St. Louis Cardinals (68-57) at Los Angeles Dodgers (67-58) Game No. 126 • Road Game No. 64 • Dodger Stadium • Monday, August 20, 2018 LHP Austin Gomber (3-0, 2.89) vs. LHP Alex Wood (7-7, 3.51) RED HOT REDBIRDS: The Cardinals are 20-11 post All-Star Break and 21-11 RECORD BREAKDOWN under interim manager Mike Shildt since he took the post on July 15. The Car- CARDINALS vs. DODGERS All-Time Overall .........10,027-9,543 dinals have won 10-of-their-last-12, including a season-best eight-game winning All-Time (1892-2017):.......................1,022-1,026 2018 Overall ........................... 68-57 streak from August 7-15. The last time the Cardinals won a series at Dodger in St. Louis (1892-2017): ................................ 564-465 Stadium was June 4-7, 2015 (3-1). Busch Stadium .......................34-28 at Sportsman’s/Robison Field (1892-1920): . 146-117 On the Road ............................34-29 FLIGHT PATTERN: The Cardinals are 11 games over .500 entering play today and at Sportsman’s Park/Busch I (1920-66): ...... 273-222 Day ..........................................27-21 currently reside in 3rd place in the NL Central, 4.0 games out of first place and at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005): ................ 119-110 Night ........................................41-36 one-half game out of the second National League Wild Card position. The Cardi- at Busch Stadium III (2006-17): ....................... 26-16 nals have 12 games remaining against the teams ahead of them in the standings in Brooklyn/Los Angeles (1892-2017): ........458-561 Spring...................................17-13-2 (Colorado 3, Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 3 and Chicago-NL 3). in Brooklyn (1892-1957): ................................ 295-379 March .......................................0-2 at Eastern Park (1892–1897): ............................. 7-30 April ...................................... 15-10 AWESOME AUGUST: The Cardinals lead Major League Baseball with 14 wins in August and the highest winning percentage in the National League (.778, 14- at Washington Park (1898–1912): .................... 54-92 May ....................................... 15-12 4). The Cardinals club record for wins in the month of August is 25 in 1942 at Ebbets Field (1913–1957): ........................ 234-255 June ...................................... 12-15 when they played 33 games in the month. Their current .778 winning pct., is the at Roosevelt Stadium (1956–1957): ..................... 0-2 July ....................................... 13-14 2nd-highest all-time for the club in August trailing the 1944 club with an .852 in Los Angeles (1958-2017): ....................163-182 August .................................... 14-4 (23-4) mark. at LA Memorial Coliseum (1958-61) ............... 17-27 September ................................ n/a at Dodger Stadium (1962-2017) .............146-155 CLOSE CALLS: Yesterday’s 2-1 loss to Milwaukee was only the 4th loss by the Monday.....................................7-6 2017: ....................................................3-4 Cardinals this month, with all four losses by one run. The last time a team de- at Busch Stadium: ..................................2-2 Tuesday .................................. 10-9 feated the Cardinals by more than one run was Colorado on July 30 (6-3). The at Dodger Stadium: ............................................ 1-2 Wednesday ............................... 7-9 Cardinals are 18-17 in one-run games this season and have a +43 run differential 2016:..................................................................... 2-4 Thursday .................................. 7-7 in the month of August. 2015:..................................................................... 5-2 Friday ...................................... 10-9 KEEP IT ROLLING: The Cardinals have won seven consecutive series, their lon- Postseason (1985-2014): ...................................... 14-9 Saturday ................................. 14-8 gest streak since April 10-May 7, 2015, when the Cards won eight straight series 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Sunday ................................... 12-9 coming in a season in which they won 100 games. 5/23 at LAD .......L, 2-1 (13) ..................Fields-Broxton Scoring First ......................... 47-21 FINALLY!: The Cardinals are playing the Dodgers for the first time this season 5/24 at LAD .......W, 6-1 ..............................Leake- Hill Opponent Scores First ......... 21-36 tonight on August 20. This is the last National League opponent the Cardinals 5/25 at LAD .......L, 7-3 ..................Maeda-Wacha-Ryu One-Run Games ..................... 18-18 have yet to play in 2018. Tonight’s game marks the latest these two teams have 5/29 at STL .......L, 5-1 ................................Hill-Leake Two-Run Games .......................14-5 met for the first match-up in a season since 2004, when they faced off at Busch 5/30 at STL .......L, 9-4 ....................... Morrow-Wacha Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........2-32 Stadium II on Sept. 3, 2004 and played six games over the next 10 days. 5/31 at STL .......W, 2-1 .............Martinez-Stripling-Oh Scoring 3 Runs ...........................9-9 NEW JACK CITY: The Cardinals homered in their 12th straight game yesterday 6/1 at STL .........W, 2-0 ...... Wainwright-McCarthy-Oh Scoring 4 or more Runs ......... 57-16 as Patrick Wisdom hit his first Major League home run, a pinch-hit shot in the Last Cardinals sweep: .............July 21-23, 2006 at LAD Scoring in 3 or fewer innings ..46-51 8th inning. The 12-game home run streak is currently the longest active streak in Last Dodgers sweep: ..............May 18-20, 2012 at LAD Scoring in 4 or more innings ....21-6 MLB and four shy of the MLB mark this season (Philadelphia, 16). The Cardinals vs. Right-Handed Starter .......47-42 12-game streak is the longest by the club since homering in 15 straight from June 11-26, 2017. The club record was set in 2016 with 25, which is tied for the all-time NL record. vs. Left-Handed Starter .......... 21-15 Series Openers .......................20-20 YOUTH PREVAILS: The Cardinals current probable starting rotation has a combined 5 years and 38 days of Major League Baseball Service Series Finales ..........................20-20 time and 87 career starts. Miles Mikolas leads the list with 2.010 years and 35 starts, with Jack Flaherty (26 starts; 0.137), John Gant (21 starts; 1.135), Austin Gomber (4 starts; 0.070) and Daniel Poncedeleon (1 start; 0.030) rounding out the crew. Homestand Openers ..................7-3 Homestand Finales ....................5-5 MOLINA MILESTONES: Yadier Molina has started 27 consecutive games, extending the MLB record for consecutive starts by a catcher age Road Trip Openers ......................4-6 35 or older. The last player to start at catcher in each of 27 consecutive team games within one season was Milwaukee’s Jason Kendall (34 GS) from Aug. 22-Sept. 28, 2008. The last Cardinals catcher to do so was Ted Simmons (29 GS) from April 6-May 10, 1979. Since 1900, Road Trip Finales ........................4-6 former Cardinals catcher Jimmie Wilson holds the franchise record of 62 from May 13-July 16, 1928 (Elias). Following Off-Days ................... 8-11 Out-Hit Opponents .................48-10 Out-Hit by Opponents.............14-44 LOS ANGELES CONNECTIONS Final At-Bat Decisions ..............13-8 Jack Flaherty was born in Burbank...graduated Cardinals pitching coach Mike Maddux pitched Cardinals Scouting Director Randy Flores was Come-from-Behind W/L ..........29/26 from Harvard-Westlake High School, where went parts of the 1990 (11 games) and 1999 (49 born in Bellflower....graduated from El Rancho 23-0 with an 0.63 ERA over his final two seasons games) seasons with the Dodgers...his younger High School in Pico Rivera...pitched four years at Walk-off Wins/Losses ..............10/6 and 35-3 overall throughout his high school ca- brother, Hall of Famer Greg Maddux, pitched parts the University of Southern California (1994-97). In Errorless Games ................36-26 reer...led Harvard-Westlake to the 2013 state title, of the 2006 and 2008 seasons with the Dodgers. Cardinals Director of Player Development Gary pitching a complete-game shutout and driving in Commit at Least One Error .....32-31 Mike Mayers made his Major League debut vs. LaRocque worked 19 years with the Dodgers as the lone run in a 1-0 victory in the CIF Champi- Extra Innings ..............................7-6 the Dodgers at Busch Stadium (July 24, 2016) on a minor league coach (1979-80) and manager onship at Dodger Stadium....resides in Sherman ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. (1981-88), area scout (1989-91) and regional Shutouts .....................................6-4 Oaks. scouting supervisor (1992-97). Leading after 7 innings ............ 56-6 Patrick Wisdom was born in Murrieta...graduated Daniel Poncedeleon was born in Anaheim... from Murrieta Valley High School. Clayton Kershaw made his Major League debut Tied after 7 innings .....................4-4 graduated from La Mirada High School, where he vs. St. Louis (May 25, 2008 at Dodger Stadium). Trailing after 7 innings ..............8-47 played baseball and also quarterbacked the Mat- Cardinals bench coach Ron “Pop” Warner was Leading after 8 innings .............57-3 adores to the CIF-SS Southern Division crown... born in nearby Alhambra, Calif...graduated from Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt pitched pitched his sophomore season of college at Cy- Redlands High School. parts of two years