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2017 St. Louis Cardinals Record: 53-54 (3rd NL-Central)

Current Roster

Pitchers

Num Name Pos Bats Throws Height Weight Age Birth Date Birth Place

67 Matt Bowman P R R 6-0 189 26 5/31/1991 Chevy Chase, MD 60 John Brebbia P L R 6-2 205 27 5/30/1990 Boston, MA 27 Brett Cecil P R L 6-3 235 31 7/2/1986 Dunkirk, MD 29 Zach Duke P L L 6-2 215 34 4/19/1983 Clifton, TX 8 Mike Leake P R R 5-11 170 29 11/12/1987 San Diego, CA 31 Lance Lynn P S R 6-5 275 30 5/12/1987 Marion, IN 70 Tyler Lyons P L L 6-2 220 29 2/21/1988 Lubbock, TX 18 Carlos Martinez P R R 6-0 200 25 9/21/1991 Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 26 Seung Hwan Oh P R R 5-10 215 35 7/15/1982 Jeongeup, South Korea 44 Trevor Rosenthal P R R 6-2 230 27 5/29/1990 Lee's Summit, MO 46 Kevin Siegrist P L L 6-5 223 28 7/20/1989 Buffalo, NY 52 Michael Wacha P R R 6-5 215 26 7/1/1991 Iowa City, IA 62 Luke Weaver P R R 6-2 170 23 8/21/1993 DeLand, FL

Catchers


30 Carson Kelly C R R 6-1 215 23 7/14/1994 Chicago, IL 4 Yadier Molina C R R 5-11 205 35 7/13/1982 Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Infielders


13 Matt Carpenter 1B L R 6-4 210 31 11/26/1985 Galveston, TX 11 Paul DeJong 3B R R 6-0 195 24 8/2/1993 Orlando, FL 35 Greg Garcia 3B L R 6-0 195 27 8/8/1989 El Cajon, CA 3 Jedd Gyorko 3B R R 5-10 205 28 9/23/1988 Morgantown, WV 58 Jose Martinez 1B R R 6-7 225 29 7/25/1988 La Guaira, Venezuela 40 Luke Voit 1B R R 6-3 225 26 2/13/1991 Wildwood, MO 16 Kolten Wong 2B L R 5-9 184 26 10/10/1990 Hilo, HI

Outfielders


15 Randal Grichuk LF R R 6-1 205 25 8/13/1991 Rosenberg, TX 28 Tommy Pham CF R R 6-1 214 29 3/8/1988 Las Vegas, NV 55 Stephen Piscotty RF R R 6-4 210 26 1/14/1991 Pleasanton, CA

Disabled List

Pitchers


61 Alex Reyes SP R R 6-4 245 22 8/29/1994 Elizabeth, NJ 50 Adam Wainwright SP R R 6-7 240 35 8/30/1981 Brunswick, GA

Outfielders


25 Dexter Fowler CF S R 6-4 204 31 3/22/1986 Atlanta, GA

Others on 40-man roster

Pitchers

Num Name Bats Throws Height Weight Age Birth Date Birth Place

53 John Gant R R 6-3 175 24 8/6/1992 Savannah, GA 36 Sean Gilmartin L L 6-2 190 27 5/8/1990 Thousand Oaks, CA 59 Mike Mayers R R 6-3 200 25 12/6/1991 Grove City, OH 64 Sam Tuivailala R R 6-3 195 24 10/19/1992 San Mateo, CA

Infielders


36 Aledmys Diaz R R 6-1 195 27 8/1/1990 Santa Clara, Cuba 54 Alex Mejia R R 6-1 26 1/18/1991 Sylmar, CA 80 Edmundo Sosa R R 5-11 170 21 3/6/1996 Panama City, Panama

Outfielders


48 Harrison Bader R R 6-0 195 23 6/3/1994 Bronxville, NY 43 Magneuris Sierra L L - 21 4/7/1996 San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

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Stats Thru: Aug 2

2017 Cardinals Active Roster Batting Stats I

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS

Matt Bowman 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 John Brebbia 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Matt Carpenter 100 349 59 88 25 1 14 48 70 80 2 1 .252 .380 .450 .830 Paul DeJong 55 204 24 56 13 0 14 32 8 67 0 0 .275 .300 .544 .845 Greg Garcia 85 148 11 34 5 0 2 9 23 39 2 0 .230 .349 .304 .653 Randal Grichuk 73 268 34 62 18 0 13 37 18 89 5 1 .231 .281 .444 .725 Jedd Gyorko 96 334 40 92 18 2 14 52 36 83 6 0 .275 .341 .467 .808 Carson Kelly 5 10 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .100 .182 .200 .382 Mike Leake 22 42 2 7 1 0 0 2 3 14 0 0 .167 .222 .190 .413 Lance Lynn 22 38 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 .079 .125 .132 .257 Tyler Lyons 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 Carlos Martinez 22 41 3 7 2 0 0 8 0 10 0 0 .171 .190 .220 .410 Jose Martinez 58 137 26 40 6 1 7 21 13 34 1 0 .292 .349 .504 .852 Yadier Molina 91 343 38 95 16 0 12 47 15 56 7 4 .277 .308 .429 .736 Tommy Pham 78 273 55 86 12 1 14 46 36 78 14 5 .315 .401 .520 .921 Stephen Piscotty 71 234 29 55 13 0 6 31 36 56 3 5 .235 .345 .368 .713 Luke Voit 29 68 11 17 6 0 3 10 6 16 0 0 .250 .329 .471 .800 Michael Wacha 19 33 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 .061 .061 .061 .121 Luke Weaver 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Kolten Wong 66 209 30 60 17 2 1 23 24 35 3 1 .287 .375 .402 .777

Team Totals 107 3616 476 925 191 12 125 454 370 889 53 23 .256 .328 .419 .747

2017 Cardinals Active Roster Batting Stats II

Player PA #Pit #P/PA TB SB% SF SH HBP IBB wOBA PLOB GIDP GIDP Pct GB FB G/F GB% BABIP

Matt Bowman 1 2 2.00 0 - 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0 - - - John Brebbia 1 3 3.00 0 - 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0.0 .000 Matt Carpenter 430 1871 4.35 157 66.7 5 1 5 3 .365 105 4 6.3 76 121 0.63 28.1 .285 Paul DeJong 213 877 4.12 111 - 1 0 0 1 .350 83 3 7.1 49 53 0.92 35.5 .339 Greg Garcia 180 764 4.24 45 100.0 0 5 4 0 .305 52 3 8.3 51 21 2.43 47.7 .299 Randal Grichuk 288 1104 3.83 119 83.3 1 0 1 2 .308 133 7 9.9 62 67 0.93 34.4 .293 Jedd Gyorko 378 1492 3.95 156 100.0 7 0 1 1 .349 139 9 11.7 104 99 1.05 40.3 .320 Carson Kelly 11 38 3.45 2 - 0 0 0 0 .178 2 0 0.0 5 4 1.25 50.0 .100 Mike Leake 48 168 3.50 8 - 0 3 0 0 .203 20 1 10.0 12 8 1.50 44.4 .250 Lance Lynn 44 166 3.77 5 - 0 4 1 0 .110 22 1 12.5 13 3 4.33 68.4 .143 Tyler Lyons 2 13 6.50 0 - 0 0 0 0 .360 0 0 - 0 0 - - - Carlos Martinez 46 156 3.39 9 - 0 4 1 0 .168 28 1 11.1 19 3 6.33 67.9 .226 Jose Martinez 153 621 4.06 69 100.0 2 1 0 1 .369 41 2 6.9 48 21 2.29 45.7 .337 Yadier Molina 368 1351 3.67 147 63.6 6 1 3 4 .314 127 6 8.3 123 95 1.29 42.0 .295 Tommy Pham 317 1266 3.99 142 73.7 3 0 5 0 .414 103 11 15.7 103 41 2.51 52.3 .391 Stephen Piscotty 278 1111 4.00 86 37.5 3 0 5 0 .327 86 8 17.0 84 55 1.53 46.7 .280 Luke Voit 76 277 3.64 32 - 0 0 2 0 .346 27 3 18.8 25 14 1.79 48.1 .286 Michael Wacha 37 134 3.62 2 - 0 4 0 0 .074 21 2 25.0 14 2 7.00 87.5 .118 Luke Weaver 4 10 2.50 1 - 0 0 0 0 .225 5 0 0.0 2 0 - 100.0 .333 Kolten Wong 241 887 3.68 84 75.0 1 1 6 9 .321 79 4 9.3 88 39 2.26 52.1 .339

Team Totals 4084 16012 3.92 1515 69.7 33 29 36 24 .327 729 88 11.3 1188 848 1.40 43.5 .304

2017 Cardinals Active Roster Batting Stats III

Player XBH

GA RBI

GW RBI RC RC/27 AB/HR AB/RBI PA/BB PA/K IP Sec PS

%Swg 1stPit

%Pit Taken

%Swg InPlay

%Swg Miss

Matt Bowman 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - - 0.0 50.0 100.0 0.0 John Brebbia 0 0 0 0 0.00 - - - - .000 .000 - 0.0 66.7 100.0 0.0 Matt Carpenter 40 9 3 64 6.30 24.93 7.27 6.14 5.38 .198 .401 3.5 15.4 64.8 41.8 18.7 Paul DeJong 27 10 4 29 5.11 14.57 6.38 26.63 3.18 .270 .309 0.0 29.2 45.8 29.1 29.7 Greg Garcia 7 3 0 16 3.51 74.00 16.44 7.83 4.62 .074 .243 2.0 25.0 58.1 35.6 21.6 Randal Grichuk 31 4 3 31 3.86 20.62 7.24 16.00 3.24 .213 .295 7.2 33.6 49.6 32.4 29.0 Jedd Gyorko 34 14 9 49 5.09 23.86 6.42 10.50 4.55 .192 .317 8.4 36.5 51.7 35.8 25.6 Carson Kelly 1 0 0 1 2.98 - 5.00 11.00 - .100 .200 - 18.2 63.2 71.4 0.0 Mike Leake 1 1 1 0 0.00 - 21.00 16.00 3.43 .024 .095 - 41.7 43.5 32.6 31.6 Lance Lynn 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 44.00 2.59 .053 .079 - 40.9 42.2 26.0 37.5 Tyler Lyons 0 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2.00 2.00 .000 1.000 - 50.0 61.5 0.0 40.0 Carlos Martinez 2 1 1 3 2.06 - 5.13 - 4.60 .049 .049 - 67.4 37.2 35.7 25.5 Jose Martinez 14 6 2 21 5.51 19.57 6.52 11.77 4.50 .212 .314 1.8 17.6 59.4 42.1 22.2 Yadier Molina 28 10 6 41 4.14 28.58 7.30 24.53 6.57 .152 .204 8.8 38.7 45.7 40.1 18.6 Tommy Pham 27 6 2 52 6.76 19.50 5.93 8.81 4.06 .205 .370 14.0 25.9 60.0 39.1 20.9 Stephen Piscotty 19 8 3 32 4.40 39.00 7.55 7.72 4.96 .132 .278 4.0 38.5 52.7 34.4 26.4 Luke Voit 9 1 1 8 3.97 22.67 6.80 12.67 4.75 .221 .309 0.0 39.5 48.7 36.6 23.9 Michael Wacha 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 16.50 - 2.31 .000 .000 - 32.4 47.8 30.0 38.6 Luke Weaver 0 0 0 0 0.00 - - - 4.00 .000 .000 - 25.0 40.0 50.0 50.0 Kolten Wong 20 4 2 30 5.15 209.00 9.09 10.04 6.89 .115 .239 1.5 26.3 54.0 43.1 18.1

Team Totals 328 95 51 476 4.45 28.93 7.96 11.04 4.59 .163 .274 74.4 30.7 53.5 37.4 23.5

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Stats Thru: Aug 2

2017 Cardinals Active Roster Pitching Stats I

Player W L Sv SvOP G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA

Matt Bowman 2 4 1 4 54 0 0 44.0 37 21 18 4 12 35 3.68 John Brebbia 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 27.0 18 7 6 3 4 20 2.00 Brett Cecil 1 3 1 7 51 0 0 41.1 43 18 16 5 13 35 3.48 Zach Duke 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 0 10.80 Mike Leake 7 9 0 0 21 21 0 128.2 127 57 47 14 32 87 3.29 Lance Lynn 9 6 0 0 22 22 0 126.2 96 51 45 21 46 110 3.20 Tyler Lyons 0 0 1 2 28 0 0 33.0 28 12 12 2 11 39 3.27 Carlos Martinez 7 9 0 0 22 22 1 140.1 116 61 56 17 54 151 3.59 Seung Hwan Oh 1 5 18 21 45 0 0 47.0 52 23 19 8 12 46 3.64 Trevor Rosenthal 3 4 7 9 45 0 0 43.1 31 16 16 2 17 70 3.32 Kevin Siegrist 1 1 1 1 38 0 0 33.1 35 19 19 4 20 34 5.13 Michael Wacha 8 4 0 0 19 19 1 106.2 103 49 44 10 33 105 3.71 Luke Weaver 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 14.1 13 6 6 2 5 15 3.77

Team Totals 53 54 30 45 107 107 2 963.2 903 452 409 119 323 897 3.82

2017 Cardinals Active Roster Pitching Stats II

Player Pct BFP QS ShO WP HB BK SH SF IBB AVG OBP SLG OPS

Matt Bowman .333 180 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 .231 .298 .350 .648 John Brebbia - 107 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 .182 .236 .333 .569 Brett Cecil .250 175 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 .270 .320 .447 .767 Zach Duke - 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .500 .714 1.214 Mike Leake .438 535 13 0 2 5 0 4 6 2 .260 .309 .408 .717 Lance Lynn .600 518 12 0 1 7 0 5 2 2 .210 .290 .391 .681 Tyler Lyons - 139 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .231 .309 .347 .656 Carlos Martinez .438 580 14 1 7 4 0 3 2 1 .224 .302 .377 .679 Seung Hwan Oh .167 207 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 7 .275 .322 .444 .766 Trevor Rosenthal .429 179 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 .199 .281 .256 .537 Kevin Siegrist .500 148 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .278 .378 .452 .831 Michael Wacha .667 442 11 1 5 2 0 2 2 2 .256 .314 .400 .713 Luke Weaver .500 60 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241 .305 .407 .712

Team Totals .495 4065 59 10 29 43 0 28 31 31 .248 .314 .407 .721

2017 Cardinals Active Roster Pitching Stats III

Player 2B 3B SB CS PCS PKO GIDP XBH IR ISc IRS% Hld GF SV% BS GB FB GB%

Matt Bowman 5 1 1 0 0 0 7 10 31 5 16.1 19 5 25.0 3 71 32 56.8 John Brebbia 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 14 6 42.9 2 6 - 0 20 35 26.0 Brett Cecil 13 0 4 2 1 1 3 18 30 13 43.3 12 9 14.3 6 56 37 47.5 Zach Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 1 0 - 0 3 1 42.9 Mike Leake 26 2 4 2 0 2 13 42 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 230 89 56.5 Lance Lynn 14 3 2 3 0 0 12 38 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 152 118 43.6 Tyler Lyons 8 0 2 1 0 0 2 10 13 5 38.5 6 6 50.0 1 37 25 43.5 Carlos Martinez 24 2 4 3 0 0 16 43 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 189 95 51.5 Seung Hwan Oh 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 9 3 33.3 3 33 85.7 3 47 64 32.6 Trevor Rosenthal 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 1 20.0 12 12 77.8 2 38 25 42.7 Kevin Siegrist 8 1 2 2 1 2 5 13 12 5 41.7 6 7 100.0 0 40 32 43.0 Michael Wacha 22 3 7 2 0 0 10 35 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 144 76 48.5 Luke Weaver 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 21 11 53.8

Team Totals 184 18 34 19 3 7 89 321 129 45 34.9 63 105 66.7 15 1310 786 47.6

2017 Cardinals Active Roster Pitching Stats IV

Player RS RSA BABIP WHIP H/9 SO/9 BB/9 SO/BB #Pit P/IP

%Swg 1st Pit

%Strike 1st Pit

%Swg Miss

%Pitch In Play

Matt Bowman 36 7.36 .268 1.11 7.6 7.2 2.5 2.92 734 16.7 24.9 61.9 24.5 17.6 John Brebbia 9 3.00 .197 0.81 6.0 6.7 1.3 5.00 376 13.9 31.4 74.3 22.3 21.3 Brett Cecil 12 2.61 .311 1.35 9.4 7.6 2.8 2.69 625 15.1 30.5 54.6 27.2 20.3 Zach Duke 0 0.00 .167 2.40 10.8 0.0 10.8 0.00 36 21.6 10.0 60.0 28.6 19.4 Mike Leake 61 4.27 .288 1.24 8.9 6.1 2.2 2.72 1925 15.0 28.1 61.2 17.9 21.4 Lance Lynn 70 4.97 .228 1.12 6.8 7.8 3.3 2.39 2160 17.1 23.0 53.0 22.8 16.4 Tyler Lyons 20 5.45 .313 1.18 7.6 10.6 3.0 3.55 543 16.5 20.3 58.7 26.9 15.7 Carlos Martinez 67 4.30 .282 1.21 7.4 9.7 3.5 2.80 2135 15.2 29.1 59.3 25.1 17.4 Seung Hwan Oh 3 0.57 .321 1.36 10.0 8.8 2.3 3.83 818 17.4 33.5 65.0 28.5 18.0 Trevor Rosenthal 11 2.28 .333 1.11 6.4 14.5 3.5 4.12 785 18.1 34.6 59.8 35.5 11.5 Kevin Siegrist 18 4.86 .348 1.65 9.5 9.2 5.4 1.70 576 17.3 24.0 54.8 26.9 16.1 Michael Wacha 62 5.23 .321 1.28 8.7 8.9 2.8 3.18 1733 16.2 27.4 62.9 23.9 17.4 Luke Weaver 7 4.40 .297 1.26 8.2 9.4 3.1 3.00 249 17.4 26.2 50.8 26.1 16.1

Team Totals 476 4.45 .295 1.27 8.4 8.4 3.0 2.78 15744 16.3 27.8 59.7 23.9 17.8

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1Date: 8/03/17 Batter vs. Pitcher Matchup Report Page:0001

Time: 10:17:12 CIN Pitchers versus STL Batters BATPITR

Pitcher: Adleman, Timothy

Career (2016 to 2017) Last 20 PAs (1 is the most recent)

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Batter Avg AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO RBI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

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Carpenter, Matt .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - D - - - -

.000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DeJong, Paul .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 K - K

.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Fowler, Dexter .300 10 3 0 0 1 1 3 2 K - 1 4 K W - 1 - K -

.400 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 2

Garcia, Greg .143 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - K 1 - - - K

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Grichuk, Randal .167 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 - - D - K 4

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gyorko, Jedd .300 10 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 - - 1 4 - K 1 - K W -

.333 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 1

Kelly, Carson .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Martinez, Jose .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Molina, Yadier .286 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 K 1 - - F - 1 -

.250 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pham, Tommy .000 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 W W - -

.000 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Piscotty, Stephen .556 9 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 - 1 W 1 - 3 - - 2

.600 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 1

Wong, Kolten .500 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 - 2 4 -

.500 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1



Pitcher: Arroyo, Bronson


1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2


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Carpenter, Matt .276 29 8 4 0 1 2 3 4 W 4 - 2 2 W - - - 2 - - K 2 1 1 K - - -

.429 7 3 2 0 1 2 0 4

DeJong, Paul .333 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 K 2 -

.333 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Fowler, Dexter .190 21 4 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 - - W 1 - - W - - - - - - K - 4 K W 1

.400 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Grichuk, Randal .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - W K -

.000 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Gyorko, Jedd .417 12 5 2 0 0 1 3 1 - 1 K - 2 2 W 1 K - 1 - K

.500 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 1

Martinez, Jose .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -

.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Molina, Yadier .203 59 12 4 0 0 0 3 4 K - - 2 - 2 - - - - 1 2 - - - 1 - - F -

.250 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1

Pham, Tommy .500 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 D W 1

.500 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

Piscotty, Stephen .500 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 K W -

.500 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1

Wong, Kolten .091 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 - K - - - 2 - - - K -

.000 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0



Pitcher: Bailey, Homer


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Carpenter, Matt .586 29 17 3 0 0 0 3 4 2 - - 1 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 K - 1 1 1 - 1 2

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fowler, Dexter .250 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 K 1 - - 1 P K - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gyorko, Jedd .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 K - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Molina, Yadier .361 36 13 3 0 3 1 3 5 1 2 - - 1 K K 1 4 - - - K - 1 1 - - - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wong, Kolten .500 8 4 0 1 0 4 1 2 W W 1 W 3 1 W 1 - K - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Pitcher: Castillo, Luis


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Pitcher: DeSclafani, Anthony


1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2


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Carpenter, Matt .429 14 6 1 1 2 4 3 3 - W - K 1 - W 3 4 1 - 2 K 4 K - W W

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fowler, Dexter .167 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - K - - - - - - 1 1 - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Garcia, Greg .444 9 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 K 1 2 2 - - - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Grichuk, Randal .364 11 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 - - - - 4 - 1 3 K - 1

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gyorko, Jedd .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 K - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Molina, Yadier .143 14 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 - - 1 - - 4 - K - - - - D -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Piscotty, Stephen .267 15 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 - - - - - K 1 K K - - 1 -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wong, Kolten .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 - K K K K - K - K - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Pitcher: Feldman, Scott


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Carpenter, Matt .375 8 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 K 1 - W 1 K K 2 -

.400 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0

DeJong, Paul .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fowler, Dexter .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - - K K D - - - K

.000 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Garcia, Greg .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 K

.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Grichuk, Randal .500 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 K 2

.500 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Gyorko, Jedd .125 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 - K - - - 4 K -

.000 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Molina, Yadier .667 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 - - 1 2 W W

.600 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pham, Tommy .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D - -

.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Piscotty, Stephen .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - K

.333 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0



Pitcher: Finnegan, Brandon


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Carpenter, Matt .364 11 4 0 0 2 3 3 5 1 W - W - - W 1 - 4 4 K K K

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DeJong, Paul 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Fowler, Dexter .167 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 - - 2 - K -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Garcia, Greg .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - K K -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Grichuk, Randal .111 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 - - - - - - - W - 4

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gyorko, Jedd .091 11 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 W 4 - D W - - - - K - - -

1.000 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2

Molina, Yadier .500 10 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 4 1 K 2 W - -

.500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pham, Tommy .375 8 3 1 0 0 3 2 0 W W 2 I K - - 1 K 1 -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Piscotty, Stephen .077 13 1 0 0 1 3 6 3 K W D - W K - K - K - 4 W - K K

.000 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Voit, Louis .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 D K

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Wong, Kolten .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 K

.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Pitcher: Iglesias, Raisel


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Carpenter, Matt .273 11 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 - W W - 1 K K - 1 - 1 - -

.000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

DeJong, Paul .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 K

.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Fowler, Dexter .273 11 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 - - K W 1 1 - - K 1 K -

.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Garcia, Greg .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 K - - - - -

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Grichuk, Randal .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 K - - K

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Gyorko, Jedd .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - K - - K K

.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Molina, Yadier .182 11 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 K - K K P - - D 2 K 2 -

.000 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Pham, Tommy .333 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 W 1 - -

.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Piscotty, Stephen .273 11 3 0 0 0 2 6 0 K W K K - K K 1 W 1 - 1 K

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Martinez, Jose .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1

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Pitcher: Ogando, Nefi


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Pitcher: Peralta, Wandy


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Pitcher: Romano, Salvatore


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Pitcher: Shackelford, Kevin


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Pitcher: Stephenson, Robert


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Pitcher: Storen, Drew


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Carpenter, Matt .286 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 - K I 1 - 1 - K

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Martinez, Jose .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -

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Pitcher: Travieso, Nick


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Pitcher: Wojciechowski, Asher


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Carpenter, Matt .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 D

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Pitcher: Wood, Blake


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Martinez, Jose .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 K

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Pitcher: Bowman, Matthew


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Pitcher: Brebbia, John


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Pitcher: Cecil, Brett


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Pitcher: Duke, Zachary


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Carpenter, Matt .444 9 4 0 1 0 3 2 2 - W 1 - 1 - K 3 W 1 W K

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Grichuk, Randal .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 K

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Pitcher: Leake, Mike


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Carpenter, Matt .242 33 8 2 0 1 1 5 2 - 1 K K - - K 1 - 4 - - 2 - - 2 - 1 K -

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Pham, Tommy .500 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 W K

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Piscotty, Stephen .400 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 2 - - 1 W

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Wong, Kolten .280 25 7 0 0 1 1 1 4 - - - - 1 - - F - - W 4 1 1 - - - - K -

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Pitcher: Lynn, Lance


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Fowler, Dexter .357 14 5 1 0 1 3 1 3 W - - 2 4 - - 1 - K - W 1 - 1 - W

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Pitcher: Lyons, Tyler


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Fowler, Dexter .250 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 K 1 - - - 1 W H - -

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Pitcher: Martinez, Carlos


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Fowler, Dexter .320 25 8 1 0 0 4 9 3 1 K W 1 - K - - K K 1 K 1 W K 1 - W K -

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Pitcher: Oh, Seung-Hwan


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Fowler, Dexter .200 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - K K - 1

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Pitcher: Reyes, Alexander


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Fowler, Dexter .800 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 K W 1

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Pitcher: Rosenthal, Trevor


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Fowler, Dexter .167 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 1 K K K K

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Pitcher: Siegrist, Kevin


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Fowler, Dexter .143 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 K - - K W 2 - -

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Pitcher: Wacha, Michael


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Fowler, Dexter .333 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 K K - 2 1 - W - 1 -

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Pitcher: Wainwright, Adam


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Fowler, Dexter .150 20 3 1 0 1 1 6 1 W - - - K - 2 1 - - K - K K - - K - 4 -

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Gyorko, Jedd .500 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 - - 1 K 2

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Pitcher: Weaver, Luke


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1086599 St Louis Cardinals

GM Girsch frustrated, says Cards were 'busy' at deadline

By Derrick Goold St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Girsch promoted to general manager, Mozeliak to president of baseball operations

MILWAUKEE • A day after the Cardinals were unable to make a move — for a player, or to move a player — at the deadline, general manager Michael Girsch agreed that the overwhelming sense he had after his first deadline as GM was “frustration.”

“I think that’s exactly the word. It is frustrating,” Girsch said Tuesday in the Miller Park visitors’ dugout. “I think we were busy. I know we can’t prove that to anyone, but we were busy. We were talking to everybody about everything. We discussed all sorts of options. It is very frustrating to come to the end of the month and not have something to show for the time and effort and to make the organization better.”

Girsch declined to go into details, other than that the Cardinals had opportunities to add middle relievers and chose not to make a cosmetic move. The Cardinals’ stated goal of searching for a bat yielded no available candidates. Few hitters moved at all this deadline.

The Cardinals entertained offers for starter Lance Lynn, relievers Trevor Rosenthal, and they shopped several of their outfielders, including Randal Grichuk. Nearer the deadline, the Cardinals waded into the Sonny Gray talks with Oakland, according to Fox Sports, and offered Piscotty and a top pitching prospect, possibly Jack Flaherty. Talks with the Marlins about their outfielders did not gain traction.

• GOOLD: Cards can't find a deal they're comfortable making

• GORDO: Busy offseason ahead for Cards

• ORTIZ: With too many flaws, Cards punt at deadline

• BENFRED: Gap between Cards and Cubs widens at deadline

The lack of a trade does not indicate a lack of need.

The same one will be there come winter.

“We have a roster that we would like to improve, to make adjustments, to make the pieces fit better together,” Girsch said. “Yes, we hope to do that this offseason. I’m not promising activity, but I’m promising effort.”

St. Louis Post Dispatch LOADED: 08.03.2017


Minor league report: Helsley inefficient in Springfield debut

By Mitchell Forde St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After compiling a 2.69 ERA in 16 starts with High-A Palm Beach this season, pitcher Ryan Helsley made his first start for Class AA Springfield on Tuesday.

Helsley wasn't exactly efficient, pitching just four innings, but he limited the damage to one run as the Cardinals lost to Tulsa 5-4.

Helsley gave up five hits and walked four. It took him 92 pitches to record the 12 outs. However, he managed to strand eight of the nine base runners he allowed by striking out six batters.

The four walks were a season-high for Helsley. The 2015 fifth-round pick was called up to Springfield to take the place of Dakota Hudson in the rotation while Hudson pitches for Class AAA Memphis.

Other notable performances:

Memphis suffered a rare loss Tuesday -- just its seventh in 32 games -- but infielder Breyvic Valera continued his hot hitting of late. Valera went three-for-five with a home run and three RBIs Tuesday. He has recorded a hit in seven of his last eight starts and has multiple hits in six of those eight games. Valera, playing his eighth season in the Cardinals' system, is batting .314 and has a career batting average of .303 in the minors.

Making his first pinch-hit appearance as a pro Tuesday, fourth-round draft pick Kramer Robertson hit a home run. Robertson got a night out of the starting lineup for Low-A Peoria but entered in the eighth inning and hit his third homer of the season.

Not to be outdone by Robertson, Scott Hurst, the Cardinals' third-round draft pick this year, went two-for-five with a homer of his own. It was the second home run of the year for Hurst, who also drove in three runs Tuesday.



Insta-slam: Molina's two homers leads Cardinals to 5-4 win


MILWAUKEE • After several days where the Cardinals agitated the news cycle with off-field action – or lack thereof – catcher Yadier Molina shared a game worth a 1,000 words.

Molina hit two home runs, guided Luke Weaver through his longest start in the majors, and gave the Cardinals enough of a start to hold on for a 5-4 victory against Milwaukee on Wednesday. Kolten Wong’s two-run double at Miller Park provided the needed gap to assure Weaver a win and reward Molina’s snapshots.

The second-place Brewers got a two-run homer in the eighth inning to narrow the score and force the Cardinals to go to closer Trevor Rosenthal for a four-out save. The righthander retired all four batters he faced for his sixth save of the season. Weaver threw a career-best 6 1/3 innings and struck out eight, and with Rosenthal’s clinch was able to pitch the Cardinals back to the brink of .500. The third-place Cardinals (53-54) will try for a sixth time in the past two months to break even on the season and emerge from a losing record.

That has fed some of the frustration swirling around the team.

The days leading up to Wednesday’s game were filled with the Cardinals explaining publicly their lack of a deal at the trade deadline and discussing privately, they said, Molina’s various postseason a social media site. In the days leading up to and after the trade deadline, Molina used Instagram to defend himself against

comments his manager made, to muse about being one of the few players left from the 2011 World Series team, and to reminisce about coach Jose Oquendo, who is no longer with the major-league team.

Molina explained his first post on Instagram and said that if he was tired or felt fatigued that he would say so himself, and that he trained to play a “champion” workload.

His other two photos, whether they were pointed nostalgia or just nostalgia, he declined to detail. Team officials said Molina’s public statements were not ideal, but left it at that.

Molina had more to say.

Frustrated that he didn’t change a recent game at the plate, Molina has seized on the series in Milwaukee. He had an RBI single to produce half of the Cardinals’ runs on Tuesday, and the second time he saw the Brewers’ starter, lefty Brent Suter, he took advantage Wednesday. Molina got a one-out homer into the Cardinals’ right-field bullpen in the fourth inning, and two innings later he drilled a solo homer into the left-field seats. The multi-homer game was his second of the season and the fourth of his career.

Molina contributed to the Cardinals’ first run with a double in the second inning, and Wong expanded the lead with his double in the sixth. The veritable gush of runs gave Weaver (1-1) a 5-1 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning.

While a single pitch led to all the runs against Weaver in his start last week against Arizona, it was walks leading up to that grand slam that revealed how the righthander had to adjust to the major-league level.

Able to challenge and test hitters in Class AAA with strikes, Weaver has repeatedly in big-league starts strayed away from the strike zone. He tests the edges of it, and there are times when he fires a breaking ball purposefully out of the zone and sees a major-league hitter ignore it when a Class AAA hitter would flail after it. In his loss to the Diamondbacks, he referred to one of his pitches that came before the grand slam as a “big-league take” by Paul Goldschmidt.

“A guy who is going to throw 100-plus pitches – one usually isn’t actually the one that made the difference,” manager Mike Matheny said before Weaver’s start Wednesday. “(He’s) pitching guys carefully. When you get to the middle of the order like that Arizona team you realize that it could be one pitch. That can’t give you the fear of actually hitting the strike zone. I think it’s rewiring (his approach), making quality pitches in the strike zone, and getting guys out. Then knowing when to expand.

“That’s all in the process of growth,” Matheny said. “When he puts it all together he’s going to have a real nice career.”

He put it together enough to have a real nice night.

The second batter of the game, imported slugger Eric Thames, hit a 93-mph fastball for a solo homer and the first run of the game. Weaver did not shrink from there. He didn’t side with finesse. He remained aggressive. The next batter, former MVP Ryan Braun, grounded out. After that, third baseman Travis Shaw went after an elevated fastball that zipped by him at 96-mph. Weaver kept with it. In the second inning, he got a groundout and two more strikeouts.

Thames’ homer was one of only two hits against Weaver in the first 5 1/3 innings. By the end of the fourth inning, Weaver had struck out each of the Brewers’ Nos. 2-7 batters at least once each. He struck out Thames in each of his two at-bats after the homer.

When Weaver did invite trouble it was only with a little help. A throwing error in the fifth inning and a walk to the No. 8 hitter put Weaver in a wobbly spot. The Brewers aided him by having pitcher, Brent Suter, bunt the baserunners into scoring position. Given the escape hatch, Weaver went back to the strike zone and got a quick groundout.

He did that repeatedly.

In the sixth, the Brewers again got two runners on base due to Weaver’s second and final walk, but he came back with a strikeout. Catcher Manny Pina saw five pitches, four of them fastballs. And he missed on a 95-mph one that tickled the lower edge of the strike zone.

Molina's homers vault Cardinals ahead, 3-1

However this next month or so goes for the Cardinals, there will be two things that color the results on the field:

A lack of movement at the trade deadline

Instagram

While the Cardinals and manager Mike Matheny have talked only about keeping discussions internally about the use of social media by their catcher, Yadier Molina has taken his thoughts public through the use of social media. The loudest he's been, however, has come Wednesday night.

In back-to-back at-bats, Molina has hit solo home runs to put the Cardinals ahead 3-1 at the start of the sixth inning.

He also has a double in the game that helped produce the first run.

For Molina, it's his second multi-homer game of the season and the fourth of his career. It comes just days after he defended himself on social media, suggesting that when he was tired and needed a break he would tell the public himself, not the manager. He followed that with photos of the team's 2011 celebration in Milwaukee for the NL pennant and another of him with coach Jose Oquendo. Each of the photos had a nostalgia that seemed pointed.

Luke Weaver allowed a solo homer in the first inning and has settled in since then, allowing Milwaukee only one other hit through five innings.

***

Wainwright declares himself ready to go; DeJong wins MLB award

On his way back from his bullpen this evening at Miller Park, Cardinals righthander Adam Wainwright answered all the questions about how he felt and then had one of his own.

When can he start?

The Cardinals responded that they are still working on that.

Wainwright did everything he had to do to prove that he could be ready to start as early as Friday in Cincinnati, and that the team could elect to start him at some point this weekend against the Reds. Wainwright through a bullpen that was a little more aggressive than his usual between-start session -- all so he could test how his back responded.

Wainwright, who has been on the DL with a sore midback, said that he felt strong, no issues with his release, and that the break allowed him to get his legs back to health.

"My head is clear," he said.

The Cardinals will wait to see how he responds Thursday and then slide him into the rotation either the next time his turn comes up or sooner to get the rotation an extra day of rest.

Also ... Cardinals' shortstop Paul DeJong won the National League's Rookie of the Month award. Major League Baseball announced the honor Wednesday afternoon. DeJong tied a club record with eight homers in the month, and he was one of the league leaders when it came to slugging percentage and extra-base hits.

UPDATE: Shortly before first pitch, the Cardinals announced a new lineup that did not feature Matt Carpenter. The Cardinals' leadoff hitter was scratched with soreness in his right hip. He's going to be evaluated during the game and there will be an update afterward. Here is the new lineup:

1. Kolten Wong, 2B

2. Tommy Pham, CF

3. Paul DeJong, SS

4. Jedd Gyorko, 3B

5. Yadier Molina, C

6. Jose Martinez, RF

7. Luke Voit, 1B

8. Randal Grichuk, LF

9. Luke Weaver, P

***

Angles in the Outfield: Martinez starts in right, as Piscotty sits

An area of the roster that the Cardinals explored simplifying at the trade deadline will take on new focus in the coming weeks as the team sorts through a handful of outfielders for only three spots in the lineup.

Yesterday it was Stephen Piscotty who started.

Today it's Jose Martinez.

Tomorrow it could be both.

Next week ... then things get interesting.

With Tommy Pham situated in center field and playing as well as anyone else on the team, the Cardinals continue to choose to flank him with the outfielders remaining on the roster now that rookie Harrison Bader has been returned to Class AAA Memphis. Piscotty returned from the disabled list on Tuesday and started in right field. He had a bloop single late in the Cardinals' 3-2 loss to the Brewers, and this evening gives way to Martinez in right field. Pham remains in center, though how long is the question as Dexter Fowler (arm) is set to come off the DL, possibly before the team returns home from this road trip.

Martinez slides into the same sixth spot in the lineup that housed Piscotty on Tuesday.

Here's the lineup that will back Luke Weaver in his second turn as the fill-in for Adam Wainwright:

1. Matt Carpenter, 1B

2. Tommy Pham, CF

3. Paul DeJong, SS and birthday boy

4. Jedd Gyorko, 3B

5. Yadier Molina, C

6. Jose Martinez, RF

7. Randal Grichuk, LF

8. Kolten Wong, 2B

9. Luke Weaver, P

Check back throughout the evening here for news and updates and notes and quotes and actions and anecdotes from Miller Park.



BenFred: Digging deeper into Martinez's first-inning issues

By Ben Frederickson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Cubs Baseball

Whether you consider Carlos Martinez to be an ace, a potential one or somewhere in that fuzzy area that exists between the two, we should all be able to agree on two things.

Martinez is a better pitcher than this season's 7-9 record indicates.

And Martinez hasn't been close to his best as of late.

As of Wednesday afternoon ,the 25-year-old right-hander still ranked in baseball's top-10 in terms of of innings pitched (eighth), strikeouts (eighth) and quality starts (tied for 10th).

He had carved out a spot in the top-20 among qualifying starters in ERA (3.59, tied for 20th), opponent average (.224, 20th), hits allowed per nine innings (7.44, 18th) and strikeouts per batter faced (.260, 17th).

But in his six starts over the past month, Martinez has a 1-3 record with a 5.82 ERA and two quality starts in six games. His opponents are hitting .296/.375/.526 against him, good for a .901 OPS. These are far from ace-level results.

What's going on?

A look at Martinez's last month suggests the trouble starts with one inning: the first one. Derrick Goold diagnosed it here, and dug into how Martinez is working to solve it, after Martinez surrendered a three-spot to the Brewers in the first inning of what turned out to be a 3-2 loss on Tuesday. Some additional observations after some number crunching:

1. This has stuck around long enough to be a problem, not some sort of fluke. Through his first 16 starts this season, Cardinals opponents scored first-inning run(s) in just three of Martinez's starts. After Tuesday, the last six opponents he's faced have scored first-inning run(s). Three scored two first-inning runs. The Brewers on Tuesday plated three.

Martinez's first-inning ERA has bloated to 6.55, and opponents are now hitting .284/.402/.519 against him in the first. For comparison, just one inning later, Martinez has a 1.64 ERA while limiting opponents to a slash line of .195/.235/.325.

Twenty-three of the 116 hits Martinez has allowed this season came in the first inning. That's more than any other inning. The same is true for home runs (5 of 17 allowed came in the first) and walks (15 of 54 came in the first.)

And get this: Opponents are now averaging .328 with a .430 on-base percentage and a .597 slugging percentage on Martinez's first 15 pitches. That's a 1.027 opponent OPS! On pitches 16-30, his opponent OPS nosedives to .529, and stays below .750 through 90 pitches. It's nuts.

2. This pretty much came out of nowhere. Martinez has not been a slow starter in the past. Some pitchers, take Lance Lynn for example, defy common logic and get better results as their innings and pitch counts increase -- to a point. Lynn, for example, has a better career ERA in the second inning (3.32) than he does in the first (4.75), and his third-inning career ERA (2.89) is better than innings one and two. That hasn't traditionally been the case with Martinez. He became a full-time starter in 2015. A look at his splits from his past two seasons suggests no glaring first-inning issues. His first-inning ERA during that time frame: 3.34. His first-inning opponent OPS: .655. That doesn't shout trouble. It also doesn't offer Martinez and the Cardinals much of a solution. He's never really dealt with this before.

3. The first-inning struggles are hurting Martinez and the Cardinals even when he shakes them off, like he did after his 30-pitch first inning on Tuesday night. His elevated pitch count is forcing him out of games earlier, which puts more stress on the often unreliable bullpen. At his best, Martinez can pitch deep into games. He has pitched seven-plus innings seven times this season, and he's delivered nine innings twice. But since July he has pitched seven innings once, and six innings just twice. He mustered only five frames in the other three starts.

Manager Mike Matheny has wondered if it's a timing issue. Martinez suggested it's more mental. Whatever the cause, the Cardinals are in big trouble if the brightest star in the rotation doesn't iron it out.



Brebbia has 'bounced around' into bigger role for Cardinals


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MILWAUKEE • When he warms up for an appearance, whenever that might be, Cardinals reliever John Brebbia has to cycle through all of the five or six pitches he throws to see which of the group will work for him that day.

Sometimes it’s all of them. Sometimes it’s only two or a few.

“I think not having (one pitch) that I can fall back and rely on is the best thing for me because I have to try a lot of different stuff, and I have to talk to a lot of different people, and I have to try new things I’ve never done before,” Brebbia explained. “That constant change has kept me as sharp as I can be. I have to rely on bouncing around.”

What is true for Brebbia with his pitches is true for the Cardinals’ bullpen, and some higher-leverage spots are going to start bouncing Brebbia’s way, including Wednesday night, when he gave up a two-run home run in the eighth.

The Cardinals discussed openly how they could have made a cosmetic move at the deadline for an available middle reliever, and one of the reasons they did not is the options they’ve seen earn higher-profile roles, such as Brebbia and Tyler Lyons. Manager Mike Matheny said that Sam Tuivailala is also deserving of a look, though the righthander is currently working in Class AAA Memphis.

In a one-run game Tuesday at Milwaukee, Lyons and Brebbia froze the score where they inherited it with 2½ scoreless innings. They did not allow a hit and struck out three.

“That’s kind of how the progression goes,” Matheny said. “You get a little more responsibility. See how it looks. And higher-leverage situations. And then we use that to help our decisions as we move forward.”

Since spring training, the Cardinals have discussed using Lyons in a more prominent, late-inning role. Brebbia has had to work his way onto the radar — he was not in major-league spring training — and then his way up the bullpen ladder. The re-emergence of Trevor Rosenthal as the closer has opened up other innings, and with no addition at the trade deadline the Cardinals signaled that Brebbia and Lyons would get looks in those roles in the final two months of the season.

That close-game stage signals another step in what’s been a steady climb for Brebbia, one that includes everything from a new level to a new role to a new feel for an old pitch.

The righthander, who is not too far removed from independent ball, has started mixing in a curveball. It’s a pitch that he did not throw for 2½ years but dusted off recently when his changeup misbehaved. When he’s “bouncing around” from fastball to sinker and slider to cutter to see what works, the curve gives him a third gear to drop to from a 94 mph fastball and the 88 mph changeup. Although he doesn’t have that standout, single sinker-like pitch that carried Matt Bowman and Seth Maness, Brebbia’s had a rise similar to them.

“If I can do that, if I can have the success they had I’ll be plenty happy,” Brebbia said. “You’d like to think as the situation gets larger and more important that you become larger and more important.”

WAINWRIGHT ON TRACK

Once he answered most of the remaining questions about his health with a bullpen session Wednesday evening, righthander Adam Wainwright got to ask one: When would his next start be? The Cardinals are working on that answer.

Wainwright, who has been on the disabled list for 10 days with a sore back, did not have any difficulty throwing, and any discomfort has been flushed from his back. He could start as early as Friday, and the Cardinals are considering having Wainwright start at some point this weekend in Cincinnati. He would move into the rotation and give the other four starters an extra day off.

“There is, in my mind, nothing else I have to prove,” Wainwright said. “Get out there and ready to pitch. My legs feel good. My back feels good. My head is clear. I miss hitting.”

He may take some test swings Thursday for the first time since the injury.

EXTRA BASES

On his 24th birthday, shortstop Paul DeJong was named the National League’s rookie of the month for July because his statistics ranked alongside far more established sluggers. DeJong set a Cardinals record for homers by a rookie in July with eight. He had 16 extra-base hits, and his .638 slugging percentage ranked sixth in the majors, behind Bryce Harper (.731), Giancarlo Stanton (.727) and Andrew McCutchen (.667) in the National League. He’s the only shortstop in the top 20. … DeJong’s .558 slugging percentage this season ranks third among rookies with everyday roles. Ahead of him is Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (.628), a candidate for the league’s MVP, and the Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger (.616), a lock for the NL’s rookie of the year. … Also in July, Tommy Pham hit .344, the third-best average in the NL.



'Captain' Molina posts a pair of homers to lead Cardinals


MILWAUKEE • After a series of pictures shared on social media, ranging from nostalgic to pointed, brought both attention and speculation to Yadier Molina’s frustration, the Cardinals’ catcher left little doubt what he was trying to say Wednesday.

He had a game worth a thousand words.

Molina hit two home runs, piloted Luke Weaver through his longest start in the majors, and gave the Cardinals a head start toward a 5-4 victory against Milwaukee. A few days removed from going public with the defense of how he was feeling on the field and how often he intended to play, Molina had three hits and a career-best 10 total bases, while also remaining agile enough behind the plate to save a run or two for Weaver. Kolten Wong’s two-run double proved the difference, but after the game he raved about how much he liked Molina’s performance.

“He’s our captain. He’s our leader,” Wong said. “The St. Louis Cardinals is Yadier Molina. We’re going to hop on his back whenever he’s going. He’s our man. That just goes to show when he goes, we go.”

The second-place Brewers got a two-run homer in the eighth off John Brebbia before closer Trevor Rosenthal struck out three and got a four-out save. That made a winner of Weaver (1-1), who threw a career-high 6 1/3 innings, struck out eight and got the Cardinals back to the brink of .500. The third-place Cardinals (53-54) will try for a sixth time in the past two months to break even on the season and escape from a losing record. That has fed some of the frustration swirling around the team, be it in the clubhouse, in the front office, or in the standings.

In the days leading up to Wednesday’s win, the Cardinals stirred headlines by publicly discussing their lack of a deal at the trade deadline and their insistence that any conversation with Molina about his Instagram posts would be done privately. Molina used the picture-sharing site, he said, to “defend” himself against the inference from the manager that he needed a break or wasn’t running the bases well. He wrote that he trained to play a “champion” workload, and if he was tired he would say so, not someone else. He also shared photos of the 2011 Cardinals team celebrating its NL pennant and remarked how few of his teammates are still around, and he shared a photo of himself with former third-base coach Jose Oquendo.

He declined to share his inspiration.

Consider Wednesday punctuation.

Fuming during a game over the weekend that he did not change at the plate, Molina seized on the series in Milwaukee. He had an RBI single to produce one of the Cardinals’ two runs on Tuesday, and the second time he saw Brewers lefty Brent Suter on Wednesday he pounced. Molina hit a one-out homer into the Cardinals’ bullpen beyond right field to break a 1-1 tie. He added to that lead when he hit a solo home run into the left-field seats two innings later. He told Fox Sports Midwest after the game that was “just trying to take good at-bats.”

After Molina’s homer, a series of singles followed and then, with two outs, Wong added the decisive runs with a double.

“Knowing that I’m the leadoff hitter, I’m going to get chances,” said Wong, who was a last-minute sub at leadoff when Matt Carpenter experienced soreness in his right hip. The Cardinals expect him back Thursday. “I’m going to get chances to change the game, somehow, to help the team win.”

Starting for a second time in a week as Adam Wainwright’s replacement in the rotation, Weaver pitched to his strengths and found a few more.

A single pitch led to all four runs and a loss against Weaver last week vs. Arizona, but it was the walks leading up to that grand slam that he had to learn from. In the first inning Wednesday, Eric Thames ripped a 93 mph fastball for a solo homer and a 1-0 lead. That did not drive Weaver to the edges of the strike zone or make him reluctant to challenge hitters. If anything, he amped-up his approach.

“If you throw a pitch like that and ease back just a little bit, you learn, just let it rip,” Weaver said. “I had to believe in it.”

Two batters after Thames’ homer, Weaver elevated a 96 mph fastball for a strikeout, and he sped away from there. Through 5 1/3 innings, the Brewers had only two hits against Weaver. By the end of the fourth inning, the righthander had struck out each of the Brewers’ Nos. 2-7 batters at least once. He struck out Thames the next two times the lefthanded batter came to the plate. When a Brewer did reach base, he would remark to Wong about the movement of Weaver’s changeup.

The Cardinals’ rookie was able to elevate the fastball because of its velocity but also because the hitter had to be aware of his curveball. Weaver threw it twice as often as he did against Arizona.

“Without question one of the best starts we’ve seen from him,” manager Mike Matheny said. “He had them off balance because he was throwing the hook, he was throwing the changeup any time for strikes for chase, and putting the fastball on both sides of the plate. That is exactly what we know he’s done at every other level and really nice to see here.”

Necessary, too.

The Cardinals were operating with a bullpen shortened by use and illness. Seung Hwan Oh was sent back to the hotel because he was sick. Two other pitchers were hands-off. That left John Brebbia to work a second consecutive day, and when he couldn’t escape the eighth without allowing a run, Rosenthal had the extra work. Weaver’s quality start shortened the bridge the bullpen had to build. Molina made that possible at all. As Wong suggested, Molina can be the pulse of the Cardinals, and when he’s at his best it’s hard for him not to share. That bounce is there for all to see.

No hidden meaning.

No room for interpretation.

“You see a guy who every day looks like he’s going to do something great,” Matheny said.



Cardinals must say goodbye to Mike Matheny to get better

By Scott Wuerz

I don’t say this lightly, but I can’t see any way the St. Louis Cardinals can move forward with Mike Matheny as their manager in 2018.

It was bad enough that this team has eroded in baseball fundamentals for the past three seasons, seemingly forgetting how to play defense, run the bases or do anything at the plate besides swing for the fences. But, while the front office seemed to turn a blind eye to those things at least in part because the skipper signed a contract extension last year that covers the next three seasons, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that Matheny has lost the clubhouse and is openly feuding with the fanbase.

In the past week, Matheny pulled star catcher Yadier Molina from the lineup, explaining to the press that it was because he thought Yadi looked tired. Anyone who has played baseball at any level knows that when the manager claims someone appears to be tired that he is actually accusing him of making a poor effort in baseballese.

As is to be expected, Molina took exception to the remark and went public on social media with his unhappiness about the decision in an Instagram post. That irked team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. who expressed “disappointment” in the catcher for his retort.

Did Yadi back off? Hardly. He later posted a photo of him posing with former Cardinals coach (and managerial candidate Jose Oquendo) in which he stated how much he misses the fielding guru who reportedly left St. Louis’ major league coaching staff in frustration after being passed over for the top job.

To make matters worse, several of Molina’s teammates “liked” the post, seemingly indicating on which side of the line in the sand they stood.

What did Matheny do to smooth things over? Well, naturally, he attacked the fans who shell out money to support the team, calling them “bitter” because they dare to be disappointed by a sub .500 season and told them that they basically aren’t welcome to come back if they jump off the bandwagon when things aren’t going well.

The saying goes that it’s easier to fire one manager or coach than it is to fire the whole team. And that’s certainly true. But the Cardinals leadership needs to consider the fact that major league players don’t seem to want anything to do with Matheny and his antics.

Dexter Fowler seemed to have a really tough time accepting a five-year deal from St. Louis when he was a free agent because he reportedly didn’t want to play for Matheny. That’s after Jason Heyward turned down more money from the Cardinals to go to the Chicago Cubs because he didn’t want to stay here.

The clubhouse culture that made St. Louis a destination for players who wanted a chance to play for a perennial contender seems to have evaporated into the wind. So how do the Cardinals expect to address their lack of pillar players and middle of the order sluggers unless they change the leadership and the perception of this club?

I feel bad for the skipper. He obviously takes his job very seriously. The bar was set very high when he joined a team fresh off a World Series victory that was stocked with experienced and winning players. But as that roster faded, Matheny’s weaknesses were exposed. He’s horrible handling pitching staffs, makes bizarre moves with his position players including pulling his offensive producers too early in close games and now his supposed greatest strength — motivating players to give their best — has abandoned him.

The Cardinals need a fresh new approach. This team has too much talent to play as poorly as it has this year. Its sum is less than the total of its parts.

It’s time for a new manager who can take things in another direction, who can make the most of the team speed the Cardinals lacked for so many years but gained with the addition of Fowler, Tommy Pham, Kolten Wong, Randal Grichuk, Harrison Bader and Magneuris Sierra to the mix.

There is no reason to drag this out. If the Birds are going to have any chance to turn things around this year, they need a fresh approach. And, failing a miracle, the team still needs a new skipper if it is going to be successful in sorting things out in time for the 2018 campaign.

Belleville News-Democrat LOADED: 08.03.2017


Molina’s rant at his manager is unprofessional and disappointing

By Todd Eschman

I was at the press conference where Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny dared to suggest that his all-star catcher, Yadier Molina, could use a day off.

Luke Weaver was making his first big league start of 2017 that night and Matheny elected to have him pitch to Carson Kelly, the rookie right-hander’s recently-promoted battery mate from triple-A Memphis.

It made total sense, and so I thought nothing of the skipper’s comments.

“Yadi’s caught a lot,” Matheny said. “Yesterday, just kind of watching him go around the bases, too, you could tell that he’s, you know ...”

In all of baseball history, only 27 times has a catcher caught 150 or more games in a season. Molina himself has only once in his 13 previous seasons caught more than 140 games. He’s on a pace to catch 138 games this year.

It’s not like Matheny is nudging his 34-year-old catcher out of a job.

Yet somehow Molina has taken offense to Matheny’s abbreviated comments, excusing a social media pot-shot at the boss by saying he was just “defending himself.”

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Fans appreciate the fiery Puerto Rican for “training to play 174 games because that’s what it takes to make a Champion.” You can also understand his frustration in an underachieving team that’s been chasing .500 for the better part of the season.

But none of this excuses his petty and short-sighted slam on Matheny. It is, after all, the manager’s job to make the lineup every day.

I train to play 174 games because that's what it takes to be Champion, I'm not tired and the day I feel tired I'll express it myself. #misinforming

A post shared by Yadier Molina (@yadier_marciano_molina) on Jul 28, 2017 at 8:37am PDT

So, what exactly is the source of Molina’s insecurity?

Is it his employer? You know, the one that just gave him a three-year, $60 million contact extension that will keep him in his catching gear until his 37 years old?

Or is this personal? Does Molina some specific beef with Matheny?

The manager has no doubt lost some fans in recent months as his reputed struggle with bullpen management continues to manifest in one blown game after another, and as the once proud Cardinal Way continues to tarnish under his watch. This may be true in some corners of the clubhouse, too.

But is a social media rant the best way for Molina to express his frustration? He owes Matheny some respect.

Let’s go back to 2004, which is the last time somebody other than the current Gold Glover was the Cardinals’ starting catcher. Molina was the 21-year-old heir-apparent to Matheny, who took the understudy under his wing and helped to make him the franchise catcher.

Matheny subsequently was allowed to become a free agent at the end of the season.

He was 33 years old, had just won the second of three consecutive Gold Gloves and was leaving a team that fell a win short of the franchise record 106. A lesser man might have been bitter.

Instead, this is what Matheny had to say about his successor:

“I will stand behind the fact that Yadier Molina has impressed me more than any catcher I’ve ever witnessed,” Matheny said to mlb.com. “Yadi had a lot of people investing into him with his family and people from the outside, but he had to do it himself. He had to take what he was given and make the most of it, and he continues to get better.

“I don’t know that we’ve seen the best of him,” Matheny added. “I think there’s even more there. He’s special.”

Time, of course, has proven Matheny right. Through nearly 14 full seasons, Molina has been the consummate professional.

That’s all the more reason his decidedly unprofessional outburst is so decidedly disappointing.

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