St. Louis Cardinals (2-3) at Atlanta Braves (0-4) Game #6 N Turner Field N April 10, 2016 Adam Wainwright (0-1, 4.50) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (2-3) at Atlanta Braves (0-4) Game #6 N Turner Field N April 10, 2016 Adam Wainwright (0-1, 4.50) vs. Williams Perez (7-6, 4.68 in 2015) K REDBIRD RUNDOWN: The 2015 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals, who opened their 125th season of TODAY’S GAME : The 2015 National League Cen - play in the National League last Sunday, meet the Braves today in the finale of a 3-game weekend series...the Car - tral Division Champions, who began their 125th dinals, with a win today, would post their first 3-game series sweep in Atlanta since August of 1988...the Redbirds season of play in the N.L. last Sunday, conclude a posted their first win of the 2016 campaign with a 7-4 come-from-behind win Friday night that featured a Major three-game weekend series against the Atlanta League record three pinch home runs...the Cardinals dropped all three games of their season-opening series at Braves with this afternoon’s series finale at Pittsburgh, starting the season 0-3 for the first time since 2007. 12:35 p.m. CDT...today’s game closes out a K three-game series at ATL and a season-opening FINAL TRIP TO “THE TED”: The Cardinals are playing their final regular season series at Atlanta’s Turner Field six-game roadtrip (0-3 at PIT, 2-0 at ATL)...the this weekend...St. Louis is 26-43 (.377) all-time at “The Ted” which opened in 1997 after the Cardinals last played Cardinals open the home portion of their sched - at Fulton County Stadium in the 1996 NLCS...the Cardinals are 2-0 in postseason play at Turner Field, winning in ule tomorrow (April 11) when they will host the Game 3 of the 2000 NLDS and in their 2012 N.L. Wild Card game meeting. Milwaukee Brewers at 3:15 p.m. CDT. K HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY BUSCH: Busch Stadium III hosted its first Major League game on this date in 2006, as the Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-4, behind the pitching and hitting of starter Mark Mulder who gained CARDINALS vs. ATLANTA: the win and also homered...the Cardinals have won two World Titles (2006, 2011) & three N.L. pennants (2006, Season: 6 games; next meeting 8/5-7 at STL 2011, 2013) since moving into the downtown stadium and hosted Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in 2009. 2016: 2-0 (0-0 at STL, 2-0 at ATL) K FROSH PINCH: Not only did the Cardinals set a Major League record with three pinch homers on Friday night, 2015: 2-4 (2-1 at STL, 0-3 at ATL) they also became just the second team ever to have a pair of rookies hit pinch homers in the same game, done All-Time: 817-675 (26-43 at Turner Field) once previously by the Mets’ Clarence “Choo Choo” Coleman and Jim Hickman on 8/15/62 vs. Philadelphia. (Elias) Last Time STL sweep: 9/9-11/11 at STL (3 gms) K Last Time ATL sweep: 10/2-4 [2]/15 (3 gms) FAB FOUR: The Cardinals matched their club high (3rd time) for homers in a game at Turner Field on Friday night (last done 9/9/10) with four, and for the first time in franchise history, they had four players, each with fewer then RECORD BREAKDOWN 100 career games played in the majors, homer in the same game (Elias) ...of course Hard Hittin’ Mark Whiten sin - By Day By Month gle-handidly hit four round-trippers himself at age 26 on 9/7/93 [2] at CIN. Monday 0-0 Spring 11-13-3 K DOING MORE WITH LESS: The Cardinals 12-2 win last night was their first game scoring 12 or more runs with Tuesday 0-1 April 2-3 just three extra base hits and no home runs since also doing so in a 14-3 rout of the Giants in San Francisco on Wednesday 0-1 May 0-0 April 7, 2013 when they had 15 hits - 12 of which were singles. Thursday 0-0 June 0-0 Friday 1-0 July 0-0 K KEEPING THEM GROUNDED: Cardinals pitchers have yet to allow a home run in their first five games (44.1 IP), Saturday 1-0 August 0-0 the only team in the majors to have not yet allowed a home run...it’s the first time since 1970 that the Cardinals Sunday 0-1 Sept./Oct. 0-0 have started a season without allowing a HR in each of their first five games, having done so in their first nine By Seriies games (82.0) that season before Bob Gibson allowed a pair of Cubs round-trippers to Ernie Banke and Johnny Cal - 2G 3G 4G 5G lison at Wrigley Field on April 21. Won --- 1 --- --- Lost --- 1 --- --- BIRD BANTER... vS. ATLANTA IN 2016: .321 (25-78) 4 HR ROADTRIP: .235 (42-179) 6 HR Split --- --- --- --- K #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 0-3 Series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: .100 (1-10) Sweeps --- --- --- --- [ Missed 91 G’s in ‘15 with right quad tear...needs 11 HR for 50 in career; hit career-high 17 in ‘13... .292 BA w/6 2B in Spring Opp. Sweeps --- 1 --- --- K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 2G (3-8, .375) Series: 3-8, .375 Roadtrip: .211 (4-19) MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny begins his 5th [ Has .333 career BA (11-33) at The Ted...his 521 hits since 2013 are 2nd in NL (McCutchen 528)...hit 5 lead-off HR’s in ‘15 and season as the Cardinals manager, having taken his has 9 for career (2nd all-time STL)...had team-high 28 HRs in ‘15; 22 from the lead-off spot, setting STL record. teams to the postseason in each of his first four K #36 ALYDMYS DIAZ: Streak: 3G (4-9, .444) HR Series: 3-6, .500, HR Roadtrip: .444 (4-9) 1 HR seasons, the only manager in MLB history to do [ Rookie Cuban INF hit PH-HR Fri. night, 1st HR of career...recalled last Tue. (Pham DL) & collected 1st ML hit in start at SS. so...Mike has managed 43 postseason games, and K has 21 postseason wins since 2012, 3rd-most wins #59 ERIC FRYER: Streak: 3G (3-4, .750) Series: 1-1, 1.000 Roadtrip: 1.000 (1-1) among current Major League managers...in 2012 [ Added to roster w/B.Pena on DL...had RBI-1B & scored last night...went to same HS (Reynoldsburg, OH) as Mike Matheny. Matheny became the 49th manager in St. Louis K #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 2G (2-3, .667) HR Series: 1-1, 1.000, HR Roadtrip: .667 (2-3) 1 HR Cardinals history and in 2013 he took his team to [ Hit 2nd career PH-HR Fri. night...led team with 9 pinch-hits in ‘15 (9-26, .346 BA) & is 11-31 (.355) 2 HR career in the pinch. the World Series in just his second season at the K helm with a league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 0-13 Series: 0-5, .000 Roadtrip: .067 (1-15) guided the Cardinals to the N.L. Central title and [ Hit only STL HR vs. ATL in 2015...led team w/6 2B’s, .565 SLG & .925 OPS in Spring...47 XBH in ‘15 - 2nd among MLB rookies their 4th-straight trip to the NLCS...he led an in - K #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) Series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: .214 (3-14) 1 HR jury-riddled team in 2015 to 100 wins, the best in [ Morgantown, Wv native hit 50th HR last Tue....started at SS on Opening Day; 1st ever Card to start SS & 2B in 1st 2 games the majors, and the N.L. Central Division title for K a 3rd-straight season...Matheny, 45, had a 13-year #41 JEREMY HAZELBAKER: Streak: 4G (4-9, .444) 2 HR Series: 2-5, .400, HR Roadtrip: .400 (4-10) 2 HR Major League career playing with MIL, TOR, STL [ HRed both Wed. & Fri., becoming 1st STL rookie with 2 HR’s in first 4 career G’s since Keith McDonald (2000)...led team and SF, winning four Rawlings Gold Gloves (‘00, w/10 RBI & 3 HR in Spring...played 751 career G’s in MiLB w/BOS, LAD, STL...in CF start 4/6, belted his 1st career ML homer. ‘03-’05), and retiring from the game in 2006 due K #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: Streak: 0-8 Series: 2-10, .200 Roadtrip: .150 (3-20) to concussion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catch - ing record for consecutive errorless games (252). [ Started at 1B on Opening Day...prior to that, had played 1,604 consec. career games in LF...has team-high .357 career BA at Turner Field w/3 HR’s...reached base safely in NL record 45 cons. games to begin ‘15 season...missed 71 G’s (right quad) in ‘15. Cardinals Disabled List K #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 1G (1-5, .200) Series: 1-9, .111 Roadtrip: .200 (4-20) Date Games [ Made 12th straight Opening Day start, most every by STL catcher & most for STL since 13-straight by Lou Brock (‘67-’79)... Player & Injury DL Missed passed Ted Simmons this week for 1st in STL all-time games (1,441) & starts (1,383) as catcher...had 2 of 5 Cards hits last Sun. M. Harris, right elbow strain 3/25 5 K #37 BRANDON MOSS: Streak: 1G (1-3, .333) Series: 1-3, .333 Roadtrip: .182 (2-11) L.