St. Louis Cardinals (45-40) at San Francisco Giants (46-38) Game #86 N AT&T Park N July 3, 2014 Carlos Martinez (1-3, 4.13) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (45-40) at San Francisco Giants (46-38) Game #86 N AT&T Park N July 3, 2014 Carlos Martinez (1-3, 4.13) vs. Madison Bumgarner (9-5, 2.90) K BIRD WATCHING: The 2013 National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 123rd TODAY’S GAME : The Cardinals conclude a 10- season of play in the National League...St. Louis shutout the San Francisco Giants 2-0 behind the pitching of game/11-day road trip through the National Adam Wainwright (7.2 IP), Pat Neshek (0.1) and Trevor Rosenthal (1.0, SV #25). Matt Carpenter and Matt Hol - League West Division (COL 2-1, LA-1-3, SF-3) this liday each had RBI singles in the 3rd inning to provide the Cardinals offense... STANDINGS SNAPSHOT: The Car - afternoon. Today, the Cardinals play the third of dinals are in 2nd place in the N.L. Central, 5.5 games back of 1st place Milwaukee and one half game in front a three-game series with the 2012 World Cham - of 3rd place Pittsburgh, who were tied for second place for all of two hours last night...St. Louis owns the N.L.’s pion San Francisco Giants at 2:45 p.m. Central 6th-best winning pct. (.529) through 85 games. time. Following the game, the Cardinals depart K back to St. Louis and a 4th of July tilt with Miami CARPENTER NAILS THE GIANTS: Matt Carpenter is batting .524 (11-21) against the Giants this season, ranking at Busch Stadium to begin a seven-game homes - first among MLB batters. His .520 career batting average (26-50) against the Giants (min. 50 plate appearances) tand against Miami (3) and Pittsburgh (4). is tops among active players. He has hit safely against the Giants in each of his last 10 games and 14-of-16 overall (17-of-19 including post-season). CARDINALS vs. SAN FRANCISCO: K WAINWRIGHT RAISING THE BAR, LOWERING THE ERA: Adam Wainwright became the National League’s Season: 7 games; final meeting first 11-game winner last night with 7.2 scoreless innings. The current MLB ERA leader (1.89) has not allowed 2014: 2-4 (1-1 at SF, 1-3 at STL) more than two earned runs in his last five starts and is 3-1 with an 0.59 ERA in 30.2 innings over that span. His 2013: 4-2 (2-1 at SF, 2-1 at STL) 1.89 ERA before the All-Star Game ranks 29th overall since 1969. Wainwright has at least two starts remaining All-Time: 953-1,064 (19-24 at AT&T Park) before Minnesota. The lowest Cardinals pitcher’s ERA prior to the All-Star Break since they lowered the mound Last Time STL sweep: 9/15-16/06 at STL in 1969 was Steve Carlton, who posted a 1.65 ERA in 142 innings prior to the break in 1969. Last Time SF sweep: 6/29-7/1/01 at SF K A SAVING GRACE: Since May 21st, Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal has posted an 0.51 ERA over 17.2 innings with 23 strikeouts nailing down 12 of 13 saves opportunities. Rosenthal’s ERA, which was as high as 7.36 on RECORD BREAKDOWN April 13th, has dropped to 2.97 in the 32 appearances since then. Currently, Rosenthal is tied for 3rd in the National League (MLB) with 25 saves including rescues in 9-of-his-last 10 appearances. His 25 saves prior to By Day By Month the All-Star Break rank T4th in Cardinals franchise history trailing only Lee Smith (30, 1993), Jason Isringhausen Monday 6-5 Spring 11-13-2 (26, 2006) and Edward Mujica (26, 2013). Tuesday 8-5 March/ April 15-14 K Wednesday 6-7 May 15-12 #YADIYADIYADI: Yadier Molina continues to lead all National League catchers in All-Star voting with 3,100,169 Thursday 4-5 June 14-13 votes, just under a half-million votes over the Brewers’ Jonathan Lucroy in second place (2,636,640). Matt Friday 4-9 July 1-1 Carpenter ranks fourth among third basemen (1,323,021) about 400,000 shy of Aramis Ramirez of the Brewers Saturday 9-4 August 0-0 (1,790,777). Sunday 8-5 September 0-0 BIRD BANTER... VS. GIANTS IN 2014: .188 (35-186) 2 HR ROAD TRIP: .224 (66-294) 6 HR By Seriies K #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 0-6 Series: 1-8, .125 Road Trip: 10-33, .300, 3 HR 2G 3G 4G 5G [ Had career best 8G hit streak (6/22-7/1)...ranks 3rd in NL with .319 BA, 8th in slugging .515...hit 3rd career multi-HR game Won --- 14 --- --- at COL (6/23) with career-best 6 RBI ...batting .303 (20-66) 6 HR, 16 RBI in 18G since injury...has 26 multi-hit games...HRed in Lost 1 5 3 --- 3-str. Gms 6/13-15 vs. WSH ...1st STL player since O.Smith (‘88) w/GWRBI in 4-str. gms...has 3 triples, 1st STL 1B (Jeffries, ‘93) Split 2 --- 2 --- K #8 PETER BOURJOS: Streak: 0-9 Series: 0-1, .000 Road Trip: 3-16, .188 Sweeps --- 2 --- --- [ Tallied 8th multi-hit game 6/24 at COL...10-of-33 hits are for extra bases...team co-leader in triples with 3 triples...hit 1st Opp. Sweeps 1 --- --- --- Busch Std. HR on 6/3...T11th in NL w/3 bunt hits...5-for-7 in SB att By DIIVIISIION K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 7G (11-26, .423, HR) Series: 4-7, .571 Road Trip: 11-32, .344, HR Home Road Total [ 2nd in NL pitches/PA (4.22)...ranks 8th in the NL w/53 runs...9th w/RISP (.338)...T9th in NL walks (44)...team hit leader (93), NL Central 9-6 9-9 18-15 T13th in HBP (6)...26 multi-hit Gs...hit 3rd career lead-off HR vs. NYM (6/18)...played first 70 G before sitting out 6/17...career- NL East 9-4 5-6 14-10 high 5 hits 6/4 at KC & reached safely in 10 of 11 PA’s (6/3-4)...14G hit strk 5/18-6/1...has ML-leading 179 R & 74 2B (2013-14) NL West 4-3 4-5 8-8 K #21 ALLEN CRAIG: Streak: 0-7 Series: 1-8, .125 Road Trip: 6-34, .176 AL East 1-2 3-2 4-4 [ Hit safely in 20-of-last-27G...led STL w/27 hits in June...tied for team high 40 RBI...20 multi-hit Gs...had RBI in 6-str. for STL high (5/25-30)...19 RBI in May led STL (T6th NL)...has 91 of 118 TB’s (77%) in his last 56G...team-high 43 H & 24 RBI at home AL Central 0-2 1-1 1-3 K AL West 0-0 0-0 0-0 #48 TONY CRUZ: Streak: 0-6 Series: DNP Road Trip: 0-6, .000 TOTALS 23-17 22-23 45-40 [ Has an RBI in 3 of his last 4 starts...batting .306 (11-36) with all 8 RBI on the road...has a .293 BA (12-41) w/7 RBI in 12 starts...had 2 RBI G’s 6/7 at TOR & 4/19 at WSH...7-of-8 RBI have come w/2 outs. K #33 DANIEL DESCALSO: Streak: 0-6 Series: 0-4, .000 Road Trip: 2-8, .250 MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny, who in 2012 be - [ Hit safely in his 5-of-last-6 starts (6-22, .273)...had PH game-tying double at COL (6/25)...has .304 BA in Close & Late situa - came the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals his - tions (7-23), 3rd on team... .278 BA (5-18) as PHer, team-high 5 PH...3 PH doubles, T2nd in MLB...has 13 starts at 2B, 3B, SS tory, took his team to the World Series in his K #3 MARK ELLIS: Streak: 3G (3-11, .273) Series: 1-3, .333 Road Trip: 6-24, .250 second season at the helm with a league-best 97- [ Hit safely in 7-of-last-10 games, all starts...scored game-tying run at COL (6/25)...had GW-RBI squeeze vs. PHI win season in 2013...in 2012, Mike guided the Car - (6/22)...posted 5G hit streak 6/4-14... .308 BA (4-13) w/RISP/2 outs...started 16G in June... came off DL 4/15 (L Knee) dinals to the N.L. Championship round of the K #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: 1G (2-4, .500) Series: 2-4, .500 Road Trip: 10-31, .323 playoffs ...he is the first Cardinals manager to lead [ Tied for team lead with 40 RBI...leads NL with 11 GW-RBI...ranks T9th in NL w/21 doubles...batted 2nd in his last 9 gms his teams to the postseason in each of his first two ...1,000th career RBI on 6/16 (18th actives)...43 BB are T11th in NL; walked in 38 of his 81 G (47%)...15th in NL OBP (.371), T6th seasons, having already managed 30 postseason NL in HBP (8)... .338 BA w/RISP...reached base safely in first 30 home gms (T3rd STL history)...126 career GWRBI games in his first two seasons...Matheny, 43, had K #19 JON JAY: Streak: 0-7 Series: 0-4, .000 Road Trip: 3-22, .136 a 13-year Major League career playing with MIL, [ His .311 BA on the road, 8th in NL...had a .310 BA in June (22-71)...batting team high .343 (12-35) Close&Late...tied STL sea - TOR, STL and SF, winning four Rawlings Gold son-high w/3 runs on 6/16..