St. Louis Cardinals (31-37) at Philadelphia Phillies (22-46) Game #69 N Citizens Bank Park N June 20, 2017 Mike Leake (5-6, 3.14) vs. Jeremy Hellickson (5-5, 4.91) K LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...the TONIGHT’S GAME : The Cardinals continue their Cardinals entered the day tied with the Pirates for 3rd place in the National League Central, 5.0 games back of 1st seven-day, six-game roadtrip (1-2 at BAL, PHI-3) place Milwaukee...following a 12-12 April, the Cardinals went 13-13 during May and are off to a 6-12 start in this evening with the opeing game of a three- June...the Cardinals 31-37 start is their slowest since 2007 when they also started out 31-37 in their first 68 games. game series against the Philadelphia Phillies... K KEEP ‘EM GOING: The Cardinals enter this week’s series with several streaks of success, including a season-best first pitch tonight is slated for 6:05 p.m. CDT...the home run streak of 8-straight games (June 11-present) and an errorless games streak of 9-straight games (June 10- Cardinals, who were off yesterday, have dropped present), also their best of the season. two-straight after having won their series K opener Friday at Baltimore. DEXTER GOING DEEP: Dexter Fowler has homered in a career-best 4-straight games, the longest such streak by a Cardinal since Albert Pujols homered in 4-straight games in 2011...Ryan Ludwick (Aug. 1-6, 2008) was the last to LAST GAME : The Cardinals fell 8-5 at Baltimore do so in 5-straight games and Mark McGwire homered in a club record 6-straight games between 1997 & 1998. on Sunday, as the two teams combined for eight K FOUR SCORE: The Cardinals have scored four or more runs in their last nine games, a streak they’ve done once home runs...Stephen Piscotty had two solo shots previously this season, doing so in a season-high 10-straight games from April 20 to May 1. for the Cardinals and Dexter Fowler went deep K THE 1-2 PUNCH: The Cardinals have received a combined 24 home runs between their leadoff (12) and number for a career-high 4th-straight game while Yadier two hitters (12) in the lineup, ranked 3rd in the N.L. behind CHI (35; 17/18) & MIL (31, 7/24). Molina homered in his 2nd-straight game...the K DOUBLE TROUBLE: In the team’s 12 games since June 7 when Matt Carpenter was moved to the leadoff spot, Cardinals have homered in a season-high eight- the Cardinals are averaging 5.5 runs per game (their season average is 4.3)...Carpenter and 2nd place hitter Dexter straight games and they hit 12 HR’s in their Fowler have combined to bat .407 (33-for-81) in those 12 games with 19 runs scored, 9 HR’s & 26 RBI. three- game series at Baltimore. K BOTTOMS UP: The Cardinals 9th place hitters have driven in 39 runs, tops among all teams in the majors, with COMING UP : The Cardinals and Phillies will con - the NY Yankees (34) & Tampa Bay Rays (34) being the next closest...their 10 HR’s out of the no. 9 spot are T2nd tinue their series with games tomorrow night with Houston in the majors behind Tampa Bay (11) and their .410 slugging pct. ranks 4th in all of baseball. (6:05 CT) & Thu. afternoon (12:05 CT) at Citizens K A CARPENTER SHALL LEAD THEM: Since moving into the leadoff spot on June 7, Matt Carpenter has hit safely Bank Park to close out the road trip...St. Louis is in 10 of 12 games at the top spot, going 17-for-42 (.405) with a .528 on-base pct. & a .857 slugging pct...Carpenter, in the midst of playing 47 games in 48 days lead - who hit his team-high 13th HR Fri. night, has 7 doubles, 4 HR’s, 12 runs scored & 11 RBI in his 12 games leading off. ing into the All-Star break and following yester - day’s open date, the Cardinals are slated to play BIRD BANTER... VS PHILADELPHIA IN 2017: .300 (27-90) 2 HR ROAD TRIP: .280 (30-107) 12 HR 20-straight days leading into the All-Star break... K #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 0-4 BAL Series: 2-7, .286, HR Roadtrip: .286 (2-7) HR they are 9-18 in the first 27 games of their cur - [ Since June 7, is T3rd in ML in times on base (28); Judge & Rizzo (29)...batted leadoff the past 12 G’s (17-42, 4 HR, 12 runs, 10 rent 47 games in 48 days stretch that began back BB, 10 RBI)...has been on base 15 times last 5 gms (3-2B, 8-BB, HBP, 2-1B, HR)...had his 1st 3-hit game of ‘17 6/13 [2]...leads STL with 38 RBI, 13 HR’s & 26 XBH, 2nd in runs (37)...led team w/6 HR’s in May...was quickest STL player to 400 career walks on May 23. (759th game)...45 walks (T4th NL); has walks in 38 G’s...is 3-for-4 w/HR, 2 2Bs & 10 RBI w/bases loaded. CARDINALS vs. PHILADELPHIA: K #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 0-6 BAL Series: 4-11, .364, 2 HR Roadtrip: .364 (4-11) 2 HR Season: 6 games; final series meeting in 2017 [ HRed in back-to-back games Fri. & Sat. at BAL...his 3-H, 3-R, 3-RBI, HR game Fri. night was just 3rd by STL 9th place hitter (Gibson & Dean)...rookie INF was recalled last Thu. from Memphis (AAA); Wong on DL...was optioned to MEM on 6/11 & 2017: 3-0 (3-0 at STL, 0-0 at PHI) HR’ed in both 6/13 & 6/14 games vs. Colo. Springs...was purchased 5/28 & in his ML debut that day at COL, he HR’d in his 1st 2016: 5-2 (3-1 at STL, 2-1 at PHI) at-bat (9th Cardinal to do so)...has made 15 starts for STL (2B-14, SS-1)...has .299 BA, 13 HR, 34 RBI in 48 G’s at MEM. All-Time: 1,227-961 (21-21 at Citizens Bank) K #36 ALEDMYS DIAZ: Streak: 1G (1-3, .333) BAL Series: 2-11, .182 Roadtrip: .182 (2-11) Last Time STL sweep: 6/9-11/17 at STL (3 gms) [ Had 2-run HR (#7) in 8th last Wed..hit team-high 16th double & HR’d (#6) on 6/9 vs. PHI...is 1st on STL w/65 hits & 1st w/18 Last Time PHI sweep: 5/4-5/09 at PHI (2 gms) multi-hit G’s, 3rd on team w/23 XBH....had team-high 30 hits & 8 2B’s in May...has .299 BA (43-144) outside of No. 2 spot this season...had 5-straight games with 2B (5/21-27) & 10 of his last 22 hits have been 2B’s...T3rd in MLB with 15 infield hits. RECORD BREAKDOWN K #25 DEXTER FOWLER: Streak: 4G (8-15, .533) 4 HR BAL Series: 6-11, .545, 3 HR Roadtrip: .545 (6-11) 3 HR [ Has HR’d in career-high 4-straight games...is T5th in NL in June HR’s (6) & T6th RBI (16) & 7th in SLG (.702)...9 of his 13 HR’s By Day By Month hit at Busch ...8 of 13 HR’s are go-ahead, incl 3-run HR on 6/11 vs. PHI for GWRBI...leads STL in runs (38), HR (13), XBH (26); Monday 2-4 Spring 20-8-4 2nd in BB’s (31) & RBI (35)...had RBI PH-1B in Gm 2 last Tue.; is 4-6 in the pinch w/2B, 3B, 5 RBI...hit 2nd leadoff HR (23rd ca - Tuesday 4-8 April 12-12 reer) on 6/2 at CHI..1st on team with .372 BA (16-43) w/RISP...9 of 17 May hits were XBH...T3rd in MLB w/4 triples; hit 76th Wednesday 5-3 May 13-13 career triple 5/20 vs. SF, most among active players and most since 2009...reached base safely in 36 of his last 42 starts. Thursday 3-6 June 6-12 K #41 ERIC FRYER: Streak: 0-8 BAL Series: 0-3, .000 Roadtrip: .000 (0-3) Friday 5-6 July 0-0 [ Started all 3 Gms 6/9-11 series vs. PHI...STL is 8-3 in his starts...had RBI single on 6/11...hit PH single in 11th vs. TOR (4/25) Saturday 6-4 August 0-0 ...has 10 hits/3-2Bs...is 2-9 with 2B as pinch hitter...career .317 BA (19-60) in 29 G’s at Busch Std…is 3-for-10 w/RISP & 2 outs. Sunday 6-6 Sept./Oct. 0-0 K #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 0-8 BAL Series: 0-5, .000 Roadtrip: .000 (0-5) [ Started both games of DH last Tue. (1B, 2-BB, HBP)...tied career-high w/3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF...is 3-17 w/5 BB’s as PH By Seriies (T1st MLB); .309 career BA (21-68) in pinch...has made 17 starts (3B, SS & 2B); STL is 12-5...hit 462 ft HR (#1) on 5/28 at COL. 2G 3G 4G 5G K Won --- 5 1 --- #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 0-5 BAL Series: 3-13, .231, HR Roadtrip: .231 (3-13) HR [ Has team-high .291 BA...ranks 9th in NL road BA (.314; 33-105)...has team-high six 3+ hit games...had season-high 3 RBI on Lost --- 8 2 --- 6/10...co-led STL w/14 RBI in May...had his 14-game road hitting streak (.400 BA) & 14-game on-base streak both end 5/23 at Split 1 --- 1 --- LAD...hit safely in 28 of last 42 G’s at .280 clip (45-161)...3rd STL w/21 XBH, 2nd w/.326 (14-43) RISP BA, 2nd w/62 H’s, 3rd in Sweeps --- 4 --- --- HRs (9), 3rd RBI (28), 4th with 11 2B’s...8 of 9 HR’s are 6th inn.