St. Louis Cardinals (10-4-1) Vs. Atlanta Braves (4-10) Spring Training Game No
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St. Louis Cardinals (10-4-1) vs. Atlanta Braves (4-10) Spring Training Game No. 16 N Roger Dean Stadium N March 11, 2017 John Gant (0-1, 1.80) vs. Mike Foltynewicz (0-1, 1.80) K CARDINALS 20TH SPRING TRAINING IN JUPITER: The St. Louis Cardinals are entering their 126th season of TODAY’S GAME : The St. Louis Cardinals host the Atlanta Braves this afternoon at 1:05 p.m. as the play in the National League and are playing in their 20th Spring Training in Jupiter. team hosts many of its key corporate partners at K CARDINALS VS. BRAVES: The Cardinals host the Atlanta today’s game...Redbird pitchers and catchers re - Braves for the 2nd time this spring as the two teams meet for CARDINALS 2017 SPRING RECAP ported on Feb. 13 with the first full-squad work - the third of their four Grapefruit League games (will play March Record Attendance out on Feb. 17. 19 at Disney)...the teams are 1-1 against each other this vs. NL ...............9-2-1 Home (8) .......40,054 spring...St. Louis will make its first visit to the Braves new home vs. AL ...............1-2-0 Home Avg ......5,007 COMING UP: The Cardinals are the visiting at SunTrust Park the weekend of May 5-7. at Home ...........6-1-1 Road (7) ........41,252 team to stadium co-tentant Miami tomorrow K on Road .......... 4-3-0 Road Avg ........5,893 before hosting Houston on Monday at 1:05 p.m LAST GAME: Mike Leake twirled 4.0 stellar innings, allowing just one run, and the Cardinals pitchers combined on a 3-hitter at RDS* ............6-2-1 Total ..............81,306 ...the team has a scheduled open date on Tues - *Includes road games Home High ......6,118 day. in a 7-1 run-away from the Washington Nationals...Eric Fryer at Roger Dean vs. WSH (3/4) had two hits, including a 2-run single in the Redbirds five-run Stadium. ON THE AIR: The Cardinals will broadcast 19 Spring 4th inning...Kolten Wong also had 2-RBI in that inning. Training games on their radio flagship station KMOX K TODAY’S HURLERS: Former Brave John Gant gets the start this afternoon for St. Louis...also in the pen today 1120 AM...Mike Shannon, John Rooney, Mike Clai - are LHP’s Brett Cecil & Kevin Siegrist and righties Jonathan Broxton, Mitch Harris, Jack Flaherty and Daniel Pon - borne and Ricky Horton will be on the call...the cedeleon. 50,000-watt station can sometimes be heard as far K south as Jupiter on a clear day. TOMORROW’S PITCHERS: RHP Adam Wainwright is slated to make his third start of the spring tomorrow vs. Miami...Luke Weaver, Matt Bowman, Sam Tuivailala, Robby Rowland and Jordan Schafer are also listed. ON THE INTERNET: The 14 games not broadcast K GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE LEADERS: The Cardinals are one of just three teams to have posted 10 wins this spring, on KMOX and the exhibition game at Memphis joining the NYY (12-3) & PIT (11-3)...the Cardinals are just one win shy of their spring total (11) from last season. (AAA), can be heard on cardinals.com with Tom K MAGGIE & J-MART: Jose Martinez had a pair of hits yesterday, upping his spring total to 10, matching Magneuris Ackerman, Mike Claiborne, Chris Hrabe and Kyle Sierra for the team lead...both players are hitting .400 (10-for-25) this spring...Martinez is leading the team in HR McClellan calling the action. (3 -tied with Patrick Wisdom) and RBI (8). ON THE TUBE: FOX Sports Midwest will televise K YADI BOMB: Cardinals All-Star catcher Yadi Molina, playing in his fourth World Baseball Classic, had a pair of 15 Spring Training games in 2017 with Dan hits, including a HR and two RBI, in Puerto Rico’s 11-0 win over Venezuela yesterday in Pool D at Jalisco, Mexico. McLaughlin, Jim Edmonds, Ricky Horton, Al Hra - K SPRING FLING: Cardinals pitchers are leading the majors this Spring with a MLB-best 2.94 ERA...Cardinals starters bosky and Tim McCarver calling the action. For are 7-1 with a 2.14 ERA (42.0 IP/10 ER), allowing earned runs in just six of the team’s first 15 games. the first time ever, every telecast will be streamed live on the FOX Sports GO app and at K TURN TWO: The Cardinals have turned a Graperuit League-leading 21 double plays this spring, (ATL 19-2nd). FOXSportsGO.com. Games include 2/25 at MIA, K BABY CLIPPERTON: Congratulations to Cardinals’ Asstistant Athletic Trainer Jeremy Clipperton and his wife, 2/26 vs. MIA, 3/4 vs. WAS, 3/7 vs. MIA, 3/8 vs. Jessica, the proud parents of a son, Calvin David, born last night at 10:30 p.m...Calvin is the couple’s first child. WAS, 3/9 vs. HOU, 3/11 vs. ATL, 3/12 at MIA, K 3/13 vs. HOU, 3/15 at MIN, 3/16 vs. MIN, 3/18 SETTING UP CAMP: The Cardinals opened camp with 68 players on the roster, 28 invitees...the youngest player at NYM, 3/19 at ATL, 3/25 at MIA and 3/26 vs. in camp is 19-year old catcher Dennis Ortega as well as six Cardinals first round picks: INF Kolten Wong (2011), MIA. The Cardinals will be televised nationally RHP Michael Wacha (2012), LHP Marco Gonzales (2013), RHP Luke Weaver (2014), RHP Jack Flaherty (2014) and on ESPN at NYM 3/28. RHP Jake Woodford (2015). K DEXTER: The Cardinals signed free-agent centerfielder Dexter Fowler to a five-year contract through the 2021 LAST SEASON: The Cardinals concluded their season on Dec. 9, 2016...the 2016 All-Star switch-hitter owns a career .366 on-base pct., along with 72 triples and 125th season of play in the National League 127 stolen bases in nine seasons with the Rockies (2008-13), Astros (2014) and Cubs (2015-16). by finishing 2nd in the National League Central K Divison and 5th overall in the Senior Circuit, MARTINEZ INKS NEW DEAL: On February 2, 2017, the Cardinals signed All-Star pitcher Carlos Martinez to a missing the postseason for the first time since five-year contract (2017-21) that includes club options for 2022 and 2023...last season, the right-hander paced 2010...Manager Mike Matheny led the the Car - the Cardinals pitching staff in wins (16) and strikeouts (174) while making a career-high 31 starts with 195.1 innings dinals to their eighth straight winning season as pitched...he also ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (5th), ERA (3.04, 9th), innings pitched (10th), quality starts the 5th-year skipper leads all Major League (20, 6th) and opponent’s batting average (.233, 12th). managers with 461 wins since he took over the K FLYING SOUTH: The Cardinals signed former Toronto Blue Jays left-handed pitcher Brett Cecil to a four-year position in 2012. contract on November 21, locking in the southpaw through 2020...Cecil was a 2013 American League All-Star and is one of only seven MLB pitchers with at least 40 wins and 10 saves since 2009...he has struck out 11.46 batters LAST SPRING: The 2016 Cardinals posted a 11- per 9 IP since he because a full-time reliever Aug. 2, 2012. 13-3 spring record (6-6 at home, 8-8 at RDS), fin - ishing 9th in the Grapefruit League and 7th among National League teams...they drew CARDINALS SPRING SCHEDULE & RESULTS 90,985 fans to Roger Dean Stadium during 13 home games, averaging 6,999 fans per game. Time/ Probable Starters/ Date/Opp. Result Winner-Loser-Save Record Att. Highlights Cardinals Recent 2/25 at MIA^+* L, 8-7 Copeland-Gant-Cunniff 0-1 3,783 Carpenter 1-1, HR, 3RBI; Gyorko 2-2 Spring Training Records 2/26 vs. MIA+* W, 7-4 Mayers-Conley-Bowman 1-1 4,679 Baker 2.2 ShO IP; Molina 2H 2 RBI Team Team 2/27 vs. WSH# W, 5-4 Nielsen-Antolin-Tuivailala 2-1 3,939 3RBI-2B Martini, Lynn 2.0 ShO IP Year W-L-T Batting Avg. ERA at BOS W, 7-2 Wacha-Johnson 3-1 9,511 Jose Martinez two 2R-HRs 2016 11-13-3 .263 3.81 2/28 at ATL# L, 2-0 Collmenter-Rowland-Cabrera 3-2 5,099 Leake 3.0 ShO IP; Sierra 3H 2015* 13-11-3 .252 3.06 3/1 vs. NYM+ W, 6-1 C. Martinez-M. Molina 4-2 4,688 CMart 3.0 ShO IP; Grichuk HR, 4 RBI 2014* 11-13-1 .260 5.27 3/2 vs. ATL+ W, 9-4 Alcantara-Danks 5-2 4,292 DeJong 2-3,HR,3B, RBI; STL P’s 16Ks 2013* 16-14-1 .280 4.20 3/3 at WSH(ss)# W, 2-1 (10) Socolovich-Eitel 6-2 3,975 Wacha 3.0 IP; Socolovich W 2.0 IP 2012* 16-9-2 .276 3.05 3/4 vs. WSH+* T, 1-1 (9) None 6-2-1 6,118 Wisdom HR; Lynn 4 IP, 2 H, 1 UER 2011* 14-16-1 .261 3.79 3/5 at NYM+ W, 14-11 Leake-Harvey 7-2-1 6,594 Bader 3 H, 4 RBI; Jo.Martinez HR 3H 2010 15-14-0 .280 4.95 3/6 at MIN# L, 2-1 (10) Romero-Sherriff 7-3-1 8,615 Wong RBI-1B; Gant, Mayers 2.0 ShO IP 3/7 vs.