losses .................0-0 Cardinals pitcher Brett Cecil and Brewers first Cardinals manager Mike Matheny was select- Brewers Bullpen Coach Lee Tunnell pitched in In Errorless Games .....................1-1 baseman Eric Thames were Blue Jays team- ed by Milwaukee in the 8th round of the 1991 32 games for St. Louis in 1987…appeared in Committ at Least One Error .........0-1 mates for parts of two seasons (2011-12). MLB Draft…played five seasons in a Brewers two games in the 1987 World Series. Extra Innings ...............................0-0 Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong graduated uniform (1994-98), where he made his Major Brewers Hitting Coach Darnell Coles played in Shutouts ......................................0-0 from nearby Antioch (Ill.) High School. League debut (April 7, 1994 vs. Oakland). 63 games for St. Louis (1995). Leading after 7 innings ................1-0 Cardinals outfielder Marcell Ozuna and Cardinals Pitching Coach Mike Maddux pre- Brewers Assistant Athletic Trainer Rafael Tied after 7 innings ......................0-0 viously served in the same positon with the Trailing after 7 innings .................0-2 Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich were Freitas served as the Athletic Trainer for the teammates in Miami for parts of five seasons Brewers as pitching coach for six seasons Memphis Redbirds (AAA) in 2016. Leading after 8 innings ................1-0 (2003-08)…oversaw a Brewers staff that (2013-17) before both were traded this past Brewers Assistant Director of Outfield and Tied after 8 innings ......................0-0 offseason. ranked second in the NL with a 3.85 ERA in Trailing after 8 innings .................0-2 2008, the lowest mark by a Milwaukee club in Baserunning Coordinator Tony Diggs was a Cardinals catcher Yadier