St. Louis Cardinals (12-14-1) vs. Minnesota Twins (14-13-0) Spring Training Game #28 N Hammond Stadium, Ft. Myers, Fla. N March 25, 2013 Shelby Miller (2-0, 4.63) vs. Mike Pelfrey (1-1, 7.54) K GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE: The St. Louis Cardinals are preparing for their 122nd season of play in the National TODAY’S GAME : The Cardinals continue a League and are in the midst of their 16th Spring Training in Jupiter...the 2012 N.L. Wild Card Champions visit the stretch of five road games in six days as they Minnesota Twins today at Hammond Stadium in Ft. Myers with first pitch slated for 1:05 p.m...it is the second of head across the state to Ft. Myers to take on the two meetings between the two teams this spring...the Cardinals were blanked by the Twins, 7-0, in their March Minnesota Twins today at 1:05 p.m...Redbird 4 contest at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. pitchers & catchers reported on Feb. 12 with the K YESTERDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: The Cardinals lost their third straight with a 10-7 defeat to the Mets...Jon Jay (3-3, first full-squad workout Feb. 15. 2 RBI), Pete Kozma (2-3, 2-2B, 2RBI) and Allen Craig (2-4, 2 RBI) helped the Cardinals to an early 6-0 lead, but the Mets plated six runs in their 7th and held on for the win...U.S. Navy Lt. Mitch CARDINALS 2013 SPRING RECAP COMING UP: The Cardinals wrap up their final Harris made his pro debut for the Cardinals, working in relief. week of Spring Training with a road game at the Record Attendance K TODAY’S HURLERS: RHP Shelby Miller (2-0, 4.63) makes his vs. NL .............9-10-0 Home (14) .....84,187 Mets tomorrow, followed by home games with 5th appearance and 3rd start of the spring today. He will be fol - vs. AL ...............3-4-1 Home Avg ......6,013 Washington (Wed.) & Miami (Thu.) and a road lowed by RHP Joe Kelly (0-0, 4.91) who has made four appear - at Home ...........7-7-0 Road (13) ......76,387 game at the Mets on Friday...tomorrow’s game ances (3 starts) this spring, as the two compete for the 5th spot in the Cardinals starting rotation. on Road ...........5-7-1 Road Avg ....... 5,876 against the Mets will be televised nationally on K at RDS* ..........8-10-0 Total ............160,574 ESPN. TOMORROW’S PITCHER: RHP Adam Wainwright will make *Includes road Home High ......7,629 his final Grapefruit League start tomorrow in advance of his Opening Day assignment next Monday (April 1) at Arizona... games at Roger Dean Detroit (3/16/13) ON THE AIR: The Cardinals will broadcast 18 Wainwright is 2-1, 3.00 ERA in 5 starts this spring...Adam faced Stadium. Spring Training games on their radio flagship sta - the Mets last Thu. (3/21) and allowed 2 runs in 4.2 IP. tion KMOX 1120 AM...Mike Shannon and John K LEADERS OF THE PACK: The St. Louis Cardinals announced extentions of Sr. VP/G.M. John Mozeliak’s contract Rooney will be on the call working together for through 2016 and picked up the 2014 option on manager Mike Matheny’s contract on February 14...the Cardinals are 439-371 (.542) with Mozeliak as GM, making the playoffs in 2009, 2011 and 2012 with a World Series Cham - their eighth consecutive season...the 50,000- pionship in 2011...Matheny led the Cardinals to within one win of the World Series in his inaugural season at the watt station can sometimes be heard as far helm. south as Jupiter on a clear day. K WAINO GETS OPENING DAY NOD: Manager Mike Matheny has announced that Adam Wainwright will get the Opening Day start on April 1 at Arizona...it will be Adam’s 3rd Opening Day assignment (2009, 2008), although ON THE TUBE: FOX Sports Midwest will televise his 2008 start was rained out before it became an official game. 10 Spring Training games this season, all be - K CAMP ROSTER AT 32: The Cardinals reassigned five players to minor league camp following Saturday’s game tween Mar. 14-28 with Dan McLaughlin, Al Hra - including RHP Seth Maness, C Audry Perez, C J.R. Towles, INF Kolten Wong and OF Justin Christian...the youngest bosky and Ricky Horton calling the action. player in camp is 20-year old outfielder Oscar Tavares as well as first round picks INF Pete Kozma (2007) and RHP Games include 3/14 vs. ATL, 3/15 vs. WSH, 3/17 Shelby Miller (2009). K at MIA, 3/18 vs. NYM, 3/19 vs. MIA, 3/22 at INJURY NEWS: The Cardinals announced on Saturday that Jason Motte suffered a right elbow strain during his last appearance on March 21...no timetable has been set for his return to throwing...David Freese (back tightness) HOU, 3/23 at MIA, 3/24 vs. NYM, 3/27 vs. WSH and Carlos Beltran (right little toe) have also been slowed by injury. and 3/28 vs. MIA. Twice the Cardinals will be K A ROAD WELL TRAVELED: Shane Robinson (.434-3-12) has enjoyed a stellar spring, but on the road, “Sugar televised on ESPN, 3/11 at NYY & 3/26 at NYM. Shane” has been even more impressive, leading the majors with a .556 BA (15-27) and 1.074 SLG pct...he’s had 5 doubles, 3 homers and 8 RBI on the road this spring. LAST SEASON: The Cardinals won one of two K OPENING DAY CREDENTIALS: St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day media credentials are available online through National League Wild Card berths with a 88-74 credentials.mlb.com . All media wishing to attend Opening Day on April 8, vs. Cincinnati must apply online by record, and came within one win of the World April 1, in order to be considered. CARDINALS MEDIA GUIDE ONLINE: The 2013 edition of the St. Louis Cardinals Media Guide is currently available online at mlbpressbox.com. Series, falling to the eventual World Champion K CLASSIC PLAYERS: Four Cardinals Major Leaguers (C Yadier Molina & OF Carlos Beltran - Puerto Rico, RHP San Francisco Giants 4-3 in the NLCS in Mike Ma - Mitchell Boggs -USA, RHP Fernando Salas - Mexico) took part in the World Baseball Classic, as did Cardinals minor theny’s first season as manager. The Cardinals league RHP Richard Castillo (Spain) . MOLINA HONORED: Yadier Molina was selected to the MetLife All-World won the inaugural National League Wild Card Baseball Classic Team as catcher. Molina batted .259 with a stolen base and helped Puerto Rico’s pitching staff game, 6-3 at Atlanta, and defeated the Washing - to a Team ERA of 2.88. ton Nationals in a thrilling Division Series 3-2 ral - lying from a 6-0 deficit in the deciding Game 5. CARDINALS SPRING SCHEDULE & RESULTS LAST SPRING: The Cardinals posted a 16-9-2 Time/ Probable Starters/ Date/Opp. Result Winner-Loser-Save Record Att. Highlights spring record (9-4-0 at home, 9-6-0 at RDS), fin - ishing 11th in the Grapefruit League...they drew 2/23 at MIA^+ L, 8-3 J. Maine-Rosenthal 0-1-0 3,504 Adams 2 hits & 2 RBI, Freese HR 2/24 vs. BOS L, 5-3 Lester-Gast-De la Rosa 0-2-0 6,819 Descalso HR, Lyons 2.0 SHO IP 85,858 fans to RDS during 13 home games, aver- 2/25 vs. HOU W, 10-2 Wainwright-Humber 1-2-0 3,727 Holliday, Craig, Kozma w/HRs aging 6,604 fans per game. 2/26 at BOS W, 15-4 Garcia-Mortensen 2-2-0 9,987 Cruz, Adams & Jackson w/3 RBI 2/27 at NYM W, 12-4 Lynn-Gorski 3-2-0 3,349 Wacha 3.0 IP/5K; Robinson HR, 3 H Cardinals Recent 2/28 vs. MIA+ W, 8-2 Westbrook-Turner 4-2-0 3,608 Taveras GS; Rosenthal 3.0 IP Spring Training Records 3/1 at HOU T, 8-8 None 4-2-1 2,825 Chambers HR, 3 RBI; Descalso 2 RBI Team Team 3/2 vs. WSH+ L, 6-2 G.Gonzalez-Wainwright 4-3-1 5,238 Craig 2H/2RBI; S.Miller 2.0 IP/3 K Year W-L-T Batting Avg. ERA 3/3 at WSH+ L, 7-6 Mattheus-E. Sanchez 4-4-1 6,312 Kozma 3 H; Robinson 2 H, HR #2 2012* 16-9-2 .276 3.05 3/4 vs. MIN L, 7-0 De Vries-Lynn 4-5-1 4,703 Wacha 2.2 IP, 3 K 3/5 OPEN DATE 2011* 14-16-1 .261 3.79 3/6 vs. MIA W, 7-2 Westbrook-Koehler 5-5-1 4,736 Taveras 2-3, HR; 5 team HR 2010 15-14-0 .280 4.95 3/7 vs. NYY+ W, 7-6 Mujica-Perez 6-5-1 7,481 Maness 3 IP, 0 R; Kozma 2-3, HR 2009* 19-12-2 .290 4.35 3/8 at WSH W, 16-10 Miller-Zimmermann 7-5-1 6,820 Carpenter 4-4; Robinson 2-3, HR, 4 RBI 2008 17-10-2 .286 4.01 3/9 at MIA+ W, 2-0 Wainwright-Hatcher-Wacha 8-5-1 4,219 Wainwright 4.2 IP, 0 R, 6 K; Kozma 2 RBI 2007 16-10-3 .255 2.29 3/10 vs. NYM L, 3-0 Familia-Mujica-Torres 8-6-1 6,565 Garcia 5.0 IP, 0 R; Robinson 1-2, 2B 2006* 15-14-1 .260 3.65 3/11 at NYY% L, 4-0 Kuroda-Lynn 8-7-1 10,984 Lynn 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R; Towles 2-3 2005* 15-11-2 .279 3.73 3/12 at ATL+ L, 12-3 Teheran-Westbrook 8-8-1 7,697 Christian 2H, 2 RBI, Salas 1.0 ShO IP 2004* 17-12-0 .275 4.53 3/13 OPEN DATE 2003 12-15-2 .282 5.65 3/14 vs.