st. Louis Cardinals (71-39) at Milwaukee Brewers...

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Mon., Aug. 10: OPEN DATE Tue., Aug. 11 vs. PIRATES: Carlos Martinez (11-4, 2.57) vs. Jeff Locke (6-6, 4.31) 7:15 p.m.* Wed., Aug. 12 vs. PIRATES: Michael Wacha (13-4, 2.92) vs. Gerrit Cole (14-5, 2.39) 7:15 p.m.* Thu., Aug. 13 vs. PIRATES: Lance Lynn (9-6, 2.76) vs. Francisco Liriano (7-6, 3.13) 6:15 p.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 (71-39) at Milwaukee Brewers (47-65) Game #111 Miller Park August 9, 2015 John Lackey (9-7, 2.85) vs. Jimmy Nelson (9-9, 3.57) BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season of play with a 23-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 games ahead of Pittsburgh...the Cardinals tossed their 3rd-straight shutout (13th this season) last night in a 3-0 win and have moved to a season-high 32 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2013 season (97-65)...St. Louis owns the majors top winning pct. (.645) and the NL’s top run differential (+122)...the Cards have reached the 71-win mark in their first 110 games played for the first time since 2004 (72) & just the 6th time in team history (2004, 1968, 1944, 1943, 1941). PITCHING sTREAKs: Cardinals pitchers have tossed 36 consecutive scoreless innings since the 4th inning last Wed. and have not allowed a home run in their last 60 innings dating to the 6th inning on Sat. (Aug. 1)...the Cardinals three-straight shutouts are their most since posting 3-straight from June 7-10 last season...they haven’t had 4- straight white-washes since posting 5-straight over two seasons (9/29/62-4/13/63)...the last time the Cards had 4-straight shutouts in the same season was July 6-11, 1943...the last ML team to post 4-straight shutout wins was San Francisco (2012) & the last to do so, all in road games, was the Los Angeles Dodgers (9/18-23/88) PITCHING WITH RIsP: The Cardinals are holding their opposition to a ML-low .194 (167-862) batting avg. with runners in scoring position, the best in baseball in records dating to 1974...with two outs, that mark falls even more to .168 (72-428), also the best in baseball since 1974...Carlos Martinez is leading the staff, holding his opposing batters to a .143 BA (15-105) with RISP and a .087 BA (4-46) with runners in scoring position and two outs. MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter has had extra base hits in each of his last five games, upping his post All-Star total to 15, tops in the NL...his 16 homers this season are a single-season high by a left-handed hitting Cardinals third baseman...since returning to the leadoff spot on July 30, Carpenter is batting .389 (14-36) with an NL-best 6 HR’s, 5 doubles & 11 runs scored in 9 games...he’s also leading the NL in SLG (1.028) & OPS (1.478), and 2nd in the league with 10 RBI in that time frame. TODAY’s GAME : The Cardinals conclude their six- game roadtrip (2-1 at CIN, 2-0 at MIL) this after- noon with the finale of their three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park... first pitch is slated for 1:10 p.m CT...St. Louis posted it’s 3rd-straight shutout with a 3-0 win last night and has won 4-straight since winning 4-2 in 13 innings last Wednesday at Cincinnati ...following today’s game, the Cardinals will re- turn home, and after an open date on Monday, will begin a 9-game homestand with PIT (3), MIA (3) and SF (3)...the Cardinals 15-6 post All-Star record is T2nd in the majors with TOR, behind only PHI (15-5)...St. Louis is 40-16 at Busch Sta- dium, the best home mark in MLB, and 31-23 on the road...today’s road game is just the 8th for the Cardinals since the All-Star break. CARDINALs vs. MILWAUKEE: season: 19 games; next meeting 9/15-17 at MIL 2015: 8-3 (4-2 at STL, 4-1 at MIL) 2014: 12-7 (5-4 at STL, 7-3 at MIL) All-Time: 164-119 (72-46 at Miller Park) Last Time sTL sweep: 5/2-5/13 at MIL Last Time MIL sweep: 6/10-12/11 at MIL 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 11-6 May 18-11 Thursday 11-3 June 18-8 Friday 13-5 July 15-12 Saturday 11-7 August 5-2 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 17 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 94 J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 89 M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 64 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 38 J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 34 M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 9 Multi-HR Games Player Last Home Run Career/2015...Last Bourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... --- Carpenter 8/8/15 at MIL 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 8/7/15 at MIL 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 h k Carpenter o4ok o2wk owo ooowo o1o2 kook wwo2 144o2 42woo koo1 ooko k4k1 wow4kk kw2o ko22 4ook Cruz ookk oo k od o1oo G. Garcia cw 2 1 o o owoo Grichuk 41ok 41kw kow k1o 1ok 2koow o12k 1ooc k4k1 31ck oo2kk4kkko ok4o ok1k Heyward 1ooo ko1o oko 2coo ooow 2 w1ck k13owFo11 oo2k k1w2 1oko owkowo o1co o11o oooo Kozma owo o 1 o Molina oooo wo11 oo1 o k2 oooo odok 1oowo11kw 1oko k oooo 1odwk 2co1 oooo Moss ok oooo d1oo 1 ko1o kkok wkoo w2oo Peralta ookc o1oo ooo o ooko oook oowo ko1w1 1oo4 o4oc odko k11w ko1kko kook oooo Piscotty e F o11w k1ok w1o c1o 1o2o okk2w o11 o12w okkc cooko ooh2 c2oc 1o1 Reynolds k1dw hko oo2 ooc koo o o1o o kk 2owk Wong o1o1 eoo1 2ooo 1o2o1 hk4o oo1o okoo o1oh11oo1k oook hcod ko1k ooooo ow1o 1owoo ooow 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. BREWERs: .261 (97-372) 6 HR ROADTRIP: .198 (35-177) 5 HR #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-12 series: DNP Roadtrip: 0-1, .000 [ Was HBP 3 times last 2 G’s vs. CIN; 2nd on team w/6 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: 5G (7-19, .368) 3 HR series: 3-8, .375, HR Roadtrip: 7-19, .368, 3 HR [ His 16 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .358 (44-123, 10 HR) in No. 1 spot...1st on team w/57 RBI & T1st w/16 HR (single-season high)...leads team with 34 multi-hit games (T8th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (29, 2nd); runs (65, T6th); walks (58, T5th) & on-base pct. (.366, 12th)...hit 4th leadoff HR of season/8th career) last night...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 12th in the NL in BA w/RIsP (28-78, .359)...scored 2+ runs in 12G (sTL 11-1)...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: 1G (1-4, .250) series: DNP Roadtrip: 1-4, .250 [ Batting .375 (6-16) in Close & Late...had 2-out GWRBI last Thu...season-high 2 hits in 6/7 start at LAD...hit GW-RBI double (2 RBI) vs. CHI (5/4)...has GWRBI in 4 of his last 5 Gs w/RBI...sTL is 5-7 in his starts in ‘15...played 2.0 inn. at 3B at COL (6/8) #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 2G (2-8, .250) HR series: 2-8, .250, HR Roadtrip: 6-22, .273, 2 HR [ Hit 3-run HR (#14) Fri. night...had HR for GWRBI in 13th last Wed. at CIN...leads all MLB rookies w/41 XBH’s...also ranks among MLB rookies in doubles (20, T3rd), triples (7, T2nd), HR (14, T4th) & RBI (43, T5th)...hit 7th triple last Tue., most since Carpenter (7) in ‘13...post All-star break has 7 HR (T3rd NL), 17 RBI (T5th NL) & .676 slugging (7th NL) ...41 of 76 hits are XBH’s (20-2B; 7-3B, 14-HR); 1st sTL rookie since J.Mize (1936) with that trifecta...led sTL w/15 RBI in July (career best month)...ranks 2nd in NL triples (7)...has team-high 7 multi-XBH Gs...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)...in 62 Gs batting .290 (72-248), 19-2B, 7-3B, 13-HR, 38 RBI...2nd on team w/7 def. gems. #22 JAsON HEYWARD: streak: 0-5 series: 2-8, .150 Roadtrip: 3-16, .188 [ Celebrating 26th birthday today...collected career hit #750 last Thu. & stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs...needs 2 sB’ s for his 3rd 20-steal season...1st on team w/.284 BA (24th, NL)...2nd on team w/23 2B’s (T17th, NL)...hit safely in 34-of-last-46 games (15 multi-hit Gs) for a .323 BA (54-167)...has increased BA .211 to .284 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 18 sB (T9th 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 .288 (22nd, NL) vs. LHP’s w/1 HR...team-high 5 OF assists. #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-1 series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: 1-2, .500 [ 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 2-13 as PHer. #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 0-4 series: 2-8, .250 Roadtrip: 3-16, .188 [ Is 2nd on team w/.282 BA & 4th w/105 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 (34) among MLB catchers with 31 multi-hit G’s...104 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB & 19 2Bs, 3rd...leads MLB with 871. 1 innings & 2.47 Catcher’s ERA - the best since Alan Ashby, HOU in 1981 (2.33). #21 BRANDON MOss: streak: 1G (1-3, .333) series: 1-3, .333 Roadtrip: 2-14, .143 [ Had GWing walkoff RBI-1B last sun. vs. COL...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: 0-11 series: 0-8, .000 Roadtrip: 3-17, .176 [ Career .350 BA w/8 HR & 20 RBI vs. MIL, incl. .420 BA, 8 HR & 17 RBI at Miller Park...HRed 7/31 & 8/1 vs. COL; 20th time ca- reer 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, 116 hits (T12th) & 187 total bases (T13th), 2nd w/55 RBI...his 12 GWRBI are 3rd in NL & 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 (19)...hit GWing 2R-HR w/2 out, 2 strikes in 9th on 7/8 at CHI... .333 BA (8th NL) in 7th+ inn. w/21 RBI (T7th NL)...singled to break up no-hitters in 7th on 5/13 & 7/6. #55 sTEPHEN PIsCOTTY: streak: 3G (4-10, .400) series: 3-7, .429 Roadtrip: 4-19, .211 [ Had 2nd GWRBI with run-scoring 2B on Fri...had pair of RBI-1B’s last night...hit safely in his 1st 10 G’s started (.412), longest such streak for sTL rookie since John Rodriguez (‘05)...had sac. fly for 1st ML RBI (GW) on 7/25 in 1-0 win...purchased from Memphis & had 1st MLB hit 7/21 at CWs... .272 BA, 28 2B’s (4th, PCL), 11 HR, 41 RBI in 87G, .366 OBP & .475 sLG at AAA #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 1G (1-3, .333) series: 1-3, .333 Roadtrip: 1-6, .167 [ Had 2B & BB last night...walked 3 times 7/21 at CWs...8 walks post-AsB; 3rd on team...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 42G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 69 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: 0-6 series: 1-7, .143 Roadtrip: 3-19, .158 [ Had 2 RBI last Thu., giving him team-high 21 two-out RBI...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...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...T2nd sTL in hits (108), 3rd RBI (46, career-high)...33 XBH career high...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27...51G batting No. 1, reaching in 39...11 HR & 45 RBI, rank 1st & 3rd 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/12 sB’ s; 35-47 (74%) career sB att...has team-high 17 def. gems.

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Mon., Aug. 10: OPEN DATETue., Aug. 11 vs. PIRATES: Carlos Martinez (11-4, 2.57) vs. Jeff Locke (6-6, 4.31) 7:15 p.m.*Wed., Aug. 12 vs. PIRATES: Michael Wacha (13-4, 2.92) vs. Gerrit Cole (14-5, 2.39) 7:15 p.m.*Thu., Aug. 13 vs. PIRATES: Lance Lynn (9-6, 2.76) vs. Francisco Liriano (7-6, 3.13) 6:15 p.m.*

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UPCOMING GAMEs & PITCHING PROBABLEs

st. Louis Cardinals (71-39) at Milwaukee Brewers (47-65)Game #111 � Miller Park � August 9, 2015

John Lackey (9-7, 2.85) vs. Jimmy Nelson (9-9, 3.57)

� BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 124th season ofplay with a 23-8-4 series record and are in 1st place in the N.L. Central, 6.0 games ahead of Pittsburgh...the Cardinalstossed their 3rd-straight shutout (13th this season) last night in a 3-0 win and have moved to a season-high 32games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2013 season (97-65)...St. Louis owns the majors top winningpct. (.645) and the NL’s top run differential (+122)...the Cards have reached the 71-win mark in their first 110 gamesplayed for the first time since 2004 (72) & just the 6th time in team history (2004, 1968, 1944, 1943, 1941).

� PITCHING sTREAKs: Cardinals pitchers have tossed 36 consecutive scoreless innings since the 4th inning lastWed. and have not allowed a home run in their last 60 innings dating to the 6th inning on Sat. (Aug. 1)...the Cardinalsthree-straight shutouts are their most since posting 3-straight from June 7-10 last season...they haven’t had 4-straight white-washes since posting 5-straight over two seasons (9/29/62-4/13/63)...the last time the Cards had4-straight shutouts in the same season was July 6-11, 1943...the last ML team to post 4-straight shutout winswas San Francisco (2012) & the last to do so, all in road games, was the Los Angeles Dodgers (9/18-23/88)� PITCHING WITH RIsP: The Cardinals are holding their opposition to a ML-low .194 (167-862) batting avg. withrunners in scoring position, the best in baseball in records dating to 1974...with two outs, that mark falls evenmore to .168 (72-428), also the best in baseball since 1974...Carlos Martinez is leading the staff, holding his opposingbatters to a .143 BA (15-105) with RISP and a .087 BA (4-46) with runners in scoring position and two outs.

� MATT THE BAT: Matt Carpenter has had extra base hits in each of his last five games, upping his post All-Startotal to 15, tops in the NL...his 16 homers this season are a single-season high by a left-handed hitting Cardinalsthird baseman...since returning to the leadoff spot on July 30, Carpenter is batting .389 (14-36) with an NL-best 6HR’s, 5 doubles & 11 runs scored in 9 games...he’s also leading the NL in SLG (1.028) & OPS (1.478), and 2nd in theleague with 10 RBI in that time frame.

TODAY’s GAME: The Cardinals conclude their six-game roadtrip (2-1 at CIN, 2-0 at MIL) this after-noon with the finale of their three-game seriesagainst the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park...first pitch is slated for 1:10 p.m CT...St. Louisposted it’s 3rd-straight shutout with a 3-0 winlast night and has won 4-straight since winning4-2 in 13 innings last Wednesday at Cincinnati...following today’s game, the Cardinals will re-turn home, and after an open date on Monday,will begin a 9-game homestand with PIT (3), MIA(3) and SF (3)...the Cardinals 15-6 post All-Starrecord is T2nd in the majors with TOR, behindonly PHI (15-5)...St. Louis is 40-16 at Busch Sta-dium, the best home mark in MLB, and 31-23 onthe road...today’s road game is just the 8th forthe Cardinals since the All-Star break.

CARDINALs vs. MILWAUKEE:season: 19 games; next meeting 9/15-17 at MIL2015: 8-3 (4-2 at STL, 4-1 at MIL)2014: 12-7 (5-4 at STL, 7-3 at MIL)All-Time: 164-119 (72-46 at Miller Park)Last Time sTL sweep: 5/2-5/13 at MILLast Time MIL sweep: 6/10-12/11 at MIL

RECORD BREAKDOWN

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

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2G 3G 4G 5GWon 2 17 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 94J. Walden, right bicep 4/30 89M. Adams, right quad strain 5/27 64 M. Belisle, rt. elbow inflammation 6/26 38J. Jay, left wrist stress reaction 7/1 34M. Holliday, right quad strain 7/30 9

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

Bourjos 6/9/15 at COL 0/0... ---Carpenter 8/8/15 at MIL 1/1... 7/30/15 vs. COLCruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... ---G. Garcia 6/26/15 vs. CHI 0/0... ---Grichuk 8/7/15 at MIL 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 h k

Carpenter o4ok o2wk owo ooowo o1o2 kook wwo2 144o2 42woo koo1 ooko k4k1 wow4kk kw2o ko22 4ook

Cruz ookk oo k od o1oo

G. Garcia cw 2 1 o o owoo

Grichuk 41ok 41kw kow k1o 1ok 2koowo12k 1ooc k4k1 31ck oo2kk4kkko ok4o ok1k

Heyward 1ooo ko1o oko 2coo ooow 2 w1ck k13owFo11 oo2k k1w2 1oko owkowo o1co o11o oooo

Kozma owo o 1 o

Molina oooo wo11 oo1 o k2 oooo odok 1oowo11kw 1oko k oooo 1odwk 2co1 oooo

Moss ok oooo d1oo 1 ko1o kkok wkoo w2oo

Peralta ookc o1oo ooo o ooko oook oowo ko1w11oo4 o4oc odko k11w ko1kko kook oooo

Piscotty e F o11w k1ok w1o c1o 1o2o okk2w o11 o12w okkc cooko ooh2 c2oc 1o1

Reynolds k1dw hko oo2 ooc koo o o1o o kk 2owk

Wong o1o1 eoo1 2ooo 1o2o1 hk4o oo1o okoo o1oh11oo1k oook hcod ko1k ooooo ow1o 1owoo ooow

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. BREWERs: .261 (97-372) 6 HR ROADTRIP: .198 (35-177) 5 HR

� #8 PETER BOURJOs: streak: 0-12 series: DNP Roadtrip: 0-1, .000[ Was HBP 3 times last 2 G’s vs. CIN; 2nd on team w/6 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: 5G (7-19, .368) 3 HR series: 3-8, .375, HR Roadtrip: 7-19, .368, 3 HR[ His 16 HR’s are most by LH-hitting sTL 3Bman...batting .358 (44-123, 10 HR) in No. 1 spot...1st on team w/57 RBI & T1stw/16 HR (single-season high)...leads team with 34 multi-hit games (T8th, NL)...ranks among NL leaders in doubles (29, 2nd);runs (65, T6th); walks (58, T5th) & on-base pct. (.366, 12th)...hit 4th leadoff HR of season/8th career) last night...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...ranks12th in the NL in BA w/RIsP (28-78, .359)...scored 2+ runs in 12G (sTL 11-1)...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: 1G (1-4, .250) series: DNP Roadtrip: 1-4, .250[ Batting .375 (6-16) in Close & Late...had 2-out GWRBI last Thu...season-high 2 hits in 6/7 start at LAD...hit GW-RBI double(2 RBI) vs. CHI (5/4)...has GWRBI in 4 of his last 5 Gs w/RBI...sTL is 5-7 in his starts in ‘15...played 2.0 inn. at 3B at COL (6/8)

� #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: streak: 2G (2-8, .250) HR series: 2-8, .250, HR Roadtrip: 6-22, .273, 2 HR [ Hit 3-run HR (#14) Fri. night...had HR for GWRBI in 13th last Wed. at CIN...leads all MLB rookies w/41 XBH’s...also ranksamong MLB rookies in doubles (20, T3rd), triples (7, T2nd), HR (14, T4th) & RBI (43, T5th)...hit 7th triple last Tue., most sinceCarpenter (7) in ‘13...post All-star break has 7 HR (T3rd NL), 17 RBI (T5th NL) & .676 slugging (7th NL) ...41 of 76 hits are XBH’s(20-2B; 7-3B, 14-HR); 1st sTL rookie since J.Mize (1936) with that trifecta...led sTL w/15 RBI in July (career best month)...ranks2nd in NL triples (7)...has team-high 7 multi-XBH Gs...3-3, 2 HR, career-high 6 RBI vs. NYM (7/18) & reached in all 5 PA; 2ndmulti-HR game (6/20 at PHI)...in 62 Gs batting .290 (72-248), 19-2B, 7-3B, 13-HR, 38 RBI...2nd on team w/7 def. gems.

� #22 JAsON HEYWARD: streak: 0-5 series: 2-8, .150 Roadtrip: 3-16, .188[ Celebrating 26th birthday today...collected career hit #750 last Thu. & stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs...needs 2 sB’s for his 3rd20-steal season...1st on team w/.284 BA (24th, NL)...2nd on team w/23 2B’s (T17th, NL)...hit safely in 34-of-last-46 games (15multi-hit Gs) for a .323 BA (54-167)...has increased BA .211 to .284 since 5/3...had 7 sB in July (T3rd NL)...tied career-best with5 hits on 7/18 vs. NYM...had team-high .387 July OBP...had 75th career sB on 7/17; leads team with 18 sB (T9th 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), tiedcareer high...five 3-hit games this season...batting .288 (22nd, NL) vs. LHP’s w/1 HR...team-high 5 OF assists.

� #38 PETE KOZMA: streak: 0-1 series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: 1-2, .500[ 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 2-13 as PHer.

� #4 YADIER MOLINA: streak: 0-4 series: 2-8, .250 Roadtrip: 3-16, .188[ Is 2nd on team w/.282 BA & 4th w/105 hits...had 3 hits, incl. 3-run GW-triple at CWs (7/22), his 2nd-str. 3-hit game & 5thof ‘15 ...passed Tim McCarver for 25th place on MLB all-time innings caught list 7/19 when he caught all 18 innings...had .308BA in May, .306 in June...2nd to B.Posey (34) among MLB catchers with 31 multi-hit G’s...104 hits as catcher ranks 1st MLB &19 2Bs, 3rd...leads MLB with 871. 1 innings & 2.47 Catcher’s ERA - the best since Alan Ashby, HOU in 1981 (2.33).

� #21 BRANDON MOss: streak: 1G (1-3, .333) series: 1-3, .333 Roadtrip: 2-14, .143[ Had GWing walkoff RBI-1B last sun. vs. COL...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 on6/2 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: 0-11 series: 0-8, .000 Roadtrip: 3-17, .176[ Career .350 BA w/8 HR & 20 RBI vs. MIL, incl. .420 BA, 8 HR & 17 RBI at Miller Park...HRed 7/31 & 8/1 vs. COL; 20th time ca-reer 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,116 hits (T12th) & 187 total bases (T13th), 2nd w/55 RBI...his 12 GWRBI are 3rd in NL & ties career-best (2006, w/CLE)... tripleon 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 MLBss’s to sF’s B.Crawford (19)...hit GWing 2R-HR w/2 out, 2 strikes in 9th on 7/8 at CHI... .333 BA (8th NL) in 7th+ inn. w/21 RBI(T7th NL)...singled to break up no-hitters in 7th on 5/13 & 7/6.

� #55 sTEPHEN PIsCOTTY: streak: 3G (4-10, .400) series: 3-7, .429 Roadtrip: 4-19, .211[ Had 2nd GWRBI with run-scoring 2B on Fri...had pair of RBI-1B’s last night...hit safely in his 1st 10 G’s started (.412),longest such streak for sTL rookie since John Rodriguez (‘05)...had sac. fly for 1st ML RBI (GW) on 7/25 in 1-0 win...purchasedfrom Memphis & had 1st MLB hit 7/21 at CWs... .272 BA, 28 2B’s (4th, PCL), 11 HR, 41 RBI in 87G, .366 OBP & .475 sLG at AAA

� #12 MARK REYNOLDs: streak: 1G (1-3, .333) series: 1-3, .333 Roadtrip: 1-6, .167[ Had 2B & BB last night...walked 3 times 7/21 at CWs...8 walks post-AsB; 3rd on team...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...started42G at 1B since Adams DL (5/27)...has 69 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: 0-6 series: 1-7, .143 Roadtrip: 3-19, .158[ Had 2 RBI last Thu., giving him team-high 21 two-out RBI...batted No. 3 for 1st time in MLB career on 7/30 & was 2-4...hit2nd career grand slam in 4-1 win vs. CIN on 7/27...had 3 hits 7/26 vs. ATL...tied game at 1-1 w/HR in 13th on 7/19 vs. NYM...is1st sTL 2Bman with back/back 10+HR years since F.Frisch (1927-28)...13 HBP, T2nd in NL...T2nd sTL in hits (108), 3rd RBI (46,career-high)...33 XBH career high...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/27...51G batting No. 1, reaching in 39...11 HR & 45 RBI, rank 1st& 3rd 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/12 sB’s; 35-47 (74%) career sB att...has team-high 17 def. gems.

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BATTING ORDER

11 Wong 51, Carpenter 30, Bourjos 11, Jay 9, Pham 6, Grichuk 2, Heyward 122 Carpenter 69, Heyward 17, Wong 10, Grichuk 9, Piscotty 4, Peralta 133 Holliday 62, Peralta 40, Wong 4, Heyward 3, Reynolds 1 44 Peralta 42, Adams 28, Heyward 20, Reynolds 17, Grichuk 355 Molina 29, Peralta 22, Heyward 21, Reynolds 17, Grichuk 15, Adams 4, Moss 1, Wong 166 Molina 41, Heyward 18, Jay 13, Reynolds 12, Grichuk 10, Wong 8, Moss 2, Adams 2, Piscotty 2, Bourjos 1, Pham 177 Molina 29, Grichuk 16, Reynolds 13, Heyward 10, Wong 10, Jay 8, Scruggs 8, Bourjos 3, Cruz 3, Moss 3, Carpenter 2, Johnson 2, Piscotty 2, Adams 188 Bourjos 20, Wong 16, Kozma 12, Grichuk 11, Jay 11, Reynolds 10, Heyward 8, Cruz 8, Piscotty 5, Pham 3, Johnson 2, Scruggs 2, G. Garcia 299 Lackey 20, Martinez 20, Wacha 18, Lynn 18, J. Garcia 9, Cooney 6, Lyons 6, Bourjos 4, Wainwright 4, Kozma 2, Piscotty 2, Cruz 1 Lineups Used: 89

STARTS BY POSITION

CC Molina 98, Cruz 121B1B Reynolds 53, Adams 35, Scruggs 10, Moss 6, Johnson 4, Piscotty 22B2B Wong 100, Kozma 6, Carpenter 3, G. Garcia 1SSSS Peralta 104, Kozma 5, G.Garcia 13B3B Carpenter 98, Reynolds 9, Kozma 3LFLF Holliday 59, Grichuk 30, Piscotty 11, Reynolds 4, Jay 3, Pham 3CFCF Jay 38, Bourjos 38, Grichuk 27, Pham 7RFRF Heyward 98, Grichuk 9, Reynolds 1, Jay 1, Piscotty 1PP Lackey 22, Wacha 21, Lynn 21, Martinez 20, J.Garcia 10, Cooney 6, Lyons 6, Wainwright 4DHDH Holliday 4, Reynolds 3, Peralta 2, Molina 1

THE LINEUP CARD

Scoring first 45-12Opponent scores first 26-27

Scoring more than 3 runs 46-8Scoring 3 runs 16-7Scoring fewer than 3 runs 9-24

Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 59-36Scoring in 4 or more innings 12-3

First game of Series 24-13Last game of Series 25-11

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 45-11Out-hit by opponents 19-26

Final at-bat decisions 14-9Come-from-behind wins 29Walk-off wins/losses 8-5

In errorless games 44-23Extra innings 7-8Shutouts 13-8

Leading after 7 innings 54-2Tied after 7 innings 8-6Trailing after 7 innings 9-31

Leading after 8 innings 61-0Tied after 8 innings 7-8Trailing after 8 innings 3-31

Runs via HR 146Opponent runs via HR 106

Review Challenges: 9-8

2015 RECORD WHEN...

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

Most Runs - Inning - Cards *6 (5th) 8/7 at MILMost 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 8/8 at MIL

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, Carpenter 8/7 at MILMost 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, Heyward 8/6 at CINMost Walks - Game *3, Holliday 7/23 vs. KCMost Int. Walks - Game *1, G. Garcia 8/6 at CINMost 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 100Yadier Molina Home Runs 2 100Jhonny Peralta Home Runs 9 200Trevor Rosenthal Saves 3 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 10 9 4-4 5-5 6.2 6.3 2.3 (23)Lackey 22 17 9-7 12-10 6.2 6.6 3.9 (85)Lynn 21 14 9-6 13-8 6.0 9.6 3.0 (63)Lyons 6 0 2-1 3-3 4.2 9.7 5.3 (32)Martinez 20 15 11-3 17-3 6.0 9.1 4.5 (89)Wacha 21 14 13-4 16-5 6.1 7.6 5.0 (105)Wainwright 4 3 2-1 3-1 6.0 6.5 3.5 (14)

Totals 110 74 51-26 71-39 6.0 8.1 4.0 (436) 679.0 IP 608 Ks

GETTING sTARTED

TODAY’s sTARTING PITCHER

TUEsDAY’s sTARTING PITCHER#18 CARLOs MARTINEZ • RHP • 6-0 • 185 • 23 yrs

� Is set to make his 21st start and 23rd appearance of the season in series opener vs. the Pirates. It will be his101st career game and 29th career start.

� His 1.61 ERA since May 20, the 3rd-lowest in MLB, trailing Kazmir (1.46, HOU-OAK) and deGrom (1.57, NYM).� Received a no decision in past two starts (7/30 vs COL & 8/5 at CIN), the Cardinals winning both games.� Ranks T5th in the National League in wins (11), 4th in winning pct (.733), 8th in ERA (2.57) and 16th in opp.

BA (.242).� His 131 strikeouts are 2nd behind Lance Lynn (136) on the Cardinals and T14th in the National League.� The Cardinals are 17-3 in his 20 starts this season. Has a 2.16 ERA (108.1 IP/26 ER) in his 17 wins by STL.� Is 1-1, 4.97 ERA in two starts vs. PIT this season & 1-2, 4.66 ERA career in 12 games/3 starts.

BULLPEN BRIEFs: 20-13 • 2.22 ERA • 328.0 IP • 287 H • 90 R, 81 ER • 116 BB • 297 sO • 20 HR45/56 sv/Opp ... 70 HOLDs ... 349/241 (69%) 1st BF/Retired ... 140/31 (22%) Inh.Runners/scored

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

#30 JONATHAN BROXTON-RHP 0/1 12 44/30 6/3

Last Appearance: 8/6 at CIN; H #12, 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO

#36 RANDY CHOATE - LHP 1/1 9 54/36 44/5

Last Appearance: 8/6 at CIN; H #9, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#28 STEVE CISHEK - RHP 3/8 7 38/22 13/9

Last Appearance: 8/5 at CIN; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#70 TYLER LYONS - LHP 0/0 0 0/0 0/0

Last Appearance: 8/3 at RR; W #8, 7.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 SO

#61 SETH MANESS - RHP 3/6 16 55/35 37/9

Last Appearance: 8/5 at CIN; W #4, 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO

#44 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 33/35 0 50/37 10/2

Last Appearance: 8/8 at MIL; S #33, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

#46 KEVIN SIEGRIST - LHP 5/8 20 56/45 19/4

Last Appearance: 8/8 at MIL; H #20, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO

#33 CARLOS VILLANUEVA -RHP 2/2 0 27/18 4/1

Last Appearance: 8/7 at MIL; S #2, 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

Broxton acquired 7/31 from MIL...no runs inlast 11 G’s (10.1 IP)...42K in 40.1 IP...retired11 of 13 BF w/STL...Choate earned 1st Svsince ‘12 on 7/25...44 IR are 2nd in NL...leads MLB LHP in G’s since ‘09 (458)... sea-son-high 1.2 IP 8/1 & 5/15... Cishek acquired7/24 from MIA...allowed 2 ER since 6/1(0.96ERA, 18.2 IP)...Lyons recalled Fri...1.13 ca-reer ERA in relief w/26 K in 24.0 IP... Maness2nd on team w/16 Holds ...1st MLB relief2013-15 w/34 DP’s & 4th in W’s (15)...2nd inNL app. (55) & T3rd in IR (37)... Rosenthal is2nd NL Sv (33)...5th NL relief ERA (1.57)...T8th NL rel. K’s (57)...80 career Sv, 6th STLall-time...had 23.2 ShO IP strk 5/5-7/2...con-verted 18-str. Sv opp (5/5-7/9) ...only 2 BSv,both to PIT... Siegrist 1st NL w/56 app...1stNL rel. ERA (1.40) & 2nd in rel. K’s (64)...noruns in 50 of 56 Gs...20 Holds, 4th NL...tiedcareer high w/2.0 IP 5/14 & w/4 K’s 6/10...Villanueva 3rd NL relief ERA (1.51)...5th ca-reer 3.0+ IP Sv on Fri., 2nd in ‘15...team high4.0 rel. IP on 7/19 & 4 relief K 5/4, 7/10...14of 27 gms 2.0+ IP.

#41 JOHN LACKEY • RHP • 6-6 • 235 • 36 yrs TODAY’s GAME:� Veteran right-hander is making his team-leading 23rd start of 2015

season today in his 378th career game (377 starts).

� Aiming for 12th-straight 10-win season; missed all of 2012 w/injury.

� Seeking his 11th-straight quality start, having posted a 1.91 ERA(70.2/15 ER) over his past 10 starts, working 7.0+ IP in eight, 6.2 IP inone (7/11) & 6.0 IP in one (8/4). The last time he strung together 10consecutive QS was when he had a career high 14-straight QS from9/7/07-6/29/08.

� Has allowed 2 runs or less in his 9 of his last 10 starts and allowed 3runs or less in 19 of 22 starts this season.

vs. MILWAUKEE BREWERs:

� Making his 3rd start of the season vs. MIL. Has gone 2-0, 1.93 ERA intwo previous starts, both at Busch Stadium.

� Was 4-0 winner on 4/16 (7.0 IP, 8 K’s), earning his 1st win of 2015and was a 7-4 winner on 6/3 (7.0 IP).

� Is 4-1, 3.86 ERA career vs. Brewers, with his only loss coming in his

lone career appearance at Miller Park, a 6-2 defeat on 9/5/14 when

he was touched for 6 runs on 9 hits in 6.0 IP.

� Made his STL debut vs. MIL on 8/3/14 and posted a 3-2 win.

� Has walked just 3 and struck out 28 in 35.0 career IP vs. MIL.

2015 sEAsON & CAREER:� Ranks T12th in the National League at 9 wins, T6th in IP (145.1).

� His 2.85 ERA ranks 12th in NL and his 14.5 pitches per inning rank asthe 2nd fewest in the league.

� Career ERA has dropped to 3.96, its lowest point since May 5, 2011.

� Since joining St. Louis, is 9-3, 2.03 ERA (119.2 IP/27 ER) at Busch Std.in 17 starts; Is 7-2, 1.89 ERA at home in 2015, ranking 2nd in NL homewins, 5th in home ERA. Has allowed just 4 HR’s at home in 85.2 IP.

� Started three-straight games opposing a pitcher of equal or olderage: 7/11 at PIT - A.J. Burnett, 38; 7/18 vs. NYM -B. Colon, 42 & 7/23vs. KC -C. Young, 36.

� Faced CIN for a 2nd-straight start last Tue. (8/4) and took a 3-2 loss,allowing three 1st-inning runs. Retired the final 14 batters he faced.

� Suffered a 1-0 loss on 7/29 vs. CIN, allowing only 2 hits and the onerun (Jay Bruce solo HR) in his 8.0 innings of work.

� Earned his 9th win in a 4-3 make-up game (rainout 6/14) vs. KC on7/23. Gave up two 1st inning runs but shut out the Royals for hisremaining innings (7.0 IP).

LACKEY sEAsON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2014 BOS 11-7 3.60 21 21 137.1 137 60 55 32 116

STL 3-3 4.30 10 10 60.2 69 34 29 15 482015 STL 9-7 2.85 22 22 145.1 138 48 46 35 107Career 161-124 3.96 377 376 2408.2 2478 1157 1059 691 1897

LACKEY - LAsT THREE APPEARANCEs

DATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO7/23 vs. KC W, 4-3 1 1 7.0 6 2 2 2 57/29 vs. CIN L, 1-0 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 1 88/4 at CIN L, 3-2 1 1 6.0 6 3 3 2 5

LACKEY vs. BREWERs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2014 1-1 5.54 2 2 13.0 16 8 8 1 10

2015 2-0 1.93 2 2 14.0 15 3 3 2 13

Career 4-1 3.86 5 5 35.0 39 15 15 3 28

LAST APP. vs. MIL: 6/3/15 at STL, W 7.0 10 3 3 1 5LAST WIN vs. MIL: 6/3/15 at STL (7-4)

LACKEY CAREER HITTING TOTALs AVG. AB H HR RBI SH2015 .077 37 3 0 1 3Career .093 97 9 0 3 10

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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 W, 4-3 (13) Maness-Axelrod 34,700 68-39 1 +5.5

8/6 CIN R/D W, 3-0 Wacha-Lorenzen-Rosenthal 26,053 69-39 ! +6.0

8/7 MIL R/N W, 6-0 Lynn-Cravy-Villanueva 28,869 70-39 1 +6.0

8/8 MIL R/N W, 3-0 Garcia-Peralta-Rosenthal 34,327 71-39 1 +6.0

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 9:10

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 48 48 42 57 64 45 40 56 22 6 3 5 436OPPONENTS 42 26 38 33 30 37 41 28 21 6 3 7 314

2015 SCORING BY INNING

Cardinals Recent TransactionsAugust 7: Recalled LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis (AAA).

August 6: Optioned INF Greg Garcia to Memphis (AAA), following the game.

August 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.