St. Louis Cardinals (48-47) at Chicago Cubs (56-38) Game No. 96 • Road Game No. 48 • Wrigley Field • Friday, July 20, 2018 RHP Jack Flaherty (3-4, 3.24) vs. LHP Jon Lester (12-2, 2.58) REDBIRD RUNDOWN: The Cardinals opened their post-All-Star schedule last RECORD BREAKDOWN night with the first game of a 5-game weekend series against the 1st place Chi- CARDINALS vs. CUBS All-Time Overall ......... 10,007-9,533 cago Cubs at Wrigley Field...this weekend’s series is the Redbirds first 5-games All-Time (1892-2018):.......................1,166-1,225 in 4-days series at the “Friendly Confines” since Sept. 1-4, 2003...the Cardinals 2018 Overall ........................... 48-47 in St. Louis (1892-2018): ............................... 645-546 finished the season’s first half with a 48-46 mark, and are currently in 3rd place Busch Stadium .......................24-24 at Sportsman’s/Robison (1892-1920): ........ 106-154 On the Road ............................24-23 in the NL Central, 8-1/2 games back of Chicago...the Cardinals are 4-6 over their past 10 games and 9-11 in the last 20 games. at Sportsman’s Park/Busch I (1920-65): ..... 288-203 Day ..........................................22-17 at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005): ............... 190-141 CARDINALS COACHING STAFF CHANGES: The Cardinals announced following Night ....................................... 26-30 at Busch Stadium III (2006-18): ................64-50 last Saturday’s game that they’d dismissed Manager Mike Matheny and named Spring...................................17-13-2 in Chicago (1892-2018): ................................ 521-679 March .......................................0-2 Bench Coach Mike Shildt as the team’s interim manager...the team also parted ways with Hitting Coach John Mabry and Assistant Hitting Coach Bill Mueller... at Wrigley Field (1916-2018) ....................... 451-518 April ...................................... 15-10 it was the first time since 1995, when Joe Torre was let go, that the Cardinals had 2018.....................................................5-4 May ....................................... 15-12 made an in-season managerial change...Mike Jorgensen held the interim title in at Busch Stadium ............................................... 4-2 June ...................................... 12-15 1995 following Torre’s departure. at Wrigley Field .................................................. 1-2 July ........................................... 6-8 MIKE SHILDT BECOMES 50th CARDINALS MANAGER: Mike Shildt (no. 8) be- 2017.................................................................... 5-14 August ...................................... n/a came the 50th manager in Cardinals history when he piloted the Cardinals to a 6-4 2016.................................................................... 9-10 September ................................ n/a win on Sunday in his MLB managerial debut...Shildt, 49, has been a member of 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Monday.....................................5-4 the Cardinals organization since 2004 and has served on the team’s Major League 4/16 at CHI .................................... Postponed to 7/21 Tuesday .................................... 7-8 coaching staff the past two (2017-18) seasons...the North Carolina native man- Wednesday ............................... 5-8 aged for eight seasons in the Cardinals farm system where his clubs won league 4/17 at CHI ........W, 5-3 .. Wainwright-Chatwood-Norris Thursday ..................................6-6 championships in 2010 & 2011 with Johnson City of the rookie Appalachian 4/18 at CHI .................................... Postponed to 4/19 Friday ........................................ 6-8 League & in 2012 with Springfield of the Texas League (AA)...he most recently 4/19 at CHI ........L, 8-5 ...........Lester-Weaver-Morrow Saturday ................................... 9-7 managed in 2016 with Memphis of the Pacific Coast League (AAA). 5/4 at STL .........W, 3-2 ........Mikolas-Quintana-Norris Sunday ...................................10-6 BUDASKA, GREER & WARNER JOIN STAFF: The Cardinals have promoted Mark 5/5 at STL .........W, 8-6 (10) ...................Lyons-Farrell Scoring First ......................... 34-17 Budaska, George Greer and Ron “Pop” Warner to the Major League coaching 5/6 at STL .........W, 4-3 (14) .................Mayers-Farrell Opponent Scores First ......... 14-30 staff...Budaska (no. 58) has served for 11 seasons as the Hitting Coach at Mem- 6/15 at STL .......L, 13-5 ........................Lester-Wacha One-Run Games ..................... 13-13 phis (AAA)...Greer (no. 36), a long-time head coach at Wake Forest University, 6/16 at STL .......L, 6-3 ...Hendricks-Tuivailala-Morrow Two-Run Games .......................11-5 has been serving as Offensive Strategist in the Cardinals minor league system 6/17 at STL .......W, 5-0 ................... Brebbia-Quintana since 2015...Warner (no. 75), a long-time manager at Memphis, has recently Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........1-26 7/19 at CHI ..... L, 9-6 .. Duensing-C.Martínez-Strop served in the role of Assistant Minor League Field Coordinator. Scoring 3 Runs ........................... 7-7 7/20 at CHI .....................................1:20 p.m. Scoring 4 or more Runs .........40-14 REDBIRD ROAD SHOW: The Cardinals, 6-8 in July, are in the midst of a 20-game 7/21 at CHI (Game 1) ....................... 12:05 p.m. Scoring in 3 or fewer innings . 34-42 stretch during which they will only have been at home for three games...they are at CHI (Game 2) .........................6:15 p.m. 6-7 during the first 13 games of this road-heavy stretch. Scoring in 4 or more innings ....13-5 7/22 at CHI .....................................1:20 p.m. vs. Right-Handed Starter .......37-34 CARDS & CUBS: In addition to their five games this weekend, the Cards will host 7/27 at STL ................................................. 7:15 p.m. vs. Left-Handed Starter .......... 11-13 the Cubs next weekend in St. Louis, playing 8 of their first 11 games out of the 7/28 at STL ................................................. 3:05 p.m. All-Star break against the NL Central front-runners...the Cardinals will visit Wrig- Series Openers ....................... 15-17 7/29 at STL ................................................. 7:08 p.m. ley Field for their final regular season series Sept. 28-30, to conclude the season Series Finales ..........................16-15 9/28 at CHI .................................................. 1:20 p.m. series between the long-time rivals. Homestand Openers ..................5-3 9/29 at CHI .................................................. 1:20 p.m. Homestand Finales ....................4-4 WRIGLEY SUMMER SERIES: This weekend’s five-game series resumes an even- 9/30 at CHI .................................................. 2:20 p.m. ly-contested summer series that has the Cardinals holding a slim 26-25 edge in Road Trip Openers ......................4-5 July games at Wrigley Field over the past 30 seasons...there have only been two Last Cardinals sweep: .............. May 4-6, 2018 at STL Road Trip Finales ........................3-5 July series sweeps here in that time (Cards 2-0 in 2004 & Cubs 4-0 in 2006)...the Last Cubs sweep: ....... September 15-17, 2017 at CHI Following Off-Days ................... 6-11 Cubs took 2-of-3 last July 21-23 in their series meeting at Wrigley. Out-Hit Opponents ...................34-9 MOLINA MATCHES HIT MARK: All-Star Yadier Molina matched his career single-game hit mark with four last night (18th time) and stretched Out-Hit by Opponents.............11-37 his hitting streak to 5-games, matching his season high (also April 4-9)...Molina is tied with Kolten Wong for the Cardinals most hits (13) in Final At-Bat Decisions ................8-7 road games this month, ranking T3rd in the NL. Come-from-Behind W/L .......... 19/22 Walk-off Wins/Losses ................ 7/5 LEAD-OFF LUMBER: Matt Carpenter has hit 5 lead-off homers this season, matching the Cardinals single-season record held by himself (also 2015), Lou Brock (1967, 1970) and Ray Lankford (1994)...Carpenter’s 20 career lead-off homers are 2nd all-time among Cardinals, one back In Errorless Games ................26-19 of Lou Brock’s 21...Carpenter’s 20 lead-off homers rank 10th among active players, while teammate Dexter Fowler (24) is ranked 8th...Ian Commit at Least One Error .....22-28 Kinsler of the LA Angels leads all active players with 48....Carpenter, who has homered in 3-straight games (also 6/17-19), is leading the NL Extra Innings ..............................5-6 with his 15 HR’s out of the lead-off spot, seven shy of his club record 22 in 2015. Shutouts .....................................5-4 Leading after 7 innings .............42-5 CHICAGO CONNECTIONS Tied after 7 innings .....................2-4 Catcher Yadier Molina and infielder Javier Báez Infielder Paul DeJong graduated from nearby Pitcher Steve Cishek appeared in 27 games with Trailing after 7 innings ..............4-38 were teammates for runner-up Puerto Rico in the Antioch (Ill.) Comm. High School...played college St. Louis during the second half of the 2015 sea- Leading after 8 innings .............41-2 2017 World Baseball Classic. baseball at Illinois State Univ. (2013-15) while ma- son...originally traded by the Marlins to St. Louis Tied after 8 innings .....................4-4 Outfielder Dexter Fowler played the 2015-16 joring in biochemistry and pre-medicine. for pitcher Kyle Barraclough (July 24, 2015).