St. Louis Cardinals (65-64) Vs. Tampa Bay Rays (64-67) Game #130 N Busch Stadium N August 27, 2017 Lance Lynn (10-6, 3.17) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (65-64) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (64-67) Game #130 N Busch Stadium N August 27, 2017 Lance Lynn (10-6, 3.17) vs. Chris Archer (9-7, 3.76) K LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...the TODAY’S GAME : The Cardinals conclude a six- Cardinals began today in 3rd place in the N.L. Central, 4.5 games back of Chicago and 5.0 games behind Colorado game homestand (1-2 vs. SD, 1-1 vs. TB) today for the second N.L. Wild Card position...the Cardinals are currently +41 in run differential on the season (6th in with the final game of their three-game inter - NL)...since June 25, St. Louis’ 32 wins rank T2nd in the N.L. with Miami & Washington (LA Dodgers, 41). league series against the Tampa Bay Rays who are making their first visit to St.Louis since 2014 K WALK IT OFF: The Cardinals walk-off win last night was the 4th for St. Louis this year, the 2nd via a home run ...today’s first pitch is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. (Matt Carpenter vs. TOR 4/27 [1])...all three wins for St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay at Busch Stadium III have come via a with the first 30,000 fans 16 or older receiving a walk-off home hit: Ryan Ludwick - home run on 5/17/2008, Skip Schumaker - double on 5/18/2008 and Tommy Mike Shannon alarm clock. Pham’s home run last night. K DOG DAYS: Dexter Fowler (.400; 20-50) & Kolten Wong (.384; 33-86) are beating the “dog days” of August, cur - LAST GAME : Tommy Pham led the Cardinals to a 6-4 victory last night with a two-run walkoff rently ranking 1-2 among N.L. batting leaders this month...the Cardinals as a team are batting a league-best .288 home run...Pham scored three times in the (235-815) this month, trailing only ML leader Baltimore (.299) amongst all teams. game, scoring after walks in his previous at-bats K POWER BALL NUMBERS: The Cardinals have 7 players with 15+ HR’s, tops among NL teams and T2nd in the ma - ...Tyler Lyons earned his 2nd win after pitching a jors with Houston, trailing only the Texas Rangers (9 players)...the Cardinals had a franchise record 8 players hit perfect top of the 9th...Mike Leake threw just 75 15+ HR’s last year, as they paced the NL with 225 home runs. pitches in his 7.0 innings of work giving up four runs, all off home runs...Yadier Molina drove in BIRD BANTER... VS. INTERLEAGUE IN 2017: .275 (185-672) 32 HR HOMESTAND: .270 (43-159) 6 HR two runs on two hits. K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 2G (2-8, .250) TB Series: 2-8, .250 Homestand: .167 (2-12) [ Singled to lead off 9th last night...STL team-leader w/85 walks (2nd NL); has walks in 66 G’s and 80+ BB last 4 seasons... has hit 11 of his 28 2B’s hit since ASB ...hit 3-run HR (#16) on 8/18 at PIT...XBH for 9 of his last 18 hits (6-2B, 1-3B, 2-HR)... bat - COMING UP : The Cardinals have an open date ted .322 in July...leads STL in XBH (46), 2B (28), BB (85); 2nd in runs (71) & RBI (60) & 4th w/16 HR...tied team-high 21-game tomorrow and will travel to Milwaukee to begin on-base streak (6/22-7/18)...has .432 OBP in interleague play (9th NL) & 17 RBI (T3rd NL). a 10-game roadtrip (MIL-2, SF-4, SD-4)...the Red - K #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 4G (6-16, .375) TB Series: 2-8, .250 Homestand: .300 (6-20) birds will play the first two games against the [ First ML triple last night...had 8th 3-hit game (2nd STL) on Thu...hit team-high 20th HR on 8/19, 4th all-time in STL rookie Brewers, on Tuesday (6:40 p.m.) and Wednesday HR’s... his 20 HR in 1st 76 MLB games are 2nd (Pujols-2001, 21) for most in STL history & 39 XBH are 2nd STL (J.Mize-40) in 1st (1:10 p.m.) in Milwaukee. 75 MLB G’s (2nd most among MLB rookies in 2017; Bellinger-44)...has 19 HR since 6/15 recall, T2nd in MLB (1st, Stanton-32)... has reached safely in 28 of last 33 games...HRed in consec. games 8 times...has 15 HR’s as SS...ranks 1st among N.L. rookies in BA (.299), T3rd in HR (20), 3rd in RBI (49), 6th in 2Bs (18), 4th in hits (88) & 4th in XBH (39)...July NL Rookie of the Month & led CARDINALS vs. TAMPA BAY: all MLB rookies in July in HR (8) & hits (28)...set STL rookie record for July HR (8)...T3rd in NL with 16 XBH in July & 8 HR...9- Season: 3 games; lone series meeting game hit stk (6/22-30)...made MLB debut 5/28 at COL & HRed in 1st at-bat (9th STL player). 2017: 1-1 (1-1 at STL) K #25 DEXTER FOWLER: Streak: 0-2 TB Series: 0-2, .000 Homestand: .333 (4-12) 2014: 1-3 (0-2 at STL, 1-1 at TB) [ His .439 OBP since All-Star break is 5th in NL...ranks 1st in NL in BA (.400) in August...has .405 BA (17-42) w/14 RBI & 1.193 All-Time: 8-7 (3-4 at Busch Stadium III) OPS in 13 games batting 4th (.333; 5-15 w/RISP)...1st in NL w/19 RBI in interleague play; 6th in BA (.371) & 4th in OBP Last Time STL sweep: 6/17-19/05 at TB - 3 Gms (.464)...4th NL in HR (15) switch-hitters... hit 3rd career grand slam 8/10 vs. KC w/career high 5 RBI...season-high 3 walks 8/9 Last Time TB sweep: 7/22-23/14 at STL - 2 Gms & 8/11...walked in 9-str. games (7/21-8/11), top N.L. streak in 2017...came off DL on 8/7 (left forearm, missing 12 G’s)... has 6 triples (T5th NL)...78 career triples tops MLB since ‘09 ...T1st on team w/9 GWRBI & 2nd in walks (54)...missed 12G 6/25-7/6 RECORD BREAKDOWN on DL (rt. heel spur) ...HR’d in career-high 4-str. 6/15-18...9 of 15 HR’s are go-ahead; 11 HR at STL...4-8 as PH (2B,3B,5 RBI). By Day By Month K #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 0-4 TB Series: 0-1, .000 Homestand: .125 (1-8) [Was HBP career-high twice on Wed...batting .289 in Aug. (11-38) w/5 RBI...ranks 9th in NL OBP (.422) post All-Star Break... Monday 7-4 Spring 20-8-4 had GWRBI (#3) on 8/18 at PIT w/2 hits...has been on-base 18 times in his last 15 G’s...career-high 3 BB on 8/6 at CIN..has hit Tuesday 8-13 April 12-12 in 15 of last 19 starts...is 7-35, 8 BBs as PHer...tied career-high 3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF... .284 career BA (25-88) as PH. Wednesday 11-6 May 13-13 K #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) TB Series: 1-7, .143 Homestand: .167, 2-12, HR Thursday 7-11 June 13-16 [ Cracked HR #16 on Thu. vs. SD...has multi-hits in 8 of his last 16 games, raising BA .228 to .241...hit safely in 21 of last 29 Friday 10-11 July 14-12 starts, 17 XBHs...13 of his 16 HR’s have come when hitting 7th or lower in lineup...had career-high 4 hits (7/26)... HRed in 4 str. Saturday 12-8 August 13-11 games 7/21-24...HRed in cons. games 3 times...has 10 infield hits...T2nd on STL w/24 2B’s, 2nd w/42 XBH. Sunday 10-11 Sept./Oct. 0-0 K #30 CARSON KELLY: Streak: 0-8 TB Series: Did not play Homestand: .000 (0-2) By Seriies [Has made 5 starts since 7/21 recall from Memphis (AAA)...had RBI-1B’s 8/13 & 8/15...made MLB debut & played in 10 2G 3G 4G 5G games in 2016...batted .283, 10 HR, 41 RBI in 83 G at Memphis...starting catcher for the 2017 Pacific Coast League All-Stars. Won 2 13 1 --- K #58 JOSE MARTINEZ: Streak: 0-2 TB Series: 0-2, .000 Homestand: .250 (1-4) Lost 2 13 2 --- [ HR’d (#10) & 2B on 8/19 at PIT...had 2-out RBI-1B on 8/18 at PIT...was 2-4 w/HR on 8/9 vs. KC; has 3 HR in last 13 games at Split 1 --- 4 --- Busch...was DH team-high 3rd time 8/15 at BOS...hit 1st career grand slam 8/6 at CIN...leads MLB in PH BA (.391, 9-23); T6th Sweeps 2 5 --- --- in PH HR (2)...hit pinch-HR 7/24 (2nd career)...1st career multi-HR game (3 RBI) on 6/13[1] vs. MIL...missed 17G 5/7-28; (left Opp. Sweeps 2 2 1 --- groin)...career .298 BA (59-198); 89 MLB gms...career-high 9G hit streak 4/11-22...career .433 (13-30), 2 HR as pinch-hitter.