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St. Louis Cardinals (70-57) at Los Angeles Dodgers (67-60) Game No. 128 • Road Game No. 66 • Dodger Stadium • Wednesday, August 22, 2018 RHP Jack Flaherty (7-6, 3.05) vs. RHP Walker Buehler (6-4, 3.19) RED HOT REDBIRDS: The Cardinals are 22-11 post All-Star Break and 23-11 RECORD BREAKDOWN under interim manager Mike Shildt since he took the post on July 15. The Car- CARDINALS vs. DODGERS dinals have the most wins in MLB since the All-Star Break (22) and the best win- All-Time Overall .........10,029-9,543 ning percentage in the National League (.667) over that period as well. St. Louis All-Time (1892-2017):.......................1,024-1,026 2018 Overall ........................... 70-57 has won seven straight road games and 12-of-their-last-14 overall, including a in St. Louis (1892-2017): ................................ 564-465 season-best eight-game winning streak from August 7-15. The Cardinals won Busch Stadium .......................34-28 their 8th straight series and their first at Dodger Stadium since 2015. at Sportsman’s/Robison Field (1892-1920): . 146-117 at Sportsman’s Park/Busch I (1920-66): ...... 273-222 On the Road ............................36-29 SWEEP-STAKES: The Cardinals are looking to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005): ................ 119-110 Day ..........................................27-21 for the first time since 2006 when they took three at Dodger Stadium (July 21-23) as well as all four in St. Louis (July 13-16) the week before, thus sweeping the at Busch Stadium III (2006-17): ....................... 26-16 Night ....................................... 43-36 season series 7-0. This would be the Cardinals 6th series sweep of the season in Brooklyn/Los Angeles (1892-2017): ........460-561 and 4th three-game series. Spring...................................17-13-2 in Brooklyn (1892-1957): ................................ 295-379 March .......................................0-2 FLIGHT PATTERN: The Cardinals are at a high watermark of 13 games over .500 at Eastern Park (1892–1897): ............................. 7-30 entering play today and currently reside in 2nd place in the NL Central, 2.5 games April ...................................... 15-10 out of first place and hold the lead National League Wild Card position. The Car- at Washington Park (1898–1912): .................... 54-92 May ....................................... 15-12 dinals have 6 games remaining against the teams tied or ahead of them in the at Ebbets Field (1913–1957): ........................ 234-255 standings (Atlanta 3, Chicago-NL 3). June ...................................... 12-15 at Roosevelt Stadium (1956–1957): ..................... 0-2 AWESOME AUGUST: The Cardinals lead Major League Baseball with 16 wins in in Los Angeles (1958-2017): ....................165-182 July ....................................... 13-14 August and the highest winning percentage (.800, 16-4). The Cardinals have at LA Memorial Coliseum (1958-61) ............... 17-27 August .................................... 16-4 won more games in August than any month this season. The club record for wins in the month of August is 25 in 1942 when they played 33 games in the at Dodger Stadium (1962-2017) .............148-155 September ................................ n/a month. Their current .800 winning pct., is the 2nd-highest all-time for the club 2018: ....................................................2-0 Monday.....................................8-6 in August trailing the 1944 club with an .852 (23-4) mark. at Busch Stadium: .............................................. 0-0 Tuesday .................................. 11-9 KEEP IT ROLLING: The Cardinals have won eight consecutive series, their lon- at Dodger Stadium: .................................2-0 gest streak since April 10-May 7, 2015, when they won eight straight series in 2017:..................................................................... 3-4 Wednesday ............................... 7-9 a season which they won 100 games. The last time the Cardinals won more Thursday .................................. 7-7 than eight straight series was 2009 when they took 10 straight (Aug. 7-Sept. 9), 2016:..................................................................... 2-4 running off a 25-6 record (.806) during the stretch. 2015:..................................................................... 5-2 Friday ...................................... 10-9 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Despite getting moved to the bullpen, RHP Luke Postseason (1985-2014): ...................................... 14-9 Saturday ................................. 14-8 Weaver celebrated his 25th birthday yesterday with a win out of the bullpen in Sunday ................................... 12-9 relief. It marked his 7th win of the season, tying his single-season high from 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2017. Weaver was the first Cardinals pitcher since Carlos Martínez (9/21/2017 Scoring First ......................... 48-21 8/20 at LAD .... W, 5-3 .......... Cecil-Jansen-Norris at CIN) to win on his birthday and the first Cardinals pitcher to win in relief since 8/21 at LAD .... W, 5-2 ........... Weaver-Ryu-Norris Opponent Scores First ......... 22-36 Heathcliff Slocumb (6/7/1999 at KC). 8/22 at LAD ....................................9:10 p.m. One-Run Games ..................... 18-18 NEW JACK CITY: The Cardinals homered in their 14th straight game last night as Yadier Molina hit the go-ahead home run for the eventual game-winning RBI 9/13 at STL ................................................. 6:15 p.m. Two-Run Games .......................15-5 in the 3rd inning. The 14-game home run streak is currently the longest active 9/14 at STL ................................................. 7:15 p.m. Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........2-32 streak in MLB and two shy of the MLB mark this season (Philadelphia, 16). The 9/15 at STL ............................................... 12:05 p.m. Cardinals 14-game streak is the longest by the club since homering in 15 straight 9/16 at STL ................................................. 1:15 p.m. Scoring 3 Runs ...........................9-9 from June 11-26, 2017. The club record was set in 2016 with 25, which is tied Scoring 4 or more Runs .........59-16 for the all-time NL record. Last Cardinals sweep: .............July 21-23, 2006 at LAD Scoring in 3 or fewer innings ..48-51 CLOSE CALLS: Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Milwaukee was only the 4th loss by the Last Dodgers sweep: ..............May 18-20, 2012 at LAD Cardinals this month, with all four losses by one run. The last time a team de- Scoring in 4 or more innings ....21-6 feated the Cardinals by more than one run was Colorado on July 30 (6-3). The vs. Right-Handed Starter .......47-42 Cardinals are 18-17 in one-run games this season and have a +48 run differential vs. Left-Handed Starter ..........23-15 in the month of August. ALL-TIME MLB ROOKIE STRIKEOUT/9 IP STRIKEOUT ARTIST: Through 20 starts this season, Cardinals rookie RHP Jack Series Openers .......................21-20 Flaherty leads all rookies with 134 strikeouts and ranks 16th in the National 1. Kerry Wood (CHI)* ...............12.58 ................. 1998 Series Finales ..........................20-20 League in strikeouts despite appearing in four less games than the leaders above 2. Dwight Gooden (NYM)* ........11.39 ................. 1984 him. Flaherty’s 11.03 strikeouts/9 IP, is the highest in Cardinals history for a Homestand Openers ..................7-3 rookie pitcher and ranks 4th all-time in MLB history among rookies (see box 3. Hideo Nomo (LAD)* ..............11.10 ................. 1995 Homestand Finales ....................5-5 right). Flaherty has struck out seven or more batters in six straight starts, tied 4. JACK FLAHERTY (STL) ...... 11.03 .............2018 Road Trip Openers ......................5-6 with Patrick Corbin (ARI) for the longest active streak in the N.L., and the longest by a Cardinals pitcher since Chris Carpenter pulled off seven straight in his Cy * = Won Rookie of the Year Award Road Trip Finales ........................4-6 Young Award season in 2005. Bob Gibson holds the Cardinals record with nine Following Off-Days ................... 8-11 straight in 1968. Out-Hit Opponents .................49-10 Out-Hit by Opponents.............15-44 LOS ANGELES CONNECTIONS Final At-Bat Decisions ..............14-8 Jack Flaherty was born in Burbank...graduated Cardinals pitching coach Mike Maddux pitched Cardinals Scouting Director Randy Flores was Come-from-Behind W/L ..........30/26 from Harvard-Westlake High School, where went parts of the 1990 (11 games) and 1999 (49 born in Bellflower....graduated from El Rancho 23-0 with an 0.63 ERA over his final two seasons games) seasons with the Dodgers...his younger High School in Pico Rivera...pitched four years at Walk-off Wins/Losses ..............10/6 and 35-3 overall throughout his high school ca- brother, Hall of Famer Greg Maddux, pitched parts the University of Southern California (1994-97). In Errorless Games ................37-26 reer...led Harvard-Westlake to the 2013 state title, of the 2006 and 2008 seasons with the Dodgers. Cardinals Director of Player Development Gary pitching a complete-game shutout and driving in Commit at Least One Error .....33-31 Mike Mayers made his Major League debut vs. LaRocque worked 19 years with the Dodgers as the lone run in a 1-0 victory in the CIF Champi- Extra Innings ..............................7-6 the Dodgers at Busch Stadium (July 24, 2016) on