POSTGAME NOTES Wednesday August 31, 2016 St. Louis Cardinals (70-62) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (57-76) R H E LOB Winning Pitcher: RHP Matt Garza (5-6) Time of Game: 2:33 Cardinals 1 3 0 6 Losing Pitcher: RHP Luke Weaver (1-2) First Pitch: 7:11 Brewers 3 4 1 3 Save: RHP Tyler Thornburg (6) Temp: 72 degrees Roof/Panels: Open/Open Today’s Attendance - 17,645 Season Total - 2,044,801 Average - 28,400 Home Runs Batter (HR#) Pitcher Inning Count Type Distance (Ft) Location Kirk Nieuwenhuis (13) RHP Luke Weaver 3rd 1-0 3-Run 392 RF Yadier Molina (5) RHP Matt Garza 4th 2-0 Solo 379 LF Cardinals Notes RHP Luke Weaver made his fourth start and his third on the road.....moves to 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA (21ip, 9er) with 7 walks and 26 strikeouts.....is now 0-2 with a 4.80 ERA (15ip, 8er) with 5 walks and 19 strikeouts on the road.....hurled his second quality start. Weaver is the first Cardinals rookie pitcher to strike out 10 batters in a game since Shelby Miller did so on 6/12/13 vs. New York-NL. Weaver joins Alan Benes (9/30/95 vs. Pittsburgh) and Stu Miller (8/26/52 vs. Broooklyn) as the only two Cardinals pitchers to strike out 10 batters in one of their first four appearances. C Yadier Molina recorded his 35th multi-hit game of the year.....went 5-for-13 with a run, a double and a homer in the series. The Cardinals are 30-14 at Miller Park under Mike Matheny, outscoring their hosts 223-147. St. Louis is currently on an 20-game home run streak (40 total HR), currently the longest active streak in MLB and their longest of the season.....the streak sets a new Cardinals all-time record for games with consecutive home runs. Brewers Notes RHP Matt Garza made his 15th start of the season and his sixth at home.....moves to 5-6 with a 4.57 ERA (80.2ip, 41er)with 31 walks and 56 strikeouts.....is now 4-1 with a 2.80 ERA (35.1ip, 11er) with 14 walks and 27 strikeouts at home.....is 3-2 with a 3.51 ERA (33.1ip, 13er) with 15 walks and 27 strikeouts in August. Garza has struck out 17 batters over his last 2 starts. The Brewers move to 37-35 at home this season.....are now 4-11 against the Cardinals this season. 3B Jonathan Villar has safely hit in 6 straight games and in 12 of his last 13 contests. LF Ryan Braun has safely reached base in 12 straight starts.....hit .283/.345/.636 with 10 homers in August. Milwaukee snapped a 6-game losing streak. RF Kirk Nieuwenhuis is batting .288 (47-for-163) with 28 runs, 10 doubles, a triple, 11 homers, 31 RBI, 26 walks and a .954 OPS in 62 games at home this season.....recorded his 15th multi-hit game of the season. RHP Tyler Thornburg owns a 0.51 ERA (35.1ip, 2er) with 11 walks and 48 strikeouts at night.....is 2-3 with 4 saves and a 0.44 ERA (20.2ip, 1er) with 7 walks and 26 strikeouts in 20 games after the All-Star break.....since 5/7, Thornburg owns a 0.81 ERA (44.2ip, 4er) with 14 walks, 57 strikeouts and a 0.76 WHIP. Next Game - at Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, August 31, 2016 - 6:05 PM CST RHP Junior Guerra (7-3, 2.93) vs. TBA Milwaukee Brewers (57­76) 3, St. Louis Cardinals (70­62) 1 August 31, 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Milwaukee 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 4 1 St. Louis AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Carpenter, 1B­2B .283 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Gyorko, SS .246 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Moss, RF­1B .261 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Peralta, Jh, 3B .248 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Broxton, J, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Molina, C .289 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 11 1 Grichuk, CF .230 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Hazelbaker, LF .246 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Garcia, G, 2B­3B .259 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Weaver, L, P .429 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Socolovich, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 a­Piscotty, PH­RF .276 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals .256 31 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 9 24 5 a­Walked for Socolovich in the 8th. BATTING HR: Molina (5, 4th inning off Garza, 0 on, 1 out). RBI: Molina (41). Team RISP: 0­for­5. Team LOB: 6. Milwaukee AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Villar, 3B .297 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 Nieuwenhuis, RF .214 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 Braun, LF .312 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Perez, H, 2B .274 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 Carter, 1B .220 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Broxton, K, CF .222 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Arcia, Or, SS .189 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 Maldonado, C .197 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Garza, P .043 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Torres, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thornburg, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .244 28 3 4 2 0 1 3 2 12 27 6 BATTING 2B: Villar (34, Weaver, L); Braun (22, Weaver, L). HR: Nieuwenhuis (13, 3rd inning off Weaver, L, 2 on, 2 out). RBI: Nieuwenhuis 3 (44). Team RISP: 1­for­3. Team LOB: 3. FIELDING E: Perez, H (9). St. Louis ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Weaver, L (L, 1­2) 3.86 6.0 4 3 3 2 10 1 24 Socolovich 1.23 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Broxton, J 4.65 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Totals 3.99 8.0 4 3 3 2 12 1 30 Milwaukee ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Garza (W, 5­6) 4.57 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 27 Torres 2.91 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Thornburg (S, 6) 1.78 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 4.26 9.0 3 1 1 3 9 1 34 Garza pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Team ER: off St. Louis 3, off Milwaukee 1. BB: off Weaver, L 2 (Garza, Perez, H); off Garza 2 (Hazelbaker, Piscotty); Torres (Moss). SO: by Weaver, L 10 (Villar, Nieuwenhuis, Perez, H, Broxton, K, Arcia, Or, Arcia, Or, Maldonado, Garza, Villar, Broxton, K); Broxton, J 2 (Nieuwenhuis, Braun); by Garza 8 (Peralta, Jh, Grichuk, Gyorko, Hazelbaker, Garcia, G, Weaver, L, Peralta, Jh, Molina); Torres (Gyorko). Pitches­strikes: Weaver, L 94­59; Socolovich 9­6; Broxton, J 13­9; Garza 103­67; Torres 19­10; Thornburg 11­8. Inherited runners­scored: Torres 2­0. Umpires: HP: Andy Fletcher. 1B: Nic Lentz. 2B: Mark Ripperger. 3B: Joe West. Official Scorer: Tim O'Driscoll. Weather: 72 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, L to R. First pitch: 7:11 PM. T: 2:33. Att: 17,645. Venue: Miller Park. August 31, 2016 Compiled by MLB Advanced Media; Copyright by MLB Office of the Commissioner.