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St. Louis Cardinals (67-63) at Cincinnati Reds (71-62) Games No. 131 & 132 • Road Games No. 66 & 67 • Great American Ball Park • Wednesday, September 31, 2021 G1: RHP Miles Mikolas (0-1, 2.70) vs. LHP Wade Miley (11-4, 2.74) G2: LHP J.A. Happ (8-6, 5.76) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (6-6, 3.91) RECORD BREAKDOWN CARDINALS DOUBLEHEADER NOTES CARDINALS vs. REDS Cardinals 2021 Doubleheader Record (7 inn.): 0 sweeps, 0 swept, 2 splits (2-2 record) All-Time Overall ......... 10,235-9,718 All-Time (1892-2021):.......................1,203-1,099 2021 Overall ............................67-63 St. Louis’ all-time DH record since 2000: 10-4-24 (44-32 record) in 38 twinbills in St. Louis (1892-2021) ................................. 666-482 Under Mike Shildt .............. 229-190 Last time the Cardinals Swept a Doubleheader (7 innings): at Sportsman’s/Robison Field (1892-1920) .. 125-143 Busch Stadium ...................... 35-30 September 18, 2020 at Pittsburgh (6-5 & 7-2) - PNC Park at Sportsman’s Park/Busch I (1920-66) ....... 319-171 On the Road ............................32-33 Last time the Cardinals were Swept in a Doubleheader (7 innings): at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005) ................. 139-119 August 27, 2020 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3 [8 inn.] & 3-2) - Busch Stadium III Day ..........................................24-20 at Busch Stadium III (2006-21) ........................ 84-49 in Cincinnati (1892-2021): .......................534-616 Night ....................................... 43-43 Last time St. Louis was Swept a Doubleheader on the road (9 innings): October 4, 2015 at Atlanta Braves (6-0, 2-0) - Turner Field at League Pk/Palace of the Fans (1892-1912).... 71-123 Spring.................................... 8-10-6 Last time St. Louis and Cincinnati Reds Played a Doubleheader (9 innings): at Crosley Field (1913-1970) ........................ 299-308 April ......................................... 14-12 Aug. 1-Sept. 1, 2019 (3-1 record) - Busch Std (doubleheaders on back-to-back days) at Riverfront/Cinergy Field (1970-2002) ......... 86-107 May..........................................16-12 Last time St. Louis and Reds Played a Doubleheader in Cincinnati (9 innings): at Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey (2019) ............... 1-1 June .........................................10-17 August 27, 2002 (L 5-4 & W 5-0 - Chuck Finley CG in G2) - Cinergy Field at Great American Ball Park (2003-21) ........79-78 July ....................................... 12-11 Cardinals All-Time Doubleheader Record vs. Reds: 2021.....................................................6-8 August .................................. 15-11 65-62-116 (252-243-9 record) in 252 doubleheaders at Busch Stadium ............................................... 3-4 September/October ................... n/a Cardinals All-Time Doubleheader Record vs. Reds in Cincinnati: at Great American Ball Park ......................3-4 Monday..................................... 8-4 28-56-35 (113-127-2 record) in 123 doubleheaders 2020...................................................................... 6-4 2019.................................................................... 12-7 Tuesday .................................. 11-8 ROAD TRIPPING REDBIRDS: The St. Louis Cardinals conclude a three-game series Wednesday ............................. 9-11 with the division-rival Cincinnati Reds today with a split doubleheader at Great Amer- 2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (6-8) Thursday .................................. 9-7 ican Ball Park ... St. Louis is on a 10-game, three-city NL Central road trip through 4/1 at CIN ..........W, 11-6 .................. Gallegos-Castillo Friday ...................................... 9-10 Pittsburgh (2-2), Cincinnati (1-0), and Milwaukee before Labor Day, with an open 4/3 at CIN ..........L, 9-6 ...................Mahle-Wainwright Saturday ............................... 12-10 date in Milwaukee tomorrow ... The Cardinals enter today in 3rd place in the NL 4/4 at CIN ..........L, 12-1 ................. Hoffman-Martínez 4/23 at STL .......W, 5-4 .....................Kim-Gray-Reyes Sunday ................................... 9-13 Central, 12.5 games behind first place Milwaukee and 2.5 games behind Cincinnati and San Diego for the 2nd Wild Card ... St. Louis is 11-3 in its last 14 road games. 4/24 at STL .......W, 2-0 ...............Gant-Miley-Gallegos Scoring First ......................... 53-22 4/25 at STL .......W, 5-2 .......... Flaherty-Castillo-Reyes LETS PLAY TWO: Today is St. Louis’s third doubleheader of this season, splitting Opponent Scores First .......... 14-41 6/3 at STL .........L, 4-2 .....Gutierrez-Wainwright-Sims twinbills with the New York Mets on May 5 in St. Louis and Braves in Atlanta on June One-Run Games ..................... 17-16 6/4 at STL .........L, 6-4 .................... Castillo-Kim-Feliz 20 ... In 2020, St. Louis’s went 3-1-7 (13-9 record) with a 3-0-4 road DH mark (10-4 Two-Run Games .......................13-9 6/5 at STL .........L, 5-2 ................Mahle-Helsley-Sims record) ... Last season’s 11 twinbills were most in MLB and the most for St. Louis Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........7-36 since the 1979 Cardinals played 13 double-dips (17-9 record) ... The 1940 Cardinals 6/6 at STL .........L, 8-7 ............. Hembree-Reyes-Sims Scoring 3 Runs ....................... 11-10 played a franchise record 37 twinbills (74 games) ... The 2020 Cardinals were 17-19 7/23 at CIN ........L, 6-5 ........Brach-Gallegos-Hembree Scoring 4 or more Runs .........49-27 in nine inning games and 13-9 in seven-inning affairs. 7/24 at CIN ........L, 5-3 .... Castillo-Woodford-Hembree Scoring in 3 or fewer innings ..52-59 7/25 at CIN ........W, 10-6 .........................Helsley-Gray TWINBILL TIDBITS: Mark Whiten went yard a franchise record 4 times in Game 2 8/30 at CIN ..... W, 3-1 .....Lester-Castillo-Gallegos Scoring in 4 or more innings ....15-2 of DH on Sept. 7, 1993 at Cincinnati … The Cards ended a DH at 3:05 AM on July 8/31 at CIN ..... PPD to 9/1 (rain) ........................... vs. Right-Handed Starter ...... 48-50 7, 1987 vs. the Dodgers, sweeping the twinbill; the next day they met again in a DH 9/1 at CIN (7 inn.) ............................ 12:10 p.m. that St. Louis also swept … Ricky Horton threw 8.0 IP in relief in Game 2 of a DH vs. Left-Handed Starter ..........19-13 Game 2 (7 inn.) .............................5:40 p.m. on Aug. 10, 1985 at Philadelphia after Kurt Kepshire was pulled after one inning … Series Openers .......................21-22 9/10 at STL ................................................. 7:15 p.m. Seung Hwan Oh saved both games of July 20, 2016 sweep vs. San Diego & former Series Finales ..........................20-21 Padre Jedd Gyorko homered in both games … After Matt Carpenter’s historic day at 9/11 at STL ................................................. 6:15 p.m. Homestand Openers ..................6-4 Wrigley (July 20, 2018) with 5 extra-base hits (3 HR, 2 2B), 7 RBI, and 16 total bases 9/12 at STL ................................................. 1:15 p.m. Homestand Finales ....................7-3 (tying Whiten’s club record), he homered in both games of July 21, 2018 twinbill that Road Trip Openers ......................4-8 was part of his Cardinals record-tying six-game homer streak (also Mark McGwire, 1997-98) … 2019 Labor Day: The Cards and Reds played back- Road Trip Finales ........................3-7 to-back DH in 2019 that was part of five games for St. Louis over 49-hours during Labor Day weekend … After an MLB-record 17-day COVID-related Following Off-Days ................... 7-12 layoff in 2020, the Cardinals swept a doubleheader from the White Sox on August 15 at Guaranteed Rate Field ... Also in 2020, St. Louis batted 2nd as the “Home Team” and won at Wrigley Field on Sept. 5, and hit 1st as the “Road Team” at Busch and won on Sept. 25 vs. Milwaukee ... In 1989, Out-Hit Opponents .................48-15 Ricky Horton started and came away with no-decisions in three doubleheaders over a nine-game stretch in 1989 (all Game 2s), culminating on Out-Hit by Opponents.............13-41 August 18 vs. the Reds at Riverfront Stadium. Final At-Bat Decisions .............11-11 ROSTER EXPANSION: Prior to today’s doubleheader, the Cardinals selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Brandon Dickson from Memphis Come-from-Behind W/L .......... 13/18 (AAA) and recalled catcher Ali Sánchez from Memphis as Major League rosters expand to 28 players for September. The team also transferred Walk-off Wins/Losses ................5-3 right-handed reliever Ryan Helsley (right elbow stress reaction) to the 60-day Injured List. In Errorless Games ................41-35 FULL CIRCLE: Brandon Dickson, who spent eight seasons (2013-20) pitching in Japan for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball, Commit at Least One Error .....23-29 returns to the Cardinals roster for the first time since 2012 when he appeared in four games as a reliever (most recently Aug. 28, 2012 at Pittsburgh) Extra Innings ..............................6-2 ... With Dickson’s first game appearance, his 9+ year timespan between Cardinals appearances will be the longest by any player in franchise history Shutouts ...................................13-8 who played both games for the Cardinals, and longest by any player since infielder Sean Kazmar Jr. earlier this April (12.206 between Padres and Leading after 7 innings .............57-6 Braves) ... The previous franchise-high was Estel “Crabby” Crabtree, who last played on July 20,