St. Louis Cardinals (10-8) vs. Kansas City Royals (11-18) Game No. 19 • Home Game No. 9 • Busch Stadium • Tuesday, August 25, 2020 RHP Adam Wainwright (2-0, 2.00) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (0-1, 9.00) REDBIRD RUNDOWN: The defending 2019 NL Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals RECORD BREAKDOWN continue their season-long 12-game homestand with the second game of the three- CARDINALS vs. ROYALS All-Time Overall ..........10,147-9,636 game I-70 Series against the cross-state rival Kansas City Royals ... St. Louis is in the All-Time (1998-2020):...............................63-42 midst of playing 53 games over the final 44 days of the season, which includes 11 2020 Overall..............................10-8 in St. Louis (1998-2020): .........................24-23 doubleheaders (55 games in 45 days, if necessary). Under Mike Shildt ...............142-107 at Busch Stadium II (1998-2005) ...................... 7-5 TIME TO FLY: Winners of a season-high three in a row and eight of their last 13 games Busch Stadium ...........................6-2 at Busch Stadium III (2006-20) ...............17-18 since resuming play on August 15, the Cardinals are currently in 2nd place in the NL On the Road ................................4-6 at Kauffman Stadium (1997-2018) ................... 39-19 Central, 3.0 games behind Chicago. 2020.....................................................1-0 Day ..............................................5-2 CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT: St. Louis has won 12 of their last 15 Interleague match- at Busch Stadium ...................................1-0 Night ............................................5-6 ups over the Royals dating back to August 7, 2017. at Kauffman Stadium ..........................................n/a Spring.....................................11-9-2 SIX IS A SERIOUS NUMBER: The Cardinals have scored six or more runs in 11 of their 2019...................................................................... 3-1 July ........................................... 2-3 last 12 wins over the Royals. 2018...................................................................... 4-2 August ...................................... 8-5 Postseason ........................................................... 3-4 UNCLE CHARLIE: Adam Wainwright makes the 320th start of his career tonight, tying September .................................n/a Bill Doak (1913-24, ‘29) for 4th all-time in Cardinals history ... Wainwright, turning 39 2020 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (1-0) Monday..................................... 2-1 on August 30 and currently the oldest active National Leaguer, also ties Sal Maglie 8/24 at STL ..... W, 9-3 ................ Flaherty-Keller Tuesday .................................... 0-2 (1958) tonight with his 10th career start after turning age 38, 10th-most by a Cardinal 8/25 at STL .....................................7:15 p.m. Wednesday ............................... 1-2 ... Magile made 10 starts at age 41 for the 1958 Cardinals. 8/26 at STL .....................................7:15 p.m. Thursday .................................. 1-0 FAMILIAR FACES: Teammates Yadier Molina (17, 2004-20) and Adam Wainwright 9/21 at KC ................................................... 7:05 p.m. Friday ........................................ 1-1 (15, 2005-10, ‘12-20) sport the top two longest active tenures with only one team, 9/22 at KC ................................................... 7:05 p.m. Saturday ................................... 4-0 while Royals Alex Gordon is tied with Ryan Braun (Brewers) and Joey Votto (Reds) at 9/23 at KC ................................................... 7:05 p.m. 14 seasons ... Tonight marks Waino and Yadi’s 268th career game as a starting bat- Sunday ..................................... 1-2 tery, 7th-most all-time in MLB history (since 1908) and two fewer than Steve Rogers Scoring First ............................. 7-2 and Gary Carter (1975-84 Montreal Expos). MOST STARTS IN CARDINALS HISTORY Opponent Scores First .............. 3-6 TOMMY BOY: Tommy Edman (.323/.389/.631, 21-65) has reached base safely in 18 Cardinal W-L ERA G GS SO One-Run Games .........................2-1 consecutive home games (Sept, 4, 2019-present), the 9th-longest active home on- Bob Gibson 251-174 2.91 528 482 3,117 Two-Run Games .........................1-2 base streak in MLB and longest by a Cardinal since Dexter Fowler (25 home games Bob Forsch 163-127 3.67 455 401 1,079 Scoring 2 or fewer Runs .............0-6 from July 31-Sept. 18, 2019) ... Among all MLB players to have played 50 or more career games at Busch III (since 2006), Edman ranks 1st in batting (.339, 59-174), Jesse Haines 210-158 3.64 554 387 979 Scoring 3 Runs ...........................2-1 6th in on-base pct. (.382), 5th in slugging pct. (.529), and 3rd in OPS (.910). Bill Doak 144-136 2.93 376 320 938 Scoring 4 or more Runs .............8-1 Adam Wainwright 164-95 3.38 386 319 1,788 GOLDY WALKS: Paul Goldschmidt enters tonight ranking 1st in MLB in on-base per- Scoring in 3 or fewer innings ......6-8 centage (.507), 3rd in batting (.368, 21-57) and 7th in OPS (1.068)... Goldschmidt has Scoring in 4 or more innings ......4-0 reached base safely in 17 of 18 games this season (on-base safely 37 times in 72 PA) and drawn a walk in nine consecutive games (Aug. 17-present), vs. Right-Handed Starter ...........9-6 which ties his career high (2014) and matches Cleveland’s Carlos Santana (Aug 2-11) for longest in MLB this season ... The last Cardinal to draw walk in vs. Left-Handed Starter ..............1-2 10 straight was Albert Pujols (Aug. 2-12, 2008), while Goldschmidt’s 16 walks in his first 18 games are the most by a Cardinal since Pujols (18 in 2006). Series Openers ...........................5-1 MOLINA MILESTONES: Yadier Molina needs one RBI to tie Joe “Ducky” Medwick (923) for 8th all-time in Cardinals history and two more doubles Series Finales ..............................1-4 to tie Johnny Bench (381) for 8th all-time among primary catchers in MLB history ... Molina is six hits shy of tying Red Schoendienst (1,980) for 6th Homestand Openers ..................2-0 in Cardinals history, and is 26 hits away from becoming the 11th primary catcher in MLB history to reach 2,000 career hits. Homestand Finales ....................0-1 INTERLEAGUE ACTION: St. Louis is 193-188 all-time in Interleague play, with a .507 win pct. that trails the Cubs (.517) and Mets (.517) for 3rd-best Road Trip Openers ...................... 1-1 all-time among NL clubs ... St. Louis is 3-3 vs. the AL this season, and has finished with a winning Interleague record 12 times in 23 seasons (since 1997) ... the Cardinals are 97-90 all-time in home games against the American League (43-22 at Busch II and 54-68 at Busch III). Road Trip Finales ........................0-1 Following Off-Days ..................... 1-1 BIRD BYTES: Happy Birthday to Cardenales Spanish radio broadcaster Polo Ascencio ... Kolten Wong is riding a seven-game hitting streak (.360/467/.400, 9-25), T10th longest in NL and longest by a Cardinal in 2020 ... St. Louis has totaled back-to-back games with 12 or more hits for the Out-Hit Opponents .....................9-2 first time since Sept. 4-5, 2019 vs. SF (13 & 12) ... St. Louis pitching lead MLB in average against (.181), co-lead in WHIP (1.03), and rank 3rd in ERA Out-Hit by Opponents.................1-4 (3.27), while opposing batting averages by the starting rotation (.186) and bullpen (.157) are both tops in MLB ... Harrison Bader has doubled in a Final At-Bat Decisions ................2-1 career high-tying three straight games (also 8/24-8/26/18) with five extra-base hits ... the Cardinals lead MLB in batting average with the bases loaded Come-from-Behind W/L .............. 3/2 (.476, 10-21) ... Goldy’s homer last night was the hardest hit ball by a Cardinal in 2020 (111.3 mph) and 12th-hardest hit homer in the NL this season. Walk-off Wins/Losses ................ 1/0 THIS DATE IN CARDINALS HISTORY (August 25): 1991: Closer Lee Smith converts the 300th save of his career by pitching the ninth inning of a 5-2 In Errorless Games ....................6-5 win over the Dodgers at Busch Stadium. Commit at Least One Error .........4-3 Extra Innings .............................. n/a KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS Shutouts ..................................... 1-1 Dakota Hudson resides in Leawood, Kansas. Cardinals broadcasters Rick Ankiel (27 games) Royals Special Assistant to the GM Jim Fregosi and Brad Thompson (16 games) both appeared Jr. was originally selected by the Cardinals in the Leading after 7 innings ...............5-0 Miles Mikolas pitched his first career com- on the 2010 Kansas City Royals squad. 2nd round of the 1985 MLB Draft. Tied after 7 innings ..................... n/a plete-game shutout against the Royals on May 21, Trailing after 7 innings ................1-6 2018 with a career-high nine strikeouts. Cardinals broadcaster Al Hrabosky pitched in 116 Royals Coach John Mabry served as a Cardinals games over two seasons (1978-79) with Kansas hitting coach for six seasons (2013-18) and as- Kolten Wong’s first MLB home run was a grand Leading after 8 innings ...............5-0 City...traded to Kansas City for pitcher Mark Lit- sistant hitting coach in 2012...selected in the 6th slam vs. Kansas City (June 2, 2014). Tied after 8 innings ..................... n/a tell and catcher Buck Martinez (Dec. 8, 1977). round of the 1991 MLB draft and played parts of Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog managed eight seasons with St. Louis (1994-98, 2001) Trailing after 8