St. Louis Cardinals (14‐13) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (19‐7) Game #28 ◆ Busch Stadium ◆ April 29, 2014 Lance Lynn (4‐1, 3.30) vs. Kyle Lohse (4‐1, 2.38) ❑ BIRD WATCHING: The 2013 National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals have begun their 123rd TONIGHT’S GAME: The Cardinals play the mid‐ season of play in the National League...St. Louis lost in 12 innings last night, 5‐3, to Milwaukee...Matt dle game of this 3‐game series tonight with the Holliday and Allen Craig hit solo homers in the 6th to put the Cards up 3‐0, but a 3‐run 7th allowed Milwaukee Brewers, their fifth game of a six‐ the Brewers to tie the game...a leadoff 12th‐inning double, followed by an RBI triple from Khris Davis game homestand (PIT 2‐1, MIL 0‐1) against a and then a sac fly set the loss for the Birds who stranded 13 runners on the bases. pair of rivals from the NL Central... it’s just the second home stand of the season for the Red‐ ❑ GARCIA & GRICHUK DEBUTS: The Cardinals recalled INF Greg Garcia and OF Randal Grichuk from birds who closed out an 11‐game roadtrip last Memphis (AAA) yesterday and optioned INF Kolten Wong and OF Shane Robinson...Garcia made his Thursday...first pitch tonight is 7:15 p.m. CDT... Major League debut in the 7th inning of last night’s contest, walking as a pinch hitter for pitcher 25,000 ticketed fans will take home a poster fea‐ Michael Wacha...Grichuk made his debut in the 9th inning, coming into the game as a rightfield re‐ turing the 2013 National League Championship placement, later moving to centerfield...Grichuk had two at‐bats: popout and strikeout. team...in addition, as part of the annual Navy ❑ APRIL POWERS: Jhonny Peralta’s two home runs on Sunday moved him past Edgar Renteria for the Week St. Louis, members of the Leap Frogs (the Cardinals record for home runs in the month of April with six...it was Peralta’s eighth career multi‐HR United States Navy Parachute Team) will para‐ game and first since July 2012...Peralta’s previous high for the month of April was five in 2008 while chute into the stadium pre‐game. with Cleveland...his single‐month high is 7 HR and 20 RBI in May 2011 with Detroit. ❑ A FOUR‐TUNATE NUMBER: The Cardinals are 11‐0 when scoring four or more runs this season...last CARDINALS vs. MILWAUKEE: season through 26 games, St. Louis had scored four or more runs 13 times and was 11‐2 in those Season: 19 games; next meeting 7/11‐13 at MIL games...Milwaukee (16‐0) & Kansas City (12‐0) are the only other undefeateds when scoring 4+ runs. 2014: 2‐2 (0‐1 at STL, 2‐1 at MIL) 2013: 14‐5 (6‐3 at STL, 8‐2 at MIL) ❑ STARTING GUNS: Cardinals starting pitchers rank 2nd in MLB with a 2.32 ERA (Atlanta, 1.57) and All‐Time: 146‐111 (36‐35 at Busch Stadium III) have the second lowest batting average against at .215 (Atlanta .201, Cincinnati .212). QUALITY NUM‐ Last Time STL sweep: 5/2‐5/13 at MIL BERS: The Cardinals starting pitchers are averaging almost 6 1/3 innings per start and 1.5 earned runs Last Time MIL sweep: 6/10‐12/11 at MIL per start, working out to a quality start per game. ❑ WINS MATTER: Adam Wainwright become the first five‐game winner in the Majors Sunday, and is RECORD BREAKDOWN the sole 5‐game winner after games on Monday...the Cardinals starting pitching staff has a combined 14 wins, tops in MLB (14‐9, 27 games) and have allowed 43 earned runs, 2nd lowest in the Majors to By Day By Month the Atlanta Braves starters (28). Monday 3‐2 Spring 11‐13‐2 Tuesday 3‐0 March/April 14‐13 BIRD BANTER... VS. MILWAUKEE IN 2014: .262 (39-149) 7 HR HOMESTAND: .237 (33-139) 4 HR Wednesday 0‐4 May 0‐0 ❑ #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 0‐4 Series: 0‐4, .000 Homestand: 5‐16, .313 Thursday 2‐1 June 0‐0 [ Leads the NL with 12 multi‐hit games; multi‐H in 6 of last 13 starts...hit first career MLB triple Sun...32 H (T6th in NL), 8 2Bs Friday 1‐3 July 0‐0 T7th in NL...had season‐best 3 RBI at WSH (4/17) Saturday 3‐1 August 0‐0 Sunday 2‐2 September 0‐0 ❑ #8 PETER BOURJOS: Streak: 0‐16 Series: 0‐1, .000 Homestand: 0‐4 [ Stole 2nd base of season on Sat...7 of 8 hits have come at Busch, incl. 3‐2B’s & 1‐3B, (4/13 vs. CHI). By Seriies 2G 3G 4G 5G ❑ #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 2G (3‐8, .375) Series: 1‐4, .250 Homestand: 4‐15, .267 Won ‐‐‐ 5 ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ [ Scored in last 4 games...had 1st career 4‐hit game at NYM (4/23)...ranks 5th in NL runs (19); T4th with 17 BB...4th among NL Lost ‐‐‐ 1 1 ‐‐‐ leadoff men w/9 RBI...set Busch Std. III single‐season hits record in ‘13 (112)...led NL w/199 Hits, 55 2B in ‘13 Split ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ 1 ‐‐‐ ❑ #21 ALLEN CRAIG: Streak: 3G (4‐12, .333) HR Series: 2‐4, .250, HR Homestand: 4‐16, .250, HR Sweeps ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ [ Has 13 hits w/runners on base (2nd on team)...has 4 hits w/RISP this season...hit in the #2 spot 3 times, incl. 4/15 for 1st Opp. Sweeps ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ time since 4/24/13...batted .454 w/RISP in ‘13. By DIIVIISIION ❑ #48 TONY CRUZ: Streak: 2G (3‐7, .429) Series: Did Not Play Homestand: Did Not Play Home Road Total [ NL Central 6‐4 5‐4 11‐8 Batting .455 (5‐11) w/3 RBI in his 3 starts...had RBI at NYM (4/24) & 2 RBI at WSH (4/19)...batted .357 (10‐28) w/RISP in 13. NL East 0‐0 3‐5 3‐5 ❑ #33 DANIEL DESCALSO: Streak: 0‐9 Series: 0‐1, .000 Homestand: 0‐5, .000 NL West 0‐0 0‐0 0‐0 [ Hit 9th‐inn. RBI‐2B at NYM (4/23)..had 2 H, incl. 2B on 4/12 vs. CHI in 1st GS at SS...Cards were 50‐28 in his GS in ‘13. AL East 0‐0 0‐0 0‐0 ❑ #3 MARK ELLIS: Streak: 1G (2‐5, .400) Series: 2‐5, .400 Homestand: 2‐9, .222 AL West 0‐0 0‐0 0‐0 [ Had 1st multi‐hit gm of yr yest...has started 7 of his 9 games played...began seaon on 15‐day DL (L knee tendinitis) TOTALS 6‐4 8‐9 14‐13 ❑ #12 GREG GARCIA: Streak: walk Series: walk Homestand: walk [ Recalled from Memphis (AAA) yest...BBed in his PH‐AB in 7th... .267, 5 HR, 14 RBI in 21 G at MEM (14 at 2B; 7 at SS)...T9th in MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny, who in 2012 be‐ PCL with 5 HR...T2nd in PCL with 3 3B’s...teammate of K. Wong at U. of Hawaii came the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals his‐ ❑ #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 0‐2 Series: 0‐2, .000 Homestand: 0‐2, .000 tory, took his team to the World Series in his [ second season at the helm with a league‐best 97‐ Recalled from Memphis (AAA) yest...made debut in RF, moved to CF and went 0‐2 at plate... .310, 3 HR, 17 RBI in 21 G at win season in 2013...in 2012, Mike guided the Car‐ MEM...led MEM w/17 RBI; T8th in PCL w/ 8 2B’s...batted .421 w/RISP (8‐19, 13 RBI)...9 multi‐hit G’s; 4 3‐hit G dinals to the N.L. Championship round of the ❑ #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: Streak: 4G (8‐16, .500) HR Series: 3‐6, .500, HR Homestand: 8‐16, .500, HR playoffs ...he is the first Cardinals manager to lead [ Leads team with 16 RBI, has RBI in last 4 gms...T8th in NL with 14 BB...1B, 2B, HR yest, 3rd 3‐hit game of season...reached his teams to the postseason in each of his first two base safely in all 10 home games...has 6 GWRBI this yr. (T1st, MLB), 57 since 2010. seasons, having already managed 30 postseason ❑ #19 JON JAY: Streak: 0‐14 Series: 0‐6, .000 Homestand: 0‐12, .000 games in his first two seasons...Matheny, 43, had [ Has .311 BA (37‐119) since 9/15/13...owns .318 BA (7‐22) in 7th inn. or later...leads team w/2 HBP...his 2 run‐1B was a 13‐year Major League career playing with MIL, GWRBI at NYM (4/22)...had PH 2B off bench at WSH (4/18); 1‐6 as PH...has hits in 10 of 15 starts (13‐55) w/9 RBI. TOR, STL and SF, winning four Rawlings Gold ❑ #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 2G (3‐6, .500) Series: 2‐6, .333 Homestand: 4‐17, .235 Gloves (‘00, ‘03‐’05), and retiring from the game [ Ranks 7th (.344) in NL batting; T3rd in hits (33)...posted a 15G hit streak (4/7‐25), matching career best; 5th longest in MLB in 2006 due to concussion symptoms...he holds in ‘14...multi‐H’s in 9 of last 16 G’s...finished 3rd in NL MVP vote in ‘13, collecting 6th‐str. Gold Glove & 1st Silver Slugger. the M.L. catching record for consecutive errorless ❑ #27 JHONNY PERALTA: Streak: 4G (6‐15, .400) 2 HR Series: 1‐6, .167 Homestand: 6‐15, .400, 2 HR games (252) and for consecutive errorless chances [ Leads team with 6 HR (T6th, NL)...had 8th career multi‐HR game Sun; set STL record for HR by SS in Apr.