Springfield Cardinals Media Notes Game #133 Home Game #63 Away Game #70 Tuesday, August 28, 2018 6:30Pm
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SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS MEDIA NOTES GAME #133 HOME GAME #63 AWAY GAME #70 TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2018 6:30PM SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS (26-36, 59-73) VS. ARKANSAS TRAVELERS (32-30, 67-65) St. Louis Cardinals Seattle Mariners Today’s Starters: Springfield – RHP Michael Wacha (MLB Rehab) Arkansas – RHP Chris Mazza (0-0, 1.38) Upcoming Probables: Wednesday, 6:30pm – SPR LHP Evan Kruczynski (2-1, 0.96) vs. ARK RHP Ashton Goudeau (2-5, 5.03) Thursday, 7:10pm – SPR LHP Genesis Cabrera (0-3, 5.30) vs. ARK RHP Rob Whalen (0-1, 0.00) Friday, 7:10pm – SPR RHP Anthony Shew (6-8, 4.46) vs. ARK RHP Williams Perez (6-1, 2.22) The Book on Michael Wacha (8-2, 3.20 - STL)… High Strikeouts – 8 Most Hits Allowed – 7 Longest Outing – 8.0 Most Walks Allowed – 5 Shortest Outing – 3.2 HR Allowed (Season) – 9 Joins Springfield for a Rehab Start tonight after a pair of outings with High-A Palm Beach on 8/18 and 8/23 Career with STL – 53-32, 3.77 ERA, 136 G / 127 GS, 741.0 IP, 706 H, 339 R, 310 ER, 246 BB, 655 K With St. Louis this year, went 8-2 with a 3.20 ERA through 15 starts prior to going on the DL (oblique) on June 21 Carried a no-hitter into the 9th inning on 6/3 vs. the Pirates, finishing with 8.0+ IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 8K Named MLB All-Star in 2015 when he became the first Cardinal since Joe Musgrane (18, 1989) to win 17+ games in a season under age 24 Became the first pitcher in Cardinals history to strike out the first nine batters of a game on April 23, 2014 at the New York Mets Named 2013 NLCS MVP, throwing 13.2 scoreless inning with just seven hits while striking out 13 and going 2-0 vs. the Dodgers Just the 3rd rookie pitcher to win 4 or more games in a single postseason, joining Livan Hernandez (4, 1997) and Francisco Rodriguez (5, 2002) Member of the 2012 Texas League Champion Springfield Cardinals, going 0-0, 1.13 ERA in four regular season outings before two scoreless outings in the playoffs Selected by St. Louis in the 1st round of the 2012 June Draft out of Texas A&M, where he went 27-7, 2.53 ERA, 348.2 IP, 336 K Ranks 4th all-time on the Aggies strikeouts list with 336, t-6th with 27 wins and 10th with a 2.53 ERA Last Game: 3.2 IP, 6H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K (6/20 @ Philadelphia) CARDINALS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN CURRENT STREAK – .................................. 2-0 LONGEST WINNING STREAK –……………….......5-0 LAST 5 GAMES – ......................................... 3-2 LONGEST LOSING STREAK – ….……………........0-6 LAST 10 GAMES – ....................................... 5-5 BEST RECORD – ......................................................18-11 HOME RECORD – ....................................... 33-29 WORST RECORD – .................................................38-54 AWAY RECORD – ....................................... 26-44 2018 vs. ARKANSAS – ................................................9-19 Cardinals’ Chirps… Last game… The Cardinals wrapped up the road schedule with a series win in Tulsa, taking the finale from the Drillers, 5-3, on Monday night. Tulsa swung in front in the 1st with a two-run shot by LF Jacob Scavuzzo, before Cardinals RHP Casey Meisner dug in with scoreless work through rd the rest of his 5.0 frames. Springfield shaved the deficit with an RBI double from RF Johan Mieses in the 3 , before Mieses launched the Cards in front with a two-run double in the 5th, which was followed by an RBI single by 3B Evan Mendoza for a 4-2 lead. A run-scoring wild pitch added a tally to the Cardinals advantage in the 6th, making it 5-2. Tulsa plated one in the 9th with a solo home run from 3B Errol Robinson, but RHP Seth Elledge avoided any further damage and closed the 5-3 win. What a relief… Springfield’s bullpen was outstanding through the three-game set in Tulsa, helping guide the Cardinals to the two-games-to-one series win. Through the three contests, the relief corps combined to log 12.0 innings with just one earned run (two runs total) on four hits and three walks while striking out 14 batters and posting a 0.75 ERA. Not Miesing around… OF Johan Mieses’s two-double, three-RBI night on Monday closed a productive road trip for the 23 year old, who hit three of the last four games on the trip, batting .353 (6x17) with one home run, seven RBIs and four runs. Before leading the way on Monday, he delivered the go-ahead grand slam in the 10-inning 7-4 win on Sunday. Dating back to 8/18, Mieses has hit in six of his last nine games, batting .324 (11x34) with three home runs, 11 RBIs and seven runs. Oh to be Young… With a base hit and a run on Monday, INF Andy Young continued his current six-game hitting streak, batting .423 (11x26) with a homer and three RBIs during that stretch. With hits in 13 of his last 15 games since 8/10, he is hitting .362 (21x58) with three home runs and six RBIs over that time period. Young has been one of the top offensive threats in the Texas League since making his season debut with Springfield on 7/22, leading all hitters in the circuit during that stretch with a .350 average (42x120), nine home runs, a .426 on-base percentage and a .617 slugging percentage, while ranking 5th with 24 RBIs. Knizner keeps swinging… With hits in 19 of his last 20 games, including a 16-game hitting streak from 7/21-8/20, C Andrew Knizner has been on fire through the second half of the season with a league-best average of .329 (48x146) since the half began on June 19, along with four home runs and 19 RBIs in 40 games this half. Ramon rejoins Springfield… INF Ramon Urias rejoined the Cards on Sunday from his most recent stint in AAA-Memphis from 8/7-8/24, during which time he hit in 12 of 13 games, including an eight-game hitting streak, batting .352 (19x54) with one homer, two doubles and eight RBIs. With three hits in his first two games back with Springfield, Urias has hit .335 with eight homers, 27 RBIs and 19 doubles in just 43 Double-A games. Bird Seed… CHRIS CHINEA – Snapped 4x27 stretch from 7/24-8/22 with a solo HR on 8/23 in NWA… Hits in 16 of last 27G since 6/28 – .247 (22x89), 5 HR, 3 2B, 10 RBI, 12 R … Named TL Player of Week for 6/25-7/1 – 7x15, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 4 G… Led the team with 5 HRs in June - .269 (21x78), 5 HR, 11 RBI, 14 R, 22 G… Hit first-career Double-A home run (solo) in first at-bat of the year on 4/7/18 in MID… .260, 6 HR, 48 RBIs, 24 2B in High-A Palm Beach in 2017… 17th round pick in 2015 out of Louisiana State BLAKE DRAKE – Hits in 4 of last 6G – .292 (7x24), 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2R… Since July 1 - .252 (37x147), 3 HR, 16 RBI, 9 2B, 20 R, 12 BB, 44 G… Had 5G hit streak from 8/1-8/7 – .333 (6x18), 1 HR, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2 R… 7G hit streak from 7/17-7/27 – .370 (10x27), 1 2B, 7 RBI, 4 R… 17G on-base streak with hits in 13 of those games from 7/4-7/27 - .345 (20x58), 1 HR, 5 2B, 12 RBI, 14 R… Joined SPR from extended spring training on 4/26/18… Led Florida State League in 2017 with 13 outfield assists… Rated as having the “Best Outfield Arm” in the FSL last year by Baseball America… Double-A debut on 6/7/16 and hit .254, 5 HR, 8 2B, 26 RBI, 27 R in 58G with SPR that year… 18th rounder in 2014 out of Concordia (OR) Univ… Native of Ramona, CA ANDREW KNIZNER – Hits in 19 of last 20G – .359 (28x78), 3 HR, 11 RBI, 11 R… Had 16G hit streak from 7/21-8/20 – .387 (24x62), 3 HR, 2 2B, 11 RBI, 11 R… Hits in 34 of last 40G – .322 (49x152), 4 HR, 5 2B, 19 RBI, 20 R… Went season-high 4x4, 1 2B, 1 RBI on 6/23 vs. ARK… Was with AAA-Memphis from 5/17 - 6/8 - .333 (15x45), 5 2B, 4 RBI, 14G… With SPR - 23 multi-hit games with 6 in a row from 4/15-4/23 (13x24)… 2 HRs in 2018 MLB Spring Training with STL (Non-Roster Invitee)… promoted from Low-A Peoria to SPR on 6/14/17 and hit .324, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 13 2B in 51 Double-A games… Hit .358, 3 HR, 12 RBI in 17 G in 2017 Arizona Fall League, named to Rising Stars All-Star Game… Shifted from 3B to C after sophomore season at NC State JEREMY MARTINEZ – Current 2x25 stretch in last 11G since 8/12… In July - .324 (12x37), 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 2B, 12 G… On the road - .255 (24x94), 2 HR, 4 2B, 11 RBI, 32G… Matched a career-high with 3BB on 6/5 @ NWA (first done on 6/29/16 with Short-A State College)… Returned to SPR on 5/29 after 6 G with AAA-Memphis from 5/12-5/23 - .235 (4x17), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 6G… Hit first-career Double-A HR (2R) on 5/8 vs.