St. Louis Cardinals (5‐5) at Minnesota Twins (6‐3‐1) Spring Training Game #11 ◆ CenturyLink Sprots Complex ◆ March 15, 2015 Carlos Martinez (1‐0, 1.93) vs. Kyle Gibson (0‐0, 3.60) ❑ TODAY’S GAME: The Cardinals travel across GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE ACTION: The 2014 National League Central Division Champion St. Louis Car‐ dinals are entering their 124th season of play in the National League and are in their 18th spring state to play the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers training in Jupiter...St. Louis lost to Minnesota yesterday by a score of 6‐3...Michael Wacha pitched today with a 1:05 scheduled first pitch...the 3.0 scoreless innings in his second start of the spring...Randal Grichuk (#3) and Mark Reynolds (#2) game will be carried on both FOX Sports Mid‐ both hit solo home runs, accounting for two of the club’s three runs. west and KMOX...Redbird pitchers and catchers ❑ TWIN GAMES AGAINST THE TWIN CITIES: The Cardi‐ reported on Feb. 19 with the first full‐squad nals face the Twins twice over the course of two days CARDINALS 2015 SPRING workout on Feb. 24. this Spring Training season, playing at Roger Dean Sta‐ Record Attendance dium today and at CenturyLink Sports Complex tomor‐ vs. NL ..................3‐2 Home (5).......34,740 COMING UP: St. Louis plays at home against the row...the Cardinals will play the Twins in a home‐and‐ vs. AL ..................2‐3 Home Avg ......6,948 2014 American League Central Division Champs, home series over four days in the regular season playing at Home..............3‐2 Road (5) ........31,014 the Detroit Tigers on Monday with a 1:05 p.m. at Busch Stadium on June 15 and 16, then traveling to on Road ..............2‐3 Road Avg ....... 6,203 first pitch...Tuesday the team will be the visitors the Twin Cities to play at Target Field on June 17 and 18. at RDS* ...............4‐3 Total..............65,754 to the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium... ❑ TODAY’S HURLERS: Carlos Martinez is scheduled to *Includes road Home High......7,662 the team will enjoy their first off day of the games at Roger Dean 3/9 vs. Boston make his team‐leading third start of the season at Fort Stadium. spring on Wednesday, March 18. Myers against the Twins...also scheduled to pitch are RHP Matt Belisle, RHP Seth Maness, LHP Randy Choate and RHP Sam Tuivailala. ON THE AIR: The Cardinals will broadcast 17 ❑ TOMORROW’S PITCHERS: John Lackey will make his first start of the spring on Monday against Spring Training games, and the exhibition versus Detroit at Roger Dean Stadium...Lackey, who joined St. Louis at the trade deadline in 2014, is following the Memphis Redbirds on Apr. 3, on their radio a spring schedule he used last year with Boston following the Red Sox extended postseason run in flagship station KMOX 1120 AM...Mike Shannon 2013...available after Lackey will be RHP’s Carlos Villanueva, Jordan Walden, Trevor Rosenthal, Mitch and John Rooney will be on the call working to‐ harris & LHP’s Tim Cooney and Nick Greenwood. gether for their 10th consecutive season...the ❑ AND THREE REMAIN: Infielder Jacob Wilson and outfielders Rafael Ortega and Stephen Piscotty 50,000‐watt station can sometimes be heard as are the remaining players for St. Louis that have appeared in all 10 games the club has played... far south as Jupiter on a clear day. Piscotty will make it 11 games as he appears as the starter in rightfield in today’s starting lineup. ❑ WHERE THERE’S A WILSON, THERE’S A WAY: Infielder Jacob Wilson ranks 9th among all National ON THE TUBE: FOX Sports Midwest will televise League players this spring with his .364 batting average (8‐22) and is 6th among N.L. hitters with a 15 Spring Training games in 2015 beginning on .682 slugging percentage...Wilson leads the Cardinals with eight hits and four doubles (T1st, N.L.). March 12 vs. Baltimore, with Ricky Horton, Al ❑ SETTING UP CAMP: The Cardinals have 57 players on the roster with 18 invitees...the youngest Hrabosky, Dan McLaughlin and Tim McCarver player in camp is 20‐year old catcher Carson Kelly as well as four first round picks: INF Pete Kozma calling the action. Games include 3/12 vs. BAL, (2007), INF Kolten Wong (2011), RHP Michael Wacha (2012) and LHP Marco Gonzales (2013). 3/13 at MIA, 3/14 vs. MIN, 3/15 vs. MIN, 3/16 ❑ NEW FACES: Players acquired during the 2014‐15 off‐season and appearing in their first Cardinals vs. DET, 3/17 at MIA, 3/19 vs. NYM, 3/21 vs. ATL, spring camp include catchers Michael Ohlman and Alberto Rosario; infielders Dean Anna, Ty Kelly 3/25 vs. WAS, 3/26 vs. MIA, 3/27 vs. NYM, 3/29 and Mark Reynolds; outfielder Jason Heyward and pitchers Matt Belisle, Marcus Hatley, Miguel So‐ vs. NYM, 3/30 vs. WAS, 3/31 vs. MIA and 4/2 vs. colovich, Carlos Villanueva and Jordan Walden. Assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller was added to the NYM. staff after serving as the Chicago Cubs hitting coach in 2014. ❑ THE KIDS CAN PLAY: The Cardinals open Spring Training with nine players on the 40‐man roster LAST SEASON: The Cardinals posted a 90‐72 under the age of 25...pitchers Marco Gonzales (23), Carlos Martinez (23), Trevor Rosenthal (24), Sam record and won their second consecutive Na‐ Tuivailala (22) and Michael Wacha (23) join catcher Michael Ohlman (24), infielders Aledmys Diaz tional League Central Division title. The Cardi‐ (24) and Kolten Wong (24) and outfielder Randal Grichuk (23)...these youngsters have already served nals defeated the N.L. West Champion Los in the Major Leagues combining for 493.1 innings pitched, 41 games started pitching, 50 saves, 571 Angeles Dodgers 3‐1 in the NLDS and lost to the at‐ bats and 15 home runs including an NLCS MVP and four postseason home runs. eventual World Series Champion San Francisco ❑ CARDINALS REMEMBER OSCAR: The St. Louis Cardinals will be wearing a patch with the initials Giants in the NLCS, 4‐1. Manager Mike Matheny “OT” during the 2015 regular season in rememberance of 22‐year old outfielder, Oscar Taveras, who has led the Cardinals to the playoffs in each of died tragically in an automobile accident last October...in addition, Taveras’ close friend and team‐ his first three seasons as a manager. mate from the Dominican Republic, Carlos Martinez, is now wearing No. 18 to honor his late friend. ❑ FALL BALL: The Cardinals have played in a Major League‐high 57 postseason games from 2011‐14 LAST SPRING: The Cardinals posted an 11‐13‐2 with the Detroit Tigers (38 games) being the next closest during that four‐season span...the next clos‐ spring record (7‐6‐1 at home, 7‐10‐1 at RDS), est National League team is San Francisco (33)...the Cardinals (2011, 2013) and Giants (2010, 2012, 2014) have alternated winning the N.L. pennant each of the past five seasons. finishing 10th in the Grapefruit League and T8th among National League teams...they drew ❑ “THE MATHENY MANIFESTO”: Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny has written a book along with 96,795 fans to RDS during 14 home games, aver‐ NY Times best‐selling author Jerry B. Jenkins titled “The Matheny Manifesto”...the book is based off aging over a sellout at 6,914 fans per game. a letter Matheny wrote to the parents of a little league team he coached. Cardinals Recent CARDINALS SPRING SCHEDULE & RESULTS Spring Training Records Team Team Time/ Probable Starters/ Year W‐L‐T Batting Avg. ERA Date/Opp. Result Winner‐Loser‐Save Record Att. Highlights 3/5 at MIA^+ W, 4‐1 Martinez‐Haren‐Socolovich 1‐0 5,204 Martinez 2.0IP, 3k; Adams 2RBI 2014* 11‐13‐1 .260 5.27 3/6 vs. HOU W, 5‐2 Gonzales‐Oberholtzer‐Siegrist 2‐0 5,473 Tommy Pham 4‐4, R, RBI 2013* 16‐14‐1 .280 4.20 3/7 at WAS+ L, 6‐5 Villanueva‐Jansen‐McGregor 2‐1 7,197 Grichuk BB & HR, 2R; Ortega 2H 2012* 16‐9‐2 .276 3.05 3/8 vs. MIA W, 5‐2 Mayers‐Conley‐Socolovich 3‐1 7,438 Grichuk & Pham 2R‐HRs each 2011* 14‐16‐1 .261 3.79 3/9 vs. BOS+ L, 3‐0 Mujica‐Lyons‐Barnes 3‐2 7,662 Wacha 2.0 scoreless, 4K 3/10 at HOU L, 7‐6 Deduno‐Rosenthal‐Fields 3‐3 4,135 Wilson 3‐4 (2B, HR), 2R, RBI 2010 15‐14‐0 .280 4.95 3/11 at ATL W, 6‐2 Gonzales‐Wood‐Kiekhefer 4‐3 7,913 Gonzales 4.0IP, 0R; Piscotty 2‐3, SB 2009* 19‐12‐2 .290 4.35 3/12 vs. BAL+* W, 8‐2 Garcia‐Norris 5‐3 7,068 Reynolds 3R‐HR; Garcia 4IP 0R 2008 17‐10‐2 .286 4.01 3/13 at MIA^* L, 6‐3 Latos‐Petrick 5‐4 6,565 Piscotty 2‐3; Kozma 2‐3 2007 16‐10‐3 .255 2.29 3/14 vs. MIN+* L, 6‐3 Meyer‐Lyons 5‐5 7,099 Grichuk, Reynolds HR;Wacha 3.0,0R 2006* 15‐14‐1 .260 3.65 3/15 at MIN+* 1:05 Carlos Martinez vs. Kyle Gibson 2005* 15‐11‐2 .279 3.73 3/16 vs. DET+* 1:05 John Lackey vs. David Price 3/17 at MIA^+* 1:05 Marco Gonzales vs. TBA 2004* 17‐12‐0 .275 4.53 3/18 OPEN DATE *Reached the postseason.