St. Louis Cardinals (2-2) at Miami Marlins (1-3) Game No. 5 • Road Game No. 5 • loanDepot park • Tuesday, April 6, 2021 RHP John Gant (0-3, 2.40 in 2020) vs. RHP Sandy Alcantara (0-0, 0.00) RECENT REDBIRDS: The St. Louis Cardinals continue their season-opening six- RECORD BREAKDOWN game road trip with the second game of a three-game series with the Miami CARDINALS vs. MARLINS All-Time Overall ......... 10,169-9,658 Marlins at the newly-named loanDepot park ... St. Louis (2-2) begins the day in All-Time (1993-2021) ............................. 119-81 3rd place in the NL Central, 1.0 game back of 1st place Cincinnati and Chicago. 2021 Overall ................................2-2 in St. Louis (1993-2019) ................................... 55-45 Under Mike Shildt ...............164-129 ‘BEACH BIRDS: Since the Marlins joined MLB as an expansion team in 1993, the at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005) .................. 32-25 Busch Stadium ........................... n/a Cardinals own the Majors’ best win pct. (63-36, .636) of any team to visit Miami, at Busch Stadium III (2006-19) ..................... 24-20 On the Road ................................2-2 while their .667 win pct. (18-9) at loan Depot park since it opened in 2012 trails in Miami (1993-2021) .............................63-36 Day ..............................................1-2 only Tampa Bay (18-7, .720) for teams who play in Miami every season ... St. at Sun Life Stadium (1993-2011) .................. 45-27 Night ............................................1-0 Louis also owned the best win pct. at Sun Life Stadium (.625, 45-27) for teams at loanDepot park (2012-21) ................... 18-9 Spring.......................................... n/a who play in Miami every season from 1993-2011 ... Since 2015, the Cardinals 2019...................................................................... 4-3 April .............................................2-2 are 13-4 at Marlins Park, best by any visiting team (min. four games played). at Busch Stadium ............................................... 2-2 May.............................................. n/a ROAD WARRIORS: St. Louis’ all-time .636 road win pct. (63-36) in Miami is the at Marlins Park ................................................... 2-1 June ............................................. n/a 4th-best between any two teams in MLB history (min. 50 games), trailing the 2018...................................................................... 3-3 July ........................................... n/a Boston Braves at the Washington Senators (.667, 34-17, from 1892-99), Astros 2017...................................................................... 5-2 August ...................................... n/a at the Mariners (47-24, .662), and Cardinals at the Royals (.656, 40-21). (Elias) 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (1-0) September/October ................... n/a JOHN GANT IS GOOD AT BASEBALL: After appearing in 81 relief outings for St. 4/5 at MIA ...... W, 4-1 .. Ponce de Leon-Rogers-Reyes Monday..................................... 1-0 Louis the last two seasons (11-4, 3.43 ERA, 3 SV, 23 Holds), John Gant returns 4/6 at MIA ......................................5:40 p.m. Tuesday .................................... n/a to the rotation for the first time since Sept. 26, 2018 vs. Milwaukee ... Gant 4/7 at MIA ......................................3:10 p.m. Wednesday ............................... n/a enters tonight’s game with a 35.1 consecutive homerless innings streak dating 6/14 at STL ................................................. 7:15 p.m. Thursday .................................. 1-0 back to July 18, 2019 (157 batters faced), 4th-longest active in MLB behind 6/15 at STL ................................................. 7:15 p.m. Friday ........................................ n/a Colorado’s German Marquez (39.2), Yankees’ Zack Britton (39.1), and Tampa 6/16 at STL ................................................. 1:15 p.m. Bay’s Ryan Yarbrough (35.1). Elias Saturday ................................... 0-1 Sunday ..................................... 0-1 MOLINA MILESTONES: Yadier Molina surpassed Hall of Famer Johnny Bench (1967-83) with his 382nd career double last night, 8th-most all-time among pri- ALL-TIME WIN PCT. VS. MARLINS Scoring First ............................. 2-1 IN FLORIDA/MIAMI (SINCE 1993) Opponent Scores First .............. 0-1 mary catchers ... Molina (1,993) needs seven games caught to reach 2,000 for his career, becoming one of six catchers in MLB history to catch 2,000 games, MLB Rank W-L Win Pct. One-Run Games ......................... n/a but the only backstop to do so with only one team. 1. St. Louis Cardinals 63-36 .636 Two-Run Games ......................... n/a 2. Atlanta Braves 126-101 .555 Scoring 2 or fewer Runs .............0-1 250 GOLDY DINGERS: Paul Goldschmidt’s next homer will be the 250th of his 3. Los Angeles Dodgers 55-47 .539 Scoring 3 Runs ........................... n/a career, as he seeks to become the 9th player to hit home run #250 in a Cardi- 4. San Francisco Giants 53-46 .535 Scoring 4 or more Runs .............2-1 nals uniform and join Stan Musial (9/4/53 at Milwaukee Braves), Ken Boyer 5. San Diego Padres 53-50 .511 (7/10/65 at Chicago Cubs), Orlando Cepeda (6/9/67 at LA Dodgers), Jim Ed- Scoring in 3 or fewer innings ......2-1 monds (7/18/03 at LA Dodgers), Reggie Sanders (4/9/04 at Arizona), Albert ALL-TIME WIN PCT. AT MARLINS PARK Scoring in 4 or more innings ......0-1 Pujols (10/1/06 vs. Milwaukee), Scott Rolen (8/23/06 at New York Mets), and (TEAMS WHO PLAY AT MIAMI EVERY SEASON) vs. Right-Handed Starter ...........1-2 Matt Holliday (9/27/13 vs. Chicago Cubs) ... Nolan Arenado currently has 236 MLB Rank W-L Win Pct. vs. Left-Handed Starter ..............1-0 career homers. 1. Tampa Bay Rays 18-7 .720 Series Openers ...........................2-0 BIRD BYTES: The Cardinals are one of four MLB teams to not allow a stolen base 2. St. Louis Cardinals 18-9 .667 Series Finales ..............................0-1 attempt this season (Phillies, Red Sox, Mets) ... Nolan Arenado’s three multi-hit 3. Atlanta Braves 51-26 .662 Homestand Openers .................. n/a games rank T3rd-most in MLB, with the last Cardinal to record three multiple-hit 4. Los Angeles Dodgers 15-10 .600 5. Milwaukee Brewers 13-10 .565 Homestand Finales .................... n/a games in his first four games to begin a season being Kolten Wong in 2019; the Road Trip Openers ......................1-0 last Cardinal with four multi-hit games in his first five games was David Fre- CARDINALS ALL-TIME ROAD WIN PCT. Road Trip Finales ........................ n/a ese in 2012 ... Last night, Daniel Ponce de Leon threw 83 of 93 (89.2%) total VS. ANY OPPONENT (MIN 50 GAMES) Following Off-Days ..................... n/a pitches for fastballs, 2nd-highest rate of four-seam fastballs behind Milwaukee’s Rank W-L Win Pct. Out-Hit Opponents ..................... n/a Freddy Peralta (5/13/18) since the pitch-tracking era began in 2008 (minimum 1. Kauffman Stadium 40-21 .656 90 pitches) (Silver). Out-Hit by Opponents.................1-2 2. Sun Life Stadium/Marlins Park 63-36 .636 Final At-Bat Decisions ................ n/a THIS DATE IN CARDINALS HISTORY (April 6, 1979): The Cardinals opened the 3. County Stadium/Miller Park 109-78 .583 Come-from-Behind W/L ...............n/a season with an 8-1 win over the Phillies at Busch Stadium II behind a complete 4. Chase Field 44-33 .571 Walk-off Wins/Losses ................ n/a game from St. Louis starter John Denny. Right fielder Tony Scott and third base- 5. Baker Bowl/Shibe/Connie Mack/ 577-524 .524 In Errorless Games ....................2-0 man Ken Reitz each add three hits and three RBI. Veterans Std/Citizens Bank Park Commit at Least One Error .........0-2 Extra Innings .............................. n/a MIAMI CONNECTIONS Shutouts ..................................... n/a Leading after 7 innings ...............2-0 Andrew Miller pitched three seasons for the Mar- Marlins Hitting Coach Eric Duncan played in 103 Adam Wainwright made his national TV broad- lins (2008-10)...became a Marlin via trade with games for the Springfield Cardinals (AA) in 2011, casting debut during the 2020 NLDS between the Tied after 7 innings ..................... n/a Detroit, packaged with Dallas Trahern, Burke managed that season by Ron “Pop” Warner. Marlins and Braves on Fox Sports 1 with Adam Trailing after 7 innings ................0-2 Badenhop, Frankie De La Cruz, Cameron Maybin Amin and A.J. Pierzynski. Father of Marlins Pitching Coach Mel Stottlemy- and Mike Rabelo in exchange for Miguel Cabrera Leading after 8 innings ...............2-0 re Jr., Mel Stottlemyre, previously served as a Jobel Jimenez served as a Venezuelan scout and and Dontrelle Willis (December 4, 2007). Tied after 8 innings ..................... n/a Cardinals pitching coach from 1996-98...Mel Jr.’s outfield instructor for the Marlins organization Trailing after 8 innings ................0-2 Austin Dean played in 98 games for the Marlins brother, Todd Stottlemyre, pitched parts of three from 1999-2000 from 2018-19...Became the 11th Marlin in team seasons with St. Louis (1996-98) Two-Game Series ....................... n/a Monte Harrison attended Lee’s Summit West history to homer for his first MLB hit...2018 Mar- Marlins Assistant Athletic Trainer Brad LaRosa High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Two-Game Series Sweeps ......... n/a lins Minor League Player of the Year...Originally previously served in the same capacity