St. Louis Cardinals (32-31) at Toronto Blue Jays (38-25) Game #64 N Rogers Centre N June 8, 2014 Jaime Garcia (1-0, 5.47) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (32-31) at Toronto Blue Jays (38-25) Game #64 N Rogers Centre N June 8, 2014 Jaime Garcia (1-0, 5.47) vs. Drew Hutchison (4-3, 3.50) K BIRD WATCHING: The 2013 National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 123rd TODAY’S GAME : The Cardinals continue their 7- season of play in the National League...St. Louis, behind Shelby Miller’s 2nd career complete game shutout, game, 8-day interleague roadtrip (KC-2, TOR-3, posted a 5-0 win yesterday at Toronto, evening their roadtrip record at 2-2...Randal Grichuk hit his 1st ML TB-2) this afternoon (12:07 p.m. CDT) with the homer in the 5th and the Cardinals added four more runs in the 8th...Tony Cruz’s 2-run single and a pair of rubber game of their 3-game weekend series bases loaded walks aided the 8th inning uprising... STANDINGS SNAPSHOT: The Cards are in 2nd place in the against the Toronto Blue Jays...this weekend’s se - ries marks the first time since 2010 that the Car - N.L. Central, 5.0 games back of 1st place Milwaukee and 2.0 games in front of 3rd place Pittsburgh...St. Louis dinals have played in the Ontario city...the own’s the N.L.’s 6th-best winning pct. (.508). Cardinals evened the series with a 5-0 win yes - K BLANKETY, BLANK, BLANK: The 11th shutout victory by St. Louis yesterday represents their most ever terday, as they improved to 2-2 on the roadtrip... shutout wins in the team’s first 63 games...the MLB record for shutout wins in a team’s first 63 games is 14, the Cardinals lost 3-of-4 in their I-70 interleague last done by the Chicago Cubs in 1969...11 of the Cardinals 32 wins this season have come by whitewash...the series with Kansas City earlier last week (Mon.- Cardinals, on the other hand, have suffered six shutout defeats. ..STARTING AT ZERO: Starting pitchers for St. Thu.)...the Cardinals have lost 9 of their last 13 Louis have had 12 starts to date (63 games) in which they have gone 6.0 innings or more allowing no runs, and are 2-5 to begin the month of June...the Car - equaling the most ever through 63 games...those 12 starts of 6+ IP, allowing zero runs, is tied for the Major dinals were at the .500 mark yesterday for the League Baseball lead with the Florida Marlins who also have 12 such starts. first time since May 14 (20-20)...St. Louis is 0-3-1 in its past four series...the Cardinals are in the K OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING: The Cardinals have left 39 runners on base in the 1st four games of this roadtrip midst of nine straight interleague games (KC-4, and 57 runners in their seven games played this month, 2nd to the NY Mets (58) in MLB...for the season, the TOR-3, TB-2)...they return to playing the Na - Cardinals have had a Major League-leading 480 runners left on base, averaging 7.6 per game... SINGLES CLUB: tional League this Friday, June 13 (Washington). The Cardinals currently rank 3rd in the N.L. in singles with 382 behind Colorado (391) and Arizona (386)...the Cardinals have 161 extra base hits, ranking T10th in the N.L...St. Louis last led the NL in singles in 2008 (1102) CARDINALS vs. BLUE JAYS: K INTERLEAGUE: The Cardinals are 3-6 in interleague play thus far (1-2 vs. NYY, 1-3 vs. KC, 1-1 vs. TOR)...St. Season: 3 games; lone series meeting in 2014 Louis is scheduled to play a total 20 interleague games this season; Home: NYY (3), KC (2), TB (2), BOS (3); 2014: 1-1 (1-1 at TOR) Road: KC (2), TOR (3), TB (2), BAL (3)...St. Louis was 10-10 (5-5 on road) in interleague play last season, and 2011: 0-3 (0-3 at STL) they’re 138-126 (.523) all-time in interleague play, the 2nd best winning pct. (Miami; .525) amongst all NL All-Time: 7-7 (4-4 at Rogers Centre) teams since the format was introduced in 1997... DESIGNATED TO HIT: Cardinals designated hitters are the all- Last Time STL sweep: 6/3-5/03 at STL - 3 Gms time leaders amongst N.L. teams in batting (.303; 156-515), on-base pct. (.381) & slugging pct. (.511). Last Time TOR sweep: 6/24-26/11 at STL- 3 Gms BIRD BANTER... INTERLEAGUE: .248 (81-327) 5 HR ROADTRIP: .243 (35-144) 1 HR RECORD BREAKDOWN K #8 PETER BOURJOS: Streak: 4G (5-13, .385, HR) Series: 2-4, .500 Roadtrip: 4-11, .364 By Day By Month [ Had 2 H yest., 7th multi-H Gm...RBI triple Thu. at KC; has team-leading 3 triples...had SB & scored go-ahead run in 11th on Monday 4-5 Spring 11-13-2 Wed...hit 1st Busch Std. HR last Tue...had 2 bunt hits 5/17 vs. ATL; T8th in NL w/3 bunt hits...10 of 28 hits are XBH...4/4 in SB’s Tuesday 6-3 March/ April 15-14 K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 0-8 Series: 0-7, .000 Roadtrip: 6-16, .375 Wednesday 4-5 May 15-12 [ Career-high 5 hits last Wed...reached safely in 10 of 11 PA’s Tue-Wed...3rd in NL hits (74), 6th in runs (41), 9th in OBP (.390) and Thursday 4-3 June 2-5 16th in BA (.297)...only STL player to appear in all 63 Gms...14G hit streak was snapped last Mon... his .366 BA is 2nd in NL since Friday 2-8 July 0-0 5/15 w/hits in 19 of 23 G’s...has ML-leading 71 2B’s since 2013; 16 in 2014 (T10th NL)...1st career 4-hit game 4/23 at NYM. Saturday 7-3 August 0-0 K Sunday 5-4 September 0-0 #21 ALLEN CRAIG: Streak: 5G (6-23, .261) Series: 3-9, .333 Roadtrip: 5-18, .278 [ By Seriies Has 5-G hit strk, season-high is 7 G’s...hit HR #6 on 5/29...has RBI in 12 of last 17 gms, incl. 6-str. for STL high (5/25-30)...19 2G 3G 4G 5G RBI in May led STL (T6th NL)...has 66 of 90 TB’s (73%) in his last 34G (since 4/28)...has 8 HR in 40 career Interleague Gms. Won --- 10 --- --- K #48 TONY CRUZ: Streak: 2G (2-6, .333) Series: 2-6, .333 Roadtrip: 2-6, .333 Lost 1 5 2 --- [ Batting .290 (9-31) w/5 RBI in his 9 starts...had 2 RBI Gms yest. & 4/19 at WSH...all 6 of his RBI in 2014 have come w/2outs. Split 1 --- 1 --- K #33 DANIEL DESCALSO: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) Series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 1-5, .200 Sweeps --- 1 --- --- [ .285 BA as PHer with a team-high 4 PH (4-14, .285)...has made a total of 9 starts at 2B, 3B, SS this year; 1 E (56 TC). Opp. Sweeps 1 --- --- --- K By DIIVIISIION #3 MARK ELLIS: Streak: 2G (2-8, .250) Series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 2-8, .250 Home Road Total [ Had hit, RBI & run scored yest...batting .375 (3-8) w/RISP/2 outs...PH-1B off Chapman 5/23 at CIN (3-3 career)...has made NL Central 9-6 9-9 18-15 just 6 starts since 5/15... came off DL 4/15 (L Knee)... started 19 games & played 22 of 29 gms 4/15-5/15 (Wong recall). NL East 2-1 5-6 7-7 K #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250, HR) Series: 1-4, .250, HR Roadtrip: 1-8, .125, HR NL West 4-3 0-0 4-3 [ Hit 1st ML HR yest...named STL MiLB Player of the Month for May...rookie OFer recalled from MEM (5/29); 2nd stint w/STL AL East 1-2 1-1 2-3 ...played 9 Gms (4GS) 4/28-5/7... had 3B, RBI, 2 R’s in CF start 5/4 at CHI... .315 BA, 10 HR, 32 RBI at MEM, incl .451 BA vs. LHP. AL Central 0-2 1-1 1-3 AL West 0-0 0-0 0-0 K #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: Streak: 0-5 Series: 1-6, .167 Roadtrip: 2-14, .143 TOTALS 16-14 16-17 32-31 [ Hit 1st HR since 4/28 on 5/27, part of his 6th 3-hit game...has 28 RBI, the 2nd most RBI in NL w/fewest HR (3)... .318 BA w/ RISP, 19th NL...36 BB, T3rd NL...is 5 RBI shy of 1,000 career...reached safely in all 30 home gms...8 GWRBI, T1st NL. MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny, who in 2012 be - K #19 JON JAY: Streak: 4G (5-12, .417) Series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 4-9, .444 came the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals his - [ Had 2 hits & 2 runs on Thu. for 9th multi-H Gm...his .391 BA (9-23) vs. LHP is 2nd in NL (B.Harper, .476) for LHB, min. 20 AB’s tory, took his team to the World Series in his ... 3-11 as PHer... .354 BA (17-48) in 7th inn. or later...12 of 18 RBI are w/2 outs... .316 BA (60-190) since 9/15/13.