St. Louis Cardinals (64-64) Vs. Tampa Bay Rays (64-66) Game #129 N Busch Stadium N August 26, 2017 Mike Leake (7-12, 4.16) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (64-64) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (64-66) Game #129 N Busch Stadium N August 26, 2017 Mike Leake (7-12, 4.16) vs. Blake Snell (2-6, 4.42) K 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 continue 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, 0-1 vs. TB) tonight for the second N.L. Wild Card position...the Cardinals are currently +39 in run differential on the season (6th in with the middle game of their three-game inter - NL)...since June 25, St. Louis’ 31 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 RED JACKET CLUB: Earlier today, the Cardinals inducted Tim McCarver, Mark McGwire and Pepper Martin into ...tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 6:15 p.m., the team’s Hall of Fame...their induction upped the number of the Cardinals greats enshrined in the Hall to 37...the as the Cardinals celebrate the Hall of Fame in - Cardinals Hall of Fame held its first induction ceremony in 2014. duction of Tim McCarver, Mark McGwire and K Pepper Martin with a canvas print giveaway of DOG DAYS: Dexter Fowler (.400; 20-50) & Kolten Wong (.386; 32-83) are beating the “dog days” of August, cur - the three players who earlier today were in - rently ranking 1-2 among N.L. batting leaders this month...the Cardinals as a team are batting a league-best .288 ducted into the team’s Hall of Fame, compli - (225-782) this month, trailing only ML leader Baltimore (.300) amongst all teams. ments of Edward Jones. K POWER BALL NUMBERS: The Cardinals have 7 players with 15+ HR’s, tops among NL teams and T2nd in the ma - jors with Houston, trailing only the Texas Rangers (9 players)...the Cardinals had a franchise record 8 players hit LAST GAME : A four-run third inning carried the Rays to a 7-3 win last night, as Michael Wacha 15+ HR’s last year, as they paced the NL with 225 home runs. fell to 9-7 on the season...Cardinals pitchers al - BIRD BANTER... VS. INTERLEAGUE IN 2017: .274 (175-639) 31 HR HOMESTAND: .262 (33-126) 5 HR lowed 16 hits, yet struck out 14...rookie Ryan K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 1G (1-3, .333) TB Series: 1-3, .333 Homestand: .143 (1-7) Sherriff worked 3.0 scoreless innings of relief in [ Missed games Wed. & Thu. with illness...STL team-leader w/85 walks (2nd NL); has walks in 66 G’s and 80+ BB last 4 sea - his Major League debut...Kolten Wong’s solo HR sons...has hit 11 of his 28 2B’s hit since ASB ...hit 3-run HR (#16) 8/18 at PIT...XBH for 9 of his last 17 hits (6-2B, 1-3B, 2-HR)... (#3) was one of just five Cardinals hits. batted .322 in July...leads STL in XBH (46), 2B (28), BB (85) & in runs (70); 2nd w/60 RBI & T3rd w/16 HR...tied team-high 21- game on-base streak (6/22-7/18)...has .447 OBP in interleague play (8th NL) & 17 RBI (T3rd NL). COMING UP : The Cardinals and Rays will con - K #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 3G (5-12, .417) TB Series: 1-4, .250 Homestand: .313 (5-16) clude their series tomorrow afternoon at 1:15 [ Had 8th 3-hit game (2nd STL) on Thu...hit team-high 20th HR last Sat., 4th all-time in STL rookie HR’s...his 20 HR in 1st 75 p.m. CT, as the Cardinals play their final Inter - MLB games are T1st w/Pujols (2001, 20) for most in STL history & 38 XBH are T1st STL (J.Mize) in 1st 74 MLB G’s (2nd most league game of the 2017 season...after an open among MLB rookies in 2017; Bellinger-44)...has 19 HR since 6/15 recall, T2nd in MLB (1st, Stanton-32)...has reached safely in 27 of last 32 games...27 of last 57 hits are XBH (13-2B, 14-HR)...HRed in consec. games 8 times...has 15 HR’s as SS...ranks 1st date on Monday, the Cardinals will leave town among N.L. rookies in BA (.300), T3rd in HR (20), 3rd in RBI (48), 6th in 2Bs (18), 5th in hits (87) & 4th in XBH (38)...July NL on a 10-game roadtrip (MIL-2, SF-4, SD-4) that Rookie of the Month & led all MLB rookies in July in HR (8) & hits (28)...set STL rookie record for July HR (8)...T3rd in NL with 16 will begin on Tuesday (6:40 p.m.) in Milwaukee. XBH in July & 8 HR...9-game hit stk (6/22-30)...made MLB debut 5/28 at COL & HRed in 1st at-bat (9th STL player). K #25 DEXTER FOWLER: Streak: 0-2 TB Series: 0-2, .000 Homestand: .333 (4-12) CARDINALS vs. TAMPA BAY: [ Tallied 50th RBI on Wed., most since 2012 w/COL (53)...ranks 1st in NL in BA (.400) in August...has .405 BA (17-42) w/14 RBI Season: 3 games; lone series meeting & 1.193 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 2017: 0-1 (0-1 at STL) (.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 & 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 2014: 1-3 (0-2 at STL, 1-1 at TB) 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 All-Time: 7-7 (2-4 at Busch Stadium III) 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). Last Time STL sweep: 6/17-19/05 at TB - 3 Gms K #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 0-3 TB Series: Did not play Homestand: .143 (1-7) Last Time TB sweep: 7/22-23/14 at STL - 2 Gms [Was HBP career-high twice on Wed...batting .297 in Aug. (11-37) w/5 RBI...ranks 9th in NL OBP (.429) post All-Star Break... had GWRBI (#3) on 8/18 at PIT w/2 hits...has been on-base 18 times in his last 14 G’s...career-high 3 BB on 8/6 at CIN..has hit RECORD BREAKDOWN in 15 of last 19 starts...is 7-34, 8 BBs as PHer...tied career-high 3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF... .287 career BA (25-87) as PH. By Day By Month K #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 0-3 TB Series: 0-3, .000 Homestand: .125, 1-8, HR Monday 7-4 Spring 20-8-4 [ Cracked HR #16 on Thu. vs. SD...has multi-hits in 8 of his last 15 games, raising BA .228 to .241...hit safely in 20 of last 28 starts, 16 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. Tuesday 8-13 April 12-12 games 7/21-24...HRed in cons. games 3 times; times 10 career...has 10 infield hits...3rd on STL w/23 2B’s, 2nd w/41 XBH. Wednesday 11-6 May 13-13 K Thursday 7-11 June 13-16 #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 0-5 TB Series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: .267 (4-15) HR Friday 10-11 July 14-12 [His career-high 64 RBI...had 4-game RBI streak snapped last night...career .500 BA vs. SD, 7 HR, 16 RBI; has RBI in last 9 G’s vs. Padres...hit HR in consec. games on 8/20 & 8/22 (15th time career)...leads STL w/nine 3-hit games...leads team w/64 Saturday 11-8 August 12-11 RBI...had career-high 3 walks 8/8 at KC & belted 3-run HR...has 9 GWRBI (T1st STL)...T2nd STL w/106 hits...hit walk-off sac fly Sunday 10-11 Sept./Oct. 0-0 7/25, 2nd career walk-off RBI...2nd on STL w/18 HR & T3rd w/40 XBH...has 41 HR since 2016 All-Star Break...5th straight sea - By Seriies son with 50+ RBI...T1st on team w/29 multi-hit games...9 of 18 HR’s have come in 6th+ inn...12 of 18 HR’s in 2017 are solo. 2G 3G 4G 5G K #30 CARSON KELLY: Streak: 0-8 TB Series: Did not play Homestand: .000 (0-2) Won 2 13 1 --- [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 Lost 2 13 2 --- games in 2016...batted .283, 10 HR, 41 RBI in 83 G at Memphis...starting catcher for the 2017 Pacific Coast League All-Stars.