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Thu., Aug. 6 at REDS: Michael Wacha (12-4, 3.09) vs. Michael Lorenzen (3-6, 4.80) 11:35 a.m.* Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio *Fox Sports Midwest +FOX Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FOX Sports 1 ^MLB Network UPCOMING GAMEs & PITCHING PROBABLEs st. Louis Cardinals (67-39) at Cincinnati Reds (48-56) Game #107 Great American Ball Park August 5, 2015 Carlos Martinez (11-4, 2.61) vs. David Holmberg (1-0, 3.00) BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season of play with an 21-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 5.5 games ahead of Pittsburgh...the Car- dinals and Reds are playing for the 2nd time in the past week, with Cincinnati taking 2-of-3 at Busch Stadium last Mon.-Wed...the Cardinals are 28-games over .500, reaching their season-high of 29 games over .500 four times previously...St. Louis owns the majors top winning pct. (.632) and the NL’s top run differential (+109). MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter belted his 14th homer, a single-season high by a left-handed hitting Cardinals third baseman...since returning to the leadoff spot on July 30, Carpenter is batting .429 (9-21) with an NL-best 4 HR’s & 6 runs scored...he’s 2nd in the NL to the Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo in both SLG (.1.095) & OPS (1.550) and T4th with 7 RBI...Colby Rasmus (23 in 2010) was the last left-handed hitting Cardinal with 20 or more HR’s. KEYsTONE CARDs: Having employed second baseman Kolten Wong & shortstop Jhonny Peralta as their no. 3 & 4 hitters last week, it marked the first time since since July 18, 1933 (Frankie Frisch, shortstop, 3rd & Rogers Hornsby, second baseman, 4th) that they’d had their keystone combo batting in the 3rd & 4th spots in the lineup (Elias). CLOsED-CIRCUIT CLOUTs: Last night’s game was the 13th this season during which all of the Cardinals runs scored came via homer...they’ve had four such games in their 17 games played since the All-Star break. HOT PIsCOTTY: Rookie Stephen Piscotty, who hit safely in each of his first 10 career starts, matching John Ro- driguez (2005) for longest such streak by a Cardinals rookie, is batting .359 in his first 13 games, the best BA in first 13 career games (min. 30 AB’s) by a Cardinal since the legendary Bo Hart (.400; 24-for-60) in 2003. A ROAD LEss TRAvELED: The Cardinals have played just three road games (2-0 at CWS, 0-1 at CIN) since the All- Star break, the fewest in the majors, with HOU (5) the next closest...PIT & CHI (12) have played the most in N.L. TONIGHT’s GAME : The Cardinals continue their six-game roadtrip (CIN-3, MIL-3) tonight with the second of three games against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park...first pitch is slated for 6:10 p.m CT...St. Louis dropped a 3-2 decision to the Reds last night, suffering their first road defeat since the All-Star break but their 4th in last six games away from Busch Stadium... the Cardinals completed an 11-game homestand - Kansas City (1-0), Atlanta (2-1), Cincinnati (1-2) and Colorado (3-1)...the Cardinals 11-6 post All- Star record is T4th in the majors behind PHI (13- 3), NYY (12-5) & SF (12-5)...St. Louis is 40-16 at Busch Stadium, the best home mark in MLB, and 27-23 on the road...tonight’s road game is just the fourth for the Cardinals since the All-Star break. CARDINALs vs. CINCINNATI: season: 19 games; next meeting 9/10-13 at CIN 2015: 6-4 (4-2 at STL, 2-2 at CIN) 2014: 12-7 (7-2 at STL, 5-5 at CIN) All-Time: 1106-969 (50-54 at Great Amercian) Last Time sTL sweep: 4/17-19/15 at STL Last Time CIN sweep: 7/13-15/12 at CIN RECORD BREAKDOWN B B y y D D a ay y B B y y M Mo o n nt t h h Monday 5-5 Spring 13-11-3 Tuesday 9-7 April 15-6 Wednesday 10-6 May 18-11 Thursday 10-3 June 18-8 Friday 12-5 July 15-12 Saturday 10-7 August 1-2 Sunday 12-6 Sept./Oct. 0-0 B B y y S S e e r r i i e e s s 2G 3G 4G 5G Won 2 15 4 --- Lost 2 5 1 --- Split 1 --- 3 --- Sweeps 3 5 --- --- Opp. Sweeps 2 --- --- --- MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst of his 4th season as the Cardinals manager, having taken his teams to the postseason in each of his first three seasons and becoming just the 15th manager in MLB history to record 275 or more wins in his first three years...won his 300th game on May 17 in game no. 523 to become the 6th quickest to 300 wins in MLB history...Matheny in 2012 became the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardi- nals history and in 2013 he took his team to the World Series in just his second season at the helm with a league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike guided the Cardinals to the N.L. Central title and their 4th- straight trip to the NLCS...he is the only Cardinals manager & just the 5th in MLB history to lead his teams to the postseason in each of his first three full seasons, having already managed 39 postsea- son games...Matheny, 44, had a 13-year Major League career playing with MIL, TOR, STL & SF, winning four Rawlings Gold Gloves (‘00, ‘03-’05), and retiring from the game in 2006 due to concus- sion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catching record for consecutive errorless games (252). Cardinals Disabled List Date Games Player & Injury DL Missed A. Wainwright, left Achilles 4/26 90 J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 85 M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 60 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 34 J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 30 M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 5 Multi-HR Games Player Last Home Run Career/2015...Last Bourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... --- Carpenter 8/4/15 at CIN 1/1... 7/30/15 vs. COL Cruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... --- G. Garcia 6/26/15 vs. CHI 0/0... --- Grichuk 8/2/15 vs. COL 2/2... 7/18/15 vs. NYM Heyward 6/24/15 at MIA 5/0... 8/17/13 at WSH Jay 6/8/15 at COL 0/0... --- Kozma 4/2/13 at ARI 0/0... --- Molina 6/19/15 at PHI 2/0... 8/21/11 at CHI Moss 7/18/15 at CIN 7/1... 4/24/15 at DET Peralta 8/1/15 vs. COL 8/0... 4/27/14 vs. PIT Piscotty None 0/0... --- Reynolds 7/21/15 at CWS 22/1... 7/11/15 at PIT Wong 7/27/15 vs. CIN 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS Date/Opp. 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/2 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 PLAYER KC ATL ATL ATL CIN CIN CIN COL COL COL COL CIN CIN CIN MIL MIL MIL Bourjos o o khho ooo k k Carpenter o4ok o2wk owo ooowo o1o2 kook wwo2 144o2 42woo koo1 ooko k4k1 Cruz ookk oo k od G. Garcia cw 2 1 o Grichuk 41ok 41kw kow k1o 1ok 2koow o12k 1ooc k4k1 31ck Heyward 1ooo ko1o oko 2coo ooow 2 w1ck k13owFo11 oo2k k1w2 1oko Kozma owo o Molina oooo wo11 oo1 o k2 oooo odok 1oowo11kw 1oko k oooo Moss ok oooo d1oo 1 ko1o Peralta ookc o1oo ooo o ooko oook oowo ko1w1 1oo4 o4oc odko k11w Piscotty e F o11w k1ok w1o c1o 1o2o okk2w o11 o12w okkc Reynolds k1dw hko oo2 ooc koo o o1o o Wong o1o1 eoo1 2ooo 1o2o1 hk4o oo1o okoo o1oh11oo1k oook hcod ko1k Key: 1-Single, 2-Double, 3-Triple, 4-Home Run, o-Out, k-Strikeout, w-Walk, h-HBP, e-Reached on error, b-SacBunt, F-SacFly, c-Fielder’s Choice; d-Double Play Note: Read left-to-right for first-to-last AB. DAILY BATTING LOGs HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTs BIRD BANTER... 2015 vs. REDs: .227 (73-322) 8 HR ROADTRIP: .257 (9-35) 1 HR #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-11 series: DNP Roadtrip: DNP [ Was HBP twice on 7/27 vs. Reds; T3rd on team w/5 HBP...career-high 3 BB 7/19 vs. NYM...RBI-2B off bench 7/17 vs. NYM...3 of his 11 RBI were in July...has 5 sB’ s, 4 as PR...6 of last 13 hits are XBH (5-2B, 1-HR)...batted leadoff in 11 games. #13 MATT CARPENTER: streak: 1G (2-4, .500) HR series: 2-4, .500, HR Roadtrip: 2-4, .500, HR [ His 14 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .361 (39-108, 8 HR) in No. 1 spot...T1st on team w/54 RBI & 2nd w/14 HR (single-season high)...leads team with 33 multi-hit games (T7th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (26, T5th); runs (60, T8th); walks (55, T5th) & on-base pct. (.363, 13th)...hit 3rd leadoff HR of season/7th career) 7/31 vs. COL...4-5, 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R on 7/30; first career multi-HR game & career-high 4 runs...played 2B for 1st time since 2013 on 7/7 at CHI...ranks 14th in the NL in BA w/RIsP (26-76, .342)...scored 2+ runs in 11G (sTL 10-1)...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...12G hit streak 4/12-25 (.423 BA)...had 7 straight multi-hit G’s (4/12-19); 5 str. G’s w/2B (4/13-18)...NL Player of Week 4/13-19. #48 TONY CRUZ: streak: 0-14 series: DNP Roadtrip: DNP [ Batting .375 (6-16) in Close & Late...season-high 2 hits in start at LAD (6/7)...3-21 as PHer...hit GW-RBI double (2 RBI) vs. CHI (5/4)...has GWRBI in 3 of his last 4 Gs w/RBI...sTL is 4-7 in his starts (last: 8/2) in ‘15...played 2.0 inn. at 3B at COL (6/8) #35 GREG GARCIA: streak: 0-1 series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: 0-1, .000 [ Had game-ending RBI on walk-off walk on 7/30 vs. COL; 2nd career game-ending RBI via BB or HBP...recalled from Memphis (AAA) on 7/30...hit game-tying HR vs. CHI on 6/26 for 1st MLB HR...has 3 MLB RBI, and all are either GW or game-tying RBI... batted .500 (5-10) in June...5-10, .500 w/HR as PHer...ranked 4th in PCL with .404 OBP & T10th w/45 walks ...had 26G on-base streak (6/1-7/18)...led Memphis with 14 sB... .354 BA w/RIsP at AAA...sTL May Minor League Player of the Month #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 7G (10-26, .385) HR series: 2-4, .500 Roadtrip: 2-4, .500 [ Hit 7th triple last night, most since Carpenter (7) in ‘13...hit 2-run HR on sun...post All-star break has 5 HR (T4th NL), 12 RBI (T9th NL) & .696 slugging (7th NL) ...38 of 72 hits are XBH’s (19-2B; 7-3B, 12-HR)...missed 2G w/groin injury last week...led sTL & was T15th NL w/15 RBI in July (career best month)...ranks 2nd in NL triples (7)...2nd among MLB rookies with 38 XBH...has team-high 6 multi-XBH Gs... had 8G hit streak (.438 BA, 2 HR) end on 7/21...3-3, 2 HR, career-high 6 RBI vs. NYM (7/18) & reached in all 5 PA; 2nd multi-HR game (6/20 at PHI)...ranks among MLB rookies in doubles (19, T2nd), triples (7, T1st), HR (12, T5th) & RBI (38, 7th)...in 58 Gs batting .296 (68-230), 18-2B, 7-3B, 11-HR, 33 RBI...2nd on team w/7 def. gems. #22 JAsON HEYWARD: streak: 7G (10-22, .455) series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 1-4, .250 [ Leads team w/.288 BA (21st, NL)...has XBH’s in 3 of last 5 games...2nd on team w/23 2B’s (T15th, NL)...hit safely in 32-of- last-42 games (14 multi-hit Gs) for a .338 BA (51-151)...has increased BA .211 to .288 since 5/3...had 7 sB in July (T3rd NL)...tied career-best with 5 hits on 7/18 vs. NYM...had team-high .387 July OBP...had 75th career sB on 7/17; leads team with 16 sB (T11th NL)...batted .326, 4 HR, 14 RBI in June; leading sTL in BA & RBI...tied his season-high with 8G hit streak 6/17-25...HR in 3 str. (6/21-24), tied career high...five 3-hit games this season...batting .300 (16th, NL) vs. LHP’s w/1 HR...team-high 5 OF assists. #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-9 series: DNP Roadtrip: DNP [ scored GWing run in 1-0 win on 7/25 vs. ATL...had season-high 3 hits (3-3, RBI) at MIA (6/25) snapped 0-21 slide...has 15 starts at 2B-6, ss-6, 3B-3...46-156 (.295) career w/ RIsP...had GW-run vs. PIT (5/2) after 2-out 1B in 11th...is 1-11 as PHer. #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 0-8 series: 0-4, .000 Roadtrip: 0-4, .000 [ Is 3rd on team w/.283 BA & 4th w/102 hits...had 3 hits, incl. 3-run GW-triple at CWs (7/22), his 2nd-str. 3-hit game & 5th of ‘15 ...passed Tim McCarver for 25th place on MLB all-time innings caught list 7/19 when he caught all 18 innings...had .308 BA in May, .306 in June...2nd to B.Posey (32) among MLB catchers with 30 multi-hit G’s...101 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB & 18 2Bs, 3rd...leads MLB with 840. 1 innings & 2.55 Catcher’s ERA - the best since Alan Ashby, HOU in 1981 (2.33). #21 BRANDON MOss: streak: 3G (3-9, .333) series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 1-4, .250 [ Had GWing walkoff RBI-1B on sun....acquired in trade from CLE on 7/30...was leading CLE with 15 HR, 2nd in RBI (50) at time of trade; 13 multi-RBI games (T11th AL) ...had 2 HR (7th time) & career-best 7 RBI at DET (4/24)...hit HR #100 on 6/2 at KC...hit 4 HR in Apr., May & June, 3 HR in July...was All-star in 2013 for OAK...sTL is 7th MLB team (orig. drafted by BOs) #27 JHONNY PERALTA: streak: 1G (2-3, .667) series: 2-3, .667 Roadtrip: 2-3, .667 [ HRed last Fri. & sat. vs. COL; 20th time career to do so in back/back games...snapped 0-19 skid w/2H incl. game-tying 2-RBI single in 9th on 7/30...leads sTL w/16 HR, 54 RBI (T19th NL), 115 hits (T9th) & 186 total bases (9th)...his 12 GWRBI are T3rd MLB & ties career-best (2006, w/CLE) ...triple on 7/21 was his 1st since 2012 (8/4 vs. CLE) when he had 3... HRed in back-to- back G’s (7/12-17)...16 HR’s are 2nd among MLB ss’ s to sF’ s B.Crawford (18)...hit GWing 2R-HR w/2 out, 2 strikes in 9th on 7/8 at CHI... .347 BA (3rd NL) in 7th+ inn. w/21 RBI (T5th NL)...singled to break up no-hitters in 7th on 5/13 & 7/6. #55 sTEPHEN PIsCOTTY: streak: 0-4 series: 0-4, .000 Roadtrip: 0-4, .000 [ Had 2B, 1B & BB on sun. vs. COL...hit safely his 1st 10 games started (14-34, .412), longest such streak for sTL rookie since John Rodriguez (10 G’s in ‘05)...had sac. fly for 1st ML RBI (GW) on 7/25 in 1-0 win...purchased 7/21 from Memphis (AAA) ... 1st MLB hit came 7/21 at CWs; inf. single...batted .272, 28 2B’s (4th, PCL), 11 HR, 41 RBI in 87G, .366 OBP & .475 sLG at AAA #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 0-2 series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: 0-1, .000 [ Turned 32 on Monday...walked 3 times 7/21 at CWs...team-high 7 walks post All-star...3-hit game on 7/19 vs. NYM...22nd career 2-HR game 7/11 at PIT ...has 6 GWRBI & sTL is 23-4 in G’s w/RBI...hit grand slam 5/4 vs. CHI; 4th career slam...started 41G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 68 starts (1B, LF, 3B, DH, RF)...has 14 two-out RBI...is 4-17 w/3 RBI, 2-2B as PHer. #16 KOLTEN WONG: streak: 1G (1-4, .250) series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 1-4, .250 [ Had 2 hits & RBI on Fri. vs. COL...batted No. 3 for 1st time in MLB career on 7/30 & was 2-4...hit 2nd career grand slam in 4- 1 win vs. CIN on 7/27...has .307 BA & .486 sLG in sTL wins...had 3 hits 7/26 vs. ATL...tied game at 1-1 w/HR in 13th on 7/19 vs. NYM...is 1st sTL 2Bman with back/back 10+HR years since F.Frisch (1927-28)...13 HBP, T2nd in NL...2nd sTL in hits (106), 3rd RBI (44, career-high)...33 XBH career high...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27...51G batting No. 1, reaching in 39...11 HR & 43 RBI, rank 1st & T1st as NL 2Bmen...hit walk-off HR in 14th inn. vs PIT on 5/3 (2nd career, both vs PIT)...had career-high 10 assists 4/29 vs. PHI...2nd on team w/11 sB’ s; 34-44 (77%) career sB att...has team-high 16 def. gems.

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Thu., Aug. 6 at REDS: Michael Wacha (12-4, 3.09) vs. Michael Lorenzen (3-6, 4.80) 11:35 a.m.*Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio

*Fox Sports Midwest +FOX Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FOX Sports 1 ^MLB Network

UPCOMING GAMEs & PITCHING PROBABLEs

st. Louis Cardinals (67-39) at Cincinnati Reds (48-56)Game #107 � Great American Ball Park � August 5, 2015

Carlos Martinez (11-4, 2.61) vs. David Holmberg (1-0, 3.00)

� BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season ofplay with an 21-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 5.5 games ahead of Pittsburgh...the Car-dinals and Reds are playing for the 2nd time in the past week, with Cincinnati taking 2-of-3 at Busch Stadium lastMon.-Wed...the Cardinals are 28-games over .500, reaching their season-high of 29 games over .500 four timespreviously...St. Louis owns the majors top winning pct. (.632) and the NL’s top run differential (+109).

� MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter belted his 14th homer, a single-season high by a left-handed hitting Cardinalsthird baseman...since returning to the leadoff spot on July 30, Carpenter is batting .429 (9-21) with an NL-best 4HR’s & 6 runs scored...he’s 2nd in the NL to the Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo in both SLG (.1.095) & OPS (1.550) and T4thwith 7 RBI...Colby Rasmus (23 in 2010) was the last left-handed hitting Cardinal with 20 or more HR’s.

� KEYsTONE CARDs: Having employed second baseman Kolten Wong & shortstop Jhonny Peralta as their no. 3 &4 hitters last week, it marked the first time since since July 18, 1933 (Frankie Frisch, shortstop, 3rd & Rogers Hornsby,second baseman, 4th) that they’d had their keystone combo batting in the 3rd & 4th spots in the lineup (Elias).

� CLOsED-CIRCUIT CLOUTs: Last night’s game was the 13th this season during which all of the Cardinals runsscored came via homer...they’ve had four such games in their 17 games played since the All-Star break.

� HOT PIsCOTTY: Rookie Stephen Piscotty, who hit safely in each of his first 10 career starts, matching John Ro-driguez (2005) for longest such streak by a Cardinals rookie, is batting .359 in his first 13 games, the best BA in first13 career games (min. 30 AB’s) by a Cardinal since the legendary Bo Hart (.400; 24-for-60) in 2003.

� A ROAD LEss TRAvELED: The Cardinals have played just three road games (2-0 at CWS, 0-1 at CIN) since the All-Star break, the fewest in the majors, with HOU (5) the next closest...PIT & CHI (12) have played the most in N.L.

TONIGHT’s GAME: The Cardinals continue theirsix-game roadtrip (CIN-3, MIL-3) tonight with thesecond of three games against the CincinnatiReds at Great American Ball Park...first pitch isslated for 6:10 p.m CT...St. Louis dropped a 3-2decision to the Reds last night, suffering theirfirst road defeat since the All-Star break but their4th in last six games away from Busch Stadium...the Cardinals completed an 11-game homestand- Kansas City (1-0), Atlanta (2-1), Cincinnati (1-2)and Colorado (3-1)...the Cardinals 11-6 post All-Star record is T4th in the majors behind PHI (13-3), NYY (12-5) & SF (12-5)...St. Louis is 40-16 atBusch Stadium, the best home mark in MLB, and27-23 on the road...tonight’s road game is justthe fourth for the Cardinals since the All-Starbreak.

CARDINALs vs. CINCINNATI:season: 19 games; next meeting 9/10-13 at CIN2015: 6-4 (4-2 at STL, 2-2 at CIN)2014: 12-7 (7-2 at STL, 5-5 at CIN)All-Time: 1106-969 (50-54 at Great Amercian)Last Time sTL sweep: 4/17-19/15 at STLLast Time CIN sweep: 7/13-15/12 at CIN

RECORD BREAKDOWN

BByy DDaayy BByy MMoo nntthh

Monday 5-5 Spring 13-11-3Tuesday 9-7 April 15-6Wednesday 10-6 May 18-11Thursday 10-3 June 18-8Friday 12-5 July 15-12Saturday 10-7 August 1-2Sunday 12-6 Sept./Oct. 0-0

BByy SS ee rr ii ee ss

2G 3G 4G 5GWon 2 15 4 ---Lost 2 5 1 ---Split 1 --- 3 ---Sweeps 3 5 --- ---Opp. Sweeps 2 --- --- ---

MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst ofhis 4th season as the Cardinals manager, havingtaken his teams to the postseason in each of hisfirst three seasons and becoming just the 15thmanager in MLB history to record 275 or morewins in his first three years...won his 300th gameon May 17 in game no. 523 to become the 6thquickest to 300 wins in MLB history...Matheny in2012 became the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardi-nals history and in 2013 he took his team to theWorld Series in just his second season at the helmwith a league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike guidedthe Cardinals to the N.L. Central title and their 4th-straight trip to the NLCS...he is the only Cardinalsmanager & just the 5th in MLB history to lead histeams to the postseason in each of his first threefull seasons, having already managed 39 postsea-son games...Matheny, 44, had a 13-year MajorLeague career playing with MIL, TOR, STL & SF,winning four Rawlings Gold Gloves (‘00, ‘03-’05),and retiring from the game in 2006 due to concus-sion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catching recordfor consecutive errorless games (252).

Cardinals Disabled List Date GamesPlayer & Injury DL Missed

A. Wainwright, left Achilles 4/26 90J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 85M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 60 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 34J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 30M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 5

Multi-HR GamesPlayer Last Home Run Career/2015...Last

Bourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... ---Carpenter 8/4/15 at CIN 1/1... 7/30/15 vs. COLCruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... ---G. Garcia 6/26/15 vs. CHI 0/0... ---Grichuk 8/2/15 vs. COL 2/2... 7/18/15 vs. NYMHeyward 6/24/15 at MIA 5/0... 8/17/13 at WSHJay 6/8/15 at COL 0/0... ---

Kozma 4/2/13 at ARI 0/0... ---

Molina 6/19/15 at PHI 2/0... 8/21/11 at CHI

Moss 7/18/15 at CIN 7/1... 4/24/15 at DETPeralta 8/1/15 vs. COL 8/0... 4/27/14 vs. PITPiscotty None 0/0... ---Reynolds 7/21/15 at CWS 22/1... 7/11/15 at PITWong 7/27/15 vs. CIN 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS

Date/Opp. 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/2 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9

PLAYER KC ATL ATL ATL CIN CIN CIN COL COL COL COL CIN CIN CIN MIL MIL MIL

Bourjos o o khho ooo k k

Carpenter o4ok o2wk owo ooowo o1o2 kook wwo2 144o2 42woo koo1 ooko k4k1

Cruz ookk oo k od

G. Garcia cw 2 1 o

Grichuk 41ok 41kw kow k1o 1ok 2koowo12k 1ooc k4k1 31ck

Heyward 1ooo ko1o oko 2coo ooow 2 w1ck k13owFo11 oo2k k1w2 1oko

Kozma owo o

Molina oooo wo11 oo1 o k2 oooo odok 1oowo11kw 1oko k oooo

Moss ok oooo d1oo 1 ko1o

Peralta ookc o1oo ooo o ooko oook oowo ko1w11oo4 o4oc odko k11w

Piscotty e F o11w k1ok w1o c1o 1o2o okk2w o11 o12w okkc

Reynolds k1dw hko oo2 ooc koo o o1o o

Wong o1o1 eoo1 2ooo 1o2o1 hk4o oo1o okoo o1oh11oo1k oook hcod ko1k

Key: 1-Single, 2-Double, 3-Triple, 4-Home Run, o-Out, k-Strikeout, w-Walk, h-HBP, e-Reached on error, b-SacBunt,

F-SacFly, c-Fielder’s Choice; d-Double Play Note: Read left-to-right for first-to-last AB.

DAILY BATTING LOGs HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTs

BIRD BANTER... 2015 vs. REDs: .227 (73-322) 8 HR ROADTRIP: .257 (9-35) 1 HR

� #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-11 series: DNP Roadtrip: DNP[ Was HBP twice on 7/27 vs. Reds; T3rd on team w/5 HBP...career-high 3 BB 7/19 vs. NYM...RBI-2B off bench 7/17 vs.NYM...3 of his 11 RBI were in July...has 5 sB’s, 4 as PR...6 of last 13 hits are XBH (5-2B, 1-HR)...batted leadoff in 11 games.

� #13 MATT CARPENTER: streak: 1G (2-4, .500) HR series: 2-4, .500, HR Roadtrip: 2-4, .500, HR[ His 14 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .361 (39-108, 8 HR) in No. 1 spot...T1st on team w/54 RBI & 2ndw/14 HR (single-season high)...leads team with 33 multi-hit games (T7th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (26, T5th);runs (60, T8th); walks (55, T5th) & on-base pct. (.363, 13th)...hit 3rd leadoff HR of season/7th career) 7/31 vs. COL...4-5, 2 HR,2B, 4 RBI, 4 R on 7/30; first career multi-HR game & career-high 4 runs...played 2B for 1st time since 2013 on 7/7 at CHI...ranks14th in the NL in BA w/RIsP (26-76, .342)...scored 2+ runs in 11G (sTL 10-1)...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...12G hitstreak 4/12-25 (.423 BA)...had 7 straight multi-hit G’s (4/12-19); 5 str. G’s w/2B (4/13-18)...NL Player of Week 4/13-19.

� #48 TONY CRUZ: streak: 0-14 series: DNP Roadtrip: DNP[ Batting .375 (6-16) in Close & Late...season-high 2 hits in start at LAD (6/7)...3-21 as PHer...hit GW-RBI double (2 RBI) vs.CHI (5/4)...has GWRBI in 3 of his last 4 Gs w/RBI...sTL is 4-7 in his starts (last: 8/2) in ‘15...played 2.0 inn. at 3B at COL (6/8)

� #35 GREG GARCIA: streak: 0-1 series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: 0-1, .000[ Had game-ending RBI on walk-off walk on 7/30 vs. COL; 2nd career game-ending RBI via BB or HBP...recalled from Memphis(AAA) on 7/30...hit game-tying HR vs. CHI on 6/26 for 1st MLB HR...has 3 MLB RBI, and all are either GW or game-tying RBI...batted .500 (5-10) in June...5-10, .500 w/HR as PHer...ranked 4th in PCL with .404 OBP & T10th w/45 walks ...had 26G on-basestreak (6/1-7/18)...led Memphis with 14 sB... .354 BA w/RIsP at AAA...sTL May Minor League Player of the Month

� #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 7G (10-26, .385) HR series: 2-4, .500 Roadtrip: 2-4, .500 [ Hit 7th triple last night, most since Carpenter (7) in ‘13...hit 2-run HR on sun...post All-star break has 5 HR (T4th NL), 12 RBI(T9th NL) & .696 slugging (7th NL) ...38 of 72 hits are XBH’s (19-2B; 7-3B, 12-HR)...missed 2G w/groin injury last week...led sTL& was T15th NL w/15 RBI in July (career best month)...ranks 2nd in NL triples (7)...2nd among MLB rookies with 38 XBH...hasteam-high 6 multi-XBH Gs... had 8G hit streak (.438 BA, 2 HR) end on 7/21...3-3, 2 HR, career-high 6 RBI vs. NYM (7/18) &reached in all 5 PA; 2nd multi-HR game (6/20 at PHI)...ranks among MLB rookies in doubles (19, T2nd), triples (7, T1st), HR(12, T5th) & RBI (38, 7th)...in 58 Gs batting .296 (68-230), 18-2B, 7-3B, 11-HR, 33 RBI...2nd on team w/7 def. gems.

� #22 JAsON HEYWARD: streak: 7G (10-22, .455) series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 1-4, .250[ Leads team w/.288 BA (21st, NL)...has XBH’s in 3 of last 5 games...2nd on team w/23 2B’s (T15th, NL)...hit safely in 32-of-last-42 games (14 multi-hit Gs) for a .338 BA (51-151)...has increased BA .211 to .288 since 5/3...had 7 sB in July (T3rd NL)...tiedcareer-best with 5 hits on 7/18 vs. NYM...had team-high .387 July OBP...had 75th career sB on 7/17; leads team with 16 sB(T11th NL)...batted .326, 4 HR, 14 RBI in June; leading sTL in BA & RBI...tied his season-high with 8G hit streak 6/17-25...HR in 3str. (6/21-24), tied career high...five 3-hit games this season...batting .300 (16th, NL) vs. LHP’s w/1 HR...team-high 5 OF assists.

� #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-9 series: DNP Roadtrip: DNP[ scored GWing run in 1-0 win on 7/25 vs. ATL...had season-high 3 hits (3-3, RBI) at MIA (6/25) snapped 0-21 slide...has 15starts at 2B-6, ss-6, 3B-3...46-156 (.295) career w/ RIsP...had GW-run vs. PIT (5/2) after 2-out 1B in 11th...is 1-11 as PHer.

� #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 0-8 series: 0-4, .000 Roadtrip: 0-4, .000[ Is 3rd on team w/.283 BA & 4th w/102 hits...had 3 hits, incl. 3-run GW-triple at CWs (7/22), his 2nd-str. 3-hit game & 5th of‘15 ...passed Tim McCarver for 25th place on MLB all-time innings caught list 7/19 when he caught all 18 innings...had .308 BAin May, .306 in June...2nd to B.Posey (32) among MLB catchers with 30 multi-hit G’s...101 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB & 182Bs, 3rd...leads MLB with 840. 1 innings & 2.55 Catcher’s ERA - the best since Alan Ashby, HOU in 1981 (2.33).

� #21 BRANDON MOss: streak: 3G (3-9, .333) series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 1-4, .250[ Had GWing walkoff RBI-1B on sun....acquired in trade from CLE on 7/30...was leading CLE with 15 HR, 2nd in RBI (50) attime of trade; 13 multi-RBI games (T11th AL) ...had 2 HR (7th time) & career-best 7 RBI at DET (4/24)...hit HR #100 on 6/2 atKC...hit 4 HR in Apr., May & June, 3 HR in July...was All-star in 2013 for OAK...sTL is 7th MLB team (orig. drafted by BOs)

� #27 JHONNY PERALTA: streak: 1G (2-3, .667) series: 2-3, .667 Roadtrip: 2-3, .667[ HRed last Fri. & sat. vs. COL; 20th time career to do so in back/back games...snapped 0-19 skid w/2H incl. game-tying 2-RBIsingle in 9th on 7/30...leads sTL w/16 HR, 54 RBI (T19th NL), 115 hits (T9th) & 186 total bases (9th)...his 12 GWRBI are T3rdMLB & ties career-best (2006, w/CLE) ...triple on 7/21 was his 1st since 2012 (8/4 vs. CLE) when he had 3... HRed in back-to-back G’s (7/12-17)...16 HR’s are 2nd among MLB ss’s to sF’s B.Crawford (18)...hit GWing 2R-HR w/2 out, 2 strikes in 9th on 7/8at CHI... .347 BA (3rd NL) in 7th+ inn. w/21 RBI (T5th NL)...singled to break up no-hitters in 7th on 5/13 & 7/6.

� #55 sTEPHEN PIsCOTTY: streak: 0-4 series: 0-4, .000 Roadtrip: 0-4, .000[ Had 2B, 1B & BB on sun. vs. COL...hit safely his 1st 10 games started (14-34, .412), longest such streak for sTL rookie sinceJohn Rodriguez (10 G’s in ‘05)...had sac. fly for 1st ML RBI (GW) on 7/25 in 1-0 win...purchased 7/21 from Memphis (AAA) ...1st MLB hit came 7/21 at CWs; inf. single...batted .272, 28 2B’s (4th, PCL), 11 HR, 41 RBI in 87G, .366 OBP & .475 sLG at AAA

� #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 0-2 series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: 0-1, .000[ Turned 32 on Monday...walked 3 times 7/21 at CWs...team-high 7 walks post All-star...3-hit game on 7/19 vs. NYM...22ndcareer 2-HR game 7/11 at PIT ...has 6 GWRBI & sTL is 23-4 in G’s w/RBI...hit grand slam 5/4 vs. CHI; 4th career slam...started41G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 68 starts (1B, LF, 3B, DH, RF)...has 14 two-out RBI...is 4-17 w/3 RBI, 2-2B as PHer.

� #16 KOLTEN WONG: streak: 1G (1-4, .250) series: 1-4, .250 Roadtrip: 1-4, .250[ Had 2 hits & RBI on Fri. vs. COL...batted No. 3 for 1st time in MLB career on 7/30 & was 2-4...hit 2nd career grand slam in 4-1 win vs. CIN on 7/27...has .307 BA & .486 sLG in sTL wins...had 3 hits 7/26 vs. ATL...tied game at 1-1 w/HR in 13th on 7/19 vs.NYM...is 1st sTL 2Bman with back/back 10+HR years since F.Frisch (1927-28)...13 HBP, T2nd in NL...2nd sTL in hits (106), 3rdRBI (44, career-high)...33 XBH career high...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27...51G batting No. 1, reaching in 39...11 HR & 43 RBI,rank 1st & T1st as NL 2Bmen...hit walk-off HR in 14th inn. vs PIT on 5/3 (2nd career, both vs PIT)...had career-high 10 assists4/29 vs. PHI...2nd on team w/11 sB’s; 34-44 (77%) career sB att...has team-high 16 def. gems.

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BATTING ORDER

11 Wong 51, Carpenter 26, Bourjos 11, Jay 9, Pham 6, Grichuk 2, Heyward 122 Carpenter 69, Heyward 17, Wong 8, Grichuk 8, Piscotty 3, Peralta 133 Holliday 62, Peralta 38, Wong 4, Reynolds 1, Heyward 1 44 Peralta 41, Adams 28, Heyward 18, Reynolds 17, Grichuk 255 Molina 28, Peralta 22, Heyward 21, Reynolds 17, Grichuk 13, Adams 4, Moss 166 Molina 39, Heyward 18, Jay 13, Reynolds 12, Grichuk 10, Wong 8, Adams 2, Piscotty 2, Bourjos 1, Pham 177 Molina 29, Grichuk 16, Reynolds 12, Heyward 10, Wong 10, Jay 8, Scruggs 8, Bourjos 3, Carpenter 2, Cruz 2, Johnson 2, Moss 2, Adams 1, Piscotty 188 Bourjos 20, Wong 15, Kozma 12, Grichuk 11, Jay 11, Reynolds 10, Heyward 8, Cruz 8, Pham 3, Piscotty 3, Johnson 2, Scruggs 2, G. Garcia 199 Lackey 20, Martinez 19, Wacha 17, Lynn 17, J. Garcia 8, Cooney 6, Lyons 6, Bourjos 4, Wainwright 4, Kozma 2, Piscotty 2, Cruz 1 Lineups Used: 85

STARTS BY POSITION

CC Molina 95, Cruz 111B1B Reynolds 52, Adams 35, Scruggs 10, Johnson 4, Moss 3, Piscotty 22B2B Wong 96, Kozma 6, Carpenter 3, G. Garcia 1SSSS Peralta 101, Kozma 53B3B Carpenter 94, Reynolds 9, Kozma 3LFLF Holliday 59, Grichuk 30, Piscotty 7, Reynolds 4, Jay 3, Pham 3CFCF Jay 38, Bourjos 38, Grichuk 23, Pham 7RFRF Heyward 94, Grichuk 9, Reynolds 1, Jay 1, Piscotty 1PP Lackey 22, Wacha 20, Lynn 20, Martinez 19, J.Garcia 9, Cooney 6, Lyons 6, Wainwright 4DHDH Holliday 4, Reynolds 3, Peralta 2, Molina 1

THE LINEUP CARD

Scoring first 42-12Opponent scores first 25-27

Scoring more than 3 runs 44-8Scoring 3 runs 14-7Scoring fewer than 3 runs 9-24

Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 55-36Scoring in 4 or more innings 12-3

First game of Series 23-13Last game of Series 24-11

First game of road trip 5-4Last game of road trip 6-2First game of homestand 5-3Last game of homestand 7-1Following off-days 9-5

Out-hit opponents 43-11Out-hit by opponents 18-26

Final at-bat decisions 13-9Come-from-behind wins 28Walk-off wins/losses 8-5

In errorless games 41-23Extra innings 6-8Shutouts 10-8

Leading after 7 innings 51-2Tied after 7 innings 8-6Trailing after 7 innings 8-31

Leading after 8 innings 58-0Tied after 8 innings 6-8Trailing after 8 innings 3-31

Runs via HR 140Opponent runs via HR 106

Review Challenges: 8-8

2015 RECORD WHEN...

2015 CARDINALs HIGHs & LOWsTT EEAA MM    BB AATT TT II NN GG

Most Runs - Inning - Cards *6 (4th) 5/20 at NYMMost Runs - Inning - Opponent *5 (9th) 7/1 vs. CWSMost Runs - 1st Inning - Cards 5 6/3 vs. MILMost Runs - 1st Inning - Opponent *5 6/8 at COLMost Runs - Game - Cards *12 7/18 vs. NYMMost Runs - Game - Opponent 11 6/8 at COLMost Runs - Game - Both Clubs 19 5/4 vs. CHIMost Hits - Game - Cards *16 6/20 at PHIMost Hits - Game - Opponent 17 5/15 vs. DETMost Hits - Game - Both Clubs 30 7/30 vs. COLFewest Hits - Game - Cards *1 6/6 at LADMost Extra Base Hits - Game - Cards 7 5/8 at PITMost Bunt Hits - Game - Cards 2 6/25 at MIAMost Singles - Game - Cards 13 5/25 vs. ARIMost Doubles - Game - Cards 6 6/28 vs. CHIMost Triples - Game - Cards *2 7/8 at CHIMost Home Runs - Game - Cards *3 6/19 at PHIMost Home Runs - Game - Opponent 3 5/15 vs. DETLongest Home Run Streak (Games) 7 7/10-21Most Stolen Bases - Game - Cards 5 7/11 at PITMost Stolen Bases - Game - Opponent *2 7/19 vs. NYM

TT EE AAMM    PP IITT CC HH II NN GG

Most Strikeouts - Game - Cards 17 4/12 at CINMost Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 19 5/13 at CLEFewest Strikeouts - Game - Cards *2 5/23 at KCFewest Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 1 5/23 at KCMost Walks - Game - Cards 13 7/19 vs. NYMMost Walks - Game - Opponent 10 6/19 at PHIFewest Walks - Game - Cards *0 6/24 at MIAFewest Walks - Game - Opponents *0 8/1 vs. COLFewest Hits Allowed *2 7/29 vs. CIN

IINN DD IIVV II DD UUAA LL    BB AATT TT II NN GG

Longest Hit Streak-Games *12, Carpenter4/12-25Longest On-BaseStreak-Games 45, Holliday 4/5-6/1Longest HR Streak-Games 3, Heyward 6/21-24Longest Run Streak-Games *6, Heyward 6/18-24Longest RBI Streak-Games *4, Peralta 7/11-18Most Runs - Game 4, Carpenter 7/30 vs. COLMost Hits - Game 5, Heyward 7/18 vs. NYMMost Bunt Hits - Game *1, 2 players 6/25 at MIAMost Doubles - Game *2, Grichuk 7/11 at PITMost Triples - Game *1, Grichuk 8/4 at CINMost Home Runs - Game *2, Carpenter 7/30 vs. COLGrand Slams - Last *1, Wong 7/27 vs. CINMost RBI - Game 6, Grichuk 7/18 vs. NYMMost SB - Game *2, 2 players 7/11 at PITMost Walks - Game *3, Holliday 7/23 vs. KCMost Int. Walks - Game *1, Carpenter 7/31 vs. COLMost HBP - Game *2, Bourjos 7/27 vs. CIN

II NN DD II VV IIDD UUAALL    PP IITTCC HH IINN GG

Most K’s Game-Starter 11, Martinez 6/5 at LADMost K’s Game-Reliever *4, Villanueva 7/10 at PITLongest Winning Streak 7, Wacha 4/11-5/24Longest Losing Streak *2, Lackey 7/29-presentMost IP Game-Starter *8.0, Lackey 7/29 vs. CINMost IP Game-Reliever 4.0, 2 players 7/19 vs. NYMConsecutive Scoreless IP 23.2, Rosenthal 5/5-7/2Fewest Hits Allowed - CG 6, Lackey 5/23 at KC

TT EE AAMM    MM IISS CC EELL LL AANN EEOO UU SS

Longest Winning Streak 8 games 4/28-5/5Longest Losing Streak 4 games 6/30-7/3Longest Game -Innings 18 7/19 vs. NYMLongest Game -Time (overall) 5:55 7/19 vs. NYMLongest Game -Time (9-inn game) 3:50 7/30 vs. COLShortest Game -Time (9-inn game)2:02 4/19 vs. CINLargest Crowd -Home #47,875 4/13 vs. MILLargest Crowd -Road 47,655 6/6 at LADLargest Margin of Victory 10 runs (12-2) 7/18 vs. NYMLargest Margin of Defeat 8 runs (11-3) 6/8 at COLLargest Comeback Win 5 runs 5/4 vs. CHIComeback Wins (4 or more runs) 1 5/4 vs. CHIMost Left on Base *14 7/19 vs. NYMMost Errors *3 7/30 vs. COLLongest Errorless Streak (Games) 8 5/12-19Most Doubleplays Turned-Cardinals *4 7/25 vs. ATLMost Doubleplays Turned-Opponent 4 7/3 vs. SDMost Tripleplays Turned-Opponent 1 5/9 at PIT* Happened more than once - last time listed.

# Busch Stadium III record.

Upcoming MilestonesPlayer Milestone Needs ForMatt Belisle Wins 1 50Steve Cishek Saves 6 100Jason Heyward Home Runs 7 100 Hits 3 750Yadier Molina Home Runs 2 100Jhonny Peralta Home Runs 9 200Trevor Rosenthal Saves 5 84* Saves 2 46#*T5th with Ryan Franklin on Cardinals All-Time Saves list# T1st with Ryan Franklin for all-time Saves at Busch Stadium III

STL rec. in Avg. IP K’s/ RunPitcher Starts QS W-L his starts per start 9 IP supportCooney 6 2 1-0 2-4 5.1 8.3 4.2 (25)J.Garcia 9 8 3-4 4-5 6.1 6.3 2.2 (20)Lackey 22 17 9-7 12-10 6.2 6.6 3.9 (85)Lynn 20 13 8-6 12-8 6.0 9.6 2.9 (57)Lyons 6 0 2-1 3-3 4.2 9.7 5.3 (32)Martinez 19 15 11-3 16-3 6.0 9.4 4.5 (85)Wacha 20 13 12-4 15-5 6.0 7.6 5.1 (102)Wainwright 4 3 2-1 3-1 6.0 6.5 3.5 (14)

Totals 106 71 48-26 67-39 6.1 8.1 4.0 (420) 654.0 IP 586 Ks

GETTING sTARTED

TONIGHT’s sTARTING PITCHER

TOMORROW’s sTARTING PITCHER#52 MICHAEL WACHA • RHP • 6-6 • 210 • 24 yrs

� The 24-year old will be making his 21st start of 2015, his 49th career start (55th app.).

� Threw 7.0 scoreless innings of four-hit ball in his last start vs. COL (7/31) in a 7-0 win. Walked one batter andstruck out seven in his second scoreless start of the season.

� Ranks 2nd in the N.L. with 12 wins, 2nd in winning pct. (.750), 15th in ERA (3.09), 10th in opponent BA (.227)and 11th in WHIP (1.09). Has enjoyed 6.32 runs/start, tops in the National League.

� Posted 20 games started and surpassed 100 strikeouts in his last start, marking new single-season highs.

� In seven career starts (8 app.), is 3-1 with a 2.01 ERA, holding the Reds to one run or less in five of those.

� Is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in two starts vs. CIN this season. Has allowed only one run in both starts, 6.1 IP at CINand 7.0 in STL...has 23.0 IP pitched at Great American Ballpark, his most outside of Busch Stadium (158.2 IP).

BULLPEN BRIEFs: 19-13 • 2.33 ERA • 313.0 IP • 285 H • 90 R, 81 ER • 109 BB • 278 sO • 20 HR42/53 sv/Opp ... 67 HOLDs ... 337/231 (69%) 1st BF/Retired ... 137/31 (23%) Inh.Runners/scored

PITCHER SV/Opp HOLD FBF/R IR/S Bullpen Bits

#30 JONATHAN BROXTON-RHP 0/1 11 42/28 6/3

Last Appearance: 8/2 vs. COL; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#36 RANDY CHOATE - LHP 1/1 8 53/35 42/5

Last Appearance: 8/4 at CIN; ND, 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

#28 STEVE CISHEK - RHP 3/8 7 37/21 13/9

Last Appearance: 8/4 at CIN; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#61 SETH MANESS - RHP 3/6 16 54/35 37/9

Last Appearance: 8/4 at CIN; ND, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#44 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 31/33 0 47/35 9/2

Last Appearance: 8/2 vs. COL; W#2, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#46 KEVIN SIEGRIST - LHP 5/8 19 54/43 19/4

Last Appearance: 8/2 vs. COL; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#33 CARLOS VILLANUEVA -RHP 1/1 0 25/16 4/1

Last Appearance: 7/30 vs. COL; W#4, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

Broxton acquired in a trade w/MIL on 7/31,made STL debut 8/1...unscored upon in last9 G’s (8.2IP)...39K in 38.2IP... Choate earned1st Sv since 2012 on 7/25...42 IR are 2nd inNL...leads MLB LHP in G’s since ‘09 (457)...season-high 1.2 IP 8/1 & 5/15... Cishek ac-quired in a trade w/MIA on 7/24...allowed 2ER since June 1 (1.02 ERA, 17.2 IP)... Maness2nd on team w/16 Holds...T1st MLB reliefw/33 DPs 2013-15 (J.Johnson)...T1st in NLapp. (54) & T3rd in IR (37)...31/6 (6.6) K/BBratio, 3rd NL... Rosenthal is T2nd NL Sv (31)...SV or W in last 5 app...7th NL relief ERA(1.68)...10th NL rel. K’s (53)...78 career Sv,6th STL all-time...had 23.2 ShO IP strk 5/5-7/2...converted 18-str. Sv opp (5/5-7/9)...only 2 BSv, both to PIT...Siegrist T1st NLw/54 app...4th NL rel. ERA (1.48)...3rd in NLrel. K’s (59/58.1 IP)...no runs in 48 of 54 Gs...19 Holds, T4th NL...tied career high w/2.0 IP5/14 & w/4 K’s 6/10...Villanueva 6th NL re-lief ERA (1.65)...4th career 3.0+ IP Sv 6/27...team high 4.0 rel. IP vs. NYM (7/19) & 4 re-lief K 5/4, 7/10...13 of 25 gms 2.0+ IP.

#18 CARLOs MARTINEZ • RHP • 6-0 • 185 • 23 yrs

TONIGHT’s GAME:� Is set to make his 20th start and 22nd appearance of the season. It

will be his 100th career game and 28th career start.� Has a 1.60 ERA since May 20, the 5th-lowest in MLB, trailing Greinke

(1.35, LAD), Kershaw (1.35, LAD), Kazmir (1.45, HOU-OAK) anddeGrom (1.47, NYM).

� Received a no decision in his last start (7/30) vs. COL, in a game STLwon 9-8, allowing five runs and a career-high 10 hits over 5.0 innings.It snapped a streak of 11 straight quality starts dating back to May 20.

� Posted 11 straight quality starts from 5/20-7/25, ranking 2nd only toClayton Kershaw (12, active) for the longest streak during the 2015season. It was the longest STL streak since Chris Carpenter (11, 2010).

� Ranks T4th in the National League in wins (11), 4th in winning pct(.733), 8th in ERA (2.61) and 15th in opp. BA (.240).

� His 127 strikeouts are 2nd behind Lance Lynn (129) on the Cardinalsand 14th in the National League.

� The Cardinals are 16-3 in his 19 starts this season, winning the firstfive, losing two, then winning 10 of last 11. 15 of his 19 starts arequality starts. Has a 2.18 ERA (103.1 IP/25 ER) in his 15 wins by STL.

vs. CINCINNATI REDs:� Is 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA in two career starts (13 app.) vs. the Reds.� Did not start a game vs. CIN until 2015 and is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in

those two starts, earning a win at Busch Stadium on 4/18 and a nodecision in a Cardinals win in Cincinnati on 4/12.  Threw 6.0 IP in bothstarts.

� Made 11 relief appearances vs. CIN in 2013-14 with a 2-1 record and2.87 ERA posting four holds.  Earned wins in first two app. vs the Redson 8/26/13 at STL in a game the Cardinals rallied from a 4-0 deficit,and 9/4/13 at CIN in a 16-inning marathon.

2015 sEAsON:� Voted in by fans to the All-Star team as part of the Final Vote contest.� Faced off against former teammate Shelby Miller vs. ATL (7/25) and

earned the win in a 1-0 game lasting just 2:13. Pitched 8.0 inningsallowing 6 hits, 1 walk and 6 K’s in the shutout. The Cardinals had just2 hits but a single, walk, fly-out and sac fly in the 8th pushed a runacross for the win.

� Made a 4.0-inning relief app. vs. NYM (7/19), pitching innings 15-18and taking the loss allowing two runs (1 ER) in his longest career reliefapp. and most pitches (72) in relief.  It marked his 2nd relief app. ofthe season (Opening Day, 4/5 at CHI).

� Earned the team’s only win in the 4-game series against rival PIT inhis final start before the All-Star break (7/9). Shut out the Pirates over7.1 innings, allowing 4 hits, walking 2 and fanning 8 in the 4-1 win.

MARTINEZ sEAsON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2014 STL 2-4 4.03 57 7 89.1 90 41 40 36 84

MEM 1-0 0.00 2 2 10.1 6 0 0 1 72015 STL 11-4 2.61 21 19 124.1 109 38 36 48 127MAJORS 15-9 3.42 99 27 242.0 230 95 92 93 235

MARTINEZ - LAsT 3 APPEARANCEsDATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO7/19 vs. NYM L, 3-1 (18) 1 0 4.0 5 2 1 4 27/25 vs. ATL W, 1-0 1 1 8.0 6 0 0 1 67/31 vs. COLND, W, 9-8 1 1 5.0 10 5 5 1 6

MARTINEZ vs. REDs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2014 0-1 3.09 9 0 11.2 13 4 4 2 162015 1-0 2.25 2 2 12.0 7 3 3 4 12TOTALS 3-1 2.60 13 2 27.2 23 8 8 7 30LAST APP. vs. CIN: 4/18/15 at STL 6.0 3 1 1 2 4LAST WIN vs. CIN: 4/18/15 at STL (5-2)

MARTINEZ CAREER HITTING TOTALs AVG. AB H HR RBI SH2015 .132 38 5 0 0 4

Career .154 52 8 0 2 5

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2015 CARDINALs DAY-BY-DAY H/R Time/ GA/

Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB

4/5 CHI R/N W, 3-0 Wainwright-Lester-Rosenthal #35,055 1-0 1 +0.5

4/6 OPEN DATE 1-0 T1 +1.0

4/7 CHI R/N PPD-WEATHER 1-0 T1 +1.0

4/8 CHI R/D L, 2-0 Arrieta-Lynn-Rondon 26,814 1-1 T2 -1.0

4/9 OPEN DATE 1-1 T2 -1.5

4/10 CIN R/N L, 5-4 Hoover-Walden-Chapman 30,808 1-2 T2 -2.5

4/11 CIN R/D W, 4-1 Wacha-Cuteo-Rosenthal #41,525 2-2 T2 -1.5

4/12 CIN R/D W, 7-5 (11) Villanueva-Gregg #41,446 3-2 T2 -0.5

4/13 MIL H/D L, 5-4 Garza-Wainwright-Rodriguez #47,875 3-3 3 -1.0

4/14 OPEN DATE 3-3 3 -1.0

4/15 MIL H/N W, 4-2 Lynn-Peralta-Rosenthal 40,826 4-3 T2 -0.5

4/16 MIL H/D W, 4-0 Lackey-Fiers 40,079 5-3 T1 --

4/17 CIN H/N W, 6-1 Wacha-Cueto-Siegrist #46,462 6-3 1 +1.0

4/18 CIN H/D W, 5-2 Martinez-Bailey-Rosenthal #45,906 7-3 1 +1.0

4/19 CIN H/N W, 2-1 Wainwright-LEAKE-Walden 40,742 8-3 1 +2.0

4/20 OPEN DATE 8-3 1 +1.5

4/21 WSH R/N L, 2-1 (10) Barrett-Villanueva 27,021 8-4 1 +0.5

4/22 WSH R/N W, 7-5 Siegrist-Treinen-Rosenthal 25,771 9-4 1 +1.5

4/23 WSH R/D W, 4-1 Wacha-Scherzer-Rosenthal 26,990 10-4 1 +2.5

4/24 MIL R/N W, 3-0 Martinez-Garza-Rosenthal 26,286 11-4 1 +2.5

4/25 MIL R/N W, 5-3 Belisle-Peralta-Maness 35,919 12-4 1 +3.0

4/26 MIL R/D L, 6-3 Blazek-Lynn-Rodriguez 32,758 12-5 1 +2.0

4/27 PHI H/N L, 4-1 Hamels-Lackey-Papelbon 40,052 12-6 1 +1.0

4/28 PHI H/N W, 11-5 Wacha-Gonzalez 40,143 13-6 1 +1.0

4/29 PHI H/N W, 5-2 Martinez-Harang-Rosenthal 40,399 14-6 1 +2.0

4/30 PHI H/D W, 9-3 Villanueva-Buchanan 40,715 15-6 1 +2.5

APRIL TOTALS 423,199 15-6 1 +2.5

5/1 PIT H/N W, 2-1 (10) Choate-Schaill 40,912 16-6 1 +2.5

5/2 PIT H/D W, 2-1 (11) Villanueva-Hughes #45,095 17-6 1 +3.5

5/3 PIT H/D W, 3-2 (14) Socolovich-Liz #44,382 18-6 1 +4.5

5/4 CHI H/N W, 10-9 Socolovich-Strop 41,981 19-6 1 +5.5

5/5 CHI H/N W, 7-4 Harris-Jackson-Rosenthal 41,613 20-6 1 +6.5

5/6 CHI H/N L, 6-5 Lester-Lynn-Rondon 42,207 20-7 1 +5.5

5/7 CHI H/D W, 5-1 Lackey-Arrieta-Rosenthal 44,472 21-7 1 +6.5

5/8 PIT R/N W, 8-5 Wacha-Liriano-Rosenthal 33,507 22-7 1 +6.5

5/9 PIT R/N L, 7-5 Scahill-Martinez-Melancon #38,068 22-8 1 +6.5

5/10 PIT R/D L, 4-3 Hughes-Harris-Melancon 34,036 22-9 1 +6.5

5/11 OPEN DATE 22-9 1 +6.0

5/12 CLE R/N W, 8-3 Lynn-Carrasco 12,615 23-9 1 +6.0

5/13 CLE R/N L, 2-0 Kluber-Lackey-Allen 12,313 23-10 1 +5.0

5/14 CLE R/N W, 2-1 Siegrist-Rzepczynski-Rosenthal 15,865 24-10 1 +5.0

5/15 DET H/N L, 10-4 Greene-Martinez #45,601 24-11 1 +4.0

5/16 DET H/D L, 4-3 (10) Hardy-Belisle-Soria #45,313 24-12 1 +3.0

5/17 DET H/N W, 2-1 Lynn-Simon-Rosenthal 43,654 25-12 1 +4.0

5/18 NYM R/N L, 2-1 (14) C.Torres-Tuivailala 23,338 25-13 1 +3.5

5/19 NYM R/N W, 10-2 Wacha-Niese 21,157 26-13 1 +4.5

5/20 NYM R/N W, 9-0 Martinez-Colon 23,726 27-13 1 +4.5

5/21 NYM R/D L, 5-0 deGrom-Garcia 32,783 27-14 1 +3.5

5/22 KC R/N L, 5-0 C.Young-Lynn 37,379 27-15 1 +3.5

5/23 KC R/N L, 3-2 (6) VOLQUEZ-LACKEY #38,676 27-16 1 +2.5

5/24 KC R/D W, 6-1 Wacha-Ventura 36,342 28-16 1 +3.5

5/25 ARI H/D W, 3-2 (10) Rosenthal-Ramirez 42,853 29-16 1 +4.5

5/26 ARI H/N W, 6-4 Garcia-Bradley-Maness 41,107 30-16 1 +4.5

5/27 ARI H/N W, 4-3 Maness-Ziegler 43,715 31-16 1 +5.5

5/28 OPEN DATE 31-16 1 +5.5

5/29 LAD H/N W, 3-0 Lackey-Bolsinger-Rosenthal #44,223 32-16 1 +6.5

5/30 LAD H/N L, 5-1 Frias-Wacha #44,754 32-17 1 +6.0

5/31 LAD H/D W, 3-1 Martinez-Anderson-Rosenthal #45,285 33-17 1 +6.0

MAY TOTALS 697,167 18-11 1 +6.0

6/1 MIL H/N L, 1-0 Fiers-Garcia-F.Rodriguez 40,689 33-18 1 +5.0

6/2 MIL H/N W, 1-0 Lynn-Cravy-Rosenthal #42,835 34-18 1 +6.0

6/3 MIL H/D W, 7-4 Lackey-Nelson-Rosenthal 41,567 35-18 1 +6.0

6/4 LAD R/N W, 7-1 Wacha-Frias 45,058 36-18 1 +6.5

6/5 LAD R/N W, 2-1 Martinez-Anderson-Rosenthal 44,649 37-18 1 +6.5

6/6 LAD R/N L, 2-0 Kershaw-Garcia-Jansen 47,655 37-19 1 +6.5

6/7 LAD R/N W, 4-2 Siegrist-Nicasio-Rosenthal 41,500 38-19 1 +6.5

6/8 COL R/N L, 11-3 Hale-Lackey 32,043 38-20 1 +6.5

6/9 COL R/N L, 4-3 De La Rosa-Wacha-Axford 33,731 38-21 1 +6.5

6/10 COL R/D W, 4-2 Martinez-Bettis-Rosenthal 30,698 39-21 1 +6.5

6/11 OPEN DATE 39-21 1 +6.5

6/12 KC H/N W, 4-0 Garcia-Ventura #45,909 40-21 1 +6.5

6/13 KC H/D W, 3-2 Lyons-Guthrie-Rosenthal #45,981 41-21 1 +6.5

6/14 KC H/D PPD-RAIN 41-21 1 +6.0

6/15 MIN H/N W, 3-2 Lackey-May-Siegrist #43,174 42-21 1 +6.0

6/16 MIN H/D W, 3-2 Wacha-Gibson-Siegrist 41,203 43-21 1 +6.0

6/17 MIN R/N L, 3-1 Milone-Martinez-Perkins 34,381 43-22 1 +5.0

6/18 MIN R/D L, 2-1 Boyer-Villanueva 34,648 43-23 1 +4.0

6/19 PHI R/N W, 12-4 Lyons-Aumont 21,169 44-23 1 +5.0

6/20 PHI R/D W, 10-1 Lackey-Harang 24,256 45-23 1 +6.0

6/21 PHI R/D L, 9-1 Morgan-Wacha 30,423 45-24 1 +6.0

6/22 OPEN DATE 45-24 1 +6.0

6/23 MIA R/N W, 4-3 Martinez-Dyson-Rosenthal 21,759 46-24 1 +6.0

6/24 MIA R/N W, 6-1 Garcia-Latos 18,492 47-24 1 +7.0

6/25 MIA R/N W, 5-1 Lynn-Haren 20,733 48-24 1 +8.0

6/26 CHI H/N W, 3-2 (10) Maness-Grimm #45,558 49-24 1 +8.0

6/27 CHI H/N W, 8-1 Wacha-Roach-Villanueva #46,407 50-24 1 +8.0

6/28 CHI H/N W, 4-1 Martinez-Hammel-Rosenthal #45,384 51-24 1 +9.0

6/29 OPEN DATE 51-24 1 +9.0

6/30 CWS H/N L, 2-1 (11) Webb-Socolovich-Robertson #45,626 51-25 1 +8.0

JUNE TOTALS 484,333 18-8 1 +8.0

7/1 CWS H/N L, 7-1 Quintana-Lackey 41,696 51-26 1 +7.0

7/2 SD H/N L, 5-3 (11) Kelley-Villanueva-Kimbrel #42,926 51-27 1 +6.0

7/3 SD H/N L, 2-1 Benoit-Rosenthal-Kimbrel #47,330 51-28 1 +6.0

7/4 SD H/D W, 2-1 Maness-Maurer-Rosenthal #44,690 52-28 1 +6.0

7/5 SD H/D W, 3-1 Lynn-I.Kennedy-Siegrist 42,764 53-28 1 +6.0

7/6 CHI R/N W, 6-0 Lackey-Lester 37,609 54-28 1 +6.0

7/7 CHI R/D L, 7-4 Arrieta-Lyons 34,368 54-29 1 +5.5

CHI R/N L, 5-3 T.Wood-Maness-Motte 35,703 54-30 1 +4.5

7/8 CHI R/N W, 6-5 Socolovich-Strop-Rosenthal 37,993 55-30 1 +4.5

7/9 PIT R/N W, 4-1 Martinez-Locke-Rosenthal 35,183 56-30 1 +5.5

7/10 PIT R/N L, 5-2 Cole-Lynn-Melancon 36,825 56-31 1 +4.5

7/11 PIT R/N L, 6-5 (14) Worley-Greenwood 37,318 56-32 1 +3.5

7/12 PIT R/N L, 3-2 (10) Caminero-Rosenthal 33,544 56-33 1 +2.5

1ST HALF TOTALS 1,824,105 56-33 1 +2.5

7/13 All-Star Break 56-33 1 +2.5

7/14 All-Star Game - Cincinnati, Ohio 56-33 1 +2.5

7/15 All-Star Break 56-33 1 +2.5

H/R Time/ GA/

Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB

7/16 OPEN DATE 56-33 1 +2.5

7/17 NYM H/N W, 3-2 Lynn-Syndergaard-Rosenthal #44,540 57-33 1 +3.5

7/18 NYM H/N W, 12-2 Lackey-Colon #45,852 58-33 1 +4.5

7/19 NYM H/D L, 3-1 (18) C. Torres-Martinez 43,194 58-34 1 +4.5

7/20 OPEN DATE 58-34 1 +4.0

7/21 CWS R/N W, 8-5 Wacha-Rodon-Rosenthal 29,728 59-34 1 +5.0

7/22 CWS R/N W, 3-2 Socolovich-Duke-Rosenthal 30,046 60-34 1 +6.0

7/23 KC* H/N W, 4-3 Lackey-C.Young-Rosenthal #46,003 61-34 1 +6.0

7/24 ATL H/N W, 4-2 Cooney-Banuelos-Siegrist #44,778 62-34 1 +6.0

7/25 ATL H/N W, 1-0 Martinez-Miller-Choate #45,862 63-34 1 +7.0

7/26 ATL H/D L, 3-2 Wisler-Wacha-Johnson #44,780 63-35 1 +6.0

7/27 CIN H/N W, 4-1 Lynn-Iglesias-Rosenthal 42,553 64-35 1 +6.5

7/28 CIN H/N L, 4-0 Leake-Garcia 41,466 64-36 1 +5.57/29 CIN H/N L, 1-0 DeSclafani-Lackey-Chapman 42,334 64-37 1 +4.5

7/30 COL H/N W, 9-8 Villanueva-Axford 43,518 65-37 1 +5.5

7/31 COL H/N W, 7-0 Wacha-Kendrick 42,568 66-37 1 +5.5

JULY TOTALS 746,854 15-12 1 +5.5

8/1 COL H/N L, 6-2 De La Rosa-Lynn #45,216 66-38 1 +5.5

8/2 COL H/N W, 3-2 Rosenthal-Oberg #44,743 67-38 1 +5.5

8/3 OPEN DATE 67-38 1 +5.5

8/4 CIN R/N L, 3-2 DeSclafani-Lackey-Chapman 25,969 67-39 1 +5.5

8/5 CIN R/N 6:10

8/6 CIN R/D 11:35

8/7 MIL R/N 7:10

8/8 MIL R/N 6:10

8/9 MIL R/D 1:10

8/10 OPEN DATE

8/11 PIT H/N 7:15

8/12 PIT H/N 7:15

8/13 PIT H/N 6:15

8/14 MIA H/N 7:15

8/15 MIA H/N 6:15

8/16 MIA H/D 1:15

8/17 SF H/N 7:15

8/18 SF H/N 7:15

8/19 SF H/N 6:15

8/20 OPEN DATE

8/21 SD R/N 9:10

8/22 SD R/N 7:40

8/23 SD R/D 3:10

8/24 ARI R/N 8:40

8/25 ARI R/N 8:40

8/26 ARI R/N 8:40

8/27 ARI R/N 8:40

8/28 SF R/N 9:15

8/29 SF R/D 3:05

8/30 SF R/D 3:05

8/31 WSH H/N 7:15

AUGUST TOTALS

9/1 WSH H/N 7:15

9/2 WSH H/N 7:15

9/3 OPEN DATE

9/4 PIT H/N 7:15

9/5 PIT H/D 3:05

9/6 PIT H/D 1:15

9/7 CHI H/D 1:15

9/8 CHI H/N 7:15

9/9 CHI H/D 12:45

9/10 CIN R/N 6:10

9/11 CIN R/N 6:10

9/12 CIN R/D 12:05

9/13 CIN R/D 12:10

9/14 OPEN DATE

9/15 MIL R/N 7:10

9/16 MIL R/N 7:10

9/17 MIL R/N 7:10

9/18 CHI R/D 1:20

9/19 CHI R/D 12:05

9/20 CHI R/ TBA

9/21 CIN H/N 7:15

9/22 CIN H/N 7:15

9/23 CIN H/N 7:15

9/24 MIL H/N 6:15

9/25 MIL H/N 7:15

9/26 MIL H/N 6:15

9/27 MIL H/D 1:15

9/28 PIT R/N 6:05

9/29 PIT R/N 6:05

9/30 PIT R/N 6:05

SEPTEMBER TOTALS

10/1 OPEN DATE

10/2 ATL R/N 6:35

10/3 ATL R/N 6:10

10/4 ATL R/D 2:05

OCTOBER TOTALS

2ND HALF TOTALS

SEASON TOTALS

NOTE: Pitchers' complete games in CAPS; Extra innings shown in parentheses;Times listed are Central (STL) time; *indicates make-up game due to rain out; # indicatessellout.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12+ TotalCARDINALS 47 47 42 56 56 43 39 55 22 6 3 4 420OPPONENTS 42 26 36 32 30 37 41 28 21 6 3 7 311

2015 SCORING BY INNING

Cardinals Recent TransactionsAugust 1: Recalled RHP Jordan Walden from injury rehabilitation assignment. Out-

righted 1B Dan Johnson to Memphis (AAA).

July 31: Acquired RHP Jonathan Broxton from Milwaukee in exchange for minor

league OF Malik Collymore. Optioned RHP Miguel Socolovich to Memphis (AAA) and

designated RHP Marcus Hatley for assignment.

July 30: Acquired OF/1B Brandon Moss from Cleveland in exchange for minor

league LHP Rob Kaminsky. Placed OF Matt Holliday on the 15-day disabled list (right

quad strain), recalled INF Greg Garcia from Memphis (AAA) and designated 1B Dan

Johnson for assignment.