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St. Louis Cardinals (54-52) vs. Colorado Rockies (57-48) Game No. 107 • Home Game No. 53 • Busch Stadium • Tuesday, July 31, 2018 RHP Jack Flaherty (4-5, 3.28) vs. RHP Jon Gray (8-7, 5.16) REDBIRD RUNDOWN: The Cardinals continue play on their first homestand post RECORD BREAKDOWN All-Star Break with seven games. Tonight, the Cardinals play the second of four CARDINALS vs. ROCKIES All-Time Overall ......... 10,013-9,538 games against the Colorado Rockies...this is the ninth and final game the Cardi- All-Time (1993-2018):............................. 109-94 2018 Overall ........................... 54-52 nals have played at Busch Stadium in July and they sold out the first seven...the in St. Louis (1993-2018): ..........................61-41 Busch Stadium .......................27-25 Cardinals are 6-6 post All-Star Break and 7-6 under interim manager Mike Shildt at Busch Stadium II (1993-2005): .................. 29-29 since he took the post on July 15. On the Road ............................27-27 at Busch Stadium III (2006-18): ...............32-12 Day ..........................................24-20 FLIGHT PATTERN: The Cardinals enter today in 4th place in the National League in Colorado (1993-2017): ................................... 48-53 Night ....................................... 30-32 Central, 7.5 games out of first place and 4.0 games out of the second Wild Card at Mile High Stadium (1993-94) ......................... 5-7 Spring...................................17-13-2 position. St. Louis has 56 games remaining on their schedule with 21 against at Coors Field (1995-2017)............................. 43-46 N.L. Central opponents. March .......................................0-2 2018.....................................................1-0 April ...................................... 15-10 TRADE WINDS: St. Louis made a pair of trades today, first sending outfielder at Busch Stadium ............................................... 1-0 at Coors Field ......................................................n/a May ....................................... 15-12 Tommy Pham, a 12-year veteran in the Cardinals organization, and Internation- al Cap Space to the Tampa Bay Rays this morning in exchange for OF Justin 2017...................................................................... 4-2 June ...................................... 12-15 Williams, LHP Genesis Cabrera and RHP Roel Ramirez...Williams reports to 2016...................................................................... 4-2 July ....................................... 12-13 Memphis, while Cabrera and Ramirez report to Springfield (AA). This afternoon, 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS August ...................................... n/a the Cardinals acquired minor league outfielders Conner Capel and Jhon Tor- 7/30 at STL ..... W, 5-4 (10) ...........Hudson-McGee September ................................ n/a res from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Memphis (AAA) outfielder Oscar 7/31 at STL .....................................7:15 p.m. Monday..................................... 6-5 Mercado, who was the Cardinals 2nd round draft selection in 2013. 8/1 at STL ......................................7:15 p.m. Tuesday .................................... 8-8 ROSTER CHURN: RHP Carlos Martínez was placed on the 10-day disabled list 8/2 at STL .................................... 12:15 p.m. Wednesday ............................... 5-9 with a right shoulder strain after exiting last night’s game in the 5th inning. Mar- 8/24 at COL ................................................. 7:40 p.m. Thursday ..................................6-6 tinez struck out nine in 4.2 innings, allowing two runs after being activated off the 8/25 at COL ................................................. 7:10 p.m. Friday ........................................ 8-8 10-day D.L. for last night’s start from a previous oblique injury. In counter mov- 8/26 at COL ................................................ 2:10 p.m. Saturday ................................. 11-8 ies, Canadian-born slugger OF Tyler O’Neill (.311, 26 HR, 61 RBI) and LHP Tyler Sunday ................................... 10-8 Webb were recalled from Memphis (AAA) to join St. Louis’ active roster tonight. Last Cardinals sweep: ...........July 24-26, 2017 at STL Last Rockies sweep: ................ July 6-8, 2010 at COL Scoring First ......................... 38-19 WALK-OFF WONDERS: Last night, Marcell Ozuna hit his first career walk-off Opponent Scores First ......... 16-33 home run and recorded his 5th career walk-off RBI in the process. Ozuna’s One-Run Games ..................... 14-14 heroics marked the eighth walk-off win for the Cardinals this season and their first since June 2 vs. the Pirates when Kolten Wong hit a Two-Run Games .......................12-5 walk-off home run. The Cardinals have hit seven walk-off home runs this season with Kolten Wong (2), Matt Carpenter (2), Dexter Fowler Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........1-30 and Yairo Muñoz also on the list. Scoring 3 Runs ...........................7-8 SECOND IS A FIRST: Dakota Hudson earned his first Major League victory last night in his second career appearance. The last Cardinals Scoring 4 or more Runs .........46-14 relief pitcher to earn his first MLB win in his second appearance was Mike Mayers, who made a start on July 24, 2016 vs. Los Angeles and Scoring in 3 or fewer innings . 38-47 earned a win in relief at Pittsburgh on Sept. 6, 2016. The last Cardinals relief pitcher to earn his first MLB win in one of his first two relief appearances was Alex Reyes at Chicago (Aug. 13, 2016) after making his MLB debut in relief four days earlier vs. Cincinnati. Scoring in 4 or more innings ....15-5 vs. Right-Handed Starter ...... 38-38 LATE DATES: The Cardinals are playing the Colorado Rockies for the first time during the 2018 season and July 30 is the latest they have vs. Left-Handed Starter ..........16-14 begun a season series with their Rocky Mountains western I-70 opponent since the club’s inception in 1993. The previous latest date for a first game between the two clubs was July 6, 2010. The Cardinals latest opponent this season is the Los Angeles Dodgers with the Cardinals Series Openers ....................... 17-18 first game scheduled for August 20 at Dodger Stadium. Series Finales ..........................16-18 Homestand Openers ..................6-3 THIS BEAR EATS HOME COOKING: Marcell Ozuna has homered in three straight games for the second time this season (also June 13-16). The “Big Bear” homered in a career-best in four straight games Sept. 11-14, 2014, while with Miami. Ozuna leads St. Louis with a .316 batting Homestand Finales ....................4-4 average at home (7th N.L.), and leads the team with 34 home RBI (10th NL) and is tied for the team lead with nine home round-trippers with Road Trip Openers ......................4-5 Matt Carpenter. The Cardinals lead the National League with 80 home runs hit on the road (Dodgers, 2nd, 70) as opposed to 54 at home. Road Trip Finales ........................3-6 Following Off-Days ................... 7-11 SECOND HALF SURGES: Since the beginning of the new century in 2001, the Cardinals .569 winning percentage post All-Star Break is the best in the National League trailing only the New York Yankees (.594) in MLB. Out-Hit Opponents ...................39-9 Out-Hit by Opponents.............12-40 SECRET SALSA: Matt Carpenter is tied for 2nd in the National League in home runs with 25 (Nolan Arenado, COL, 28). Carpenter is three- Final At-Bat Decisions ..............11-8 shy of his career high of 28 home runs in 2015. He’s five shy of becoming the 15th Cardinals left-handed hitter to whack 30 home runs in a single season and the first since Jim Edmonds hit 42 in 2004. Carpenter’s 16 home runs hit on the road this season are tied for the most in Come-from-Behind W/L ..........22/25 the National League with Paul Goldschmidt. Carpenter’s 10 home runs in July are the most in MLB with one day to play. Walk-off Wins/Losses ................8/6 In Errorless Games ................28-22 Commit at Least One Error .... 26-30 COLORADO CONNECTIONS Extra Innings ..............................7-6 Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Cardinals outfielder Dexter Fowler played six sea- Rockies manager Bud Black previously managed Shutouts .....................................5-4 Mozeliak began his baseball career with the sons with the Rockies (2008-13) and made his Cardinals infielder Jedd Gyorko (2013-15) and Rockies...initially served as a left-handed batting Major League debut...originally selected by Colo- pitchers Miles Mikolas (2012-13) and Luke Gre- Leading after 7 innings ............ 45-6 practice pitcher in 1993 and worked in a variety rado in the 14th round of the 2004 MLB Draft... gerson (2009-13) while in San Diego...all three Tied after 7 innings .....................4-4 of positions in the home clubhouse and in base- is the Rockies franchise record holder in career made their MLB debuts under Black. ball operations...joined St. Louis as an assistant in triples (53)...later traded by Colorado with cash Trailing after 7 innings ..............5-42 Rockies bullpen coach Darren Holmes pitched in scouting operations following the 1995 season... to the Astros for outfielder Brandon Barnes and Leading after 8 innings .............44-3 five games for St. Louis during the 2000 season. graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder, pitcher Jordan Lyles (December 3, 2013). Tied after 8 innings .....................7-4