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St. Louis Cardinals (40-41) at Colorado Rockies (34-47) Game No. 82 • Road Game No. 41 • Coors Field • Thursday, July 1, 2021 RHP Adam Wainwright (6-5. 3.59) vs. RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-7, 4.76) RECENT REDBIRDS: The St. Louis Cardinals embark on a 11-day, 10-game road RECORD BREAKDOWN trip through Colorado (July 1-4), San Francisco (July 5-7), and the Chicago Cubs CARDINALS vs. ROCKIES All-Time Overall .........10,208-9,696 (July 9-11) as the club leads into the All-Star Break ... The Cardinals went 4-3 on All-Time (1993-2021):............................. 121-98 2021 Overall ........................... 40-41 its recent homestand that culminated with a three-game sweep of the Diamond- in St. Louis (1993-2021): ................................... 71-42 Under Mike Shildt ...............202-168 backs ... The Cardinals are 8-8 on a stretch of 20 consecutive games against at Busch Stadium II (1993-2005): .................. 29-29 Busch Stadium .......................23-18 opponents with sub-.500 records (June 14-July 4). at Busch Stadium III (2006-21): ..................... 41-13 On the Road ............................17-23 TIME TO FLY: St. Louis has won four of its last five, and enters today tied with in Colorado (1993-2019): ..........................51-56 Day ..........................................16-16 Cincinnati in 3rd place in the NL Central, 8.0 games behind Milwaukee ... The last at Mile High Stadium (1993-94) ......................... 5-7 at Coors Field (1995-2019) .....................46-49 Night ........................................24-25 time the Cardinals were 8.0 games out of first place was July 29, 2018 (53-52 record in 4th). 2021.....................................................3-0 Spring.................................... 8-10-6 at Busch Stadium ...................................3-0 April ......................................... 14-12 TAP THE ROCKIES: Winners of four in row and 9 of the last 11 overall, the at Coors Field ......................................................n/a May..........................................16-12 Cardinals’ .724 win pct (21-6) against the Rockies since 2016 is the highest 2019...................................................................... 5-2 June .........................................10-17 in MLB, St. Louis’ highest win. pct vs. any opponent, and Colorado’s worst vs. 2018...................................................................... 4-2 July ........................................... n/a any opponent (.276) over that time span ... A win this series would give St. 2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (3-0) August ...................................... n/a Louis a winning season series vs. the Rockies for the 11th consecutive season (2010-present) and the 20th time in 26 seasons since Colorado joined MLB as 5/7 at STL .........W, 5-0 .....................Flaherty-Gomber September/October ................... n/a an expansion team in 1993. 5/8 at STL .........W, 9-8 .......Martinez-Gonzalez-Reyes Monday..................................... 5-4 5/9 at STL .........W, 2-0 ....Wainwright-Marquez-Helsley Tuesday .................................... 8-4 WILD, WILD WEST: Tonight’s game is the 4th of 10 straight and 13 of 16 vs. 7/1 at COL ......................................7:40 p.m. Wednesday ............................... 7-7 an NL West opponent ... Since 2019 vs. the NL West, the Cardinals are 20-4 at 7/2 at COL ......................................7:10 p.m. Thursday ..................................5-4 home, but just 8-17 on the road. 7/3 at COL ......................................8:10 p.m. Friday ........................................ 4-7 BADER ACTIVATED: The Cardinals announced today that they activated center- 7/4 at COL ......................................2:10 p.m. Saturday ................................... 7-5 fielder Harrison Bader from the 10-day injured list and optioned outfielder Lars Last Cardinals sweep (3G) .......... May 7-9, 2021 at STL Sunday ................................... 4-10 Nootbaar to Memphis (AAA) following yesterday’s game ... Bader missed the Last Rockies sweep (3G): ......... July 6-8, 2010 at COL Scoring First ......................... 30-11 34 games due to a right rib hairline fracture suffered on May 24 at the Chicago White Sox while diving forward attempting to catch a line drive. Opponent Scores First .......... 10-30 MOLINA MILESTONES One-Run Games .......................10-8 UNCLE CHARLIE: Since Divisional play began in 1969, Adam Wainwright’s 1.41 ERA against the Rockies is the 3rd-best against any single opponent of pitchers All-Time Rank - MLB Catchers Doubles Seasons Two-Run Games .........................8-6 5. Gabby Hartnett 396 1922-41 with 11 starts or more, behind himself vs. Houston (1.48 ERA, 16 GS) and Mel Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........6-26 6. Yadier Molina 395 2004-21 Stottlemyre vs. the California Angels (1.22, 13 GS) ... Waino also owns the low- Scoring 3 Runs ...........................5-7 est career ERA (1.41) and highest winning percentage (.917, 11-1) of any pitcher All-Time Cardinals Rank Hits Seasons Scoring 4 or more Runs ...........29-8 against the Rockies with 75.0 IP or more ... His 1.000 (4-0) career winning pct. 4. Albert Pujols 2,073 2001-11 Scoring in 3 or fewer innings . 33-39 at Coors Field is tops all-time among pitchers with 5 or more career starts, and 5. Enos Slaughter 2,064 1938-53 Scoring in 4 or more innings ...... 7-2 2.21 ERA is 2nd only to Austin Gomber (1.49) ... According to Elias, Wain- 6. Yadier Molina 2,055 2004-21 vs. Right-Handed Starter ...... 30-34 wright’s streak of nine wins in nine starts vs. Colorado is the longest current All-Time MLB Rank Games Caught Seasons vs. Left-Handed Starter ............10-7 streak for any active pitcher vs. one team. The last Cardinal to win 10 straight 5. Gary Carter 2,056 1922-41 Series Openers ....................... 13-13 starts vs. one team was Chris Carpenter vs. the Reds (10 straight, 2006-10). 6. Yadier Molina 2,048 2004-21 Series Finales .......................... 11-15 SIX DEGREES OF BOBBY BONILLA: Today marks the 10th anniversary of Bobby All-Time MLB Rank Starts at Catcher Seasons Homestand Openers ..................5-2 Bonilla Day, where the retired slugger and former Cardinals outfielder is paid 5. Jason Kendall 1,990 1996-2010 Homestand Finales ....................5-2 $1,193,248.20 every July 1 through 2035 by the New York Mets ... Bonilla last 6. Yadier Molina 1,982 2004-21 Road Trip Openers ......................3-5 played in 2001 for St. Louis; the 38-year-old pulled his left hamstring in the final Road Trip Finales ........................2-6 days of Spring Training and opened the doors for 21-year-old Albert Pujols to make the Cardinals Opening Day roster ... Pujols had one of the Following Off-Days .....................4-7 greatest rookie seasons in baseball history, hitting .329/.403/.610 with 37 homers, 130 RBIs and 112 runs ... On 2001 Opening Day at Coors Out-Hit Opponents ...................27-8 Field, Pujols singled off Mike Hampton in the 7th inning for his first MLB hit in his Major League debut ... Hampton was teammates with All-Star Doug Drabek on the Astros from 1994-96 ... Drabek and Bonilla were teammates on the 1991 NL East Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. Out-Hit by Opponents...............8-30 Final At-Bat Decisions ................8-4 GOLDI-ROCKS: Among active leaders against the Rockies, Paul Goldschmidt ranks 1st in extra base hits (71) and RBI (106), T1st in doubles Come-from-Behind W/L ...............7/7 (41), and 2nd in homers (25) ... Since joining St. Louis in 2019, Goldy is slashing .378/.425/.622 (14-37) with two homers, three doubles, Walk-off Wins/Losses ................3-0 nine RBI and a 1.047 OPS vs. Colorado. In Errorless Games ................24-23 A-REY SAVES THE DAY: Alex Reyes has nailed down 22 straight saves to begin his career (20-for-20 this season), tying Tippy Martinez for Commit at Least One Error ..... 15-18 2nd-most all-time in Major League history and one behind LaTroy Hawkins (23) ... Reyes and Josh Hader (20-for-20) are the only two MLB Extra Innings ..............................3-1 closers with a perfect save percentage (min. 7 saves) ... Reyes established a new Cardinals pre-All-Star Break record with the most saves with Shutouts .....................................8-6 a perfect conversion percentage (20-for-20); Tom Henke was 17-for-17 in 1995 and Joe Hoerner was 11-for-11 in 1969. Leading after 7 innings ............. 31-1 Tied after 7 innings .....................6-2 COLORADO CONNECTIONS Trailing after 7 innings ..............1-36 Nolan Arenado played eight seasons with Col- Dom Nuñez and Cardinals 2016 1st rounder Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Leading after 8 innings .............32-0 orado (2013-20), where he was a five-time NL Dylan Carlson were teammates at Elk Grove (Ca- Mozeliak began his baseball career with the Tied after 8 innings .....................6-2 All-Star and the winner of four Silver Sluggers, lif.) High School in 2013. Rockies...initially served as a left-handed batting eight Gold Gloves, and four Platinum Gloves... practice pitcher in 1993 and worked in a variety Austin Gomber pitched parts of two seasons Trailing after 8 innings ..............0-37 originally selected by Colorado in the 2nd round of positions in the home clubhouse and in base- with St. Louis (2018, ‘20)...originally selected by Two-Game Series ....................1-1-1 of the 2009 Draft...Acquired by St. Louis with cash ball operations...joined St. Louis as an assistant in the Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2014 MLB in exchange for LHP Austin Gomber, INF Elehuris scouting operations following the 1995 season... Two-Game Series Sweeps ......... 1-1 Draft...Shared Cardinals Co-Minor League Pitch- Montero, RHP Tony Locey, INF Mateo Gil and graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder, Three-Game Series .................. 7-10 ers of the Year honors with Alex Reyes in 2015. RHP Jake Sommers. Colo., where he was a first baseman and pitcher... Three-Game Series Sweeps .......6-2 Josh Fuentes and Nolan Arenado are first cous- graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder. Paul DeJong made his MLB debut at Colorado ins ..