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St. Louis Cardinals (1-2-2) vs. Houston Astros (2-4-0) Game No. 6 • Sunday, March 7 Roger Dean Chevolet Stadium • Jupiter, Fla. GAME NOTES RHP (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Kent Emanuel (0-0, 9.00)

CARDINALS APPROVED TO HOST FANS AT BUSCH FANS IN THE STANDS: Roger Dean Chevrolet Sta- CARDINALS 2021 SPRING RECAP IN 2021: The Cardinals, in cooperation with the City dium is allowing approx. 1,500 fans (21% of typical Record Attendance of St. Louis and Major League , have received capacity) into the stadium for the team’s contests in vs. NL...... 1-1-2 Home (2)...... 2,363 approval to welcome guests back to March…There will be a minimum distance of six feet vs. AL...... 0-1-0 Home Avg ...... 1,182 for the 2021 season, beginning Thursday, April 8. To between seated groups and all fans and staff are re- at Home...... 1-0-1 Road (3)...... 4,155 begin the season, up to approximately 32% of capacity quired to wear masks...Social distancing and proper on Road...... 0-2-1 Road Avg...... 1,385 will be allowed to attend games at Busch Stadium. The hygiene will be enforced and encouraged by staff and at RDCS*...... 1-0-2 Total...... 6,518 organization will begin selling tickets to April home guests entering the stadium throughout Spring. Home High...... 1,204 *Includes road games at Roger games soon, with Cardinals Season Ticket Holders re- Dean Chevrolet Stadium 2/28 vs. WSH NEW FACES: Players acquired during the offseason ceiving first opportunity to secure tickets for the first and appearing in their first Cardinals spring camp in- two homestands. If inventory allows, ticket on-sale ON THE AIR clude 3B , Tyler Heineman dates for the general public will be determined and The Cardinals are broadcasting 18 Spring Training (FA) and Ali Sánchez (NYM), announced at a later date. Fans can view the full list of games on their radio flagship station KMOX 1120 (FA) and José Rondón (FA), Matt Szczur Busch Stadium policies and protocols for the start of AM...Mike Shannon, John Rooney, Mike Claiborne (FA) and (PHI) and Garrett the 2021 season at cardinals.com/backatbusch. and Ricky Horton will be on the call...the 50,000- Williams (LAA-Rule 5 AAA). watt station can sometimes be heard as far south SETTING UP CAMP: The Cardinals have 67 players on ARENADO JOINS ST. LOUIS: In early February, the as Jupiter on a clear day...Six games will not be their spring roster, including 28 non-roster invitees... Cardinals acquired five-time All-Star broadcast on KMOX this spring and can be heard there are eight Cardinals first round picks in camp: 3B Nolan Arenado and cash considerations from on cardinals.com. RHP (2014), RHP the in exchange for LHP Austin (2015), Delvin Pérez (2016), RHP ON THE TUBE Gomber, INF Elehuris Montero, RHP Tony Locey, INF (2016), OF (2016), INF FOX Sports Midwest (rebranding as Bally Sports Mateo Gil and RHP Jake Sommers….The 29-year- (2018), RHP Griffin Roberts (2018) and LHP Zack Midwest in the coming weeks) is scheduled to old is regarded as the premier in Major Thompson (2019)...RHP Dakota Hudson (right elbow) televise 12 games in 2021 (subject to change)... League Baseball, winning the Gold Glove is expected to start the season on the … every telecast will be streamed live on the FOX Award for eight consecutive seasons to begin his seven Cardinals sport 7+ years of MLB service time Sports GO app and at FOXSportsGO.com...Dan professional career and the Rawlings Platinum Glove (, Adam Wainwright, , McLaughlin will call the action with , Award, honoring him as the league’s best overall de- , Matt Carpenter, Nolan Arenado, and Ricky Horton. fender, in each of the last four seasons. Carlos Martínez). LAST SEASON THE IS BACK: The Cardinals re-signed fran- ANOTHER ONE FOR THE TROPHY CASE: In Decem- chise icons Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright The Cardinals captured 2nd place (via head-to- ber, Adam Wainwright was the recipient of to one-year contracts this offseason. The duo have head tie breaker over ) in the NL Central the prestigious 2020 Humanitarian and a 5th seed in the National League Playoffs, paired up in 274 starts, ranking 6th all-time in MLB Award for his outstanding philanthropy work around going 30-28, as they concluded their 129th season history as batterymates…Molina will move into 2nd the world through his Big League Impact charitable of play in the Senior Circuit, finishing 3.0 games this year with 18 seasons played solely for the Cardi- foundation…Waino is the 6th Cardinal to win the back of 1st place Chicago...the Cardinals lost to nals, trailing only ’s record 22 seasons… award, most by any MLB Club, joining the Padres, 2-1, in the Wild Card Se- Wainwright enters his 17th season with the Cardinals, (1975), (1995), (2008), ries...St. Louis has recorded 13-straight winning matching (1959-75) for the 2nd-most as Carlos Beltran (2013) and Yadier Molina (2018). seasons dating to 2008. a pitcher in a Redbirds uniform behind GOLD LEATHER: Left fielder Tyler O’Neill was the recip- (18 years, 1920-37). CARDINALS RECENT ient of the 2020 NL Rawlings , first of SPRING TRAINING RECORDS 10 YEARS LATER: The 2021 season marks the 10th his career and the first left fielder in Cardinals history to anniversary of the 2011 championship winning team Team Team win the coveted defensive trophy... Paul Year W-L-T Avg. ERA that earned a Wild Card berth on the last day of the Goldschmidt finished as a Gold Glove finalist, while 2020* 10-9-2 .246 3.52 regular season after being 10.5 games back in late former Cardinal Kolton Wong took home the honor for 2019* 12-15-4 .239 4.57 August and ultimately defeating the in second base…the Cardinals now boasts 20 Gold 2018 17-13-2 .253 3.93 a thrilling seven-game series to earn the club’s 11th Gloves between Yadier Molina (9), Nolan Arenado (8) 2017 20-8-4 .255 3.28 title. 2016 11-13-3 .263 3.81 and Goldschmidt (3), while the 91 Gold Glove Awards 2015* 13-11-3 .252 3.06 are most all-time among MLB franchises. 2014* 11-13-1 .260 5.27 2013* 16-14-1 .280 4.20 2012* 16-9-2 .276 3.05 CARDINALS 2021 SPRING SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2011* 14-16-1 .261 3.79 Time/ Probable Starters/ 2010 15-14-0 .280 4.95 Date/Opp. Result Winner-Loser- Record Att. Highlights *Reached Postseason 2/28 vs. WSH*+# T, 4-4 None-None-None 0-0-1 1,204 Bader 2B; 6 Cardinals throw ShO IP Note: The Cardinals moved to Jupiter and began playing 3/1 OPEN DATE at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in 1998. 3/2 at MIA^*# T, 0-0 (7) None-None-None 0-0-2 1,256 5 Cardinals combine for 2 H allowed 3/3 vs. NYM*+# W, 14-9 Parsons-Barnes 1-0-2 1,159 HRs by Nogowski, Rondón, Sánchez RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/4 at HOU+# L, 14-0 McCullers, Jr.-Martínez 1-1-2 1,423 Molina 2B; Reyes 2.0 scoreless IP 3/5 at WSH+# L, 7-6 Fuentes-Quezada 1-2-2 1,476 Walkoff throw E; Knizner & Thomas 2H February 17: Opened camp with 39 roster players 3/6 OPEN DATE and 28 non-roster invitees. 3/7 vs. HOU*+# RHP Adam Wainwright vs. LHP Kent Emanuel 3/8 vs. MIA+# LHP Kwang Hyun Kim vs. TBA February 14: Signed OF Matt Szczur to a minor 3/9 at NYM# 1:10 league contract and invited him to spring training. 3/10 at WSH# 1:05 3/11 OPEN DATE February 12: Acquired C Ali Sánchez from the 3/12 vs. HOU*+# 6:05 in exchange for cash consider- 3/13 at MIA^ 6:05 ations. 3/14 at NYM+# 1:10 3/15 vs. WSH*+# 1:05 February 10: Acquired RHP Johan Quezada from 3/16 OPEN DATE the in exchange for cash con- 3/17 at HOU+# 6:05 siderations. 3/18 vs. MIA*+# 6:05 3/19 at NYM# 1:10 February 9: Signed C Yadier Molina to a one-year 3/20 vs. HOU+ 1:05 contract for 2021. 3/21 OPEN DATE February 1: Acquired 3B Nolan Arenado and 3/22 at MIA^# 1:05 3/23 vs. WSH*+# 1:05 cash considerations from the Colorado Rockies 3/24 vs. NYM*+# 1:05 in exchange for LHP , 3B Elehu- 3/25 at HOU+ 6:05 ris Montero, RHP Tony Locey, SS Mateo Gil, and 3/26 OPEN DATE RHP Jake Sommers. 3/27 vs. MIA*+# 6:05 3/28 at WSH+ 1:05 January 29: Signed RHP Adam Wainwright to a 3/29 vs. NYM+ 12:05 one-year contract for 2021. Game times are local and are subject to change + KMOX Radio; # cardinals.com; *FOX Sports Midwest; ^ Cardinals are “visiting” team at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium TODAY’S PITCHERS PITCHING LOGS #50 • Adam Wainwright • RHP • 39 yrs GÉNESIS CABRERA (LHP) (RHP) DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO • The 2021 season is Wainwright’s 17th in the Cardinals organization and 16th as an 2/28-WSH - 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 active player (2005-10, ‘12-21), tying Lou Brock (1964-79) for 5th-most in franchise 3/4-@HOU - 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 TOMMY PARSONS (RHP) history, and 3rd-most by a pitcher behind Jesse Haines (18 years, 1920-37) and Bob DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO Gibson (17 years, 1959-75). JESUS CRUZ (RHP) 2/28-WSH - 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 • Among players to appear exclusively as a Cardinal in their career, only Stan Musial DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/3-WSH W-1 1.2 1 1 0 0 2 (22, 1941-44, ‘46-63), Yadier Molina (18, 2004-21), and Bob Gibson (17, 1959-75) have 3/3-WSH - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 been a Cardinal longer than Wainwright. (RHP) (RHP) DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO • Wainwright is tied with Washington’s (16 seasons, 2005-19, ‘21) as DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/2-@MIA - 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 the 2nd-longest tenured active Major Leaguer to appear with the same franchise , trailing 3/3-WSH H-1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 only teammate Yadier Molina (18, 2004-21). 3/5-@WSH - 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 JOHAN QUEZADA (RHP) • Enters 2021 as the oldest active player in the National League (6th-oldest in MLB). DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO • Wainwright and Molina have been a starting battery for 274 career regular season JUNIOR FERNANDEZ (RHP) 3/3-WSH - 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 games, most in Cardinals history and 6th-most in Major League history (since 1901). DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/5-@WSH L-1 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 3/3-WSH - 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 • Winner of the prestigious 2020 Roberto Clemente Humanitarian Award, annually given ROEL RAMIREZ (RHP) by to the player “who best represents the game of baseball JACK FLAHERTY (RHP) DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and com- DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/28-WSH - 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 munity involvement. Joined Yadier Molina (2018), Carlos Beltran (2013), Albert Pujols 2/28-WSH - 1.0 4 3 3 3 1 3/3-WSH H-1 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 (2008), Ozzie Smith (1995) and Lou Brock (1975) as former Cardinals winners. (RHP) (RHP) #40 • Jake Woodford • LHP • 24 yrs DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/28 WSH - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2/28-WSH - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 • Enters 2021 ranked by as the No. 24 prospect in the Cardinals 3/4-@HOU - 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 3/4-@HOU - 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 organization. • A three-time Minor League All-Star in his first five professional seasons: Pacific Coast (RHP) ANGEL RONDON (RHP) League (2019), (2018) and (2016). DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 2/28-WSH - 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 3/3-WSH - 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 • Started 20 or more games and pitched 108 innings or more in each of his first four full 3/5-@WSH - 2.2 4 4 4 2 2 3/5-@WSH - 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 minor league seasons. • Leads all Cardinals minor league pitchers in games started (75) and (RHP) (LHP) (415.2) since 2017. DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO 3/4-@HOU - 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 3/5-@WSH - 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 #52 • • RHP • 26 yrs (RHP) ADAM WAINWRIGHT (RHP) • Ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the Cardinals organization behind outfielder Dylan DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO Carlson by Baseball America and No. 3 in MLB.com, in the 2021 preseason rankings. 3/2-@MIA - 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 • Has allowed just two home runs over 111.0 career innings facing 459 total batters over CONNOR JONES (RHP) his first two professional seasons (2018-19). Has yet to allow a home to a right- DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO AUSTIN WARNER (LHP) 2/28-WSH - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO handed batter during his professional career. 3/3-WSH H-1 1.0 1 1 1 3 1 3/4-@HOU - 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 • Has been a teammate, since youth through the 2017 18U World Cup, with his close friend and Cardinals minor league third baseman Nolan Gorman. KWANG HYUN KIM (LHP) TYLER WEBB (LHP) • Did not pitch during the 2020 season, but was at the Alternate Training Site in DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO Springfield. Made two relief appearances for St. Louis at Major League Spring Training 3/3-WSH - 0.2 4 4 3 2 2 3/2-@MIA - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 as a 20-year old. 3/5-@WSH - 0.2 2 1 1 1 2 EVAN KRUCZYNSKI (LHP) DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO (RHP) #61 • Seth Elledge • RHP • 24 yrs DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO • Enters 2021 ranked by Baseball America as the No. 21 prospect in the Cardinals 3/5-@WSH - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 organization. MATTHEW LIBERATORE (LHP) DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO GARRETT WILLIAMS (LHP) • Made his MLB debut at (8/16) and struck out five batters over 2.1 3/2-@MIA - 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO scoreless innings, becoming the first Cardinals reliever since Tom Cheney (4/21/57) 3/4-@HOU - 1.0 2 3 3 2 0 to strike out five or more batters in 2.1 or more scoreless innings in his MLB debut. CARLOS MARTÍNEZ (RHP) • Earned his first Major League win vs. Cincinnati as the Cardinals rallied for their first DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO JAKE WOODFORD (RHP) walk-off win of the 2020 season (5-4) in his 3rd career appearance. 3/4-@HOU L-1 1.2 4 6 6 3 0 DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO • Averages 11.64 /9 IP over 147.2 minor league innings. 3/2-@MIA - 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 ANDREW MILLER (LHP) DATE-OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO

DAILY BATTING LOGS Player 2/28 3/2 3/3 3/4 3/5 3/7 3/8 3/9 3/10 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/22 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/29 Antonini Arenado ko 1o 1w o1o Bader 2o owk Baker k Capel k k w Carlson 1o khk wok Carpenter wo od kkk wko Dean k1 koo kko 1k1 DeJong ck oo kk1 Edman 1o 2o k1k Goldschmidt wo 1o ook Gorman ow o o o1 Heineman w 1 of Herrera w Hurst Knizner ko 12o c11 Mendoza o1w o Molina o1 cw o2o Moroff ko1 w1 owk fe Nogowski owo o 4ww d okko Nootbaar o O’Neill c1 kk1 wko Ortega Pages Perez oek Robertson o Rondon c o34 o oo Sanchez o4 o Sosa oo woc Soto Szczur oo Thomas 1k w1kk k1h 2k1k Toerner d ok w Williams oo oo o1k owk ok

Key: 1-Single, 2-, 3-, 4-, o-Out, k-, w-Walk, h-HBP, e-Reached on error, b-SacBunt, f-SacFly, c-Fielder’s Choice, d-; Note: Read left-to-right for first-to-last AB.