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St. Louis Cardinals (19-8-3) at New York Mets (15-17-1) Spring Training Game No. 31 N First Data Field N March 28, 2017 Adam Wainwright (1-1, 8.59) vs. Robert Gsellman (1-2, 1.56) K CARDINALS 20TH SPRING TRAINING IN JUPITER: The St. Louis Cardinals are entering their 126th season of TODAY’S GAME : The St. Louis Cardinals travel to Port St. Lucie for their final road game of the play in the National League and are in the final week playing in their 20th Spring Training in Jupiter. 2017 Grapefruit League schedule against the K CARDINALS VS. METS: The Cardinals play the New York Mets New York Mets...first pitch today is at 1:10 p.m., today for the final time of their 2017 Grapefruit League sched - CARDINALS 2017 SPRING RECAP and will be televised nationally on ESPN...Red - ule...the Cardinals and Mets have played four times with the se - Record Attendance bird pitchers and catchers reported on Feb. 13 ries split 2-2...the two teams will play their entire seven-game vs. NL .............14-5-3 Home (15) .....85,222 with the first full-squad workout on Feb. 17. regular season series over 14 days in July with the Mets travel - vs. AL ...............5-3-0 Home Avg ......5,681 ing to St. Louis for three games, July 7-9 and the Cardinals play - at Home .........11-2-2 Road (15) ......92,609 COMING UP: The Cardinals close out their 2017 ing four games in the Big Apple, July 17-20. on Road .......... 8-6-1 Road Avg ........6,174 at RDS* ..........11-4-3 Total ............177,831 Grapefruit League schedule against the Wash - K LAST GAME: The Cardinals won their 19th game of the Spring ington Nationals tomorrow at Roger Dean Sta - *Includes road games Home High ......7,372 Training season rallying to defeat the Houston Astros 3-2 at the dium at 12:05 p.m...following the game, the at Roger Dean vs. NYM (3/18) Ballpark of the Palm Beaches last night...the Cardinals were 5- Cardinals break camp and head north for two Stadium. exhibition games against their Triple-A Memphis 0 in the new ballpark in West Palm Beach this Spring (3-0 vs. affiliate on Thursday at Autozone Park at 7:05 WSH & 2-0 vs. HOU)...Carlos Martinez threw 5.0 innings allowing two first inning runs for the win, then smacked p.m., and a Friday tilt against Double-A Spring - an RBI single for the game-winning RBI in the 2nd inning...Matt Adams had two hits and an RBI, while Tyler Lyons field at Hammons Stadium at 5:05 p.m. (2 IP), Jonathan Broxton (1 IP) and Kevin Siegrist (1 IP, SV) kept the Astros off the scoreboard the rest of the game. K TODAY’S HURLER: Adam Wainwright gets the call to start against the New York Mets in a nationally televised ON THE AIR: The Cardinals broadcasted 19 Spring game on ESPN...Wainwright is 1-1 with an 8.59 ERA in five Spring Training starts covering 14.2 innings...Wainwright Training games on their radio flagship station KMOX faced the Mets on Mar. 17 in his only loss of the Spring allowing 10 runs in 1.2 innings. 1120 AM...Mike Shannon, John Rooney, Mike Clai - K TOMORROW’S STARTER: Michael Wacha will make his team-leading seventh Spring Training start tomorrow to borne and Ricky Horton were on the call...the close out the Cardinals 2017 Grapefruit League schedule...Wacha is 3-0 with a 2.05 ERA covering 22.0 innings with 50,000-watt station can sometimes be heard as far a team-high 18 strikeouts...he did not allow a run in 10.0 road innings and has a career Spring Training record of south as Jupiter on a clear day. 10-1 over his career. ON THE INTERNET: The 14 games not broadcast K TSUNAMY TO START OPENER: Carlos Martinez has been tabbed by the Cardinals as their Opening Day starter on KMOX and the exhibition game at Memphis on Sunday, April 2 vs. Chicago...it will be the first Opening Day start for Martinez and the first by a Dominican- (AAA), can be heard on cardinals.com with Tom born Cardinals pitcher since Joaquin Andujar did so on April 9, 1985 at the New York Mets. Ackerman, Mike Claiborne, Chris Hrabe and Kyle K LYNN WON’T START IN MEMPHIS: RHP Lance Lynn will not make the trip to start in Memphis (AAA) on Thursday McClellan calling the action. and will remain in Jupiter to pitch in a minor league game due to uncertain weather conditions in the Mississippi River delta region...the Cardinals will start a pitcher to be determined in the exhibition at Autozone Park. ON THE TUBE: FOX Sports Midwest televised 15 K Spring Training games in 2017 as Dan McLaugh - ROSTER MOVES: The Cardinals optioned C Carson Kelly and RHP Mike Mayers to Memphis (AAA), and re-as - lin, Jim Edmonds, Ricky Horton, Al Hrabosky and signed INF Patrick Wisdom and OF Adolis Garcia to minor league camp following last night’s game...the moves Tim McCarver called the action. For the first reduced the number of players in Spring Training camp to 37, including nine non-roster invitees. time ever, every telecast was streamed live on K DOUBLE DOWN: Mike Leake has induced eight double plays this Spring Training season with seven coming in the FOX Sports GO app and at the the last 11 innings over two starts...the eight leads all MLB pitchers and is five shy of his total from 2016 (13). FOXSportsGO.com. Games included 2/25 at K STAYING GROUNDED: Cardinals pitchers lead the majors in groundball/flyball ratio (1.47; 330 ground outs/225 MIA, 2/26 vs. MIA, 3/4 vs. WSH, 3/7 vs. MIA, 3/8 fly outs) this spring...the Cardinals have induced an MLB-leading 41 double plays and have allowed only 16 home vs. WSH, 3/9 vs. HOU, 3/11 vs. ATL, 3/12 at MIA, 3/13 vs. HOU, 3/15 at MIN, 3/16 vs. MIN, 3/18 runs (the fewest among all teams)...Cardinal pitchers last allowed a home run on Mar. 18 to the Mets’ Kevin at NYM, 3/19 at ATL, 3/25 at MIA and 3/26 vs. Plawecki, a span of 74.0 innings. MIA. The Cardinals are televised nationally on K DEFENSE WINS BALLGAMES: The Cardinals pitching staff leads Spring Training with a 3.33 ERA and ranks 3rd in ESPN at NYM today. fielding percentage (.981)...last season, the Cardinals ranked 25th in fielding during the regular season. K THESE ‘BIRDS ARE FLYIN’!: The Cardinals have hit a Major League best 16 triples this spring...13 different Car - LAST SEASON: The Cardinals concluded their dinals have raced out a triple with Dexter Fowler, Randal Grichuk and Kolten Wong hitting two...the Cardinals hit 125th season of play in the National League 32 triples in 162 games in 2016...the Cardinals have stole 22 bases this Spring and had 35 during the 2016 season. by finishing 2nd in the National League Central Divison and 5th overall in the Senior Circuit, K SWEET GRAPEFRUIT: The Cardinals rank 2nd in the Grapefruit League standings with a 19-8-3 record, posting missing the postseason for the first time since their most spring wins since 2009 (19-12-2), which are their most wins since moving from St. Peteresburg to Jupiter 2010...Manager Mike Matheny led the the Car - in 1998...the Cardinals won 21 games in 1997...St. Louis is trailing only the New York Yankees (22-7). dinals to their eighth straight winning season as the 5th-year skipper leads all Major League managers with 461 wins since he took over the CARDINALS SPRING SCHEDULE & RESULTS position in 2012. Time/ Probable Starters/ Date/Opp. Result Winner-Loser-Save Record Att. Highlights LAST SPRING: The 2016 Cardinals posted a 11- 2/25 at MIA^+* L, 8-7 Copeland-Gant-Cunniff 0-1 3,783 Carpenter 1-1, HR, 3RBI; Gyorko 2-2 13-3 spring record (6-6 at home, 8-8 at RDS), fin - 2/26 vs. MIA+* W, 7-4 Mayers-Conley-Bowman 1-1 4,679 Baker 2.2 ShO IP; Molina 2H 2 RBI ishing 9th in the Grapefruit League and 7th 2/27 vs. WSH# W, 5-4 Nielsen-Antolin-Tuivailala 2-1 3,939 3RBI-2B Martini, Lynn 2.0 ShO IP among National League teams...they drew at BOS W, 7-2 Wacha-Johnson 3-1 9,511 Jose Martinez two 2R-HRs 90,985 fans to Roger Dean Stadium during 13 2/28 at ATL# L, 2-0 Collmenter-Rowland-Cabrera 3-2 5,099 Leake 3.0 ShO IP; Sierra 3H home games, averaging 6,999 fans per game. 3/1 vs. NYM+ W, 6-1 C. Martinez-M. Molina 4-2 4,688 CMart 3.0 ShO IP; Grichuk HR, 4 RBI 3/2 vs. ATL+ W, 9-4 Alcantara-Danks 5-2 4,292 DeJong 2-3,HR,3B, RBI; STL P’s 16Ks Cardinals Recent 3/3 at WSH(ss)# W, 2-1 (10) Socolovich-Eitel 6-2 3,975 Wacha 3.0 IP; Socolovich W 2.0 IP Spring Training Records 3/4 vs. WSH+* T, 1-1 (9) None 6-2-1 6,118 Wisdom HR; Lynn 4 IP, 2 H, 1 UER Team Team 3/5 at NYM+ W, 14-11 Leake-Harvey 7-2-1 6,594 Bader 3 H, 4 RBI; Jo.Martinez HR 3H Year W-L-T Batting Avg.