St. Louis Cardinals (41-21) Vs. Minnesota Twins (34-28) Game #63 N Busch Stadium N June 15, 2015 John Lackey (4-4, 3.74) Vs
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st. Louis Cardinals (41-21) vs. Minnesota Twins (34-28) Game #63 N Busch stadium N June 15, 2015 John Lackey (4-4, 3.74) vs. Trevor May (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 - Minnesota Twins to Busch Stadium III for the dinals were rained out Sunday afternoon against the Kansas 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 run differential (+68)...the 41 wins in 62 games are T2nd (1944) most in team history; 43 in 1941. series against the Twins at Target Field in Min - K CARDINALs REvIsIT 1980s WORLD sERIEs 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 pitch is scheduled for 7:15 p.m...tomorrow Cardinals took 2-of-3 from their 1982 World Series opponent, the Milwaukee 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 1987 World Series opponent, the Minnesota Twins, today and tomorrow. are 35-41 against American League opponents K INTERLEAGUE IGNITORs: The Cardinals boast three players in the Top 11 batting averages among National League since Busch Stadium III opened in 2006...this is players in Interleague play in the 2015 season as Jhonny Peralta is batting .351 (7th), Yadier Molina 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: Closer Trevor Rosenthal 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 save 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 shortstops (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 hit his 10th home run at Colorado (6/9) giving him double-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 Major League Baseball at 24-7 (.774)...Car - dinals pitchers 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 Colorado Rockies (.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 TONY CRUZ: 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 ED EAsLEY: 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 JAsON HEYWARD: 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 infield hits (T1st)...batting team-high .320 MIKE MATHENY: 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 manager, 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 JON JAY: 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 triple 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.