busch stadium june 13, 2015 tyler lyons (0-0, 5.54) vs
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Sun., June 14 vs. ROYALS: John Lackey (4-4, 3.74) vs. Chris Young (5-2, 2.25) 1:15 p.m.*^Mon., June 15 vs. TWINS: Michael Wacha (8-2, 2.45) vs. Trevor May (4-4, 4.16) 7:15 p.m.*Tue., June 16 vs. TWINS: Carlos Martinez (7-2, 2.93) vs. Kyle Gibson (4-4, 3.24) 12:45 p.m.*
Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio*Fox Sports Midwest +FOX Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FOX One ^MLB Network
UPCOMING GAMEs & PITCHING PROBABLEs
st. Louis Cardinals (40-21) vs. Kansas City Royals (34-24)Game #62 � Busch stadium� June 13, 2015
Tyler Lyons (0-0, 5.54) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (4-3, 5.82)
� BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season ofplay with an 13-4-2 series record and are in 1st place in the NL Central, 6.5 games ahead of Pittsburgh...the Cardinalsopened a three-game series with a 4-0 win over Kansas City last night as Jaime Garcia threw 8.0 scoreless inningsand Randal Grichuk was 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and an RBI...the Cardinals are 23-7 at Busch Stadium & 17-14 on the road...the Cardinals own the major’s top winning pct. (.656) and MLB’s best run differential (+67).
� CARDINALs REvIsIT 1980s WORLD sERIEs OPPONENTs AT HOME: Over the course of three home series, theCardinals will play each of the opponents in order from their three 1980s World Series’...the Cardinals took 2-of-3from their 1982 World Series opponent, the Milwaukee Brewers, on June 1-3...this weekend, the Cardinals playthree games in a rematch of the 1985 World Series with the Royals...the homestand concludes with a two-gameset against their 1987 World Series opponent, the Minnesota Twins.
� JHONNY BE GOOD: Jhonny Peralta currently ranks 7th in the National League in batting (.323) and hit 10 homeruns are tied for the Major League lead among shortstops. He ranks 2nd among N.L. shortstops in RBI (35) andfirst in batting (.323)...Peralta hit his 10th home run on Tuesday giving him double-digit home runs in each of hislast 11 seasons...Peralta currently leads National League shortstops in votes (2,441,384) for the starting positionin the 2015 All-Star Game.
� ALL-sTAR sHOWCAsE: The Cardinals and Royals currently hold 11 of the starting positions as top All-Star vote-getters in the recent MLB All-Star update...Yadier Molina (C), Jhonny Peralta (SS), Matt Carpenter (3B) and MattHolliday (OF, 2nd) lead their positions with Carpenter 2nd overall in N.L. votes (3,140,056)...the Royals representSalvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Matt Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Alex Gordon and Kendrys Morales.
� HOME, sWEET HOME: The Cardinals boast the best record at home in Major League Baseball at 23-7 (.767)...Car-dinals pitchers have posted an MLB-best 2.44 ERA in those home games while the batters have smacked a collective.277 at Busch Stadium, 2nd only to the Colorado Rockies (.300).
� CLOsING TIME: Closer Trevor Rosenthal recorded his league-leading 20th save on Wednesday, extending hisscoreless innings streak to 16.1 since May 5, the longest active scoreless streak in MLB...Rosenthal has converted12 straight saves and 20-of-21 save opportunites this season with a 0.62 ERA (1st among NL relievers)...his 65 savesover the past two seasons are tops in the majors.
TODAY’s GAME: The Cardinals continue a five-game home stand against two American Leagueopponents hosting their in-state rivals, theKansas City Royals for three games this weekend(June 12-14) and then the Minnesota Twins(June 15-16)...today, the Cardinals play the sec-ond of three games in the I-70 Series with a firstpitch of 3:10 p.m...the promotional giveaway is aPurina Pet Leash...tomorrow, the Cardinals andRoyals conclude their series at 1:15 p.m...theMinnesota Twins will make their first trip toBusch Stadium III on Monday for a two-gameset...the Cardinals are 34-41 against AmericanLeague opponents since Busch Stadium IIIopened in 2006.
CARDINALs vs. KANsAs CITY:season: 6 games; final series meeting.2015: 2-2 (1-0 at STL, 1-2 at KC)2014: 1-3 (0-2 at STL, 1-1 at KC)All-Time: 48-36 (10-13 at Busch Stadium III)Last Time sTL sweep: 6/22-24/12 at KCLast Time KC sweep: 6/17-19/08 at STL
RECORD BREAKDOWN
BByy DDaayy BByy MM oonntthh
Monday 2-5 Spring 13-11-3Tuesday 6-2 April 15-6Wednesday 7-3 May 18-11Thursday 6-1 June 7-4Friday 7-3 July 0-0Saturday 4-5 August 0-0Sunday 9-2 Sept./Oct. 0-0
BBByyy SSS eee rrr iiieee sss 2G 3G 4G 5GWon --- 10 3 ---Lost --- 4 --- ---Split 1 --- 1 ---Sweeps --- 3 --- ---Opp. Sweeps --- --- --- ---
MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny has begun his4th season as the Cardinals manager, having takenhis teams to the postseason in each of his firstthree seasons and becoming just the 15th man-ager in MLB history to record 275 or more wins inhis first three years...won his 300th game on May17 in game no. 523 to become the 6th quickest to300 wins in MLB history...Matheny in 2012 be-came the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals his-tory and in 2013 he took his team to the WorldSeries in just his second season at the helm witha league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike guided theCardinals 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 and 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 MissedA. Wainwright, left Achilles 4/26 45J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 40M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 15 L. Lynn, right forearm strain 6/8 4M. Holliday, right quad strain 6/9 3
Date/Opp. 6/1 6/2 6/3 6/4 6/5 6/6 6/7 6/8 6/9 6/10 6/12 6/13 6/14 6/15 6/16 6/17 6/18
PLAYER MIL MIL MIL LAD LAD LAD LAD COL COL COL KC KC KC MIN MIN MIN MIN
Bourjos w okk o14w owoo o
Carpenter okok kww 1o1o we2ow odoF hk kwkw ooo kkkk o11ko koko
Cruz k b k o11o 1 w o
Easley Fd
Grichuk d 21c ekkd 2 okko 1ck k koko o1kk kok4 1oo3
Heyward ooo11 F1ko oo1ko kc1 okoo k11o o o11k ko2w
Holliday wkk1 odk wok1 c1F1o wooo dwok oko3 o
Jay cock okk k oo1k o o kooo h4o ocko 3oiF
Kozma koo oo w
Molina co1k oko F1o1 koow o1w kwo o o2 koko o11k oook
Peralta k1wk koo 1oo1 11w1o ooo1 kko k241 kko oo4k owk1 1o11
Reynolds 1o1k 1do 1koo k1ock wooo kok 1ko2 ko11 wwowoo2ko owkk
Wong 1ok1o odo 2ooo 1kwo2o1k1 oo o2oko o4ko kooh k1ooo oowk
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.
Multi-HR GamesPlayer Last Home Run Career/2015...Last
Adams 5/20/15 at NYM 3/0... 6/23/14 at COLBourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... ---Carpenter 5/24/15 at KC 0/0... ---Cruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... ---Grichuk 6/10/15 at COL 0/0... ---Heyward 5/27/15 vs. ARI 5/0... 8/17/13 at WSHHolliday 5/12/15 at CLE 19/0... 8/30/14 vs. CHIJay 6/8/15 at COL 0/0... ---
Kozma 4/2/13 at ARI 0/0... ---
Molina 6/27/14 at LAD 2/0... 8/21/11 at CHIPeralta 6/9/15 at COL 8/0... 4/27/14 vs. PITReynolds 5/19/15 at NYM 21/0... 7/23/14 vs. CINWong 6/8/15 at COL 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS
DAILY BATTING LOGs HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTs
BIRD BANTER... 2015 vs. ROYALs: .246 (30-122) 1 HR HOMEsTAND: .258 (8-31) 0 HR
� #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-4 series: 0-1, .000 Homestand: 0-1, .000[ Hit HR #2 & had 2 H, 2 RBI on Tue...HR, 3-2B’s & 2-3B’s among his 19 hits in May... .265 BA (22-83) in 22 Gs...had two 2B’s5/8 at PIT...tied for sTL lead w/3 triples (T4th, NL)...leadoff batter in 8G (9-33, .273, 2-2B, 3B)...T2nd on team w/4 sB’s, 3 as PR
� #13 MATT CARPENTER: streak: 0-6 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 0-4, .000[ Batting .325 in Interleague games (8th, NL)...tallied his 24th multi-hit game on Wed.; T2nd in NL...GW-RBI on sac fly at LAD(6/5)...leads NL in BA w/RIsP (.469, 15-32)...T11th NL, 30 walks...2nd on team, 8 HR’s...had 1st 3-hit game 5/22...hit 2-run HRin 8th in 2-1 win 5/14 at CLE...missed 4 Gs w/extreme fatigue 5/7-10...ranks among NL leaders in runs (39, T7th); 2B (18,T4th), XBH (27, T9th)... .273 BA w/2 strikes (5th NL)...12G hit streak 4/12-25 (.423 BA)...has 2 lead-off HR (4/19 & 4/22), 6 ca-reer...had 7 str. multi-hit G’s (4/12-19) & 5 str. G’s w/2B (4/13-18)...NL Player of Week for 4/13-19.
� #48 TONY CRUZ: streak: 0-1 series: DNP Homestand: DNP[ Had season-high 2 hits in sun. start at LAD & is 3-for-last 5 after single on Mon...had key sac. bunt in 8th inn. at LAD (6/5)...is 2-13 as PHer...hit GW-RBI double (2RBI) vs. CHI (5/4)... has GWRBI in his last 3Gs w/RBI...sTL is 4-2 in his starts in ‘15.
� #23 ED EAsLEY: streak: 0-2 series: DNP Homestand: DNP[ Made MLB debut w/PH-AB on 5/29...had sac. fly RBI Mon. night...recalled from Memphis (AAA) 5/28 (Adams DL), 2nd re-call...recalled 4/10-12 (T. Cruz paternity leave)...batting .295 BA, 3HRs, 18 RBI in 33 G’s at AAA...679 career minor league gms
� #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 3G (4-12, .333) HR series: 2-4, .500 Homestand: 2-4, .500[ Was 2-4 w/3B & tied season-high 2 R last night...ranks T4th in NL triples (3), tied for sTL lead...has 15 extra base hits of 26total...hit HR (#3) on Wed...batted .302 (16-53) in May...has 13 XBH (3-HR, 7-2B, 3-3B), 12 RBI in 22 Gs ...came off DL (lowerback) 5/16 after missing 27 gms...has team-high 6 def. gems...Cards org. best 28 HR’s (MEM 25, sTL 3) in’14.
� #22 JAsON HEYWARD: streak: 2G (2-7, .286) series: 1-3, .333 Homestand: 1-3, .333[ Has doubles in back-to-back games...batting team-high .320 (16-50, 1 HR) vs. LHP...had 2nd multi-RBI game at LAD(6/4)...raised BA 28 pts from .224 to .252 since 5/5...has team-high 4 OF assists & 7 infield hits...has 3-HR, 5-2B among his last20 hits...hit game-tying HR in 9th on 5/27...had 2-2B’s 4/5 & 5/9...scored 3 runs vs. CHI (5/6 &7)...had 2 sB vs. PIT (5/1)...tied ca-reer high w/3 BB (4/28 vs. PHI).
� #19 JON JAY: streak: 1G (1-2, .500) series: 1-2, .500 Homestand: 1-2, .500[ Hit 1st triple of season last night, and 1st HR at COL on Mon...3-7 w/RBI as PHer this season...came off DL on 5/29 aftermissing 16 gms w/left wrist tendinitis...4th in NL w/7 HBP...his 27 HBP are 2nd-most in MLB 2014-15 (Rizzo 29)...HBP twice vs.CHI (5/5); 4th career 2-HBP
� #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-15 series: DNP Homestand: DNP[ Has starts at 2B, ss & 3B in 9 Gs...is 44-150 (.293) career w/RIsP...had GW-run vs. PIT (5/2) after 2-out single in 11th.
� #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 0-5 series: 0-4, .000 Homestand: 0-4, .000[ Batting .324 in Interleague (T9th, NL)...leads MLB with 2.56 Catcher’s ERA & 482.0 innings...had .308 BA in May w/9 multi-hit Gs...batting .265 BA w/RIsP (13-49)...2nd in hits among NL catchers (55) & 2nd in 2B’s (10)...had RBI in 4 str. Gs (4/15-18)
� #27 JHONNY PERALTA: streak: 3G (5-11, .455) HR series: 3-4, .750 Homestand: 3-4, .750[ Posted 4th 3-hit game last night...batting .394 in Interleague games (6th, NL)...batting 380 (2nd, NL) w/14 RBI (T6th NL) in7th inn.& later...hit team-high 10th HR on Tue. (15th NL); 11th-straight year with 10+ HR’s...had 3 hits (HR, 2B, 1B) & 8thGWRBI (T2nd, NL) sun. at LAD... team leader in BA (.323), HR (10) & RBI (35)...hit walk-off HR in 10th 5/25...HRed in back-to-back G’s 5/15 & 5/16 vs. DET... singled to break up no-hitter w/2 out in 7th 5/13 at CLE...leads team w/73 hits (6th NL), 2nd in2B’s (16, T10th)...ranks 11th in NL in sLG (.527)...among NL ss leaders in BA (.323, 1st), HR (10, 1st), RBI (35, 2nd).
� #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 0-5 series: 0-3, .000 Homestand: 0-3, .000[ Had 2 hits & RBI-2B on Mon...sTL is 13-1 in games w/Reynolds’ RBI (21-5 w/hit)...walked season-high 3 times on Tue...sea-son-high 3 hits & HR #3 on 5/19 at NYM...hit grand slam in 1st inn. vs. CHI (5/4); 4th career slam...is 4-13, 3 RBI, 2-2B asPH...has 37 starts (26 1B, 4 LF, 3 3B, 3 DH, 1 RF) batting .246 (33-134) w/3 HR & 15 RBI...is batting .255 (13-51) w/6 RBI sinceMay 27 when taking over 1B duties on regular basis.
� #16 KOLTEN WONG: streak: 0-6 series: 0-3, .000 Homestand: 0-3, .000[ Hit HR #7 on Mon...had 2 hits & game-tying RBI at LAD (6/5)...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27...is 25-95 (.263) w/7 BBs bat-ting No. 1, reaching in 18 of 23 G’s...career high 9G hit streak (.368 BA) 5/17-25...2nd on team w/67 hits (T14th NL)...batted.318 in May (T16th NL) w/5 HR...27 RBI are 3rd NL 2Bmen & 7 HR, 2nd...hit 3-of-his 7 HR’s vs. PIT this season...hit walk-off HRin 14th inn. vs PIT on 5/3 (2nd career, both vs PIT)...had career-high 10 assists (4/29 vs. PHI)...27-35 (77%) career sB att.
BULLPEN BRIEFs: 13-5 • 2.03 ERA • 177.0 IP • 155 H • 42 R, 40 ER • 58 BB • 167 sO • 9 HR25/29 sv/Opp ... 43 HOLDs ... 191/139 (73%) 1st BF/Retired ... 87/21 (24%) Inh.Runs/scored
PITCHER SV/Opp HOLD FBF/R IR/S Bullpen Bits
#37 MATT BELISLE - RHP 0/1 9 23/13 11/4
Last Appearance: 6/9 at COL; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
#36 RANDY CHOATE - LHP 0/0 6 27/19 23/5
Last Appearance: 6/9 at COL; ND, 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO
#40 MITCH HARRIS - RHP 0/0 0 16/12 1/0
Last Appearance: 6/8 at COL; ND, 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO
#61 SETH MANESS - RHP 3/4 7 29/19 23/7
Last Appearance: 6/9 at COL; ND, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO
#44 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 20/21 0 28/23 8/2
Last Appearance: 6/10 at COL; S-20, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
#46 KEVIN SIEGRIST - LHP 1/2 11 30/23 10/2
Last Appearance: 6/12 vs. KC; ND, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO
#63 MIGUEL SOCOLOVICH-RHP0/0 0 7/6 2/0
Last Appearance: 6/8 at IOW; L#1, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
#33 CARLOS VILLANUEVA -RHP 0/0 0 14/11 4/1
Last Appearance: 6/8 at COL; ND, 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
Belisle season-high 2.2 IP & 3 K in 5/26win vs. ARI...had 3K/2.0 ShO IP on 5/18 atNYM...no HR’s in 25.0 IP (1st in NL)...Choate had season-high 1.2 IP on 5/15...23 IR are T3rd in NL...leads MLB LHP inGms since ‘09 (431)... Harris matched sea-son high w/2.0 ShO IP on Mon...1st careerwin 5/5 vs. CHI w/1.0 IP...made MLB debut4/25 w/1.1 scoreless IP... Maness T10th inNL app. (29) & T3rd in IR (23)... earned Sv#3 5/26 & Win #1 5/27 vs. ARI...16/1 K/BBratio (1st NL)...1st MLB relief w/31 DPs2013-15... Rosenthal ranks 1st NL Sv (20)...1st NL relief ERA (0.62), T12th rel. K’s (31)...68 career Sv, 6th STL all-time...has 16.1ShO IP streak...2.0 ShO IP 5/25 vs. ARI forW #1... Siegrist tied career high w/2.0 IP5/14...tied career high w/4 K’s in 1.2 IP onWed...T2nd in NL rel. K’s (38) in 27.1 IP...27of 30 Gs scoreless ...2.0 IP Sv 4/17 (1st ca-reer)...11 Holds (T4th, NL) ... Socolovichearned W’s in 1st 2 app... 6 of 7 scorelessapp. (7.2 IP, 8K) ...1-1, 0.54 ERA/10 Gs atMEM...Villanueva 2nd NL relief ERA (0.75)...team high 4 Ks in relief 5/4 vs. CHI in 2.1IP...2.0+ IP in 7 of 14 G’s.
BATTING ORDER
11 Wong 23, Carpenter 18, Jay 9, Bourjos 9, Grichuk 1, Heyward 122 Carpenter 38, Heyward 17, Wong 4, Peralta 1, Grichuk 133 Holliday 52, Peralta 944 Adams 28, Peralta 27, Reynolds 4, Grichuk 255 Peralta 22, Reynolds 16, Grichuk 9, Molina 7, Adams 4, Heyward 366 Molina 19, Heyward 14, Jay 11, Reynolds 6, Wong 5, Grichuk 4, Adams 277 Molina 29, Wong 9, Heyward 8, Reynolds 6, Jay 6, Adams 1, Bourjos 1, Grichuk 188 Wong 15, Bourjos 10, Heyward 8, Kozma 8, Cruz 6, Jay 5, Reynolds 5, Grichuk 499 Martinez 12, Lynn 10, Lackey 10, Wacha 10, Garcia 5, Bourjos 4, Wainwright 4, Lyons 3, Kozma 2, Cooney 1Lineups Used: 47
STARTS BY POSITION
CC Molina 55, Cruz 61B1B Adams 35, Reynolds 262B2B Wong 56, Kozma 5SSSS Peralta 59, Kozma 23B3B Carpenter 56, Reynolds 3, Kozma 2LFLF Holliday 50, Grichuk 5, Reynolds 4, Jay 2CFCF Jay 29, Bourjos 23, Grichuk 9RFRF Heyward 51, Grichuk 8, Reynolds 1, Jay 1PP Lynn 12, Lackey 12, Wacha 12, Martinez 12, Garcia 5, Wainwright 4, Lyons 3, Cooney 1DHDH Reynolds 3, Holliday 2, Peralta 1
THE LINEUP CARD
Scoring first 28-5Opponent scores first 12-16
Scoring more than 3 runs 27-5Scoring 3 runs 6-5Scoring fewer than 3 runs 7-11
Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 33-20Scoring in 4 or more innings 7-1
First game of Series 11-9Last game of Series 15-4
First game of road trip 3-2Last game of road trip 4-1First game of homestand 2-3Last game of homestand 4-0Following off-days 5-3
Out-hit opponents 28-6Out-hit by opponents 9-14
Final at-bat decisions 7-2Come-from-behind wins 14Walk-off wins/losses 5-2
In errorless games 22-15Extra innings 5-3Shutouts 7-6
Leading after 7 innings 31-0Tied after 7 innings 4-2Trailing after 7 innings 5-18
Leading after 8 innings 35-0Tied after 8 innings 4-1Trailing after 8 innings 1-19
Runs via HR 72Opponent runs via HR 57
Review Challenges: 5-3
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 (4th) 6/8 at COLMost Runs - 1st Inning - Cards 5 6/3 vs. MILMost Runs - 1st Inning - Opponent *5 6/8 at COLMost Runs - Game - Cards 11 4/28 vs. PHIMost Runs - Game - Opponent 11 6/8 at COLMost Runs - Game - Both Clubs 19 5/4 vs. CHIMost Hits - Game - Cards *15 5/25 vs. ARIMost Hits - Game - Opponent 17 5/15 vs. DETMost Hits - Game - Both Clubs 26 5/15 vs. DETFewest Hits - Game - Cards *1 6/6 at LADMost Extra Base Hits - Game - Cards 7 5/8 at PITMost Bunt Hits - Game - Cards *1 5/25 vs. ARIMost Singles - Game - Cards 13 5/25 vs. ARIMost Doubles - Game - Cards *5 5/29 vs. LADMost Triples - Game - Cards 2 6/12 vs. KCMost Home Runs - Game - Cards *3 5/16 vs. DETMost Home Runs - Game - Opponent 3 5/15 vs. DETLongest Home Run Streak (Games) *4 5/24-27Most Stolen Bases - Game - Cards 4 4/5 at CHIMost Stolen Bases - Game - Opponent *2 5/4 vs. CHI
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 8 4/12 at CINMost Walks - Game - Opponent *6 4/28 vs. PHIFewest Walks - Game - Cards *0 6/12 vs. KCFewest Walks - Game - Opponents *0 6/8 at COLFewest Hits Allowed *2 5/31 vs. LAD
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 2, Peralta 5/15-16Longest Run Streak-Games 6, Wong 5/24-30Longest RBI Streak-Games *4, Wong 5/3-6Most Runs - Game *3, Heyward 5/7 vs. CHIMost Hits - Game 4, Holliday 4/21 at WSHMost Bunt Hits - Game *1, Adams 5/25 vs. ARIMost Doubles - Game *2, Peralta 5/29 vs. LADMost Triples - Game *1, 2 players 6/12 vs. KCMost Home Runs - Game *1, Grichuk 6/10 at COLGrand Slams - Last 1, Reynolds 5/4 vs. CHIMost RBI - Game *4, Holliday 5/12 at CLEMost SB - Game 2, Heyward 5/1 vs. PITMost Walks - Game *3, Heyward 4/28 vs. PHIMost Int. Walks - Game *1, Jay 6/12 vs. KCMost HBP - Game 2, Jay 5/5 vs. CHI
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 5/4 vs. CHILongest Winning Streak 7, Wacha 4/11-5/24Longest Losing Streak *2, Garcia 6/1-6Most IP Game-Starter *8.0, Garcia 6/12 vs. KCMost IP Game-Reliever 3.2, Villanueva 4/30 vs. PHIConsecutive Scoreless IP 21.1, Martinez 5/20-6/5Fewest 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 3 games 5/21-23Longest Game -Innings *14 5/18 at NYMLongest Game -Time (overall) 4:28 5/3 vs. PITLongest Game -Time (9-inn game) 3:39 5/4 vs. CHIShortest 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 9 runs (9-0) 5/20 at 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 4/26 at MILMost Errors *3 5/26 at ARILongest Errorless Streak (Games) 8 5/12-19Most Doubleplays Turned-Cardinals 4 5/21 at NYMMost Doubleplays Turned-Opponent *3 6/2 vs. MILMost 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 50Jason Heyward Home Runs 11 100Matt Holliday Home Runs 1 275Yadier Molina Home Runs 4 100Trevor Rosenthal Saves 16 84**T5th with Ryan Franklin on Cardinals All-Time Saves list
STL rec. in Avg. IP K’s/ RunPitcher Starts QS W-L his starts per start 9 IP supportCooney 1 0 0-0 1-0 2.1 11.6 9.0 (9)Garcia 5 5 2-3 2-3 7.0 6.2 2.0 (10)Lackey 12 7 4-4 6-6 6.1 6.9 3.3 (39)Lynn 12 7 4-4 7-5 6.0 9.5 2.8 (34)Lyons 3 0 0-0 1-2 4.1 11.8 4.3 (13)Martinez 12 9 7-2 10-2 6.0 9.7 5.0 (60)Wacha 12 8 8-2 10-2 6.1 6.7 5.4 (65)Wainwright 4 3 2-1 3-1 6.0 6.5 3.5 (14)
Totals 61 39 27-16 40-21 6.0 8.0 4.0 (244) 373.0 IP 331 Ks
GETTING sTARTEDTOMORROW’s sTARTING PITCHER
#41 JOHN LACKEY • RHP • 6-6 • 235 • 36 yrs
� The veteran right-hander will be making his 13th start of 2015 season tomorrow in his 368th career game.
� His career ERA had dipped under 4.00 (3.99) for 1st time since 6/17/11 before start on Mon. (6/8) at COLwhen suffered an 11-3 defeat. Allowed 10 runs (8 ER) on 12 hits in 4.0 IP, throwing 82 pitches.
� His season ERA jumped from 2.93 to 3.74 following Monday’s game.
� Averaging just 14.5 pitches/innings ranking 5th in the N.L.
� Since joining St. Louis, is 6-1, 2.02 ERA (75.2 IP/17 ER) at Busch in 11 starts; Is 4-1, 1.73 ERA at home in 2015.
� Is 3-5, 3.67 ERA in 11 career starts vs. KC. Lost 3-2 to the Royals on 5/23 at Kauffman Std. in a rain-shortenedgame, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits in 5.0 IP.
#70 TYLER LYONs • LHP • 6-4 • 200 • 27 yrs
TODAY’s GAME:
� Is making his 4th start for STL this season, 16th career start (27thapp.). Today’s start is his first start for the Cardinals since May 16 andfirst since yesterday’s recall from Memphis (AAA); Lance Lynn - DLed.
� Was 0-0 with 5.54 ERA in three previous starts for the Cardinalsbetween May 5-16, fanning 17 in 13.0 IP.
� Following his option to Memphis on May 16, Lyons was one of thetop pitchers in the Pacific Coast League, going 3-1 with a 2.36 ERA(26.2 IP/7 ER) his last four starts at Triple-A.
� Lyons’ overall mark at Memphis is 5-2 with a 2.61 ERA (7th in PCL) in8 starts, striking out 56 (6th) while walking only 9 in his 48.1 IP.
� Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week (June 1-7) after going 2-0with a 0.00 ERA (13.0 IP) in two starts. It was the third such honorduring his career, the most ever by a Memphis Redbirds pitcher.
� Left-handed batters have a career .188 BA (18-96, 1 HR) vs. Lyons.
� Is 0-3 with a 6.85 ERA in 11 career games (7 starts) at Busch Std.
� Is 2-7, 5.83 ERA in 15 MLB starts; 0-1, 1.13 ERA in 11 MLB reliefappearances.
� Won his first two MLB starts (5/22 at SD & 5/28/13 at KC) but has notregistered an MLB win since.
vs. KANsAs CITY ROYALs:
� Faced the Royals in his 2nd career ML start on May 28, 2013 in a 4-1win at Kauffman Stadium, allowing just one run on two hits in 7.0 IP.
� Has three career interleague starts: at Kansas City on 5/28/13 (W, 7.0IP, 2H, R, BB, 5K), 6/21/13 vs. TEX (ND, L, 1.2IP, 3H, 4R, 3BB, K) &5/16/15 vs. DET (ND, L, 3.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 K).
2015 sEAsON:
� Took ND in 5/16 start vs. DET, allowing 3 runs in 3.2 IP in the Cards 4-3 loss in 10 innings. The game was delayed by rain for 1:20 in the topof the 1st inning.
� In his 2nd start for St. Louis (5/10) at PIT, did not get a decision in theteam’s 4-3 loss. Left the game trailing 2-0, giving up a solo HR and lefta man on base - allowed 3 runs (2ER) in the start on 4H, BB with 5K.
� Received a no decision 5/5 vs. CHI, a STL 7-4 win, striking out 7
TODAY’s sTARTING PITCHER
LYONs sEAsON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2013 MEM 7-2 3.32 17 16 100.1 85 40 37 19 86
STL 2-4 4.75 12 8 53.0 49 29 28 16 432014 MEM 8-2 4.43 14 14 81.1 94 41 40 18 75
STL 0-2 4.42 11 4 36.2 33 23 18 11 36SPG# 0-0 4.50 1 1 2.0 3 1 1 0 3
2015 MEM 5-2 2.61 8 8 48.1 49 14 14 9 56STL 0-0 5.54 3 3 13.0 18 10 8 5 17
MINORS 38-23 3.93 100 78 478.2 481 222 209 112 442MAJORS 2-8 4.73 26 15 102.2 100 62 54 32 98#Injury Rehabilitation Assignment
LYONs - LAsT 3 APPEARANCEsDATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO5/26 at FRE L, 5-2 1 1 4.2 8 5 5 2 56/1 vs. SLC W, 2-0 1 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 56/6 at IOW W, 7-2 1 1 6.0 3 0 0 1 8
LYONs vs. ROYALs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2013 1-0 1.29 1 1 7.0 2 1 1 1 5TOTALS 1-0 1.29 1 1 7.0 2 1 1 1 5LAST APP. vs. KC: 5/28/13 at KC, W 7.0 2 1 1 1 5LAST WIN vs. KC: 5/28/13 at KC, 4-1
LYONs CAREER HITTING TOTALs AVG. AB H HR RBI SH2015 .000 4 0 0 0 0
Career .087 23 2 0 0 1
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 3:10
6/14 KC H/D 1:15
6/15 MIN H/N 7:15
6/16 MIN H/D 12:45
6/17 MIN R/N 7:10
6/18 MIN R/D 12:10
6/19 PHI R/N 6:05
6/20 PHI R/D 2:05
6/21 PHI R/D 12:35
6/22 OPEN DATE
6/23 MIA R/N 6:10
6/24 MIA R/N 6:10
6/25 MIA R/N 6:10
6/26 CHI H/N 7:15
6/27 CHI H/N 6:15
6/28 CHI H/N 7:08
6/29 OPEN DATE
6/30 CWS H/N 7:10
JUNE TOTALS
7/1 CWS H/N 7:15
7/2 SD H/N 6:15
7/3 SD H/N 7:15
7/4 SD H/D 1:15
7/5 SD H/D 1:15
7/6 CHI R/N 7:05
7/7 CHI R/D 12:20
CHI R/N 7:05
7/8 CHI R/N 7:05
7/9 PIT R/N 6:05
7/10 PIT R/N 6:05
7/11 PIT R/N 6:15
7/12 PIT R/N 7:05
1ST HALF TOTALS
7/13 All-Star Break
7/14 All-Star Game - Cincinnati, Ohio
7/15 All-Star Break
H/R Time/ GA/
Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB
7/16 OPEN DATE
7/17 NYM H/N 7:15
7/18 NYM H/N 6:15
7/19 NYM H/D 1:15
7/20 OPEN DATE
7/21 CWS R/N 7:10
7/22 CWS R/N 7:10
7/23 OPEN DATE
7/24 ATL H/N 7:15
7/25 ATL H/N 6:15
7/26 ATL H/D 1:15
7/27 CIN H/N 7:15
7/28 CIN H/N 7:157/29 CIN H/N 7:15
7/30 COL H/N 6:15
7/31 COL H/N 7:15
JULY TOTALS
8/1 COL H/N 6:15
8/2 COL H/N 1:15
8/3 OPEN DATE
8/4 CIN R/N 6:10
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 38 27 21 27 26 29 25 37 7 2 3 2 244OPPONENTS 30 12 28 14 17 19 29 15 9 2 0 2 177
2015 SCORING BY INNING
Cardinals Recent TransactionsJune 12: Placed RHP Lance Lynn (right forearm strain) on the 15-day D.L., retroac-
tive to June 8, and recalled LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis (AAA).
June 9: Placed OF Matt Holliday (strained right quad) on the 15-day D.L. and re-
called RHP Miguel Socolovich from Memphis (AAA).
June 5: Activated OF Tommy Pham from 60-day disabled list and optioned him to
Memphis (AAA). Tranferred 1B Matt Adams from the 15-day D.L. to the 60-day D.L.
May 29: Activated OF Jon Jay (left wrist) from the 15-day disabled list.