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st. Louis Cardinals (41-21) vs. Twins (34-28) Game #63 N N June 15, 2015 (4-4, 3.74) vs. (4-4, 4.16) K BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season of TONIGHT’s GAME : The Cardinals welcome the play with an 14-4-2 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 games ahead of Pittsburgh...the Car - to Busch Stadium III for the dinals were rained out Sunday afternoon against the City Royals giving the Cardinals a two-game sweep of first of four straight games against the American their in-state rivals...the Cardinals are 24-7 at Busch Stadium & 17-14 on the road...the Cardinals are at their high- League Central opponent...the Cardinals will play water mark for the season at 20-games above .500 and own the major’s top winning pct. (.661) and National two in St. Louis before finishing the four-game League’s best differential (+68)...the 41 wins in 62 games are T2nd (1944) most in team history; 43 in 1941. series against the Twins at in Min - K CARDINALs REvIsIT OPPONENTs AT HOME: Over the course of their first three home nesota on Wednesday and Thursday...tonight’s series in June, the Cardinals will play each of the opponents, in order, from their three 1980s World Series’...the first is scheduled for 7:15 p.m...tomorrow Cardinals took 2-of-3 from their opponent, the Brewers (June 1-3), swept the Kansas afternoon the two teams play at 12:45 p.m., be - City Royals this past weekend in a two-game set and the homestand concludes with a two-game set against their fore departing for the Twin Cities...the Cardinals opponent, the Minnesota Twins, today and tomorrow. are 35-41 against opponents K INTERLEAGUE IGNITORs: The Cardinals boast three players in the Top 11 batting averages among since Busch Stadium III opened in 2006...this is players in in the 2015 season as is batting .351 (7th), at .341 (8th) the Twins second visit to Busch Stadium III, last and Matt Carpenter at .318 (11th)...Carpenter is tied for 1st in Interleague home runs (3) and tied for 2nd in RBI appearing in 2009 in which Minnesota won the (8)...Mark Reynolds’ 26 career home runs in Interleague play ranks T19th among active players. series, 2-1...prior to 2009, the Twins and Cardi - K CLOsING TIME: recorded his league-leading 21st on Saturday, extending his scoreless nals last met in 2001. innings streak to 17.2 since May 5, the longest active scoreless streak in MLB...the on Saturday required four outs and was Rosenthal’s 3rd save of 4-outs or more this season (7th career)...7 saves of 4-outs or more over last two seasons is T1st in MLB (Allen, CLE) Elias ...Rosenthal has converted 13 straight saves and 21-of-22 opportunites CARDINALs vs. MINNEsOTA: this season with a 0.59 ERA (1st, NL relievers)...his 66 saves over the past two seasons are tops in the majors. season: 4 games; next meeting 6/17-18 at MIN K JHONNY BE GOOD: Jhonny Peralta currently ranks 8th in the National League in batting (.317) and his 10 home 2015: 0-0 (0-0 at STL, 0-0 at MIN) runs are tied for the Major League lead among (Wilmer Flores, NYM)...He ranks 2nd among N.L. short - 2009: 1-2 (1-2 at STL) stops in RBI (35) and first in batting (.317)...Peralta his 10th at Colorado (6/9) giving him -digit All-Time: 10-8 (1-2 at Busch Stadium III) home runs in each of his last 11 seasons...Peralta currently leads National League shortstops in votes (2,441,384) Last Time sTL sweep: 7/15-17/2001 at STL for the starting position in the 2015 All-Star Game. Last Time MIN sweep: None K HOME, sWEET HOME: The Cardinals boast the best record at home in at 24-7 (.774)...Car - dinals have posted an MLB-best 2.43 ERA in those home games while the batters have smacked a collective RECORD BREAKDOWN .278 at Busch Stadium, 2nd only to the (.300). By Day By Month BIRD BANTER... 2015 vs. INTERLEAGUE: .250 (90-360) 10 HR HOMEsTAND: .286 (18-63) 1 HR Monday 2-5 Spring 13-11-3 K #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-4 series: 0-1, .000 Homestand: 0-1, .000 Tuesday 6-2 April 15-6 [ Hit HR #2 & had 2 H, 2 RBI at COL (6/9)...HR, 3-2B’s & 2-3B’s among 19 hits in May... .265 BA (22-83) in 22 Gs...had two 2B’s Wednesday 7-3 May 18-11 5/8 at PIT...tied for sTL lead w/3 triples (T5th, NL)...leadoff batter in 8G (9-33, .273, 2-2B, 3B)...3rd on team w/4 sB’s, 3 as PR Thursday 6-1 June 8-4 K #13 MATT CARPENTER: streak: 1G (1-4, .250) series: 1-8, .250 Homestand: 1-8, .250 Friday 7-3 July 0-0 [ Batting .318 in Interleague games (11th NL)...was 1-4 w/RBI on sat...tallied his 24th multi-hit game on Wed.; T3rd in NL... 2nd in NL BA w/RIsP (.457, 16-35)...T12th NL, 30 walks...2nd on team, 8 HR’s...had 1st 3-hit game 5/22...hit 2-run HR in 8th in Saturday 5-5 August 0-0 2-1 win 5/14 at CLE...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...ranks among NL leaders in runs (39, T9th); 2B (18, T6th), XBH Sunday 9-2 Sept./Oct. 0-0 (27, T11th)... .273 BA w/2 strikes (5th NL)...12G hit streak 4/12-25 (.423 BA)...has 2 lead-off HR (4/19 & 4/22), 6 career...had 7 straight multi-hit G’s (4/12-19) & 5 str. G’s w/2B (4/13-18)...NL Player of Week for 4/13-19. K #48 : streak: 0-1 series: DNP Homestand: DNP [ Had season-high 2 hits in start at LAD (6/7) & is 3-for-last 5 after 1B at COL (6/8)...had sac. bunt in 8th inn. at LAD (6/5)... is By Seriies 2-13 as PHer...hit GW-RBI double (2RBI) vs. CHI (5/4)... has GWRBI in his last 3Gs w/RBI...sTL is 4-2 in his starts in ‘15. 2G 3G 4G 5G K #23 : streak: 0-2 series: DNP Homestand: DNP Won 1 10 3 --- [ Made MLB debut w/PH-AB on 5/29...had sac. fly RBI at COL (6/8)...recalled from Memphis (AAA) 5/28 (Adams DL), 2nd re - Lost --- 4 ------call...recalled 4/10-12 (T. Cruz paternity leave)...batting .295 BA, 3HRs, 18 RBI in 33 G’s at AAA...679 career minor league gms Split 1 --- 1 --- K #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 0-3 series: 2-7, .286 Homestand: 2-7, .286 Sweeps 1 3 ------[ Ranks T5th in NL triples (3), tied for sTL lead...was 2-4 w/3B & tied season-high 2 runs on Fri...has 15 extra base hits of 26 Opp. Sweeps ------total...hit HR (#3) at COL (6/10)...batted .302 (16-53) in May...has 13 XBH (3-HR, 7-2B, 3-3B) & 12 RBI in 23 Gs ... came off DL (lower back) 5/16 after missing 27 gms...has team-high 6 def. gems...Cards org. best 28 HR’s (MEM 25, sTL 3) in’14. K #22 : streak: 3G (4-11, .364) series: 3-7, .429 Homestand: 3-7, .429 [ Was 2-4, RBI on sat...batting .286 in June (10-35)...has team-high 4 OF assists & 7 hits (T1st)...batting team-high .320 : Mike Matheny is in the midst of (16-50, 1 HR) vs. LHP...had 2nd multi-RBI game at LAD (6/4)...raised BA 33 pts from .224 to .257 since 5/5...has 3-HR, 5-2B among his 4th season as the Cardinals , having his last 22 hits...hit game-tying HR in 9th on 5/27...had 2-2B’s 4/5 & 5/9...scored 3 runs vs. CHI (5/6 &7)...had 2 sB vs. PIT taken his teams to the postseason in each of his (5/1)...tied career high w/3 BB (4/28 vs. PHI). first three seasons and becoming just the 15th K #19 : streak: 0-3 series: 1-4, .250 Homestand: 1-4, .250 manager in MLB history to record 275 or more [ Received IBB each of last two games...has 4 int. walks (T9th NL)...hit 1st of season on Fri., and 1st HR at COL (6/8)... wins in his first three years...won his 300th game 3-7 w/RBI as PHer this season...came off DL on 5/29 after missing 16 gms w/left wrist tendinitis...4th in NL w/7 HBP...his 27 on May 17 in game no. 523 to become the 6th HBP are 2nd-most in MLB 2014-15 (Rizzo 29)...HBP twice vs. CHI (5/5); 4th career 2-HBP quickest to 300 wins in MLB history...Matheny in K #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-16 series: 0-1, .000 Homestand: 0-1, .000 2012 became the 49th manager in St. Louis Car - [ Has starts at 2B, ss & 3B in 9 Gs...is 44-150 (.293) career w/RIsP...had GW-run vs. PIT (5/2) after 2-out in 11th. dinals history and in 2013 he took his team to the K #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 1G (2-4, .500) series: 2-8, .250 Homestand: 2-8, .250 [ Posted 18th multi-hit game on sat., T1st among NL ...batting .341 in Interleague (8th, NL)...leads MLB with 2.55 World Series in just his second season at the helm ’s ERA & 491.0 innings...had .308 BA in May w/9 multi-hit Gs...batting .265 BA w/RIsP (13-49)...3rd in hits among NL with a league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike guided catchers (57) & T2nd in 2B’s (10)...had RBI in 4 straight Gs (4/15-18) the Cardinals to the N.L. Central title and their K #27 JHONNY PERALTA: streak: 0-4 series: 3-8, .375 Homestand: 3-8, .375 4th-straight trip to the NLCS...he is the only Car - [ Team leader in BA (.317), HR (10) & RBI (35); ranks 8th in NL BA...posted 4th 3-hit game on Fri...batting .351 in Interleague dinals manager & just the 5th in MLB history to games (7th, NL)...leads team w/73 hits (7th NL), 2nd in 2B’s (16, T11th)...ranks 12th in NL in sLG (.517)...11th-straight year with 10+ HR’s...batting .375 (2nd, NL) w/14 RBI (T7th NL) in 7th inn.& later...his 8 GWRBI rank T3rd in NL...hit walk-off HR in lead his teams to the postseason in each of his 10th vs. ARZ on 5/25...HRed in back-to-back G’s 5/15 & 5/16 vs. DET... singled to break up no-hitter w/2 out in 7th 5/13 at first three full seasons, having already managed CLE...among NL ss leaders in BA (.317, 1st), HR (10, T1st), RBI (35, 2nd). 39 postseason games...Matheny, 44, had a 13- K #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 1G (2-4, .500) HR series: 2-7, .286, HR Homestand: 2-7, .286, HR year Major League career playing with MIL, TOR, [ Hit 4th HR on sat. (2-4, 2 R); 4th go-ahead & GW-RBI...sTL is 14-1 in games w/Reynolds’ RBI (22-5 w/hit)...walked season- STL & SF, winning four Gold Gloves (‘00, high 3 times on Tue...season-high 3 hits & HR #3 on 5/19 at NYM...hit in 1st inn. vs. CHI (5/4); 4th career slam...is ‘03-’05), and retiring from the game in 2006 due 4-13, 3 RBI, 2-2B as PH...has 38 starts (27 1B, 4 LF, 3 3B, 3 DH, 1 RF) batting .254 (35-138) w/4 HR & 16 RBI...is batting .273 to concussion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catch - (15-55) w/HR & 7 RBI since May 27 when taking over 1B duties on regular basis. ing record for consecutive errorless games (252). K #16 : streak: 1G (2-4, .500) series: 2-7, .286 Homestand: 2-7, .286 [ Was 2-4 with triple (#2), sB (#5) on sat...has seven 3-hit games (5th NL)...hit HR #7 at COL (6/8)...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27... is 27-99 (.273) w/7 BBs batting No. 1, reaching in 19 of 24 G’s...career high 9G hit streak (.368 BA) 5/17-25...2nd on sTL Cardinals Disabled List w/69 hits (T14th NL)...batted .318 in May (T16th NL) w/5 HR...his 7 HR & 27 RBI rank 2nd and 4th among NL 2Bmen...hit 3-of-7 Date Games HR’s vs. PIT this season...hit walk-off HR in 14th inn. vs PIT on 5/3 (2nd career, both vs PIT)...had career-high 10 assists (4/29 vs. Player & Injury DL Missed PHI)...28-36 (78%) career sB att. A. Wainwright, left Achilles 4/26 46 J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 41 UPCOMING GAMEs & PITCHING PROBABLEs M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 16 L. Lynn, right forearm strain 6/8 5 Tue., June 16 vs. TWINS: (8-2, 2.45) vs. (4-4, 3.24) 12:45 p.m.* M. Holliday, right quad strain 6/9 4 Wed., June 17 at TWINS: Carlos Martinez (7-2, 2.93) vs. (2-1, 4.15) 7:10 p.m.* Thu., June 18 at TWINS: Jaime Garcia (2-3, 2.06) vs. (5-3, 3.18) 12:10 p.m.*^ Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio *Fox Sports Midwest +FOX Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FOX One ^MLB Network DAILY BATTING LOGs HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTs Date/Opp. 6/1 6/2 6/3 6/4 6/5 6/6 6/7 6/8 6/9 6/10 6/12 6/13 6/15 6/16 6/17 6/18 6/19 Multi-HR Games PLAYER MIL MIL MIL LAD LAD LAD LAD COL COL COL KC KC MIN MIN MIN MIN PHI Player Last Home Run Career/2015...Last Bourjos w okk o14w owoo o b Adams 5/20/15 at NYM 3/0... 6/23/14 at COL Carpenter okok kww 1o1o we2ow odoF hk kwkw ooo kkkk o11ko koko o1oo Bourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... --- Cruz k b k o11o 1 w o Carpenter 5/24/15 at KC 0/0... --- Easley Fd Cruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... --- Grichuk d 21c ekkd 2 okko 1ck k koko o1kk kok4 1oo3 ook Grichuk 6/10/15 at COL 0/0... --- Heyward ooo11 F1ko oo1ko kc1 okoo k11o o o11k ko2w c11o Heyward 5/27/15 vs. ARI 5/0... 8/17/13 at WSH Holliday wkk1 odk wok1 c1F1o wooo dwok oko3 o Holliday 5/12/15 at CLE 19/0... 8/30/14 vs. CHI Jay cock okk k oo1k o o kooo h4o ocko 3oiF iowk Jay 6/8/15 at COL 0/0... --- Kozma koo oo w k Kozma 4/2/13 at ARI 0/0... --- Molina co1k oko F1o1 koow o1w kwo o o2 koko o11k oook 11oo Molina 6/27/14 at LAD 2/0... 8/21/11 at CHI Peralta k1wk koo 1oo1 11w1o ooo1 kko k241 kko oo4k owk1 1o11 kooo Peralta 6/9/15 at COL 8/0... 4/27/14 vs. PIT Reynolds 1o1k 1do 1koo k1ock wooo kok 1ko2 ko11 wwow oo2ko owkk k14k Reynolds 6/13/15 vs. KC 21/0... 7/23/14 vs. CIN Wong 1ok1o odo 2ooo 1kwo2 o1k1 oo o2oko o4ko kooh k1ooo oowk 13oo Wong 6/8/15 at COL 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS Key: 1-Single, 2-Double, 3-Triple, 4-Home Run, o-Out, k-, w-Walk, h-HBP, e-Reached on , b-SacBunt, F-SacFly, c-Fielder’s Choice; d- Note: Read left-to-right for first-to-last AB. BRIEFs : 13-5 • 1.99 ERA • 181.0 IP • 157 H • 42 R, 40 ER • 59 BB • 171 sO • 9 HR TONIGHT’s sTARTING 26/30 sv/Opp ... 47 HOLDs ... 196/142 (72%) 1st BF/Retired ... 89/21 (24%) Inh.Runs/scored #41 JOHN LACKEY • RHP • 6-6 • 235 • 36 yrs PITCHER SV/Opp HOLD FBF/R IR/S Bullpen Bits TONIGHT’s GAME: #37 - RHP 0/1 10 24/13 11/4 N Belisle had 1.1 ShO IP yon Sat...scoreless Veteran right-hander is making his 13th start of 2015 season tonight Last Appearance: 6/13 vs. KC; Hld#10, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO stk at 10.0 IP...season-high 2.2 IP & 3 K on 5/26 vs. ARI...no HR’s in 26.1 IP (1st in NL) in his 368th career game. Is working on six days rest. #36 - LHP 0/0 7 28/20 23/5 N ... Choate had season-high 1.2 IP on 5/15... Has career mark of 19-17, 3.98 ERA (275.2 IP/122 ER) in 46 starts Last Appearance: 6/13 vs. KC; Hld#7, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO 23 IR are T3rd in NL...leads MLB LHP in G’s made on six of more days rest. since ‘09 (432)... Harris matched season #40 MITCH HARRIS - RHP 0/0 0 16/12 1/0 N high w/2.0 ShO IP on 6/8...1st career win His career ERA had dipped under 4.00 (3.99) for 1st time since Last Appearance: 6/8 at COL; ND, 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO 5/5 vs. CHI w/1.0 IP...made MLB debut 6/17/11 before start last Mon. (6/8) at COL when he suffered an 11-3 4/25 w/1.1 scoreless IP... Maness T10th in defeat. Allowed 10 runs (8 ER) on 12 hits in 4.0 IP, throwing 82 #61 - RHP 3/4 8 30/20 23/7 NL app. (30) & T3rd in IR (23)... earned Sv Last Appearance: 6/13 vs. KC;Hld#8, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO #3 5/26 & Win #1 5/27 vs. ARI... 16/1 K/BB pitches. ratio (1st NL)...1st MLB relief w/31 DPs N His season ERA jumped from 2.93 to 3.74 following Monday’s game . #44 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 21/22 0 29/23 9/2 2013-15... Rosenthal ranks 1st NL Sv (21)... Last Appearance: 6/13 vs. KC ; S-21, 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO 1st NL relief ERA (0.59), T8th rel. K’s (33)... N Averaging just 14.5 pitches/innings ranking 5th in the N.L. 69 career Sv, 6th STL all-time...has 17.2 #46 - LHP 1/2 12 31/24 11/2 N Since joining St. Louis, is 6-1, 2.02 ERA (75.2 IP/17 ER) at Busch in 11 ShO IP streak...2.0 ShO IP 5/25 vs. ARI for Last Appearance: 6/13 vs. KC; Hld#12, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO W #1... Siegrist tied career high w/2.0 IP starts; Is 4-1, 1.73 ERA at home in 2015. 5/14...tied career high w/4 K’s in 1.2 IP last N Is 18-13. 3.38 ERA lifetime interleague play (41 games/40 starts). #63 MIGUEL SOCOLOVICH -RHP 0/0 0 7/6 2/0 Wed...T3rd in NL rel. K’s (38) in 27.2 IP Last Appearance: 6/8 at IOW ; L#1, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO ...28 of 31 Gs scoreless...2.0 IP Sv 4/17 ... vs. MINNEsOTA TWINs: 12 Holds (T4th, NL)... Socolovich earned #33 CARLOS VILLANUEVA -RHP 0/0 0 14/11 4/1 N After rainout yesterday, draws the Twins tonight. Is 8-6, 3.10 ERA in W’s in 1st 2 app... 6 of 7 scoreless app. Last Appearance: 6/8 at COL ; ND, 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO (7.2 IP, 8K) ...1-1, 0.54 ERA/10 Gs at MEM 18 career starts vs. MIN. Will be facing Twins for the first time in ... Villanueva 2nd NL relief ERA (0.75)... interleague play. team high 4 Ks in relief 5/4 vs. CHI in 2.1 IP...2.0+ IP in 7 of 14 G’s. N Last faced the Twins nearly a year ago today on 6/18/14 at , taking a no-decision in the Red Sox 2-1 win in 10 innings. Lackey worked 9.0 scoreless innings, allowing just 3 hits while striking out 9. THE LINEUP CARD 2015 sEAsON & CAREER: BATTING ORDER N Improved to 4-3 with a 7-4 win vs. MIL on 6/3 for his 7th quality start N 1 Wong 24, Carpenter 18, Jay 9, Bourjos 9, Grichuk 1, Heyward 1 Fanned 9 batters in 7.0 scoreless IP for a 3-0 win over LAD on 5/29. 2 Carpenter 39, Heyward 17, Wong 4, Peralta 1, Grichuk 1 N Threw just 68 pitches (5.0 IP) in rain-shortened loss 5/23 at KC, losing 3 Holliday 52, Peralta 10 3-2 in six innings. 4 Adams 28, Peralta 27, Reynolds 5, Grichuk 2 N Allowed just three hits to the Mets in his 5/18 start, but did not get a 5 Peralta 22, Reynolds 16, Grichuk 9, Molina 8, Adams 4, Heyward 3 decision as St. Louis lost 2-1 in 14 innings. NY scored a single run 6 Molina 19, Heyward 15, Jay 11, Reynolds 6, Wong 5, Grichuk 4, Adams 2 against Lackey in the 4th when they collected 2 of their 3 hits off of 7 Molina 29, Wong 9, Heyward 8, Reynolds 6, Jay 6, Grichuk 2, Adams 1, Bourjos 1 him (double/single). Threw just 76 pitches over his 7.0 IP. 8 Wong 15, Bourjos 10, Heyward 8, Kozma 8, Cruz 6, Jay 6, Reynolds 5, Grichuk 4 N Matched up against Corey Kluber on 5/13 at CLE and took the loss in 9 Martinez 12, Lynn 10, Lackey 10, Wacha 10, Garcia 5, Bourjos 4, Wainwright 4, Lyons 4, a 2-0 Indians win. Walked the first 2 batters he faced, both scoring for Kozma 2, Cooney 1 the only runs of the night. Went 5.1 IP as the Cardinals struck out a Lineups Used: 47 total of 19 times in the game, 18 by Kluber. STARTS BY POSITION N Fired 7.2 innings allowing one run on five hits with a season-high 10 C Molina 56, Cruz 6 K’s, 5/7 vs. CHI. The 10 K’s were his most as a member of Cardinals. 1B Adams 35, Reynolds 27 N Gave up a single run over 6.0 IP, but did not get a decision in the 2B Wong 57, Kozma 5 Cardinals 11-inning 2-1 win over PIT on 5/2. SS Peralta 60, Kozma 2 3B Carpenter 57, Reynolds 3, Kozma 2 LACKEY sEAsON & CAREER LF Holliday 50, Grichuk 6, Reynolds 4, Jay 2 CF Jay 30, Bourjos 23, Grichuk 9 W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO RF Heyward 52, Grichuk 8, Reynolds 1, Jay 1 2014 BOS 11-7 3.60 21 21 137.1 137 60 55 32 116 P Lynn 12, Lackey 12, Wacha 12, Martinez 12, Garcia 5, Wainwright 4, Lyons 4, Cooney 1 STL 3-3 4.30 10 10 60.2 69 34 29 15 48 P 2015 STL 4-4 3.74 12 12 74.2 78 33 31 18 57 DH Reynolds 3, Holliday 2, Peralta 1 Career 156-121 4.02 367 366 2338.0 2418 1142 1044 676 1847 2015 RECORD WHEN... LACKEY - LAsT THREE APPEARANCEs Scoring first 28-5 Final at-bat decisions 7-2 DATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO Opponent scores first 13-16 Come-from-behind wins 15 5/29 vs. LAD W, 3-0 1 1 7.0 5 0 0 1 9 Scoring more than 3 runs 27-5 Walk-off wins/losses 5-2 6/3 vs. MIL W, 7-4 1 1 7.0 10 3 3 1 5 Scoring 3 runs 7-5 In errorless games 22-15 6/8 at COL L, 11-3 1 1 4.0 12 10 8 0 5 Scoring fewer than 3 runs 7-11 5-3 LACKEY vs. TWINs Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 34-20 Shutouts 7-6 W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO Scoring in 4 or more innings 7-1 Leading after 7 innings 32-0 2014 0-0 0.00 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 1 9 First game of Series 11-9 Tied after 7 innings 4-2 Career 8-6 3.10 18 18 124.2 115 56 43 25 94 Trailing after 7 innings 5-18 LAST APP. vs. MIN: 6/18/14 at BOS, ND 9.0 3 0 0 1 9 Last game of Series 16-4 LAST WIN vs. MIN: 5/19/13 at MIN (5-1) First game of road trip 3-2 Leading after 8 innings 36-0 Last game of road trip 4-1 Tied after 8 innings 4-1 LACKEY CAREER HITTING TOTALs First game of homestand 2-3 Trailing after 8 innings 1-19 AVG. AB H HR RBI SH Last game of homestand 4-0 Runs via HR 73 2015 .056 18 1 0 1 1 Following off-days 5-3 Opponent runs via HR 59 Career .092 76 7 0 3 8 Out-hit opponents 29-6 Review Challenges: 5-3 GETTING sTARTED Out-hit by opponents 9-14 STL rec. in Avg. IP K’s/ Run TOMORROW’s Pitcher Starts QS W-L his starts per start 9 IP support Cooney 1 0 0-0 1-0 2.1 11.6 9.0 (9) #52 MICHAEL WACHA • RHP • 6-6 • 210 • 23 yrs Garcia 5 5 2-3 2-3 7.0 6.2 2.0 (10) N The 23-year old will be making his 13th start of 2015 (47th career game) in series finale vs. Twins. Lackey 12 7 4-4 6-6 6.1 6.9 3.3 (39) N Will be 1st career appearance vs. MIN. Is 1-3, 3.00 ERA in 7 career interleague games; 1-0, 0.75 in two in ‘15. Lynn 12 7 4-4 7-5 6.0 9.5 2.8 (34) N Ranks 3rd in the N.L. with 8 wins, 3rd in (.800) and ranks 7th in ERA (2.45). Lyons 4 0 1-0 2-2 4.1 11.5 4.0 (16) N Has enjoyed 6.31 runs/start, 4th most in the league. Martinez 12 9 7-2 10-2 6.0 9.7 5.0 (60) N Wacha 12 8 8-2 10-2 6.1 6.7 5.4 (65) Is 2-1 with a 3.24 ERA in his four starts at Busch Std; 6-1, 2.08 ERA in eight road starts. Wainwright 4 3 2-1 3-1 6.0 6.5 3.5 (14) N Matched career high with 10 K’s in start last Tue. (6/9) at COL despite losing, 4-3. Totals 62 39 28-16 41-21 6.0 8.0 4.0 (247) N Leads majors in road wins (6) and is 5th in the NL in road ERA (2.08); 6 of his last 7 starts have been on road. 378.0 IP 337 Ks N Was the first STL starter since C. Carpenter (12-0) & M. Morris (8-0) in 2005 to start a season 6-0 on the road. 2015 CARDINALs HIGHs & LOWs TEAM BATTIING IINDIIVIIDUAL BATTIING TEAM MIISCELLANEOUS Most Runs - Inning - Cards *6 (4th) 5/20 at NYM Longest Hit Streak-Games *12, Carpenter 4/12-25 Longest Winning Streak 8 games 4/28-5/5 Most Runs - Inning - Opponent *5 (4th) 6/8 at COL Longest On-Base Streak- Games 45, Holliday 4/5-6/1 Longest 3 games 5/21-23 Most Runs - 1st Inning - Cards 5 6/3 vs. MIL Longest HR Streak-Games 2, Peralta 5/15-16 Longest Game -Innings *14 5/18 at NYM Most Runs - 1st Inning - Opponent *5 6/8 at COL Longest Run Streak-Games 6, Wong 5/24-30 Longest Game -Time (overall) 4:28 5/3 vs. PIT Most Runs - Game - Cards 11 4/28 vs. PHI Longest RBI Streak-Games *4, Wong 5/3-6 Longest Game -Time (9-inn game) 3:39 5/4 vs. CHI Most Runs - Game - Opponent 11 6/8 at COL Most Runs - Game *3, Heyward 5/7 vs. CHI Shortest Game -Time (9-inn game) 2:02 4/19 vs. CIN Most Runs - Game - Both Clubs 19 5/4 vs. CHI Most Hits - Game 4, Holliday 4/21 at WSH Largest Crowd -Home #47,875 4/13 vs. MIL Most Hits - Game - Cards *15 5/25 vs. ARI Most Bunt Hits - Game *1, Adams 5/25 vs. ARI Largest Crowd -Road 47,655 6/6 at LAD Most Hits - Game - Opponent 17 5/15 vs. DET Most Doubles - Game *2, Peralta 5/29 vs. LAD Largest Margin of Victory 9 runs (9-0) 5/20 at NYM Most Hits - Game - Both Clubs 26 5/15 vs. DET Most Triples - Game *1, Wong 6/13 vs. KC Largest Margin of Defeat 8 runs (11-3) 6/8 at COL Fewest Hits - Game - Cards *1 6/6 at LAD Most Home Runs - Game *1, Reynolds 6/13 vs. KC Largest Comeback Win 5 runs 5/4 vs. CHI Most Extra Base Hits - Game - Cards 7 5/8 at PIT Grand Slams - Last 1, Reynolds 5/4 vs. CHI Comeback Wins (4 or more runs) 1 5/4 vs. CHI Most Bunt Hits - Game - Cards *1 5/25 vs. ARI Most RBI - Game *4, Holliday 5/12 at CLE Most Left on Base 14 4/26 at MIL Most Singles - Game - Cards 13 5/25 vs. ARI Most SB - Game 2, Heyward 5/1 vs. PIT Most Errors *3 5/26 at ARI Most Doubles - Game - Cards *5 5/29 vs. LAD Most Walks - Game *3, Heyward 4/28 vs. PHI Longest Errorless Streak (Games) 8 5/12-19 Most Triples - Game - Cards 2 6/12 vs. KC Most Int. Walks - Game *1, Jay 6/13 vs. KC Most Doubleplays Turned-Cardinals 4 5/21 at NYM Most Home Runs - Game - Cards *3 5/16 vs. DET Most HBP - Game 2, Jay 5/5 vs. CHI Most Doubleplays Turned-Opponent *3 6/2 vs. MIL Most Home Runs - Game - Opponent 3 5/15 vs. DET Most Tripleplays Turned-Opponent 1 5/9 at PIT Longest Home Run Streak (Games) *4 5/24-27 IINDIIVIIDUAL PIITCHIING * Happened more than once - last time listed. Most Stolen Bases - Game - Cards 4 4/5 at CHI Most K’s Game-Starter 11, Martinez 6/5 at LAD # Busch Stadium III record. Most Stolen Bases - Game - Opponent *2 5/4 vs. CHI Most K’s Game-Reliever 4, Villanueva 5/4 vs. CHI Upcoming Milestones Longest Winning Streak 7, Wacha 4/11-5/24 Player Milestone Needs For TEAM PIITCHIING Longest Losing Streak *2, Garcia 6/1-6 Matt Belisle Wins 1 50 Most - Game - Cards 17 4/12 at CIN Most IP Game-Starter *8.0, Garcia 6/12 vs. KC Jason Heyward Home Runs 11 100 Most Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 19 5/13 at CLE Most IP Game-Reliever 3.2, Villanueva 4/30 vs. PHI Home Runs 1 275 Fewest Strikeouts - Game - Cards *2 5/23 at KC Consecutive Scoreless I P 21.1, Martinez 5/20-6/5 Yadier Molina Home Runs 4 100 Fewest Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 1 5/23 at KC Fewest Hits Allowed - CG 6, Lackey 5/23 at KC Trevor Rosenthal Saves 15 84* Most Walks - Game - Cards 8 4/12 at CIN *T5th with Ryan Franklin on Cardinals All-Time Saves list Most Walks - Game - Opponent *6 4/28 vs. PHI Fewest Walks - Game - Cards *0 6/12 vs. KC Fewest Walks - Game - Opponents *0 6/8 at COL Fewest Hits Allowed *2 5/31 vs. LAD 2015 CARDINALs DAY-BY-DAY H/R Time/ GA/ H/R Time/ GA/ Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB 4/5 CHI R/N W, 3-0 Wainwright-Lester-Rosenthal #35,055 1-0 1 +0.5 7/16 OPEN DATE 4/6 OPEN DATE 1-0 T1 +1.0 7/17 NYM H/N 7:15 4/7 CHI R/N PPD-WEATHER 1-0 T1 +1.0 7/18 NYM H/N 6:15 4/8 CHI R/D L, 2-0 Arrieta-Lynn-Rondon 26,814 1-1 T2 -1.0 7/19 NYM H/D 1:15 4/9 OPEN DATE 1-1 T2 -1.5 7/20 OPEN DATE 4/10 CIN R/N L, 5-4 Hoover-Walden-Chapman 30,808 1-2 T2 -2.5 7/21 CWS R/N 7:10 4/11 CIN R/D W, 4-1 Wacha-Cuteo-Rosenthal #41,525 2-2 T2 -1.5 7/22 CWS R/N 7:10 4/12 CIN R/D W, 7-5 (11) Villanueva-Gregg #41,446 3-2 T2 -0.5 7/23 KC H/N *6:15 4/13 MIL H/D L, 5-4 Garza-Wainwright-Rodriguez #47,875 3-3 3 -1.0 7/24 ATL H/N 7:15 4/14 OPEN DATE 3-3 3 -1.0 7/25 ATL H/N 6:15 4/15 MIL H/N W, 4-2 Lynn-Peralta-Rosenthal 40,826 4-3 T2 -0.5 7/26 ATL H/D 1:15 4/16 MIL H/D W, 4-0 Lackey-Fiers 40,079 5-3 T1 -- 7/27 CIN H/N 7:15 4/17 CIN H/N W, 6-1 Wacha-Cueto-Siegrist #46,462 6-3 1 +1.0 7/28 CIN H/N 7:15 4/18 CIN H/D W, 5-2 Martinez-Bailey-Rosenthal #45,906 7-3 1 +1.0 7/29 CIN H/N 7:15 4/19 CIN H/N W, 2-1 Wainwright-LEAKE-Walden 40,742 8-3 1 +2.0 7/30 COL H/N 6:15 4/20 OPEN DATE 8-3 1 +1.5 7/31 COL H/N 7:15 4/21 WSH R/N L, 2-1 (10) Barrett-Villanueva 27,021 8-4 1 +0.5 JULY TOTALS 4/22 WSH R/N W, 7-5 Siegrist-Treinen-Rosenthal 25,771 9-4 1 +1.5 8/1 COL H/N 6:15 4/23 WSH R/D W, 4-1 Wacha-Scherzer-Rosenthal 26,990 10-4 1 +2.5 8/2 COL H/N 1:15 4/24 MIL R/N W, 3-0 Martinez-Garza-Rosenthal 26,286 11-4 1 +2.5 8/3 OPEN DATE 4/25 MIL R/N W, 5-3 Belisle-Peralta-Maness 35,919 12-4 1 +3.0 8/4 CIN R/N 6:10 4/26 MIL R/D L, 6-3 Blazek-Lynn-Rodriguez 32,758 12-5 1 +2.0 8/5 CIN R/N 6:10 4/27 PHI H/N L, 4-1 Hamels-Lackey-Papelbon 40,052 12-6 1 +1.0 8/6 CIN R/D 11:35 4/28 PHI H/N W, 11-5 Wacha-Gonzalez 40,143 13-6 1 +1.0 8/7 MIL R/N 7:10 4/29 PHI H/N W, 5-2 Martinez-Harang-Rosenthal 40,399 14-6 1 +2.0 8/8 MIL R/N 6:10 4/30 PHI H/D W, 9-3 Villanueva-Buchanan 40,715 15-6 1 +2.5 8/9 MIL R/D 1:10 APRIL TOTALS 423,199 15-6 1 +2.5 8/10 OPEN DATE 5/1 PIT H/N W, 2-1 (10) Choate-Schaill 40,912 16-6 1 +2.5 8/11 PIT H/N 7:15 5/2 PIT H/D W, 2-1 (11) Villanueva-Hughes #45,095 17-6 1 +3.5 8/12 PIT H/N 7:15 5/3 PIT H/D W, 3-2 (14) Socolovich-Liz #44,382 18-6 1 +4.5 8/13 PIT H/N 6:15 5/4 CHI H/N W, 10-9 Socolovich-Strop 41,981 19-6 1 +5.5 8/14 MIA H/N 7:15 5/5 CHI H/N W, 7-4 Harris-Jackson-Rosenthal 41,613 20-6 1 +6.5 8/15 MIA H/N 6:15 5/6 CHI H/N L, 6-5 Lester-Lynn-Rondon 42,207 20-7 1 +5.5 8/16 MIA H/D 1:15 5/7 CHI H/D W, 5-1 Lackey-Arrieta-Rosenthal 44,472 21-7 1 +6.5 8/17 SF H/N 7:15 5/8 PIT R/N W, 8-5 Wacha-Liriano-Rosenthal 33,507 22-7 1 +6.5 8/18 SF H/N 7:15 5/9 PIT R/N L, 7-5 Scahill-Martinez-Melancon #38,068 22-8 1 +6.5 8/19 SF H/N 6:15 5/10 PIT R/D L, 4-3 Hughes-Harris-Melancon 34,036 22-9 1 +6.5 8/20 OPEN DATE 5/11 OPEN DATE 22-9 1 +6.0 8/21 SD R/N 9:10 5/12 CLE R/N W, 8-3 Lynn-Carrasco 12,615 23-9 1 +6.0 8/22 SD R/N 7:40 5/13 CLE R/N L, 2-0 Kluber-Lackey-Allen 12,313 23-10 1 +5.0 8/23 SD R/D 3:10 5/14 CLE R/N W, 2-1 Siegrist-Rzepczynski-Rosenthal 15,865 24-10 1 +5.0 8/24 ARI R/N 8:40 5/15 DET H/N L, 10-4 Greene-Martinez #45,601 24-11 1 +4.0 8/25 ARI R/N 8:40 5/16 DET H/D L, 4-3 (10) Hardy-Belisle-Soria #45,313 24-12 1 +3.0 8/26 ARI R/N 8:40 5/17 DET H/N W, 2-1 Lynn-Simon-Rosenthal 43,654 25-12 1 +4.0 8/27 ARI R/N 8:40 5/18 NYM R/N L, 2-1 (14) C.Torres-Tuivailala 23,338 25-13 1 +3.5 8/28 SF R/N 9:15 5/19 NYM R/N W, 10-2 Wacha-Niese 21,157 26-13 1 +4.5 8/29 SF R/D 3:05 5/20 NYM R/N W, 9-0 Martinez-Colon 23,726 27-13 1 +4.5 8/30 SF R/D 3:05 5/21 NYM R/D L, 5-0 deGrom-Garcia 32,783 27-14 1 +3.5 8/31 WSH H/N 7:15 5/22 KC R/N L, 5-0 C.Young-Lynn 37,379 27-15 1 +3.5 AUGUST TOTALS 5/23 KC R/N L, 3-2 (6) VOLQUEZ-LACKEY #38,676 27-16 1 +2.5 9/1 WSH H/N 7:15 5/24 KC R/D W, 6-1 Wacha-Ventura 36,342 28-16 1 +3.5 9/2 WSH H/N 7:15 5/25 ARI H/D W, 3-2 (10) Rosenthal-Ramirez 42,853 29-16 1 +4.5 9/3 OPEN DATE 5/26 ARI H/N W, 6-4 Garcia-Bradley-Maness 41,107 30-16 1 +4.5 9/4 PIT H/N 7:15 5/27 ARI H/N W, 4-3 Maness-Ziegler 43,715 31-16 1 +5.5 9/5 PIT H/D 3:05 5/28 OPEN DATE 31-16 1 +5.5 9/6 PIT H/D 1:15 5/29 LAD H/N W, 3-0 Lackey-Bolsinger-Rosenthal #44,223 32-16 1 +6.5 9/7 CHI H/D 1:15 5/30 LAD H/N L, 5-1 Frias-Wacha #44,754 32-17 1 +6.0 9/8 CHI H/N 7:15 5/31 LAD H/D W, 3-1 Martinez-Anderson-Rosenthal #45,285 33-17 1 +6.0 9/9 CHI H/D 12:45 MAY TOTALS 697,167 18-11 1 +6.0 9/10 CIN R/N 6:10 6/1 MIL H/N L, 1-0 Fiers-Garcia-F.Rodriguez 40,689 33-18 1 +5.0 9/11 CIN R/N 6:10 6/2 MIL H/N W, 1-0 Lynn-Cravy-Rosenthal #42,835 34-18 1 +6.0 9/12 CIN R/D 12:05 6/3 MIL H/D W, 7-4 Lackey-Nelson-Rosenthal 41,567 35-18 1 +6.0 9/13 CIN R/D 12:10 6/4 LAD R/N W, 7-1 Wacha-Frias 45,058 36-18 1 +6.5 9/14 OPEN DATE 6/5 LAD R/N W, 2-1 Martinez-Anderson-Rosenthal 44,649 37-18 1 +6.5 9/15 MIL R/N 7:10 6/6 LAD R/N L, 2-0 Kershaw-Garcia-Jansen 47,655 37-19 1 +6.5 9/16 MIL R/N 7:10 6/7 LAD R/N W, 4-2 Siegrist-Nicasio-Rosenthal 41,500 38-19 1 +6.5 9/17 MIL R/N 7:10 6/8 COL R/N L, 11-3 Hale-Lackey 32,043 38-20 1 +6.5 9/18 CHI R/D 1:20 6/9 COL R/N L, 4-3 De La Rosa-Wacha-Axford 33,731 38-21 1 +6.5 9/19 CHI R/D 12:05 6/10 COL R/D W, 4-2 Martinez-Bettis-Rosenthal 30,698 39-21 1 +6.5 9/20 CHI R/ TBA 6/11 OPEN DATE 39-21 1 +6.5 9/21 CIN H/N 7:15 6/12 KC H/N W, 4-0 Garcia-Ventura #45,909 40-21 1 +6.5 9/22 CIN H/N 7:15 6/13 KC H/D W, 3-2 Lyons-Guthrie-Rosenthal #45,981 41-21 1 +6.5 9/23 CIN H/N 7:15 6/14 KC H/D PPD-RAIN 41-21 1 +6.0 9/24 MIL H/N 6:15 6/15 MIN H/N 7:15 9/25 MIL H/N 7:15 6/16 MIN H/D 12:45 9/26 MIL H/N 6:15 6/17 MIN R/N 7:10 9/27 MIL H/D 1:15 6/18 MIN R/D 12:10 9/28 PIT R/N 6:05 6/19 PHI R/N 6:05 9/29 PIT R/N 6:05 6/20 PHI R/D 2:05 9/30 PIT R/N 6:05 6/21 PHI R/D 12:35 SEPTEMBER TOTALS 6/22 OPEN DATE 10/1 OPEN DATE 6/23 MIA R/N 6:10 10/2 ATL R/N 6:35 6/24 MIA R/N 6:10 10/3 ATL R/N 6:10 6/25 MIA R/N 6:10 10/4 ATL R/D 2:05 6/26 CHI H/N 7:15 OCTOBER TOTALS 6/27 CHI H/N 6:15 2ND HALF TOTALS 6/28 CHI H/N 7:08 SEASON TOTALS 6/29 OPEN DATE NOTE: Pitchers' complete games in CAPS; Extra innings shown in parentheses; 6/30 CWS H/N 7:10 Times listed are Central (STL) time; *indicates make-up game due to rain out; # indicates JUNE TOTALS sellout. 7/1 CWS H/N 7:15 7/2 SD H/N 6:15 2015 SCORING BY INNING 7/3 SD H/N 7:15 12 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12+ Total 7/4 SD H/D 1:15 CARDINALS 38 27 23 27 27 29 25 37 7 2 3 2 247 7/5 SD H/D 1:15 OPPONENTS 30 13 28 15 17 19 29 15 9 2 0 2 179 7/6 CHI R/N 7:05 7/7 CHI R/D *12:20 Cardinals Recent Transactions CHI R/N 7:05 June 12: Placed RHP (right forearm strain) on the 15-day D.L., retroac - 7/8 CHI R/N 7:05 tive to June 8, and recalled LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis (AAA). 7/9 PIT R/N 6:05 June 9: Placed OF Matt Holliday (strained right quad) on the 15-day D.L. and re - 7/10 PIT R/N 6:05 called RHP Miguel Socolovich from Memphis (AAA). 7/11 PIT R/N 6:15 June 5: Activated OF Tommy Pham from 60-day disabled list and optioned him to 7/12 PIT R/N 7:05 Memphis (AAA). Tranferred 1B Matt Adams from the 15-day D.L. to the 60-day D.L. 1ST HALF TOTALS May 29: Activated OF Jon Jay (left wrist) from the 15-day disabled list. 7/13 All-Star Break 7/14 All-Star Game - , Ohio 7/15 All-Star Break