SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS MEDIA NOTES GAME # 89 HOME GAME # 46 AWAY GAME # 43 TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018 7:10PM SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS (5-13, 38-50) VS. ARKANSAS TRAVELERS (9-7, 44-42) St. Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Angels Today’s Starters: Springfield – RHP Anthony Shew (4-4, 4.94) Arkansas – RHP Nathan Bannister (5-5, 5.58) Upcoming Probables: Thursday, 7:10pm – SPR LHP Austin Warner (0-2, 10.38) @ ARK RHP Johendi Jiminian (4-4, 3.38) Friday, 7:10pm – SPR RHP Sam Tewes (0-2, 5.09) @ ARK RHP Chase De Jong (4-4, 4.37) Saturday, 6:10pm – SPR RHP Connor Jones 5-3, 4.06) @ ARK RHP Max Povse (4-3, 3.56) The Book on Anthony Shew (4-4, 4.94)… High Strikeouts – 7 Most Hits Allowed – 10 Longest Outing – 7.0 Most Walks Allowed – 3 Shortest Outing – 4.0 HR Allowed (Season) – 6 Has allowed three runs or fewer in four of his last five starts, going 2-2, 3.90 ERA, 32.1 IP, 33 H, 14 R, 8 BB, 25 K In two starts vs. Travs this year, has gone 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 12.0 IP, 12 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 9 K Dominant start on 6/13 vs. ARK, tossing 7.0 one-run frames with five hits, one walk and six strikeouts, retiring 13 of 14 batters at one point 24 year old made his Double-A debut on the mound for Springfield on 5/22 in Corpus – 4.0 IP, 9H, 7R, 1BB, 5K Earned 2018 Florida State League Midseason All-Star honors, going 4-1, 2.11 ERA, 8GS, 42.2 IP, 40H, 14R, 10ER, 7BB, 34K with High-A Palm Beach At the time of his promotion on 5/22, ranked 5th in the Florida State League in ERA while leading all Cardinals Minor Leaguers Did not allow an earned run in five of his eight starts with High-A Palm Beach this year Rattled off 17.1 straight innings without an earned run from 4/28 – 5/17 with High-A Palm Beach Split 2017 between Short-A State College (2-2, 3.38 ERA, 4 GS), Low-A Peoria (5-0, 2.95 ERA, 10G/9S) and High-A Palm Beach (0-0, 15.00 ERA, 1G) With Low-A Peoria in 2017, tossed a career-high 8.0 innings on 8/28/17 vs. Kane County, allowing just one unearned run on two hits while striking out 7 Also with Low-A Peoria in 2017, set a career-high with 11 strikeouts in 7.1 one-run frames on 8/18/17 vs. Clinton Signed by St. Louis as a non-drafted free agent on 6/20/16 out of the University of San Francisco Transferred to the University of San Francisco in 2015 for his junior and senior seasons after two years at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA Cousin of Kansas City Royals pitcher Ian Kennedy Last Game: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (7/5 vs. Frisco) CARDINALS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN CURRENT STREAK – .................................. 0-1 LONGEST WINNING STREAK –……………….......5-0 LAST 5 GAMES – ......................................... 3-2 LONGEST LOSING STREAK – ….……………........0-6 LAST 10 GAMES – ....................................... 4-6 BEST RECORD – ......................................................18-11 HOME RECORD – ....................................... 23-23 WORST RECORD – .................................................35-49 AWAY RECORD – ....................................... 15-27 2018 vs. ARKANSAS – ................................................7-13 Cardinals’ Chirps… Last game… Midland LHP Jesus Luzardo continued his excellent campaign, keeping the Cardinals off the board through his 6.0 innings and leading the RockHounds to a 3-0 win on Monday evening. While Luzardo struck out 10, including his first five in a row, and allowed just three hits and one st rd th walk, 3B J.P. Sportman paced the Midland offense with all three of the ‘Hounds RBIs, coming in the 1 , 3 and 5 frames. RHP Mike O’Reilly allowed just the three runs in 5.0 innings before scoreless relief from LHP Elniery Garcia (2.0 IP), rehabbing RHP Luke Gregerson (1.0 IP) and LHP Jacob Evans (1.0 IP), but the ‘Hounds countered with three scoreless relief innings of their own to claim the 3-0 win. Called to the Future… C Andrew Knizner has been added to the 2018 MLB All-Star Futures Game in place of injured Midland C Sean Murphy. Hitting .318 with three homers, 16 doubles and 32 RBIs in 63 games between Springfield and AAA-Memphis this year, the 23 year old from Richmond, VA will join the US Team in one of the most prestigious prospect showcases in baseball. Knizner joins former Springfield Cardinals RHP Dakota Hudson and OF Randy Arozarena as St. Louis farmhands in the Futures Game this season. Strong starts… The Cardinals received very good starting pitching throughout the Midland series, beginning with RHP Sam Tewes’s 7.0 one-run innings on 7/7, RHP Connor Jones’s 6.0 shutout frames on 7/8 and RHP Mike O’Reilly’s 5.0 three-run stanzas on 7/9. The three hurlers combined to go 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA, allowing four runs across 18 innings. To the nines… With a pair of doubles on Monday, INF Ramon Urias extended his hitting streak to nine consecutive contests, batting .333 (12x36) with three homers, six doubles, seven RBIs and six runs during that stretch. The Magdalena de Kino, Mexico native has tallied an RBI in seven of his 13 games since returning from AAA-Memphis on 6/24 and has hit in 24 of his 30 games with Springfield overall, not once having his batting average dip below .300 in Double-A. Midseason form… With home runs in two of his last four games and RBIs in three of those contests, CF Lane Thomas has continued to swing a great bat through the middle of the season, starting July by hitting .278 (10x36) with two long-balls, a triple and eight RBIs in nine games. Since June 1, he is hitting .285 (37x130) with six home runs, five doubles, one triple and a team-leading 25 RBIs in 34 games. Up to 15 round-trippers on the year, he ranks t-4th among the league’s top home run hitters, while ranking t-4th in the circuit and 1st in the Cardinals organization with 56 RBIs. Garcia great in debut… LHP Elniery Garcia made his Cardinals debut on Monday evening, tossing a pair of scoreless relief innings with just one hit allowed. The 23 year old from Cotui Santiago, Dominican Republic was acquired by St. Louis from Philadelphia for international cap space on 7/5 after going 27-26 with a 3.43 ERA in 86 games / 72 starts as a Phillies farmhand from 2012 – 2018, getting as high as Double-A Reading. Bird Seed… CHRIS CHINEA – Hits in 9 of last 12G since 6/28 – .359 (14x39), 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R … Named TL Player of Week for 6/25-7/1 – 7x15, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 4 G… Led the team with 5 HRs in June - .269 (21x78), 5 HR, 11 RBI, 14 R, 22 G… Hits in 20 of last 29G – .290 (29x100), 6 HR, 2 2B, 14 RBI, 16 R… Has reached base in 49 of his 66G 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… 17th round pick in 2015 out of Louisiana State BLAKE DRAKE – Current 4G hit streak - 5x15, 1 HR, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 6 R… His 2x3, 1 HR, 2 RBI night on 7/4 snapped a 1x25 stretch from 6/9-7/3… 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 – Hits in 5 of last 9G – .296 (8x27), 1 2B, 1 RBI… At home - .275 (14x51), 1 2B, 2 RBI, 17 G… 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 – On base in 38 of last 41G with hits in 35 of those games - .350 (57x167), 3 HR, 13 RBI, 9 2B, 27 R… Broke SPR all-time record with 32G on-base streak from 5/21-6/29, hitting safely in 29 of those games - .343 (46x134), 3 HR, 11 RBI, 6 2B, 24 R… Had 10G hit streak from 5/29 – 6/8 - .364 (16x44), 7 R… On base in 70 of 82 games this season (.341 OBP)… Tied Springfield single game record with 4 BB on 5/1 @ NWA, his 2nd-career 4 BB game (8/25/16 vs.