Springfield Cardinals Media Notes Game # 62 Home Game # 30 Away Game # 32 Sunday, June 10, 2018 6:10Pm
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SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS MEDIA NOTES GAME # 62 HOME GAME # 30 AWAY GAME # 32 SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018 6:10PM SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS (30-31) VS. TULSA DRILLERS (28-33) St. Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Dodgers Today’s Starters: Springfield – RHP Jake Woodford (3-6, 4.95) Tulsa – LHP Devin Smeltzer (1-5, 5.90) Upcoming Probables: Monday, 11:10am – SPR RHP Mike O’Reilly (2-0, 2.20) vs. TUL RHP Logan Bawcom (0-4, 4.50) Tuesday, 6:30pm – SPR RHP Connor Jones (3-2, 4.50) vs. TUL RHP Mitchell White (0-2, 5.87) The Book on Jake Woodford (3-6, 4.95)… High Strikeouts – 7 Most Hits Allowed – 8 Longest Outing – 8.0 Most Walks Allowed – 4 Shortest Outing – 0.2 HR Allowed (Season) – 8 Matched a career-high with 8.0 shutout innings on 5/24 in Corpus, scattering six hits with just two walks while striking out five Tallied a season-high 7 Ks in 7.0 innings on 5/18 vs. NWA, allowing three runs on four hits and three walks Posted three straight quality starts from 5/13 – 5/24, going 0-2, 1.29 ERA, 21.0 IP, 14 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 17 K Made his Double-A debut as the Cardinals Opening Day Starter in Midland on 4/5 – 4.0 IP, 7H, 4R, 2BB, 1K Ranked #18 by Baseball America and #22 by MLB.com among the Cardinals Top 30 Prospects 2018 Major League Spring Training Non-Roster Invitee tossed 3.0 scoreless innings through three appearances in big league camp Spent all of 2017 with High-A Palm Beach, leading the Florida State League with a 3.10 ERA Helped Palm Beach to a 2017 FSL Co-Championship, making one postseason start on 9/5 at Fort Myers with just one run through 6.0 frames In 2016 with Low-A Peoria, went 5-5, 3.31 ERA in 21 starts, earning a Midwest League Midseason All-Star Selection Named the Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May, 2016, going 3-0, 0.87 ERA in five starts, striking out 26 in 31.0 innings While with Peoria, struck out a career-best nine batters in 7.0 innings at Quad Cities on 7/27/16 Selected by St. Louis in the supplemental 1st round (39th overall) of the 2015 June Draft out of Plant High School in Tampa, FL Was High School teammate of Astros prospect and former Hooks OF Kyle Tucker Last Game: 5.0 IP, 7H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 2K (6/5 @ NW Arkansas) CARDINALS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN CURRENT STREAK – .................................. 0-2 LONGEST WINNING STREAK –……………….......5-0 LAST 5 GAMES – ......................................... 2-3 LONGEST LOSING STREAK – ….……………........0-4 LAST 10 GAMES – ....................................... 3-7 BEST RECORD – ......................................................18-11 HOME RECORD – ....................................... 17-12 WORST RECORD (by %) – ....................................... 1-5 AWAY RECORD – ....................................... 13-19 2018 vs. TULSA – ......................................................... 5-4 Cardinals’ Chirps… Last game… The Drillers claimed the opener of the four-game set with a 6-2 win on Saturday evening. An RBI sac fly from C Andrew Knizner in the 1st provided the Cardinals with the early lead, but Tulsa moved in front with an RBI base hit from LF Luke Raley and a run-scoring passed ball in the 3rd. RHP Matt Pearce dug in from there and kept Tulsa from adding to their lead through the rest of his 6.0 innings, retiring his final 10 in a row. However, a pair of two-run shots from OF Jacob Scavuzzo in the 7th and SS Errol Robinson in the 9th padded the lead. Springfield did plate one with a solo home run from 3B Evan Mendoza in the 8th, but the Drillers hung on for the 6-2 final. 1st-Half Battle… With just 9 games remaining in the First Half, the Cardinals and NW Arkansas Naturals trail the Arkansas Travelers by just 1.0 game for 1st place in the North Division. The Drillers are in 4th but are in the hunt as well, only 3.0 games back. The First Half Champs in both divisions earn a guaranteed playoff berth. Evan almighty… Named the Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month for May, 3B Evan Mendoza continued a torrid stretch with a solo shot on Saturday, his second homer in his last three games. The 21 year old has hits in 11 of his last 12 games, batting .348 (16x46) with two home runs, a double, a triple and eight RBIs. After leading the STL system with a .339 average last year, he leads the system with a .333 clip this year between Palm Beach and Springfield, just ahead of his former NC State and current Springfield teammate, C Andrew Knizner (.327). Thomas on a tear… With an RBI double on Friday, OF Lane Thomas extended his hitting streak to eight games, hitting .382 (13x34) with four homers and 12 RBIs while collecting his first two career multi-home run performances on 6/2 and 6/5. The Knoxville, TN native has now hit in 12 of his last 13 games, batting .345 (19x55) with four homers, three doubles and 16 RBIs during that stretch. Steady Eddy… Despite his 10-game hitting streak ending on Saturday, INF Tommy Edman did work a pair of walks to extend his on-base streak to 16 games. The San Diego, CA native has hits in 14 of those 16 games, tallying a .338 average (23x68) with three homers, 11 RBIs, four doubles and 15 runs during his excellent stretch, increasing his average from .239 to .268 since 5/21. The Drake likes June… OF Blake Drake has been on fire to start the month of June, hitting .409 (9x22) with one home run, one double and five RBIs through seven games. Extending back to 5/21, he has hit in 9 of his last 12 games, batting .349 (15x43) with three homers, three doubles, 10 RBIs and seven runs. Chinea leads the charge… 1B Chris Chinea followed his terrific series in NW Arkansas with a base hit on Saturday, extending his hitting streak to five games and going 8x21 with two homers, two doubles, four RBIs and seven runs. He has hit in 12 of his last 16 games, going 16x666 with four homers and 10 RBIs during that stretch. Bird Seed… CHRIS CHINEA – Current 5G hit streak – 8x21, 2 HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 7 R… Hits in 12 of last 16G (16x66, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 12 R)… 5G hit streak from 5/7-5/11 (6x17, 4 2B, 2 RBI)… Has reached base in 31 of his 41G this season… 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… ranked among Cardinals Minor Leaguers in hits (8th, 121) and doubles (7th, 24) last year… 17th round pick in 2015 out of Louisiana State BLAKE DRAKE – Hits in 9 of last 12G – .349 (15x43), 3 HR, 3 2B, 10 RBI, 7R… Vs. RHP - .304 (21x69), 3 HR, 7 2B, 12 RBI… Joined SPR from extended spring training on 4/26/18… Started 2017 season with SPR (.220, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 12G) before spending majority of season with High-A Palm Beach (.245, 7 HR, 27 RBI, 15 2B, 82G)… 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 LUKE DYKSTRA – At Home - .308 (8x26), 1 RBI, 8 G… Had 4G hitting streak from 4/28-5/2 (6x15, 1 2B, 1 RBI)… Spent 2017 with High-A Palm Beach - .250, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 9 2B, 81G… Acquired by STL from Atlanta with RHP John Gant and RHP Chris Ellis in exchange for LHP Jaime Garcia on 12/1/16… 7th round pick in 2014 by Braves out of Westlake (CA) HS… Son of former Major League outfielder Lenny Dykstra (Mets, Phillies)… has a brother, Cutter, who was drafted by the Brewers in 2008 and also played in the Nationals system TOMMY EDMAN – Current 16G on-base streak with hits in 14 of those games - .338 (23x68), 3 HR, 11 RBI, 4 2B, 15 R… Had 10G hit streak from 5/29 – 6/8 - .364 (16x44), 7 R… On base in 48 of 57 games this season (.332 OBP)… Tied Springfield single game record with 4 BB on 5/1 @ NWA, his 2nd-career 4 BB game (8/25/16 vs. Batavia with Short-A State College)… Has 16 multi-hit games this year… Split 2017 between Low-A Peoria (38 G), High-A Palm Beach (18 G) and Springfield (63 G) … Ranked among 2017 STL Minor Leaguers in hits (9th, 116), doubles (t-10th, 22), triples (t-2nd, 8), RBIs (t-10th, 55) and steals (10th, 13)… Across three levels in 2017, hit .330 (38x115) with RISP… 6th rounder in 2016 from Stanford GRANDEN GOETZMAN – Tied for team lead with 3 triples… 7G hit streak from 5/20-5/25 (9x25, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3R)… Hits in 16 of 24G since returning to SPR on 5/14 - .262 (22x84), 3 HR, 6 2B, 1 3B, 12 RBI, 12 R… First-career multi-HR game on 5/15 vs. TUL (2 HR, 4 RBI)… Signed by STL on 1/16/18… Veteran OF hit .245, 24 HR, 201 RBI, 83 2B, 21 3B in 457 G in Rays system… Played a career-high 110 games in 2014 but has battled injuries throughout his career… 2nd round pick in 2011 by Tampa out of Palmetto (FL) High School ANDREW KNIZNER – Was with AAA-Memphis from 5/17 - 6/8 - .333 (15x45), 5 2B, 4 RBI, 14G… Between MEM and SPR, has hit in 31 of 42G this year with 15 multi-hit games… With SPR - 11 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… Vs.