St. Louis Cardinals (8-8) vs. Washington Nationals (5-9) Game No. 17 • Road Game No. 11 • Nationals Park • Tuesday, April 20, 2021 RHP Adam Wainwright (0-2, 7.11) vs. LHP Patrick Corbin (0-2, 21.32) STL FLY: The St. Louis Cardinals are playing the second of a three-game series RECORD BREAKDOWN with the Washington Nationals. The Cardinals responded to a 2-0 shutout on CARDINALS vs. NATIONALS All-Time Overall ......... 10,175-9,663 Sunday with a 12-5 win in the series opener last night at Nationals Park. The Cardinals are currently on a two-city, six-game run through the National League All-Time (1969-2021):............................327-303 2021 Overall ................................8-8 East (Philadelphia, 1-2 & Washington April 19-21). The first 15 road games for All-Time vs. Washington (2005-21): .............60-41 Under Mike Shildt ...............170-134 the Cardinals this season will all be played in the Eastern Time Zone. in St. Louis (1969-2021): ................................ 184-129 Busch Stadium ...........................2-4 THE PECKING ORDER: Entering play today, the Cardinals are in 3rd place in the at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005) ................. 152-115 On the Road ................................6-4 National League Central, one game behind the 2nd place Milwaukee Brewers and at Busch Stadium III (2006-21) ........................ 32-14 1.5 games behind the idle 1st place Cincinnati Reds. Day ..............................................4-6 in Washington (2005-19): ..........................26-26 Night ............................................4-2 REVENGE OF THE ‘BIRDS!: After dropping a series at home to the Nationals at RFK Stadium (2005-07) ................................... 3-6 in St. Louis (Apr. 12-14), including a shutout at the hands of starting pitcher Spring.................................... 8-10-6 at Nationals Park (2008-19) .....................23-20 Joe Ross, the Cardinals came out gangbusters and tied their season-highs in April .............................................8-8 doubles, triples, home runs and extra base hits last night en route to a 12-5 win in Montreal (1969-2004): ................................ 117-148 May.............................................. n/a over Ross at Nationals Park. at Jarry Park Stadium (1969-76) ...................... 41-30 June ............................................. n/a HOME RUN LEADERS: The St. Louis Cardinals are currently tied with the Atlanta at Olympic Stadium (1977-2004) ................... 76-118 July ........................................... n/a Braves for the Major League lead hammering 25 home runs through 16 games. 2021.....................................................2-2 August ...................................... n/a The 25 home runs through 16 games is the 5th-highest total in franchise history at Busch Stadium ............................................... 1-2 September/October ................... n/a behind the clubs from 2000 (39), 2004 (34), 2019 (27) and 2001 (26). Only two other teams have hit more than five home runs in a game this season (Boston at Nationals Park ...................................1-0 Monday..................................... 2-1 vs. BAL 4/11 & Chicago-NL vs. ATL 4/17) and both had six. 2019...................................................................... 5-2 Tuesday .................................... 2-0 GRAND ENTRANCE: Dylan Carlson and Paul DeJong have each hit a grand slam Postseason (2012-19) ............................................ 3-6 Wednesday ............................... 1-1 this season as the Cardinals are tied with the Chicago White Sox for the Major 2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (2-2) Thursday ..................................2-0 League lead with two. 4/12 at STL .......L, 5-2 ............... Finnegan-Gant-Hand Friday ........................................ 0-1 IN THE STATCAST ERA: St. Louis is currently ranked 4th among Major League 4/13 at STL .......W, 14-3 ............... Flaherty-Strasburg Saturday ................................... 1-2 teams in Hard Hit Ball Percentage (balls hit 95 MPH+) at 42.8%, trailing only 4/14 at STL .......L, 6-0 .................... Ross-Wainwright Sunday ..................................... 0-3 Atlanta (43.6), San Diego (43.2) and Minnesota (43.0); their 167 balls smacked at the 95 MPH threshhold or higher rank 6th in MLB. 4/19 at WSH ... W, 12-5 ................Flaherty-Ross Scoring First ............................. 5-1 4/20 at WSH ......................................... 6:05 Opponent Scores First .............. 3-7 CONSECUTIVE CARDINALS CRUSHERS: Tommy Edman and Paul Goldschmidt combined for the Cardinals third pair of back-to-back home runs this seasonlast 4/21 at WSH ......................................... 3:05 One-Run Games ......................... n/a night against the Nationals and now the Cardinals lead all Major League teams Two-Run Games .........................2-1 with three in 2021. Yadier Molina went back-to-back with Nolan Arenado and Last Cardinals sweep: ........... June 13-15, 2014 at STL Scoring 2 or fewer Runs .............0-5 Paul DeJong on Saturday in Philadelphia, becoming the first Cardinals player in Last Nationals sweep: .......... June 14-16, 2011 at WSH Scoring 3 Runs ........................... 1-1 franchise history to be a part of two consecutive jacks in a game. Elias Sports Bureau Scoring 4 or more Runs ............. 7-2 Scoring in 3 or fewer innings ......6-8 THE LIGHT IS GREEN: Tommy Edman teed off on a 3-0 pitch last night hitting one of four 3-0 count home runs in MLB this 2021 season, joining Whit Merrifield (KC), José Ramirez (CLE) and Ryan McMahon (COL). Scoring in 4 or more innings ...... 1-1 vs. Right-Handed Starter ...........6-7 SWITCH-ARMY KNIFE: Tommy Edman has reached base in all 16 games this season, one via error in Philadelphia, ending his streak of 14 to begin the season officially. He also has the longest hitting streak in MLB in 2021 at 12 games. The switch-hitting infielder/outfielder has vs. Left-Handed Starter ..............2-1 played 78.1 innings at second base and 61.2 innings in right field and has not committed an error, while turning three double plays and leads Series Openers ...........................4-2 the Cardinals with six fielding gems (defensive plays which take extraordinary effort). Edman is the only player in Major League Baseball with Series Finales ..............................1-4 over 50 innings in the infield and outfield without committing an error this season. Homestand Openers ..................1-0 A PAIR BEYOND COMPARE: Tonight, Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina will team up for their 278th career game as batterymates, Homestand Finales ....................0-1 currently ranking 6th in Major League history and coming up fast on Red Ruffing and Bill Dickey of the New York Yankees with 282 from Road Trip Openers ...................... 1-1 1930-46. Road Trip Finales ........................1-0 500!: Jack Flaherty struck out five batters last night and has 503 for his career over his first 80 games, becoming the fastest Cardinals pitcher to eclipse 500 strikeouts. Lance Lynn was the previous record holder at 101 appearances. Following Off-Days .....................0-3 Out-Hit Opponents .....................4-0 QUICK EXITS: The Cardinals and Nationals will be playing six times over 10 days concluding the season series by Game No. 18 of the Cardi- nals season. The series is currently tied 2-2 with the two teams alternating wins over the first four games. Out-Hit by Opponents.................2-7 Final At-Bat Decisions ................1-0 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE LEAST KIND: Entering today, the St. Louis Cardinals are the only team in Major League Baseball who have not played a one-run game through 16 regular season games to start their season. In fact, the other 29 teams in MLB have played at least two Come-from-Behind W/L .............. 3/0 one-run games this season with the Atlanta Braves leading the pack with eight one-run thrillers. Courtesy Elias Sports Bureau Walk-off Wins/Losses ................ n/a SHILDT’S DISTRICT: Since taking over as Cardinals manager on July 15, 2018, the Cardinals are 6-2 at Nationals Park in the regular season In Errorless Games ....................3-3 under manager Mike Shildt, holding the hometown Nationals to five runs or less in each of the eight games, while the Cardinals have aver- Commit at Least One Error .........5-5 aged 6.0 runs per game over the eight games. Extra Innings .............................. n/a JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED: Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong tallied his 4th career multi-home run game last night and his second Shutouts ..................................... 1-1 pair of the season (4/3 at CIN) extending his hitting streak to a season-high six following a career-long 0-for-26. DeJong, who tied his ca- Leading after 7 innings ...............7-0 reer-high with 5 RBI last night, majored in biochemistry and pre-medicine at Illinois State University while continuing his career in baseball. Tied after 7 innings .....................1-0 J-WILLIE STYLE: Outfielder Justin Williams hit his second home run of the season last night, registering at 109.2 MPH on the opposite field Trailing after 7 innings ................0-8 line drive into left-center field. Williams currently ranks in the 96th percentile in hard hit balls (95+ MPH) and has a hard-hit percentage of Leading after 8 innings ...............8-0 61.5% of all balls hit, which would rank 5th in Major League Baseball behind teammmate Paul