St. Louis Cardinals (66-63) at Cincinnati Reds (71-61) Game No. 130 • Road Game No. 65 • Great American Ball Park • Monday, August 30, 2021 LHP Jon Lester (4-6, 5.27) vs. RHP Luis Castillo (7-13, 4.29) ROAD TRIPPING REDBIRDS: The St. Louis Cardinals and division-rival Cincin- RECORD BREAKDOWN nati Reds kick off a three-game series tonight at Great American Ball Park, the CARDINALS vs. REDS All-Time Overall ......... 10,234-9,718 second leg of a 10-game, three-city NL Central road trip through Pittsburgh (2- All-Time (1892-2021):.......................1,202-1,099 2021 Overall ........................... 66-63 2), Cincinnati, and Milwaukee ... The Cardinals are coming off a four-game series in St. Louis (1892-2021) ................................. 666-482 Under Mike Shildt ...............228-190 split with the Pirates at PNC Park. at Sportsman’s/Robison Field (1892-1920) .. 125-143 Busch Stadium .......................35-31 FLIGHT PATTERN: The Cardinals enter today in 3rd place in the NL Central, 12.0 at Sportsman’s Park/Busch I (1920-66) ....... 319-171 On the Road ............................31-33 games behind first place Milwaukee and 3.5 games behind Cincinnati for the 2nd at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005) ................. 139-119 Day ..........................................24-20 Wild Card (also trail San Diego by 1.5 games) ... St. Louis is 14-11 in August and at Busch Stadium III (2006-21) ........................ 84-49 in Cincinnati (1892-2021): .......................533-616 Night ....................................... 42-43 22-17 since the All-Star Break. at League Pk/Palace of the Fans (1892-1912).... 71-123 Spring.................................... 8-10-6 EDMAN NAMED NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tommy Edman is at Crosley Field (1913-1970) ........................ 299-308 April ......................................... 14-12 the first Cardinal to win NL Player of the Week in 2021, the first Cardinals middle at Riverfront/Cinergy Field (1970-2002) ......... 86-107 May..........................................16-12 infielder to win since Edgar Renteria (September 2003) and only the 2nd second at Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey (2019) ............... 1-1 June .........................................10-17 baseman in franchise history (Vic Harris, May 1976) to be honored ... Edman hit at Great American Ball Park (2003-21) ........78-78 July ....................................... 12-11 .462/.483/.808 (12-26) with seven runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, 2021.....................................................5-8 10 RBI, two stolen bases, and 1.290 OPS across six games. August .................................. 14-11 at Busch Stadium ............................................... 3-4 September/October ................... n/a TOMMY BOY: Tommy Edman leads the NL in doubles (35) and is one of seven at Great American Ball Park ......................2-4 Monday..................................... 7-4 MLB players with 40 extra-base hits and 20 stolen bases this season ... Since 2020...................................................................... 6-4 2019.................................................................... 12-7 Tuesday .................................. 11-8 August 26, Edman has recorded at least one extra-base hit and two RBI in each Wednesday ............................. 9-11 of his last four games, T4th-longest streak in franchise history behind five from 2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (5-8) Rogers Hornsby (1922), Jim Bottomley (1929) and Mark McGwire (2000) ... Thursday .................................. 9-7 4/1 at CIN ..........W, 11-6 .................. Gallegos-Castillo Edman is also the 2nd Cardinals leadoff hitter in franchise history with a streak 4/3 at CIN ..........L, 9-6 ...................Mahle-Wainwright Friday ...................................... 9-10 of 4+ games with one RBI, one run scored, and one extra-base hit, joining Matt Saturday ............................... 12-10 4/4 at CIN ..........L, 12-1 ................. Hoffman-Martínez Carpenter (5 games from July 14-21, 2018) - Orf 4/23 at STL .......W, 5-4 .....................Kim-Gray-Reyes Sunday ................................... 9-13 ON TO CINCINNATI: The Cardinals are scheduled to play 27 of their remaining 4/24 at STL .......W, 2-0 ...............Gant-Miley-Gallegos Scoring First ......................... 51-22 37 games (73%) against teams they are chasing in the Division or Wild Card 4/25 at STL .......W, 5-2 .......... Flaherty-Castillo-Reyes Opponent Scores First .......... 14-41 race ... Starting tonight, St. Louis plays four consecutive series (Aug 30-Sept. 6/3 at STL .........L, 4-2 .....Gutierrez-Wainwright-Sims One-Run Games ..................... 17-16 12) totaling 13 games against opponents they are attempting to catch, including 6/4 at STL .........L, 6-4 .................... Castillo-Kim-Feliz Two-Run Games .......................12-9 six against the Reds. 6/5 at STL .........L, 5-2 ................Mahle-Helsley-Sims Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........7-36 6/6 at STL .........L, 8-7 ............. Hembree-Reyes-Sims GETTING DEFENSIVE: According to Baseball Info Solutions, St. Louis ranks T4th Scoring 3 Runs .......................10-10 7/23 at CIN ........L, 6-5 ........Brach-Gallegos-Hembree in MLB with 50 team defensive runs saved ... Tyler O’Neill (10) leads MLB left 7/24 at CIN ........L, 5-3 .... Castillo-Woodford-Hembree Scoring 4 or more Runs .........49-27 fielders, Harrison Bader (14) paces NL centerfielders despite missing half of Scoring in 3 or fewer innings ..51-59 7/25 at CIN ........W, 10-6 .........................Helsley-Gray the season, and Paul Goldschmidt (6) ranks 2nd among MLB first baseman ... 8/30 at CIN .....................................5:40 p.m. Scoring in 4 or more innings ....15-2 Tommy Edman, who leads St. Louis with 1,074.1 innings played between sec- 8/31 at CIN .....................................5:40 p.m. vs. Right-Handed Starter .......47-51 ond base, right field, and shortstop, ranks T8th across MLB (12) in Outs Above 9/1 at CIN.......................................5:40 p.m. vs. Left-Handed Starter ..........19-12 Average (Statcast) and 2nd on St. Louis in fielding gems (18). 9/10 at STL ................................................. 7:15 p.m. Series Openers ...................... 20-22 NO. 50 TURNS 40: Happy 40th birthday to pitcher Adam Wainwright, who ranks 9/11 at STL ................................................. 6:15 p.m. Series Finales ..........................20-21 among NL leaders in wins (13, T3rd), innings pitched (169.2, 2nd), starts (26, 9/12 at STL ................................................. 1:15 p.m. Homestand Openers ..................6-4 T7th), batters faced (679, 2nd), complete games (3, T1st), quality starts (18, Homestand Finales ....................7-3 T3rd), and pitches/game (95.5, 4th) ... Wainwright recorded 5 wins and a 1.43 (ENTERING TODAY) Road Trip Openers ......................4-8 ERA in August, something no Cardinal has accomplished in the month of August MOLINA MILESTONES Road Trip Finales ........................3-7 since Harry “The Cat” Breechen in 1945 (5-1, 1.37 ERA). - Orf All-Time Cardinals Rank Total Bases Seasons Following Off-Days ................... 7-12 I’M A MAN. I’M 40!: Adam is the 3rd-oldest active player in the NL (4th in 6. Ken Boyer 3,011 1955-65 7. Yadier Molina 3,008 2004-21 Out-Hit Opponents ................. 47-15 MLB), while Yadier Molina (39.048) is the 4th-oldest; Rich Hill (41.172) and Out-Hit by Opponents.............11-42 former Cardinal Albert Pujols (41.226) are older ... Since Waino made his MLB All-Time Cardinals Rank Singles Seasons Final At-Bat Decisions .............11-11 debut in 2005, four of his former teammates were age 40 or older (John Smoltz, 3. Ozzie Smith 1,529 1982-96 4. Yadier Molina 1,521 2004-21 Come-from-Behind W/L .......... 13/18 Arthur Rhodes, Miguel Batista, and Randy Choate) ... Willie McGee was the last 40-year-old position player to appear for the Cardinals (132 games in 1999), Walk-off Wins/Losses ................5-3 while Choate was the most recent pitcher (seven games in 2015) ... The franchise record for most games played by a player age 40 or older In Errorless Games ................41-35 is Stan Musial (382 from 1961-63), while Jim Kaat (176 games from 1980-83) holds the record among pitchers. Commit at Least One Error .....22-29 Extra Innings ..............................6-2 SECOND HOME: Yadier Molina is slashing .311/.349/.488 with 16 home runs in 114 career games at Great American Ball Park. The backstop is the all-time stadium leader for visiting players in games, hits (130), doubles (26), RBI (65), and sacrifice flies (7). Shutouts ...................................13-8 Leading after 7 innings ............ 56-6 GOLD RUSH: Since August 1, Paul Goldschmidt ranks among NL leaders in hits (35, 2nd), batting average (.350, 6th), total bases (58, 5th), Tied after 7 innings .....................6-5 and times on base (45, 4th) ... Goldy’s 14 multi-hit games in August are the most by a Cardinal in the month of August since Davis Eckstein Trailing after 7 innings ..............2-50 (14) in 2005 ... The last Cardinal with 35+ hits in August was José Martínez (37-95, .389) in 2018. Leading after 8 innings .............57-3 THIS DATE IN CARDINALS HISTORY (August 30, 1989): The Cardinals suffer a 2-0 loss to the Reds in 13 inn. at Busch Stadium II as pitcher José Tied after 8 innings .....................6-5 DeLeón walks none and strikes out eight over 11.0 scoreless