St. Louis Cardinals (36-39) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (27-46) Game No. 76 • Home Game No. 36 • Busch Stadium • Friday, June 25, 2021 LHP Kwang Hyun Kim (1-5, 3.60) vs. RHP Wil Crowe (0-4, 4.62) RECENT REDBIRDS: The St. Louis Cardinals and division-rival Pittsburgh Pi- RECORD BREAKDOWN rates play the second game of a four-game series from Busch Stadium tonight CARDINALS vs. PIRATES All-Time Overall .........10,204-9,694 ... The Arizona Diamondbacks visit St. Louis for three games beginning Monday All-Time (1892-2021) .......................1,188-1,246 2021 Overall ........................... 36-39 ... The Redbirds are 4-5 on a stretch of 20 consecutive games against opponents in St. Louis (1892-2021) .........................628-585 with sub-.500 records (June 14-July 4). Under Mike Shildt ...............198-165 at Sportsman’s/Robison Field (1892-1920)....... 96-171 Busch Stadium .......................19-16 FLIGHT PATTERN: The Cardinals have dropped four in a row and and 17 of its at Sportsman’s Park/Busch I (1920-66) ........ 287-209 On the Road ............................17-23 last 23 (since May 30) St. Louis enters today in 4th place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005) .................. 168-161 Day .......................................... 14-15 games behind Milwaukee and Chicago ... The last time the Cardinals were 3.0 at Busch Stadium III (2006-21) ..................80-47 Night ........................................22-24 games below .500 after 75 games was 2017 (35-40 record) ... Excluding 2020, in Pittsburgh (1892-2021) ............................... 560-661 Spring.................................... 8-10-6 the latest in the regular season that St. Louis was 3.0 games below .500 was at Exposition Park III (1892–1909) .................. 36-117 April ......................................... 14-12 August 4, 2017 (53-56 record). at Forbes Field (1909–70) ............................. 304-345 May..........................................16-12 STARS PARK FIELD DEDICATION: The Cardinals, in conjunction with Cardinals at Three Rivers Stadium (1970–2000) ........... 120-124 June ...........................................6-15 Care and Harris-Stowe State University, today announced the dedication of Stars at BB&T Ballpark at Bowman Field (2017) ............ 0-1 July ........................................... n/a Park Field located on the Harris-Stowe campus ... The $1.2 million field reno- at PNC Park (2001-21) .................................... 100-72 August ...................................... n/a vation and construction project includes fully irrigated fields, seating for 200 at 2021.....................................................5-1 the baseball field and 100 at the softball field, enclosed press boxes, enclosed at Busch Stadium ...................................2-1 September/October ................... n/a NAIA level dugouts, and new scoreboards ... The new state-of-the-art facilities at PNC Park ........................................................ 3-0 Monday..................................... 4-4 broke ground last July during the 100th anniversary or the Negro Leagues and 2020...................................................................... 6-4 Tuesday .................................... 6-4 sits on the site that served as the home field of the Negro National League’s St. 2019.................................................................... 14-5 Wednesday ............................... 6-7 Louis Stars from 1922-31 ... Three National Baseball Hall of Famers including, Postseason ........................................................... 3-2 Thursday ..................................5-4 James “Cool Papa” Bell, Willie “El Diablo” Wells, and George “Mule” Sut- Friday ........................................ 4-6 tles, called Stars Park their home field ... Stars Park is the 25th field dedicated 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (5-1) 4/30 at PIT ........W, 7-3 ........................Gant-Brubaker Saturday ................................... 6-5 by Cardinals Care since its inception in 1997 and first designed specifically for college athletics ... Notable attendees today included Cardinals Team President 5/1 at PIT ..........W, 12-5 ...................... Flaherty-Cahill Sunday ..................................... 4-9 5/2 at PIT ..........W, 3-0 ...........Martinez-Crowe-Reyes Bill DeWitt III, pitchers Jack Flaherty and Andrew Miller, Hall of Famer Ted Scoring First ......................... 26-10 5/18 at STL .......W, 5-3 .............Gant-Brubaker-Reyes Simmons, former Cardinals pitcher Scott Terry, and Vice President and Curator Opponent Scores First .......... 10-29 5/19 at STL .......W, 8-5 ............. Flaherty-Cahill-Reyes of the Negro League Baseball Museum Dr. Ray Doswell. One-Run Games .........................9-7 6/24 at STL ..... L, 8-2 .................. Kuhl-Martinez Two-Run Games .........................7-6 BADER BEGINS REHAB: Outfielder Harrison Bader is scheduled to begin an 6/25 at STL .....................................7:15 p.m. 6/26 at STL .....................................1:15 p.m. Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........6-25 injury rehabilitation assignment with the Single-A Palm Beach Cardinals tonight ... The 27-year-old Bader has missed the previous 28 games due to a right rib 6/27 at STL .....................................1:15 p.m. Scoring 3 Runs ...........................3-7 hairlibe fracture suffered on May 24 at the Chicago White Sox. 8/10 at PIT .................................................. 6:05 p.m. Scoring 4 or more Runs ........... 27-7 8/11 at PIT .................................................. 6:05 p.m. Scoring in 3 or fewer innings . 30-37 SHIVER ME TIMBERS: St. Louis is 25-10 (.714) vs. Pittsburgh since 2019, with 8/12 at PIT .................................................11:35 a.m. Scoring in 4 or more innings ......6-2 their .714 win pct. trailing only the Dodgers success over the Rockies (.778, 28- 8/20 at STL ................................................. 1:15 p.m. 8) across NL matchups with at least 25 games played. 8/21 at STL ................................................. 7:15 p.m. vs. Right-Handed Starter .......27-32 8/22 at STL ................................................. 8:15 p.m. vs. Left-Handed Starter ..............9-7 YOUTH IS SERVED: Rookie Dylan Carlson makes his 4th career start playing 8/26 at PIT .................................................. 6:05 p.m. Series Openers ....................... 12-13 centerfield while also batting leadoff tonight, 2nd-most among MLB rookie lead- 8/27 at PIT .................................................. 6:05 p.m. Series Finales ..........................10-14 off centerfielders behind Arizona’s Pavin Smith (7), and most by any Cardi- 8/28 at PIT .................................................. 6:05 p.m. Homestand Openers ..................5-2 nals rookie leadoff centerfielder since Tommy Pham (5 in 2015) ... In the last 8/29 at PIT ................................................ 12:05 p.m. 50 years, Carlson (22.245) is the 4th-youngest Cardinal to bat leadoff, behind Homestand Finales ....................4-2 shortstop Garry Templeton (21.088 in 1977), shortstop Luis Ordaz (22.039 in Road Trip Openers ......................3-5 1997), and left fielder Colby Rasmus (22.240 in 2009) ... Shortstop Edgar Rent- MOLINA MILESTONES Road Trip Finales ........................2-6 ería (22.241) is considered the 4th-youngest leadoff by some publications, but Following Off-Days .....................4-7 his August 7 birthday is disputed (1975 vs. 1976) by Edgar and his brother, who MLB All-Time Rank - Catchers Hits Seasons Out-Hit Opponents ...................25-8 alleges Edgar signed as an International agent with the Marlins as 15-year-old 1. Ivan Rodriguez 2,844 1991-2011 2. Ted Simmons 2,472 1968-88 Out-Hit by Opponents...............7-29 in 1992. - Elias 3. Carlton Fisk 2,356 1969-93 Final At-Bat Decisions ................8-4 I SPIT HOT FIRE AT HOME: Among National Leaguers at home this season, 4. Jason Kendall 2,195 1996-2010 Come-from-Behind W/L ...............7/7 Dylan Carlson ranks third in batting average (.356), 6th in on-base pct. (.417), 5. Yogi Berra 2,150 1946-65 Walk-off Wins/Losses ................3-0 and 8th in hits (42-118), leading all Cardinals this season ... Carlson’s home 6. Mike Piazza 2,127 1992-2007 In Errorless Games ................23-21 OBP leads NL rookies, while both his BA and hit total trail Colorado’s Yonathan 7. Gary Carter 2,092 1974-92 Commit at Least One Error ..... 13-18 Daza, (.371, 43-116) ... Carlson is still seeking to hit his first career home run at 8. Johnny Bench 2,048 1967-83 Yadier Molina 2,048 2004-21 Extra Innings ..............................3-1 Busch Stadium in front of fans; his previous two career homers at home came Shutouts .....................................8-6 in 2020, while all six of the rookie’s long balls in 2021 have been hit on the road. Leading after 7 innings ............. 27-1 “BENCH”-MARK: With his next hit, Yadier Molina (2,048) will pass Johnny Bench for 8th place in career hits by a catcher with 2,049 ... Gary Tied after 7 innings .....................6-2 Carter sits in 7th place on the list with 2,092. Trailing after 7 innings ..............1-34 LONGBALL LORE: Nolan Arenado is one home run away from 250 of his career, as he seeks to become the 10th player to hit #250 with the Leading after 8 innings .............28-0 Cardinals: Stan Musial (9/4/53 at Mil. Braves); Ken Boyer (7/10/65 at Cubs); Orlando