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St. Louis Cardinals (26‐29) at Cincinnati Reds (26‐30) Game #56 ◆ Great American Ball Park ◆ June 6, 2017 Adam Wainwright (6‐3, 3.79) vs. Tim Adleman (3‐2, 4.89) ❑ LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...the TONIGHT’S GAME: The Cardinals play their fifth Cardinals entered the day in 3rd place in the National League Central, 2.5 games back of 1st place Chicago and Mil‐ game of a seven‐game road trip tonight, and waukee who are tied for 1st in the Central...St. Louis is 0.5 game ahead of fourth place Cincinnati...following a 12‐ second against Cincinnati...this trip will have the 12 April, the Cardinals went 13‐13 during May. team play three games at Chicago’s Wrigley Field ❑ (0‐3) followed by four games in Cincinnati (0‐1) TURN IT AROUND: The Cardinals have lost a season‐high four‐straight games, having also lost four straight May against the Reds...tonight’s game begins at 6:10 16‐20, falling twice to Boston and twice to San Francisco at home...the last time the Cardinals lost five in a row p.m. central first pitch. came June 14‐19, 2016 vs. Houston (two) and Texas (three)...the last time they lost four‐straight on the road was in 2013 when the club lost seven straight on a road trip July 26‐31 to Atlanta (0‐3) and Pittsburgh (0‐4) before win‐ LAST GAME: St. Louis dropped a season‐tying ning the final game at Pittsburgh, 13‐0. high fourth‐straight game, 4‐2...Carlos Martinez ❑ CARLOS MARTINEZ IN GOOD COMPANY: Carlos Martinez recorded eight strikeouts last night, his ninth game had allowed just one hit through 6.0 innings and this season with seven or more strikeouts, third most in the Majors behind Chris Sale (11 games) and Max Scherzer retired 14 straight until the 7th inning when the (10 games)...Martinez’ nine games with seven or more K’s in the club’s first 55 games joins Hall of Famer Bob Gibson Reds scored four, all credited to Martinez in his with the most in team history, Gibson had 11 in 1966 and nine in 1969 (Orf). 5th loss...three straight hits in the 5th gave St. ❑ GETTIN’ ON & GETTIN’ IN: Outfielder Stephen Piscotty has reached base in 12 of his 23 plate appearances since Louis their first run, coming from a Yadier Molina rejoining the team last Wednesday...over the six games he is 6‐17 with six walks...Tommy Pham meanwhile has double, RBI‐double from Tommy Pham and sin‐ scored a run in eight of his last nine games, nine of his last 11 and 10 of his last 13 games, including his last three gle from Paul DJong...Carlos Martinez then drove straight...since 5/27 when batting in the No. 2 spot (five games), Pham is hitting .353 (6‐14) with five runs scored. in the team’s second run on a squeeze bunt hit. ❑ MAKING THEM COUNT: Dexter Fowler hit his second leadoff home run of 2017 Friday, his 23rd career leadoff COMING UP: The Cardinals are on a seven‐game homer which is tied for 7th among active MLB players...seven of his eight home runs this year have given St. Louis road trip through the N.L. Central against the the lead at that point in the game...Fowler leads the Cardinals with nine go‐ahead RBI and five game‐winning RBI. Cubs (0‐3) and Reds (4 games)... St. Louis plays BIRD BANTER... VS. CINCINNATI IN 2017: .239 (45-188) 4 HR ROADTRIP: .200 (24-120) 3 HR two more games at Cincinnati, tomorrow night ❑ #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 1G (1‐4, .250) Series: 1‐4, .250 Roadtrip: .091 (1‐11) with a 6:10 p.m. central first pitch...the Cardinals [ Led team w/6 HR’s in May...had 400th career walk 5/24, in 759th game, quickest ever by a Cardinal...35 walks (T8th MLB); are in a stretch of 20 games in 20 days and a has walks in 30 G’s, incl. 5 G’s w/2+ walks...2nd on team in runs scored (25)...leads STL with 27 RBI (22 in last 30 Gs) & 9 HR’s string of 47 games in 48 days leading into the ...is 2‐for‐3 w/HR & 8 RBI w/bases loaded...hit walk‐off GS in 11th vs. TOR 4/27 [1], 1st career GS & 2nd career walk‐off HR. All‐Star break. ❑ #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 3G (3‐12, .250) Series: 1‐4, .250 Roadtrip: .188 (3‐16) [ Rookie INF had 2 RBI Sun...purchased 5/28 from Memphis (AAA) & as PHer in 9th, HR’d in his 1st career AB (9th Card to do so)...has a hit in 7 of his 9 games, 2 multi‐hit games...had RBI‐2B last Wed in 2‐1 win...1st multi‐hit game in 1st career start CARDINALS vs. CINCINNATI: 5/29...had .294 BA, 11 HR, 31 RBI in 46 G’s at MEM; played SS, 2B & 3B...drafted 4th rd. in 2015 (Illinois State Univ) Season: 19 games; next meeting 6/5‐8 at CIN ❑ #36 ALEDMYS DIAZ: Streak: 0‐4 Series: 0‐3, .000 Roadtrip: .308 (4‐13) 2017: 2‐4 (2‐3 at STL, 0‐1 at CIN) [ Hit 2 doubles Sun....career‐high 8‐G hitting streak ended last Tue. (.323 BA)...had team‐high 30 hits & 8 2B’s in May...has 2016: 10‐9 (6‐4 at STL, 4‐5 at CIN) .315 BA (34‐108) outside of No. 2 spot this season...5‐straight games with 2B (5/21‐27) and 8 of his last 13 hits have been 2B’s All‐Time: 1,124‐985 (57‐63 at Great American) ...3rd in MLB with 12 infield hits...leads STL w/54 hits & w/16 multi‐hit G’s...T2nd on STL in SB (4). Last Time STL sweep: 9/21‐23/15 at STL ❑ #25 DEXTER FOWLER: Streak: 1G (1‐3, .333) Series: 1‐3, .333 Roadtrip: .154 (2‐13) HR Last Time CIN sweep: 7/13‐15/11 at CIN [ Hit 2nd leadoff HR of season (23rd career) Fri.,his 7th go‐ahead HR...HR #7 Wed...2nd on team with .313 BA (10‐32) w/ RISP...9 of 17 May hits (3‐2B, 3‐3B, 3‐HR) were XBH...T2nd in MLB w/4 triples; hit 76th career triple 5/20 vs. SF, most among active players and most since 2009...reached base safely in 27 of his last 31 starts & in 40 of 51 G’s...1st on STL in runs (31), RECORD BREAKDOWN 2nd in BB’s (26), T2nd HR (8)...had GWRBI in PH ABs at MIA on 5/9 (1B in 9th) & 5/10 (2‐run 3B in 6th)...left game in 4th inn. By Day By Month on 5/4 vs. MIL w/ strained right shoulder. Monday 2‐4 Spring 20‐8‐4 ❑ #59 ERIC FRYER: Streak: 0‐2 Series: DNP Roadtrip: ‐‐‐ Tuesday 3‐6 April 12‐12 [ Made 6th start 5/28 at COL and had 2 hits...STL is 5‐1 in his starts...hit PH single in 11th vs. TOR (4/25)...has 7 hits/3 dou‐ Wednesday 5‐1 May 13‐13 bles...is 2‐8 (.250) with a double as pinch hitter...career .378 BA (17‐45) in 24 career games at Busch Stadium. Thursday 3‐4 June 1‐4 ❑ #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 1G (1‐2, .500) Series: DNP Roadtrip: ‐‐‐ Friday 3‐6 July 0‐0 [ Has .304 BA (17‐56), HR vs RHP...tied career‐high w/3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF; first hit since 5/6 at ATL...is 3‐13 w/ 4 Saturday 5‐3 August 0‐0 walks as PH (T2nd MLB), .318 career BA (21‐66)...made 13 starts (3B, SS & 2B); STL is 11‐3...reached safely in 22‐of‐38 Gs. Sunday 5‐5 Sept./Oct. 0‐0 ❑ #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 0‐6 Series: 0‐4, .000 Roadtrip: .125 (1‐8) By Seriies [ Ranked 9th in NL in BA (.319) & 16th in SLG (.552)...ranks 5th in NL road BA (.338; 27‐80)...has team‐high six 3+ hit gms in‐ 2G 3G 4G 5G cldg Thu...co‐led team with 14 RBI in May...had both his 14‐game road hitting streak (.400 BA) & 14‐G on‐base streaks end Won ‐‐‐ 5 1 ‐‐‐ 5/23 at LAD...hit safely in 21 of last 29 G’s at .304 clip (35‐115)...leads STL w/20 XBH & .344 (11‐32) RISP BA, 2nd w/52 H’s, Lost ‐‐‐ 7 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ T2nd in HRs (8), 3rd in RBI (22), 4th with 10 2B’s...7 of 8 HR’s are 6th inn. or later...all 8 HR’s in 2017 & 16 of last 18 are solo. Split 1 ‐‐‐ 1 ‐‐‐ ❑ #58 JOSE MARTINEZ: Streak: 0‐5 Series: DNP Roadtrip: .200 (1‐5) Sweeps ‐‐‐ 4 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ [ Drove in 1st 2 runs for STL Sat. w/single in 1st...activated from DL 5/29; missed 17 games 5/7‐28 (left groin)...went 4‐12 (2‐ Opp. Sweeps 1 1 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ 2Bs, HR, 4 RBI) in three rehab games at Palm Beach (High A)...has career .316 BA (24‐76) in 36 MLB games...hit first career MLB HR vs. TOR on 4/25; game‐tying shot in 7th...career‐high 9G hit streak was snapped 4/23 in PH‐AB...is 3‐for‐6, (2‐2B) as MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst of PH in 2017 (7‐12, .583, 3 2Bs career).