St. Louis Cardinals (40-44) Vs. Miami Marlins (38-45) Game #85 N Busch Stadium N July 6, 2017 Michael Wacha (5-3, 4.16) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (40-44) vs. Miami Marlins (38-45) Game #85 N Busch Stadium N July 6, 2017 Michael Wacha (5-3, 4.16) vs. Tom Koehler (1-3, 7.43) K LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...the TODAY’S GAME : The Cardinals continue their 10- Cardinals entered today in 3rd place in the National League Central, 5.5 games back of 1st place Milwaukee...following game homestand (2-1 vs. WSH, 1-2 vs. MIA, a 12-12 April, the Cardinals went 13-13 during May, 13-16 in June and are 2-3 in July...the Cardinals 40-44 start is their NYM-3) against NL East clubs this afternoon, as slowest since 2007 when they began the year 39-45 in their first 84 games...the Cardinals are currently +4 in run dif - they host the Miami Marlins at 12:45 p.m. in the ferential on the season (7th in the NL). final game of a four-game series...the Cardinals K A BEAST AGAINST THE EAST : The Cardinals are 455-419 (.521 win pct.) against NL East clubs since moving out of have lost two-straight and are 3-3 on the homes - the division in 1994, the 2nd best mark behind only the LA Dodgers (470-415; .531) among NL clubs from outside of tand and 23-23 at home on the season...the 10- the division...the Cardinals are 15-6 (.714) vs. NL East clubs this season, and only once (2012; 14-20), have they finished game homestand is the team’s longest of the under .500 for the season against the NL East in their five-plus seasons under Manager Mike Matheny. season. K CARDINALS STARS HEADING TO MIAMI: Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the 88th All-Star Game LAST NIGHT : The Marlins used a 4-homer attack on Sunday, and a pair of Cardinals earned selection by player vote...Yadier Molina was selected to his 8th All-Star to jump out to a 7-0 lead & held on for a 9-6 win Game (most among all players on both the NL & AL rosters) and Carlos Martinez was named for a second time (also ...St. Louis narrowed the deficit to 8-6 in the 6th, 2015)...Molina’s prior selections came consecutively from 2009-15, but he did not play in 2012 (bereavment) or 2014 but their comeback effort fell short...Tommy (injury)...Johnny Bench (14) and Mike Piazza (12) are the only NL catchers to have made more All-Star appearances Pham had a pair of doubles & 3 RBI...Jose Mar - than Molina...the 2017 Mid-Summer Classic will be held on Tue., July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami, Fla. tinez had a pair of infield singles & scored twice K IN A PINCH : Cardinals pinch-hitters are leading the majors with a .353 BA (41-116), .430 on-base pct. and .517 slug - ...Matt Carpenter & Jedd Gyorko had sacrifice ging pct...rookie Luke Voit is 3-for-3 with a HBP in the pinch, while Jose Martinez is pacing the team with 6 pinch hits. flys & Stephen Piscotty added an RBI single. K CECIL REMAINS SPECS-TACULAR : Cardinals lefty reliever Brett Cecil extended his scoreless innings streak to 12.0 IP COMING UP : St. Louis open a three-game wee-k (12 games; June 13 to present) with a scoreless 8th inning last night, the longest single-season scoreless streak by a end series with the New York Mets tomorrow Cardinals’ reliever since Seung Hwan Oh logged 14.1 scoreless relief innings in 12 games from August 3-30, night at 7:15 p.m...the Cardinals & Mets will play 2016...Boston’s Joe Kelly owns the major longest scoreless streak by a reliever this season at 21.1 IP (23 games). Sat. (3:10) & Sun. (1:15) afternoon as they close BIRD BANTER... VS MIAMI IN 2017: .294 (62-211) 2 HR HOMESTAND: .251 (50-199) 5 HR out the first half of the season before next week’s K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 0-4 Series: 3-11, .273 Homestand: .263 (5-19) All-Star break...St. Louis is in the midst of playing [ 14th mulit-hit gm of yr Tue...hit 1st leadoff HR in ‘17 (13th career) 6/23 vs. PIT...since June 7, is T7th in MLB in times on 47 games in 48 days and 20-straight leading into base (51)...batted leadoff since 6/7 (26 G’s, .280; 26-93, 5 HR, 21 R, 23 BB, 15 RBI)...has been on base 38 times last 19 gms (6- the All-Star break...they are 18-25 in the first 42 2B, 21-BB, HBP, 8-1B, 2-HR)...leads STL with 47 runs, 14 HR’s & 30 XBH, T1st 42 RBI...58 walks are T1st NL; has walks in 47 G’s games of their current 47 games in 48 days ... quickest STL player to 400 career walks (759th game)...is 3-for-4 w/HR, 2 2Bs & 10 RBI w/bases loaded. stretch that began on May 23. K #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 2G (2-7, .286) Series: 2-11, .182 Homestand: .167 (3-18) HR CARDINALS vs. MIAMI : [ Hit HR (#6) last Fri. night...9 gm hitting strek 6/22-30 (11-38, 3HR)...had 2nd 3-hit gm of career 6/26 vs. CIN, 5th multi-hit Season: 7 games; final series meeting of 2017 gm...HRed in back-to-back games 6/22-23 & 6/16-17 at BAL...rookie INF recalled 6/15 from Memphis (AAA); Wong DL...was originally purchased 5/28 & made ML debut that day at COL; HR’d in his 1st at-bat (9th Cardinal to do so)...has made 30 starts 2017: 4-2 (1-2 at STL; 3-0 at MIA) for STL (2B-19, SS-11)...has .299 BA, 13 HR, 34 RBI in 48 G’s at MEM. 2016: 3-4 (1-2 at STL; 2-2 at MIA) K #41 ERIC FRYER: Streak: 0-17 Series: PH walk Homestand: .000 (0-1) All-Time: 110-75 (20-16 at Busch Std. III) [ Walked 4 times in 6/23-24 starts, including career high 3 BBs 6/23...started all 3 Gms 6/9-11 series vs. PHI... STL is 9-5 in his Last Time STL sweep: 5/8-10/17 at MIA starts...has 10 hits/3-2Bs...2-10 as PHer...career .292 BA (19-65) in 32 G’s at Busch…3-for-10 w/RISP & 2 outs. Last Time MIA sweep: 8/27-29/1996 at STL K #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 5G (7-16, .438), HR Series: 3-7, .429, HR Homestand: .462 (6-13), HR RECORD BREAKDOWN [ 6th multi-hit gm yest...hit 2nd HR Tue...on base 3 times 6/30 (2-1B, BB, RBI)...tied career-high w/3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF ...has .300 career BA (21-70) in pinch...has made 26 starts (3B, SS & 2B)...hit 462 ft HR (#1) on 5/28 at COL. By Day By Month K #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 0-7 Series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: .095 (2-21) Monday 4-4 Spring 20-8-4 [ BBed as PHer yest; 0-2 in PH...recorded 3rd 3-hit game of season 6/29 at ARI w/HR (3-run shot), 2B, 1B & 5 RBI, his most Tuesday 5-10 April 12-12 since career high 6 RBI on 7/18/15 vs. NYM...recalled from MEM 6/25 & HRed 6/25 & 6/26, both multi-hit gms...T1st STL w/16 Wednesday 7-4 May 13-13 2B’s, T4th 23 XBH...5 SB’s are single-season best (T2nd STL)...scored in career-high 8 straight games 4/20-28 (tied team-high). Thursday 4-7 June 13-16 K Friday 6-7 July 2-3 #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 1G (2-2, 1.000) Series: 2-1, 1.000 Homestand: .364 (4-11) Saturday 7-5 August 0-0 [ Went 2-2, scoring twice w/RBI Mon...had 8 RBI in 7 games last week...hit HR #12 6/26...PH-2B 6/25; is 2-4 in PH-ABs this Sunday 7-7 Sept./Oct. 0-0 year...HRed in back-to-back games 6/19-20 at PHI...his 35 HR since ‘16 ASB are T1st in NL...has team-high .301 BA (14th NL)... ranks 9th in NL road BA (.315; 40-127)...team-high seven 3+ hit games...1st STL w/77 H’s & .364 (20-55) RISP BA, T1st 42 RBI, By Seriies 2nd 29 XBH & 3rd w/12 HRs...9 of 12 HR’s are 6th inn. or later...10 of 12 HR’s in 2017 & 18 of last 22 are solo. 2G 3G 4G 5G K #58 JOSE MARTINEZ: Streak: 2G (3-5, .600) Series: 3-5, .600 Homestand: .364 (4-11) Won --- 8 1 --- [ Hit 2R-HR on 6/23 vs. PIT...PH-HR & 2B off bench 6/21 at PHI...1st career multi-HR game w/3 RBI 6/13[1]...activated from Lost --- 9 2 --- DL 5/29; missed 17 games 5/7-28 (left groin)...career .299 BA (41-137) in 61 MLB games...hit first career MLB HR vs. TOR Split 1 --- 1 --- 4/25, a game-tying shot in 7th...career-high 9G hit streak 4/11-22...6-14 (HR, 2-2B) as PH in ‘17 (10-20, .500, HR career).