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St. Louis Cardinals (57-56) vs. Kansas City Royals (57-55) Game #114 Busch Stadium August 9, 2017 Mike Leake (7-10, 3.34) vs. Trevor Cahill (4-3, 4.13) TONIGHT’S GAME : The Cardinals host the Kansas City Royals for the first of two games at Busch Stadium, as the cross-state rivals play the third of their four-straight interleague games... tonight’s Billy Joel theme night game is a 7:15 p.m. CT first pitch and it’s the first game of a 5- game (KC-2, ATL-3) homestand for the Redbirds ...the Cardinals went 5-3 on their just completed 8-game road trip through Milwaukee (1-2), Cincinnati (2-1) & Kansas City (2-0), winning the last four. LAST GAME : The Cardinals used a six-run 5th in- ning uprising to overcome a 3-1 deficit and cruised to a 10-3 win to sweep their two-game series at Kauffman Stadium last night...Jedd Gy- orko’s scoreboard dimming 3-run homer was the key blow in the 5th...Yadier Molina and Randal Grichulk also belted homers in the win...Michael Wacha improved to 9-4 with his 6.0 solid innings of work, striking out five. COMING UP : The Cardinals and Kansas City play a final game in St. Louis tomorrow...St. Louis is 5- 8 in interleague play in 2017...the Cardinals will continue their short five-game homestand with games this weekend against the Altanta Braves ...the Cardinals swept the Braves in three games in Atlanta, May 5-7. CARDINALS vs. KANSAS CITY: Season: 4 games; final series meeting 2017: 2-0 (0-0 at STL, 2-0 at KC) 2016: 1-3 (0-2 at STL, 1-1 at KC) All-Time: 53-39 (12-15 at Busch Stadium III) Last Time STL sweep: 8/7-8/17 at KC Last Time KC sweep: 6/29-30/16 at STL RECORD BREAKDOWN B By y D D a ay y B By y M Mo o n n t t h h Monday 7-4 Spring 20-8-4 Tuesday 8-11 April 12-12 Wednesday 9-5 May 13-13 Thursday 5-10 June 13-16 Friday 8-10 July 14-12 Saturday 10-7 August 5-3 Sunday 10-9 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 1 12 1 --- Lost 1 12 2 --- Split 1 --- 3 --- Sweeps 1 5 --- --- Opp. Sweeps 1 2 1 --- MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst of his 6th season as the Cardinals manager...his 518- 405 won-loss mark is tops in the majors since his debut in 2012...Matheny’s 518 managerial wins rank 5th on the franchise’s all-time list...entering this season his .569 managerial win pct. ranked 18th all-time among managers with five or more seasons of experience...his clubs have recorded three 1st place finishes and two 2nd place fin- ishes...Mike became the only manager in MLB his- tory to take his team to the postseason in each of his first four seasons (2012-15)...he has managed 43 postseason games, and has 21 postseason wins since 2012, 3rd-most wins among current Major League managers...Matheny, 46, had a 13-year Major League career playing with MIL, TOR, STL and SF, winning four Rawlings Gold Gloves (‘00, ‘03-’05), and retiring from the game in 2006 due to concussion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catch- ing record for consecutive errorless games (252). Cardinals Disabled List Date Games Player & Injury DL Missed A. Reyes, right elbow surgery 3/30 113 K. Siegrist, left forearm 8/4 5 LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...the Cardinals began today in 3rd place in the N.L. Central, 2-1/2 games back of division-leading Chicago...following a 12-12 April, the Cardinals went 13-13 during May, 13-16 in June and 14-12 in July...the Cardinals are currently +49 in run differential on the season (4th in NL, 1st in NLC)...since June 25, St. Louis’ 24 wins rank 2nd in MLB (LAD, 29). ROCKIN’ REDBIRDS: The Cardinals have scored 10 or more runs in each of their last three games, matching a club record (6th time) and will attempt tonight to become the first team in the majors since Boston (May 9-12, 2016) to do so in 4-straight games...CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT: Last night’s 10-3 win was the 15th time the Car- dinals scored 10+ runs against the Royals since their first regular season interleague meeting in 1997...that’s the most games for any team to have scored at least 10 runs against an interleague opponent (Elias). SENIOR VS. JUNIOR: Matt Carpenter ranks 3rd among active players in career interleague batting average (min. 300 AB’s) with a .334 BA (121-362); Jose Altuve (.338) & Dustin Pedroia (.337)...his .334 average is good enough for 5th all-time in Interleague history, as former Cardinal Larry Walker (.346) leads all players...Carpenter is batting .338 (54-160) lifetime in home interleague games, posting a .453 on-base pct., .353 BABIP & 1.010 OPS in 44 games...he belted a game-winning extra inning walk-off grand slam here on April 27 (Game 1) vs. Toronto. Thu., Aug. 10 vs. ROYALS: Lance Lynn (10-6, 3.12) vs. Jason Hammel (5-9, 4.73) 6:15 p.m.*^ Fri., Aug. 11 vs. BRAVES: Adam Wainwright (11-5, 5.00) vs. Mike Foltynewicz (10-6, 3.94) 7:15 p.m.* Sat., Aug. 12 vs. BRAVES: Carlos Martinez (8-9, 3.52) vs. Lucas Sims (0-2, 5.25) 6:15 p.m.* Sun., Aug. 13 vs. BRAVES: Michael Wacha (9-4, 3.70) vs. R.A. Dickey (7-7, 4.03) 1:15 p.m.* All times are St. Louis (Central) times *Fox Sports Midwest +FOX Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FS1 ^MLB Network Showcase UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Multi-HR Games Player Last Home Run Career/2017...Last Carpenter 8/7/17 at KC 4/0... 6/26/16 at SEA DeJong 8/7/17 at KC 0/0... --- Fowler 7/7/17 vs. NYM 4/1... 4/19/17 vs. PIT G.Garcia 7/4/17 vs. MIA 0/0... --- Grichuk 8/8/17 at KC 2/0... 7/18/15 vs. NYM Gyorko 8/8/17 at KC 5/1... 5/1/17 vs. MIL Kelly --- 0/0... --- J. Martínez 8/6/17 at CIN 1/1... 6/13/17 [1] vs. MIL Molina 8/8/17 at KC 4/2... 8/2/17 at MIL Pham 7/24/17 vs. COL 5/2... 6/21/17 at PHI Voit 7/9/17 vs. NYM 0/0... --- Wong 8/7/17 at KC 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS DAILY BATTING LOGS HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS Date/Opp. 8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 PLAYER MIL MIL MIL CIN CIN CIN KC KC KC KC ATL ATL ATL BOS BOS PIT PIT Carpenter okww oooo odkowhwwwkokw3 314k 1whk2 DeJong oook okkkk ko11k d4ko k11o1kdoo4k1o1o Fowler 3woo 2o2kw G. Garcia o o1dk 3k k 2wwwo wwok Grichuk 2oko kkkw k kwok 2okoo ok2o o4o1o Gyorko kkok 1ookk oo1k k1 kook ow4ww Kelly ooo1 o d o J. Martínez wo1w owwo w oook 2w4kd o1oo1 kowd1 Molina o1ko 244k owo1 o wkow 1o1k o2o1 o41o Pham k11k okhw11koo h1k1o wcd1k wk1ooo kwkoo ok1wko Voit o11k d 1 2ok h k Wong 11ok koc2o ko12 ok1w woho 2o11k fco4 oo1hk 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. BIRD BANTER... VS. KANSAS CITY IN 2017: .329 (24-73) 6 HR ROADTRIP: .277 (76-274) 10 HR #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 3G (5-10, .500) HR Series: 4-7, .571, HR Roadtrip: .238 (5-21), HR [ Has XBH for 7 of his last 8 hits (5-2Bs, 3B, HR) incl. 2B & 3 run-HR Mon at KC...reached base 4 times last night (1B, BB, HBP, 2B)...T6th in NL with 27 doubles & 2nd with 76 walks; has walks in 59 G’s...batted .322 in July (28-87)...leads STL in games (106), runs (62), XBH (44), 2B (27), BB (76) & RBI (53); T2nd w/15 HR...batted 1st since 6/7 (53 G’s, .302; 55-182, 6 HR, 39 BB, 38 R, 27 RBI)...tied team-high 21-game on-base streak (6/22-7/18)...has hit 20 doubles in 6 str. seasons...has 23 multi-hit games...on base 88 times last 45 G (40-BB, 24-1B, 17-2B, 3B, 3-HR, 4 HBP)...quickest STL player to 400 career BB (759G). #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 5G (9-24, .375) 2HR Series: 3-10, .300, HR Roadtrip: .273 (9-33) 2HR [ Hit team-high 16th HR Mon. at KC...16 HR in 1st 60 MLB games are 2nd to Pujols (2001, 17) for most in STL history...has 16 HR since 6/15 recall, T3rd in MLB (Stanton, 1st-21)...has RBI in 10 of last 17 games & reached safely in 15 of last 17 gms...ranks 4th among N.L. rookies in HR (16), 6th in RBI (36), T8th in 2Bs (13), 7th in hits (65) & T5th in XBH (29)...had 5th 3-hit Gm Sun. at CIN, T2nd-most for STL...2R-HR last Sat. was 5th GWRBI...July NL Rookie of the Month & led all MLB rookies in July in HR (8) & hits (28)...set STL rookie record for July HR (8)...T3rd in NL with 16 XBH in July & 8 HR...29 XBH in first 60 MLB games (2nd most among MLB rookies in 2017); 2nd most STL in 1st 60 MLB G’s (George Watkins-32)...18 of last 35 hits are XBH (8-2B, 10- HR)...had 9-game hit streak (6/22-30)...has .350 BABIP...made MLB debut at COL (5/28) & HRed in 1st at-bat (9th STL player). #25 DEXTER FOWLER: Streak: 2G (3-7, .429) Series: 3-7, .429 Road Trip: .429 (3-7) [ Came off DL Mon. (7/25-8/6, left forearm strain) after missing 12 games...first AB back hit triple, his 5th (T6th NL)...77 ca- reer triples tops MLB since ‘09...3rd among NL switch-hitters with .339 OBP...T3rd STL w/14 HR, 2nd w/7 GWRBI...2nd on team in walks (42), 3rd in runs (46), 4th XBH (30), 6th in RBI (37)...missed 12G 6/25-7/6 on DL (rt. heel spur)...HR’d in career-high 4- str. 6/15-18...10 of 14 HR’s hit at Busch; 8 of 14 HR’s are go-ahead...4-7 as PH (2B,3B,5 RBI)...23 career lead-off HR. #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 0-3 Series: 0-2, .000 Roadtrip: .250 (3-12) [On-base 6 times in his last 2 gms...2B & career-high 3BBs Sun...has hit in 11 of last 13 starts...is 4-29, 7 BBs as PHer...tied ca- reer-high 3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF ... .290 career BA (22-76) as PH...34 starts (3B, SS & 2B). #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 3G (5-14, .357) HR Series: 3-9, .333, HR Roadtrip: .200 (5-25) HR [ Hit HR #14 last night & has hit safely in 12 of last 16 starts, 9 XBHs...11 of his 14 HR’s have come when hitting 7th or lower in lineup...had career-high 4 hits 7/26 vs. COL...HRed in 4 str. games 7/21-24 ...on DL 7/10-20 (low back)...HRed in consec. games 6/25-26, 7/6-7, 7/21-24; 10 career...34 of 66 hits are XBH...2nd on STL w/20 2B’s, 3rd w/34 XBH. #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 1G (1-2, .500) HR Series: 1-2, .500, HR Roadtrip: .136 (3-22) HR [Had career-high 3 walks last night & belted 3-run HR (#15), 1st since 7/14...had GWRBI 7/28, going 3-for-4; team-leading 8th 3-hit game & 9th GWRBI...2nd STL w/95 hits...hit walk-off sac fly 7/25, 2nd career walk-off RBI...1st STL w/55 RBI, T2nd w/15 HR & 2nd w/35 XBH...has 38 HR since 2016 All-Star Break...5th straight season with 50+ RBI...2nd on team w/26 multi- hit games and 1st w/8 3-hit games...9 of 15 HR’s are 6th+ inn...11 of 15 HR’s in 2017 are solo. #30 CARSON KELLY: Streak: 0-3 Series: 0-2, .000 Roadtrip: .143 (1-7) [Has made 3 starts since 7/21 recall from Memphis (AAA); started & hit 2-RBI double...made MLB debut & played in 10 games in 2016...batted .283, 10 HR, 41 RBI in 83 G at Memphis...starting catcher for the 2017 Pacific Coast League All-Stars. #58 JOSE MARTINEZ: Streak: 3G (5-13, .385) HR Series: 3-9, .333, HR Roadtrip: .286 (6-21), HR [ Was DH Mon. & Tue. at KC...hit 1st career grand slam last Sun. at CIN...leads MLB in PH BA (.471, 8-17); T5th in PH HR (2)... hit pinch-HR 7/24 (2nd career)...1st career multi-HR game (3 RBI) on 6/13[1] vs. MIL...missed 17G 5/7-28; (left groin)... career .302 BA (52-172); 76 MLB gms...career-high 9G hit streak 4/11-22...career .522 (12-23), 2 HR as pinch-hitter. #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 3G (6-12, .500) HR Series: 4-8, .500, HR Roadtrip: .423 (11-26) 3HR [ HRed (#15) last night & had 3 RBI...had 4th career multi-HR game last Wed. at MIL...leads STL with 102 hits & 2nd on team w/7 SB...4th season w/10+ HR...recorded 3rd pick-off on 7/14 (49th career); all 3 PO in 2017 at 3rd base...ranks 2nd among N.L. catchers in hits (102) & RBI (50)...has two 16-game hit streaks (6/8-7/1 & 5/8-27) in 2017, matching career-high...tied for team-high 21G on-base streak 5/1-27...12th on STL all-time hits list (1695) & 11th in RBI (753)...leads MLB in innings caught (818.0)...selected to his 8th All-Star Game; hit game-tying HR in ASG and caught 5 inn. #28 TOMMY PHAM: Streak: 1G (1-5, .200) Series: 1-9, .111 Roadtrip: .273 (9-33) [ Leads team in BA (.308) & OBP (.397); is 2 PA shy of qualifying for NL leaders...1st STL w/27 multi-hit games...ranks T8th in NL with 15 SB...had 32 hits in July (career month high), 11 multi-hit games in July... ranked among NL July leaders in hits (T6th, 33), RBI (T5th, 20), runs (T8th, 19) & SB (T3rd, 5)...leads STL with 15 multiple-RBI games...1st STL player since Pujols (2009) w/ 10 HR/10 SB at ASG Break...has 7 OF assists (T5th NL); threw out two runners at plate at PHI (6/21). #40 LUKE VOIT: Streak: 0-3 Series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: .400 (4-10) [ PH-2RBI 2B on Mon...5-12 as PH; 2HBP, 2BB...4th multi-hit game last Wed...reached base safely in 21-of-31 Gs with a PA, 16 via hit...hit 1st career HR vs. MIA 7/3 w/season-high 4 RBI...1st MLB hit (2B) 6/26 in 1st MLB start...has 15 starts (all at 1B). #16 KOLTEN WONG: Streak: 3G (5-12, .417) HR Series: 2-7, .286, HR Roadtrip: .367 (11-30), HR [ HRed (#2) & matched career high w/4 RBI Mon. at KC...has hit safely in 20 of last 27 games (.320; 31-97) with AB...ranks 2nd on STL with 13 infield hits...T5th in NL w/team high 4 bunt hits...3rd on team w/19 doubles...8 HBP & 10 IBB lead STL... T7th in NL w/10 IBBs...is career 48/61 SB att. (79%)...on DL 6/15-7/13 (rt. tricep strain) & 5/27-6/6 (left elbow strain)... 4th in MLB among No. 8 hitters in BA (.309), 1st in OBP (.427) & 9th in SLG (.474).

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St. Louis Cardinals (57-56) vs. Kansas City Royals (57-55)Game #114 � Busch Stadium � August 9, 2017

Mike Leake (7-10, 3.34) vs. Trevor Cahill (4-3, 4.13)

TONIGHT’S GAME: The Cardinals host theKansas City Royals for the first of two games atBusch Stadium, as the cross-state rivals play thethird of their four-straight interleague games...tonight’s Billy Joel theme night game is a 7:15p.m. CT first pitch and it’s the first game of a 5-game (KC-2, ATL-3) homestand for the Redbirds...the Cardinals went 5-3 on their just completed8-game road trip through Milwaukee (1-2),Cincinnati (2-1) & Kansas City (2-0), winning thelast four.

LAST GAME: The Cardinals used a six-run 5th in-ning uprising to overcome a 3-1 deficit andcruised to a 10-3 win to sweep their two-gameseries at Kauffman Stadium last night...Jedd Gy-orko’s scoreboard dimming 3-run homer was thekey blow in the 5th...Yadier Molina and RandalGrichulk also belted homers in the win...MichaelWacha improved to 9-4 with his 6.0 solid inningsof work, striking out five.

COMING UP: The Cardinals and Kansas City playa final game in St. Louis tomorrow...St. Louis is 5-8 in interleague play in 2017...the Cardinals willcontinue their short five-game homestand withgames this weekend against the Altanta Braves...the Cardinals swept the Braves in three gamesin Atlanta, May 5-7.

CARDINALS vs. KANSAS CITY:Season: 4 games; final series meeting2017: 2-0 (0-0 at STL, 2-0 at KC)2016: 1-3 (0-2 at STL, 1-1 at KC)All-Time: 53-39 (12-15 at Busch Stadium III)Last Time STL sweep: 8/7-8/17 at KCLast Time KC sweep: 6/29-30/16 at STL

RECORD BREAKDOWNBByy DDaayy BByy MM oonntthh

Monday 7-4 Spring 20-8-4Tuesday 8-11 April 12-12Wednesday 9-5 May 13-13Thursday 5-10 June 13-16Friday 8-10 July 14-12Saturday 10-7 August 5-3Sunday 10-9 Sept./Oct. 0-0

BByy SS ee rr iiee ss 2G 3G 4G 5GWon 1 12 1 ---Lost 1 12 2 ---Split 1 --- 3 ---Sweeps 1 5 --- ---Opp. Sweeps 1 2 1 ---

MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst ofhis 6th season as the Cardinals manager...his 518-405 won-loss mark is tops in the majors since hisdebut in 2012...Matheny’s 518 managerial winsrank 5th on the franchise’s all-time list...enteringthis season his .569 managerial win pct. ranked18th all-time among managers with five or moreseasons of experience...his clubs have recordedthree 1st place finishes and two 2nd place fin-ishes...Mike became the only manager in MLB his-tory to take his team to the postseason in each ofhis first four seasons (2012-15)...he has managed43 postseason games, and has 21 postseason winssince 2012, 3rd-most wins among current MajorLeague managers...Matheny, 46, had a 13-yearMajor League career playing with MIL, TOR, STLand SF, winning four Rawlings Gold Gloves (‘00,‘03-’05), and retiring from the game in 2006 dueto concussion symptoms...he holds the M.L. catch-ing record for consecutive errorless games (252).

Cardinals Disabled List Date GamesPlayer & Injury DL MissedA. Reyes, right elbow surgery 3/30 113K. Siegrist, left forearm 8/4 5

� LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...theCardinals began today in 3rd place in the N.L. Central, 2-1/2 games back of division-leading Chicago...following a12-12 April, the Cardinals went 13-13 during May, 13-16 in June and 14-12 in July...the Cardinals are currently +49in run differential on the season (4th in NL, 1st in NLC)...since June 25, St. Louis’ 24 wins rank 2nd in MLB (LAD, 29).

� ROCKIN’ REDBIRDS: The Cardinals have scored 10 or more runs in each of their last three games, matching aclub record (6th time) and will attempt tonight to become the first team in the majors since Boston (May 9-12,2016) to do so in 4-straight games...CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT: Last night’s 10-3 win was the 15th time the Car-dinals scored 10+ runs against the Royals since their first regular season interleague meeting in 1997...that’s themost games for any team to have scored at least 10 runs against an interleague opponent (Elias).

� SENIOR VS. JUNIOR: Matt Carpenter ranks 3rd among active players in career interleague batting average (min.300 AB’s) with a .334 BA (121-362); Jose Altuve (.338) & Dustin Pedroia (.337)...his .334 average is good enoughfor 5th all-time in Interleague history, as former Cardinal Larry Walker (.346) leads all players...Carpenter is batting.338 (54-160) lifetime in home interleague games, posting a .453 on-base pct., .353 BABIP & 1.010 OPS in 44games...he belted a game-winning extra inning walk-off grand slam here on April 27 (Game 1) vs. Toronto.

� NOT SO ROOKIE NUMBERS: Paul DeJong leads the Cardinals with 16 home runs...his 53 hits since his recall on

Thu., Aug. 10 vs. ROYALS: Lance Lynn (10-6, 3.12) vs. Jason Hammel (5-9, 4.73) 6:15 p.m.*^Fri., Aug. 11 vs. BRAVES: Adam Wainwright (11-5, 5.00) vs. Mike Foltynewicz (10-6, 3.94) 7:15 p.m.*Sat., Aug. 12 vs. BRAVES: Carlos Martinez (8-9, 3.52) vs. Lucas Sims (0-2, 5.25) 6:15 p.m.*Sun., Aug. 13 vs. BRAVES: Michael Wacha (9-4, 3.70) vs. R.A. Dickey (7-7, 4.03) 1:15 p.m.*

All times are St. Louis (Central) times*Fox Sports Midwest +FOX  Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FS1 ^MLB Network Showcase

UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES

Multi-HR GamesPlayer Last Home Run Career/2017...Last

Carpenter 8/7/17 at KC 4/0... 6/26/16 at SEADeJong 8/7/17 at KC 0/0... ---Fowler 7/7/17 vs. NYM 4/1... 4/19/17 vs. PITG.Garcia 7/4/17 vs. MIA 0/0... ---Grichuk 8/8/17 at KC 2/0... 7/18/15 vs. NYMGyorko 8/8/17 at KC 5/1... 5/1/17 vs. MILKelly --- 0/0... ---J. Martínez 8/6/17 at CIN 1/1... 6/13/17 [1] vs. MILMolina 8/8/17 at KC 4/2... 8/2/17 at MILPham 7/24/17 vs. COL 5/2... 6/21/17 at PHIVoit 7/9/17 vs. NYM 0/0... ---Wong 8/7/17 at KC 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS

DAILY BATTING LOGS HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTSDate/Opp. 8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18

PLAYER MIL MIL MIL CIN CIN CIN KC KC KC KC ATL ATL ATL BOS BOS PIT PIT

Carpenter okww oooo odkowhwwwkokw3 314k 1whk2

DeJong oook okkkk ko11k d4ko k11o1kdoo4k1o1o

Fowler 3woo 2o2kw

G. Garcia o o1dk 3k k 2wwwo wwok

Grichuk 2oko kkkw k kwok 2okoo ok2o o4o1o

Gyorko kkok 1ookk oo1k k1 kook ow4ww

Kelly ooo1 o d o

J. Martínez wo1w owwow oook 2w4kd o1oo1 kowd1

Molina o1ko 244k owo1 o wkow 1o1k o2o1 o41o

Pham k11k okhw11koo h1k1o wcd1k wk1ooo kwkoo ok1wko

Voit o11k d 1 2ok h k

Wong 11ok koc2o ko12 ok1w woho 2o11k fco4 oo1hk

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.

BIRD BANTER... VS. KANSAS CITY IN 2017: .329 (24-73) 6 HR ROADTRIP: .277 (76-274) 10 HR

� #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 3G (5-10, .500) HR Series: 4-7, .571, HR Roadtrip: .238 (5-21), HR[ Has XBH for 7 of his last 8 hits (5-2Bs, 3B, HR) incl. 2B & 3 run-HR Mon at KC...reached base 4 times last night (1B, BB, HBP,2B)...T6th in NL with 27 doubles & 2nd with 76 walks; has walks in 59 G’s...batted .322 in July (28-87)...leads STL in games(106), runs (62), XBH (44), 2B (27), BB (76) & RBI (53); T2nd w/15 HR...batted 1st since 6/7 (53 G’s, .302; 55-182, 6 HR, 39 BB,38 R, 27 RBI)...tied team-high 21-game on-base streak (6/22-7/18)...has hit 20 doubles in 6 str. seasons...has 23 multi-hitgames...on base 88 times last 45 G (40-BB, 24-1B, 17-2B, 3B, 3-HR, 4 HBP)...quickest STL player to 400 career BB (759G).

� #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 5G (9-24, .375) 2HR Series: 3-10, .300, HR Roadtrip: .273 (9-33) 2HR[ Hit team-high 16th HR Mon. at KC...16 HR in 1st 60 MLB games are 2nd to Pujols (2001, 17) for most in STL history...has 16HR since 6/15 recall, T3rd in MLB (Stanton, 1st-21)...has RBI in 10 of last 17 games & reached safely in 15 of last 17 gms...ranks4th among N.L. rookies in HR (16), 6th in RBI (36), T8th in 2Bs (13), 7th in hits (65) & T5th in XBH (29)...had 5th 3-hit Gm Sun.at CIN, T2nd-most for STL...2R-HR last Sat. was 5th GWRBI...July NL Rookie of the Month & led all MLB rookies in July in HR (8)& hits (28)...set STL rookie record for July HR (8)...T3rd in NL with 16 XBH in July & 8 HR...29 XBH in first 60 MLB games (2ndmost among MLB rookies in 2017); 2nd most STL in 1st 60 MLB G’s (George Watkins-32)...18 of last 35 hits are XBH (8-2B, 10-HR)...had 9-game hit streak (6/22-30)...has .350 BABIP...made MLB debut at COL (5/28) & HRed in 1st at-bat (9th STL player).

� #25 DEXTER FOWLER: Streak: 2G (3-7, .429) Series: 3-7, .429 Road Trip: .429 (3-7) [ Came off DL Mon. (7/25-8/6, left forearm strain) after missing 12 games...first AB back hit triple, his 5th (T6th NL)...77 ca-reer triples tops MLB since ‘09...3rd among NL switch-hitters with .339 OBP...T3rd STL w/14 HR, 2nd w/7 GWRBI...2nd on teamin walks (42), 3rd in runs (46), 4th XBH (30), 6th in RBI (37)...missed 12G 6/25-7/6 on DL (rt. heel spur)...HR’d in career-high 4-str. 6/15-18...10 of 14 HR’s hit at Busch; 8 of 14 HR’s are go-ahead...4-7 as PH (2B,3B,5 RBI)...23 career lead-off HR.

� #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 0-3 Series: 0-2, .000 Roadtrip: .250 (3-12)[On-base 6 times in his last 2 gms...2B & career-high 3BBs Sun...has hit in 11 of last 13 starts...is 4-29, 7 BBs as PHer...tied ca-reer-high 3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF... .290 career BA (22-76) as PH...34 starts (3B, SS & 2B).

� #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 3G (5-14, .357) HR Series: 3-9, .333, HR Roadtrip: .200 (5-25) HR[ Hit HR #14 last night & has hit safely in 12 of last 16 starts, 9 XBHs...11 of his 14 HR’s have come when hitting 7th or lowerin lineup...had career-high 4 hits 7/26 vs. COL...HRed in 4 str. games 7/21-24 ...on DL 7/10-20 (low back)...HRed in consec.games 6/25-26, 7/6-7, 7/21-24; 10 career...34 of 66 hits are XBH...2nd on STL w/20 2B’s, 3rd w/34 XBH.

� #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 1G (1-2, .500) HR Series: 1-2, .500, HR Roadtrip: .136 (3-22) HR[Had career-high 3 walks last night & belted 3-run HR (#15), 1st since 7/14...had GWRBI 7/28, going 3-for-4; team-leading8th 3-hit game & 9th GWRBI...2nd STL w/95 hits...hit walk-off sac fly 7/25, 2nd career walk-off RBI...1st STL w/55 RBI, T2ndw/15 HR & 2nd w/35 XBH...has 38 HR since 2016 All-Star Break...5th straight season with 50+ RBI...2nd on team w/26 multi-hit games and 1st w/8 3-hit games...9 of 15 HR’s are 6th+ inn...11 of 15 HR’s in 2017 are solo.

� #30 CARSON KELLY: Streak: 0-3 Series: 0-2, .000 Roadtrip: .143 (1-7)[Has made 3 starts since 7/21 recall from Memphis (AAA); started & hit 2-RBI double...made MLB debut & played in 10games in 2016...batted .283, 10 HR, 41 RBI in 83 G at Memphis...starting catcher for the 2017 Pacific Coast League All-Stars.

� #58 JOSE MARTINEZ: Streak: 3G (5-13, .385) HR Series: 3-9, .333, HR Roadtrip: .286 (6-21), HR[ Was DH Mon. & Tue. at KC...hit 1st career grand slam last Sun. at CIN...leads MLB in PH BA (.471, 8-17); T5th in PH HR (2)...hit pinch-HR 7/24 (2nd career)...1st career multi-HR game (3 RBI) on 6/13[1] vs. MIL...missed 17G 5/7-28; (left groin)... career.302 BA (52-172); 76 MLB gms...career-high 9G hit streak 4/11-22...career .522 (12-23), 2 HR as pinch-hitter.

� #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 3G (6-12, .500) HR Series: 4-8, .500, HR Roadtrip: .423 (11-26) 3HR[ HRed (#15) last night & had 3 RBI...had 4th career multi-HR game last Wed. at MIL...leads STL with 102 hits & 2nd on teamw/7 SB...4th season w/10+ HR...recorded 3rd pick-off on 7/14 (49th career); all 3 PO in 2017 at 3rd base...ranks 2nd amongN.L. catchers in hits (102) & RBI (50)...has two 16-game hit streaks (6/8-7/1 & 5/8-27) in 2017, matching career-high...tied forteam-high 21G on-base streak 5/1-27...12th on STL all-time hits list (1695) & 11th in RBI (753)...leads MLB in innings caught(818.0)...selected to his 8th All-Star Game; hit game-tying HR in ASG and caught 5 inn.

� #28 TOMMY PHAM: Streak: 1G (1-5, .200) Series: 1-9, .111 Roadtrip: .273 (9-33)[ Leads team in BA (.308) & OBP (.397); is 2 PA shy of qualifying for NL leaders...1st STL w/27 multi-hit games...ranks T8th inNL with 15 SB...had 32 hits in July (career month high), 11 multi-hit games in July... ranked among NL July leaders in hits (T6th,33), RBI (T5th, 20), runs (T8th, 19) & SB (T3rd, 5)...leads STL with 15 multiple-RBI games...1st STL player since Pujols (2009) w/10 HR/10 SB at ASG Break...has 7 OF assists (T5th NL); threw out two runners at plate at PHI (6/21).

� #40 LUKE VOIT: Streak: 0-3 Series: 0-1, .000 Roadtrip: .400 (4-10)[ PH-2RBI 2B on Mon...5-12 as PH; 2HBP, 2BB...4th multi-hit game last Wed...reached base safely in 21-of-31 Gs with a PA, 16via hit...hit 1st career HR vs. MIA 7/3 w/season-high 4 RBI...1st MLB hit (2B) 6/26 in 1st MLB start...has 15 starts (all at 1B).

� #16 KOLTEN WONG: Streak: 3G (5-12, .417) HR Series: 2-7, .286, HR Roadtrip: .367 (11-30), HR[ HRed (#2) & matched career high w/4 RBI Mon. at KC...has hit safely in 20 of last 27 games (.320; 31-97) with AB...ranks2nd on STL with 13 infield hits...T5th in NL w/team high 4 bunt hits...3rd on team w/19 doubles...8 HBP & 10 IBB lead STL...T7th in NL w/10 IBBs...is career 48/61 SB att. (79%)...on DL 6/15-7/13 (rt. tricep strain) & 5/27-6/6 (left elbow strain)... 4th inMLB among No. 8 hitters in BA (.309), 1st in OBP (.427) & 9th in SLG (.474).

TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER#31 LANCE LYNN • RHP • 6-5 • 259 • 30 yrs

� Will make his team-leading 24th start of the season (152nd career). Is 0-1, 6.38 ERA vs. KC in 3 career starts.

� Threw 6.0 innings allowing one run on three hits in his last start coming at CIN (8/5) in a 4-1 Cardinals win.

� Last faced the Royals at Kaufman Stadium on 5/22/15 and took the loss allowing 5 R over 6.0 IP in a 5-0 loss.

� Has won 10 or more games in all five seasons he’s played as a starting pitcher. His 70 wins since 2012 ranks8th among all N.L. pitchers (despite missing entire 2016 season with an injury).

� Has won his last four decisions (6 starts) holding his opposition to two runs or less in all six (4-0, 1.21 ERA).

� His 1.21 ERA (37.1 IP/5 ER) is the lowest among MLB pitchers since July 8.

� Has 12 starts this season with 6.0 IP or more and 2 ER or less, most among STL pitchers (7th in N.L.).

BATTING ORDER

11 Fowler 49, Carpenter 52, Wong 9, Pham 2, Garcia 122 Pham 49, Diaz 23, Fowler 13, Grichuk 7, Carpenter 6, Garcia 5, Piscotty 6, J. Martínez 3, Bader 133 Carpenter 45, Piscotty 33, DeJong 14, Fowler 11, Pham 4, J. Martínez 3, Molina 344 Gyorko 79, Piscotty 12, Grichuk 6, J. Martínez 5, Molina 4, Voit 3, Adams 2, Peralta 255 Molina 78, Piscotty 6, J. Martínez 6, Diaz 6, Adams 4, Peralta 4, DeJong 2, Grichuk 2, Pham 2, Gyorko 1, Wong 1, Bader 1, Kelly 166 Diaz 25, Pham 11, Molina 10, Grichuk 10, J. Martínez 9, Wong 9, Voit 8, Piscotty 8, DeJong 6, Peralta 6, Garcia 4, Gyorko 2, Adams 2, Fowler 2, Sierra 177 Grichuk 31, DeJong 22, Wong 14, Garcia 7, Pham 7, Gyorko 7, Diaz 6, J. Martínez 4, Voit 4, Peralta 2, Sierra 2, Bader 2, Piscotty 2, Fryer 1, Mejia 1, Kelly 188 Wong 30, Garcia 16, Fryer 14, Grichuk 13, DeJong 10, Sierra 10, Diaz 7, J. Martínez 5, Bader 2 Mejia 2, Pham 2, Huffman 1, Kelly 199 Leake 22, Lynn 22, C. Martínez 20, Wacha 19, Wainwright 19, DeJong 3, Weaver 2, Garcia 2, Wong 1, Gyorko 1, Gonzales 1, Grichuk 1Lineups Used: 97

STARTS BY POSITION

CC Molina 95, Fryer 15, Kelly 31B1B Carpenter 89, Voit 15, J. Martínez 6, Adams 2, Gyorko 12B2B Wong 64, DeJong 19, Garcia 12, Carpenter 11, Gyorko 5, Mejia 2SSSS Diaz 66, DeJong 38, Garcia 8, Mejia 13B3B Gyorko 83, Garcia 15, Peralta 14, Carpenter 1LFLF Pham 51, Grichuk 39, J. Martínez 18, Adams 4, Sierra 1CFCF Fowler 75, Pham 25, Bader 6, Sierra 5, Grichuk 2RFRF Piscotty 67, Grichuk 28, J. Martínez 9, Sierra 7, Pham 1, Huffman 1PP Lynn 23, C. Martínez 23, Leake 22, Wainwright 21, Wacha 21, Weaver 2, Gonzales 1DHDH Adams 2, Carpenter 2, J. Martinez 2, Fowler 1, Gyorko 1

THE LINEUP CARD

Scoring first 38-24Opponent scores first 19-32

Scoring more than 3 runs 45-21Scoring 3 runs 4-12Scoring fewer than 3 runs 8-23

Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 44-52Scoring in 4 or more innings 13-4

First game of Series 16-21Last game of Series 18-18

First game of road trip 2-7Last game of road trip 4-5First game of homestand 5-4Last game of homestand 6-3Following off-days 4-11

Out-hit opponents 44-15Out-hit by opponents 10-35

Final at-bat decisions 8-14Come-from-behind wins 22Walk-off wins/losses 3-5

In errorless games 37-30Extra innings 4-6Shutouts 10-4

Leading after 7 innings 51-4Tied after 7 innings 2-10Trailing after 7 innings 4-42

Leading after 8 innings 51-3Tied after 8 innings 4-8Trailing after 8 innings 2-45

Runs via HR 202Opponent runs via HR 188

Review Challenges: 21-13

2017 RECORD WHEN...

BULLPEN BRIEFS: 11-21 • 3.77 ERA • 355.1 IP • 335 H • 163 R • 149 ER • 120 BB • 356 SO • 42 HR31/46 SV/Opp ... 65 HOLDS ... 356/247 (69%) 1st BF/Retired ... 129/45 (35%) IR/S

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

#67 MATT BOWMAN - RHP 1/3 19 55/41 31/5Last Appearance: 8/6 at CIN: ND, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

#60 JOHN BREBBIA - RHP 0/0 2 26/18 14/6Last Appearance: 8/8 at KC: ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO

#27 BRETT CECIL - LHP 1/7 12 53/40 30/13Last Appearance: 8/6 at CIN: W#2, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO

#29 ZACH DUKE - LHP 0/0 1 6/4 1/0Last Appearance: 8/8 at KC: ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

#70 TYLER LYONS - LHP 1/2 7 29/22 13/5Last Appearance: 8/5 at CIN: H#7, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

#26 SEUNG HWAN OH - RHP 18/21 4 48/30 9/3Last Appearance: 8/8 at KC: ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#44 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 8/10 12 46/28 5/1Last Appearance: 8/5 at CIN: Sv-8, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO

#64 SAM TUIVAILALA - RHP 0/0 1 19/15 0/0Last Appearance: 8/7 at KC: ND, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO

Bowman 2nd in MLB w/55 app, T3rd in NLw/19 Holds & T8th w/ 7 GDP among reliev-ers...11G ShO streak 6/29-7/22 (8.0IP)...stranded 16 of last 17 IR; ranks 4th in NL IRS(16.1%)...Brebbia 2.0 IP Sun. & career high3.0 ShO IP 7/19 at NYM...first ER since 6/17on 8/2 (14G, 15.2 IP)...leads all NL rookie re-lievers (min 30 IP) in ERA (2.10), opp BA(.174) & WHIP (0.77)...Cecil season high 3 IPSun...15.2 IP ShO strk (15G) 6/13-7/14 ...T4th NL app w/ 53, 9th in NL IR (30)...Duke1.2 IP Fri ...activated off DL 7/21 (Tommy John10/6/16) ...5 of 6 app scoreless...Lyons K’d 12of last 18 BF...last 10 app. scoreless (8.2IP)...K’d side Sat...1st career Sv 6/13 [1]; 3.0 ShOIP...8 app 4+ outs...Oh 18 SVs...allowed 8 HR(7 vs. LH) ...5 app of 1.0+ IP... Rosenthal Sv inlast 4 outings...2nd NL rel. 14.4 K/9, 4th w/71 K & 3rd w/ 39% K/BF ...118 career Sv; 5thSTL all-time...Tuivailala 5 recalls this yr...had7.1IP scoreless streak (7G) 6/20-8/4.

2017 CARDINALS HIGHS & LOWSTT EEAA MM    BB AATT TT II NN GG

Most Runs - Inning - Cards *9 (4th) 8/6 at CINMost Runs - Inning - Opponent 8 (8th) 5/26 at COLMost Runs - 1st Inning - Cards 4 7/3 vs. MIAMost Runs - 1st Inning - Opponent 4 5/10 at MIAMost Runs - Game - Cards 14 7/3 vs. MIAMost Runs - Game - Opponent 15 6/17 at BALMost Runs - Game - Both Clubs 22 6/17 at BALMost Hits - Game - Cards *16 8/6 at CINMost Hits - Game - Opponent 19 4/10 at WSHMost Hits - Game - Both Clubs 29 4/10 at WSHFewest Hits - Game - Cards 2 4/7 vs. CINMost Extra Base Hits - Game - Cards *8 8/6 at CINMost Bunt Hits - Game - Cards 2 5/4 vs. MILMost Singles - Game - Cards 11 5/10 at MIAMost Doubles - Game - Cards *6 8/6 at CINMost Triples - Game - Cards 2 5/19 vs. SFMost Home Runs - Game - Cards 5 6/16 at BALMost Home Runs - Game - Opponent 5 6/17 at BALLongest Home Run Streak (Games) 15 6/11-26Most Stolen Bases - Game - Cards *3 6/27 at ARIMost Stolen Bases - Game - Opponent*2 7/6 vs. MIA

TT EE AAMM    PP IITT CC HH II NN GG

Most Strikeouts - Game - Cards 19 5/23 at LADMost Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 17 6/21 at PHIFewest Strikeouts - Game - Cards *3 7/22 at CHIFewest Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 1 5/21 vs. SFMost Walks - Game - Cards *8 7/2 vs. WSHMost Walks - Game - Opponent 12 4/8 vs. CINFewest Walks - Game - Cards *0 8/7 at KCFewest Walks - Game - Opponents *0 7/25 vs. COLFewest Hits Allowed *3 7/18 at NYM

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

Longest Hit Streak-Games *16, Molina 6/8-7/1Longest On-BaseStreak-Games *21, Carpenter 6/22-7/18Longest HR Streak-Games *4, Grichuk 7/21-7/24Longest Run Streak-Games *8, Carpenter 4/30-5/8Longest RBI Streak-Games 6, DeJong 7/21-26Most Runs - Game *3, Grichuk 6/29 at ARIMost Hits - Game *4, Grichuk 7/26 vs. COLMost Bunt Hits - Game *1, Bader 7/28 vs. ARIMost Doubles - Game 3, DeJong 7/8 vs. NYMMost Triples - Game *1, Fowler 8/7 at KCMost Home Runs - Game *2, Molina 8/2 at MILGrand Slams - Last 1, J. Martínez 8/6 at CINMost RBI - Game *5, Grichuk 6/29 at ARIMost SB - Game *2, Pham 7/8 vs. NYMMost Walks - Game *3, Gyorko 8/8 at KCMost Int. Walks - Game *1, Wong 8/5 at CINMost HBP - Game *1, 2 Players 8/8 at KC

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

Most K’s Game-Starter *11, Martínez 6/10 vs. PHIMost K’s Game-Reliever 7, Lyons 6/17 at BALLongest Winning Streak 6, Wainwright 4/21-6/1 Longest Losing Streak 5, Oh 5/1-presentMost IP Game-Starter *9.0, Wacha 7/18 at NYMMost IP Game-Reliever *3.1, Lyons 6/17 at BALConsecutive Scoreless IP 16.1, Wainwright5/21-6/1Fewest Hits Allowed - CG 3, Wacha 7/18 at NYM

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

Longest Winning Streak 6 games 5/5-10Longest Losing Streak 7 games 6/2-8Longest Game - Innings 14 5/7 at ATLLongest Game -Time (overall) 4:20 5/17 vs. BOSLongest Game -Time (9-inn game) 3:55 5/30 vs. LADShortest Game -Time (9-inn game)2:14 4/17 vs. PITLargest Crowd -Home #48,052 7/29 vs. ARILargest Crowd -Road 48,372 5/28 at COLLargest Margin of Victory 10 runs (10-0) 5/5 at ATLLargest Margin of Defeat *12 runs (13-1) 6/6 at CINLargest Comeback Win 5 runs 6/21 at PHIComeback Wins (4 or more runs) 4 6/21 at PHIMost Left on Base 14 4/2 vs. CHIMost Errors 4 4/25 vs. TORLongest Errorless Streak (Games) 10 6/10-20Most Doubleplays Turned-Cardinals 5 5/7 at ATLMost Doubleplays Turned-Opponent*4 7/16 at PIT* Happened more than once - last time listed. # Busch Stadium III record.

STL rec. in Avg. IP K’s/ RunPitcher Starts QS W-L his starts per start 9 IP supportGonazles 1 0 0-0 0-1 3.1 5.4 5.0 (5)Leake 22 14 7-10 10-13 6.0 6.0 4.2 (93)Lynn 23 13 10-6 11-11 5.2 7.7 4.3 (99)C. Martínez 23 15 8-9 11-12 6.1 9.6 4.7 (108)Wacha 21 12 9-4 11-10 5.1 8.9 4.6 (97)Wainwright 21 8 11-5 13-8 5.1 7.6 5.2 (110)Weaver 2 1 1-1 1-1 5.2 10.3 2.5 (5)Totals 113 63 46-35 57-56 5.2 8.0 4.6 (517) 660.1 IP 588 Ks

GETTING STARTED

Upcoming MilestonesPlayer Milestone Needs ForMatt Carpenter Walks 6 #447Dexter Fowler Home runs 8 100Jedd Gyorko Home runs 6 100Yadier Molina Games Played 30 %1,738 Hits 9 $1,704Adam Wainwright Wins 5 150

# T18th Cardinals all-time walks (Matt Holliday)% T6th Cardinals all-time games played (Curt Flood)$ T11th Cardinals all-time hits (Ted Simmons)

TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER

LEAKE SEASON & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2016 STL 9-12 4.69 30 30 176.2 203 101 92 30 1252017 STL 7-10 3.34 22 22 134.2 135 60 50 32 90Career 80-74 3.93 229 224 1395.0 1440 660 609 337 945

LEAKE - LAST THREE APPEARANCESDATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO7/24 vs. COL W, 8-2 1 1 7.0 4 0 0 0 67/29 vs. ARI L, 7-1 1 1 5.0 4 3 3 2 48/4 at CIN L, 3-2 1 1 6.0 8 3 3 0 3

LEAKE vs. ROYALS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2016/Career 0-1 2.57 1 1 7.0 5 3 2 1 4

LAST APP. vs. KC: 6/30 vs. KC (L, 4-2) LAST WIN vs. KC: None

LEAKE CAREER HITTING TOTALS AVG. AB H HR RBI SH2017 .182 44 8 0 3 3Career .201 457 92 6 30 42Home Runs: 9/13/15 vs. SD � 4/30/15 at ATL � 8/13/14 vs. BOS � 4/15/14 vs. PIT� 6/29/12 at SF � 5/21/12 vs. ATL.

#8 MIKE LEAKE • RHP • 5-11 • 170 • 29 yrs

TONIGHT’S GAME:

� Makes his 23rd start of 2017, the 225th start of his career and 230thcareer appearance.

� Ranks T6th in the NL in losses (10) and 10th in ERA (3.34), whilesporting the 3rd-lowest run support average in the league (4.14).

� Comes in just shy of the Top 10 in the NL with 134.2 innings pitched(13th) and 1.24 WHIP (18th).

� Has surrendered 14 home runs this season, ranking 7th amongNational League pitchers with a 0.94 HR/9 IP rate.

� Also ranks in the Top 10 in N.L. in ground ball pct. (56.3, 4th), walks/9IP (2.14, 6th) and quality starts (14, T8th).

� Has produced three starts of at least 8.0 IP and 1 ER or fewer thisseason, T3rd in MLB (deGrom 5, Kluber 5, Scherzer 4).

� Has not walked a batter in six starts this year and has walked onebatter or fewer in 36 of 52 career starts since signing with St. Louis,including zero walks in 17 of his outings.

� Gave up 3 ER and 8 H hits over 6.0 IP in his last start (8/4) at CIN.Dropped to 0-5 with a 4.75 ERA vs. his former team. (St. Louis is 0-8).

� Yielded one run or less in eight starts this season, T7th-most in NL.(teammate Lance Lynn leads the league with 12).

� 11 of his 50 ER this season have come in the 7th inning (11.00 ERA).

� His 92 career hits as a pitcher since his 2010 debut are the mostamong MLB pitchers. Also ranks among top-five MLB active pitchersin career batting average (.201, 3rd), doubles (18, 2nd), home runs (6,3rd), RBI (30, 3rd) and slugging (.284, 4th) over span (min. 300 AB).

VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS:

� Makes his second career start vs. the Royals.

� Last season at Busch (6/30/16) vs. KC, allowed three runs (twoearned) over 7.0 IP in 4-2 Cardinals loss.

� Is lifetime 6-10, 3.95 ERA (166.1 IP/ 73 ER) in 27 interleague starts. In14 interleague starts at home is 3-5, 4.26 ERA.

� Has made one Interleague start this season, pitching a no-decision ina 5-4 loss to BOS (5/17): 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 5 K.

� Has made nine previous starts (5 quality) vs. the A.L. Central, and is2-2 with a 4.36 ERA; his team has gone 5-4 in those starts.

2017 SEASON & CAREER:

� Took loss in 7/29 start vs. ARI, allowing 3 R over 5.0 IP in 7-1 loss.Runs came on back-to-back HRs by Paul Goldschmidt & J.D. Martinez.

� Shut out the Rockies over 7.0 innings in 7/24 start, walking nonewhile allowing 4 hits with 6 strikeouts in the 8-2 win.

� Lasted just 2.0 innings in his 7/19 start at NYM, his shortest outing asa starter since 9/24/13 vs. NYM (1.2 IP, 8 H 4R). Allowed 7 runs (4ER)on 10 hits in the team’s 7-3 loss last Wednesday.

� Came away with a no-decision 7/14, a 5-2 walk-off loss at PIT.

2017 CARDINALS DAY-BY-DAY H/R Time/ GA/

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

4/2 CHI H/N W, 4-3 Oh-Montgomery #47,566 1-0 1 +0.5

4/3 OPEN DATE 1-0 1 +1.0

4/4 CHI H/N L, 2-1 Arrieta-Wainwright-Davis #46,760 1-1 T1 ---

4/5 CHI H/D POSTPONED - RAIN 1-1 T1 ---

4/6 CHI* H/D L, 6-4 Lackey-Cecil-Davis 44,039 1-2 3 -1.0

4/7 CIN H/N L, 2-0 Garrett-Leake-Iglesias 44,653 1-3 5 -2.0

4/8 CIN H/D W, 10-4 Wacha-Arroyo #46,558 2-3 4 -1.0

4/9 CIN H/D L, 8-0 Feldman-Martínez 45,200 2-4 4 -2.0

4/10 WSH R/N L, 14-6 Roark-Wainwright 27,413 2-5 T4 -3.0

4/11 WSH R/N L, 8-3 G.Gonzalez-Lynn 30,663 2-6 5 -4.0

4/12 WSH R/D W, 6-1 Leake-Scherzer 31,647 3-6 5 -4.0

4/13 OPEN DATE 3-6 T4 -3.5

4/14 NYY R/N L, 4-3 Tanaka-Wacha-Chapman 39,102 3-7 5 -3.5

4/15 NYY R/D L, 3-2 Sabathia-Martínez-Clippard 43,031 3-8 5 -4.5

4/16 NYY R/N L, 9-3 Pineda-Wainwright 31,706 3-9 5 -4.5

4/17 PIT H/N W, 2-1 Lynn-NOVA-Oh 40,172 4-9 5 -4.0

4/18 PIT H/N W, 2-1 Leake-Kuhl-Oh 38,806 5-9 5 -4.0

4/19 PIT H/D W, 2-1 Wacha-Cole-Rosenthal 40,182 6-9 T4 -3.0

4/20 MIL R/N L, 7-5 Davies-Martínez-Barnes 26,451 6-10 5 -3.0

4/21 MIL R/N W, 6-3 Wainwright-Peralta-Oh 23,126 7-10 5 -2.5

4/22 MIL R/N W, 4-1 Lynn-Torres-Oh 30,865 8-10 4 -2.5

4/23 MIL R/D W, 6-4 Leake-Nelson-Oh 31,158 9-10 3 -1.5

4/24 OPEN DATE 9-10 T3 -2.0

4/25 TOR H/N L, 6-5 (11) Grilli-Socolovich-Tepera 40,223 9-11 4 -3.0

4/26 TOR H/N POSTPONED - RAIN 9-11 T3 -2.5

4/27 TOR H/D W, 8-4 (11) Bowman-Tepera 40,099 10-11 3 -2.0

TOR* H/N W, 6-4 Wainwright-Lawrence-Rosenthal 40,035 11-11 3 -1.5

4/28 CIN H/N W, 7-5 Lynn-Adleman-Oh 42,722 12-11 2 -0.5

4/29 CIN H/D POSTPONED-RAIN 12-11 2 -1.0

4/30 CIN H/D L, 5-4 Peralta-Rosenthal-Iglesias 45,682 12-12 T2 -1.0

APRIL TOTALS 602,697 12-12 T2 -1.0

5/1 MIL H/N L, 7-5 (10) Drake-Oh-Feliz 36,339 12-13 T3 -1.0

5/2 MIL H/N W, 2-1 Martínez-Peralta-Rosenthal 38,616 13-13 T2 -1.0

5/3 MIL H/N POSTPONED-RAIN 13-13 T2 -1.5

5/4 MIL H/N L, 5-4 Drake-Bowman-Feliz 36,250 13-14 4 -2.5

5/5 ATL R/N W, 10-0 Lynn-Foltynewicz 34,465 14-14 T3 -1.5

5/6 ATL R/N W, 5-3 Leake-Teheran-Oh 40,706 15-14 3 -0.5

5/7 ATL R/D W, 6-4 (14) Tuivailala-Collmenter-Siegrist 40,200 16-14 2 -0.5

5/8 MIA R/N W, 9-4 Martínez-Conley-Socolovich 16,750 17-14 1 +0.5

5/9 MIA R/N W, 6-5 Rosenthal-Ramos-Oh 17,166 18-14 1 +0.5

5/10 MIA R/N W, 7-5 Tuivailala-J.Garcia-Oh 18,614 19-14 1 +1.0

5/11 OPEN DATE 19-14 1 +0.5

5/12 CHI H/N L, 3-2 Butler-Leake-Davis #47,601 19-15 1 +0.5

5/13 CHI H/D W, 5-3 Martínez-Lester-Oh #47,882 20-15 1 +1.0

5/14 CHI H/D W, 5-0 Wainwright-Arrieta #47,925 21-15 1 +1.0

5/15 OPEN DATE 21-15 1 +1.5

5/16 BOS H/N L, 6-3 E.Rodriguez-Lynn-Kimbrel 41,514 21-16 1 +0.5

5/17 BOS H/N L, 5-4 (13) Abad-Tuivailala-Taylor 44,365 21-17 2 -0.5

5/18 OPEN DATE 21-17 2 -1.0

5/19 SF H/N L, 6-5 Morris-Oh-Melancon 44,548 21-18 2 -2.0

5/20 SF H/N L, 3-1 (13) Strickland-Siegrist-Melancon 45,072 21-19 2 -2.5

5/21 SF H/D W, 8-3 Wainwright-Cain #47,533 22-19 2 -1.5

5/22 OPEN DATE 22-19 2 -1.5

5/23 LAD R/N L, 2-1 (13) Fields-Broxton 41,248 22-20 T2 -1.5

5/24 LAD R/N W, 6-1 Leake-Hill 40,653 23-20 T2 -0.5

5/25 LAD R/N L, 7-3 Maeda-Wacha-Ryu 47,427 23-21 3 -1.0

5/26 COL R/N L, 10-0 Senzatela-Martinez 40,312 23-22 3 -1.0

5/27 COL R/N W, 3-0 Wainwright-Freeland-Oh #48,106 24-22 T2 -0.5

5/28 COL R/D L, 8-4 Marquez-Lynn #48,372 24-23 T2 -1.5

5/29 LAD H/D L, 5-1 Hill-Leake 46,241 24-24 T2 -1.5

5/30 LAD H/N L, 9-4 Morrow-Wacha 38,466 24-25 T2 -1.5

5/31 LAD H/N W, 2-1 Martinez-Stripling-Oh 40,304 25-25 2 -1.5

MAY TOTALS 602,656 13-13 2 -1.5

6/1 LAD H/D W, 2-0 Wainwright-McCarthy-Oh 40,477 26-25 2 -1.5

6/2 CHI R/D L, 3-2 Strop-Rosenthal-Davis 41,051 26-26 2 -1.5

6/3 CHI R/D L, 5-3 Rondon-Leake-Davis 41,164 26-27 3 -1.5

6/4 CHI R/N L, 7-6 Strop-Bowman-Uehara 39,868 26-28 3 -2.5

6/5 CIN R/N L, 4-2 Bonilla-Martinez-Iglesias 16,325 26-29 3 -2.5

6/6 CIN R/N L, 13-1 Adleman-Wainwright 18,620 26-30 4 -3.5

6/7 CIN R/N L, 6-4 Peralta-Cecil-Iglesias 20,891 26-31 4 -4.5

6/8 CIN R/D L, 5-2 Feldman-Leake-Iglesias 28,917 26-32 4 -4.5

6/9 PHI H/N W, 3-2 Wacha-Hellickson-Oh 42,971 27-32 4 -4.5

6/10 PHI H/D W, 7-0 MARTINEZ-Pivetta 43,911 28-32 4 -3.5

6/11 PHI H/D W, 6-5 Wainwright-Nola-Oh #47,325 29-32 3 -2.5

6/12 OPEN DATE 29-32 3 -2.5

6/13 MIL* H/D W, 6-0 Lynn-Suter-Lyons 40,083 30-32 3 -1.5

MIL H/N L, 8-5 Hughes-Rosenthal-Knebel 40,115 30-33 3 -2.5

6/14 MIL H/N L, 7-6 Garza-Leake-Knebel 38,061 30-34 3 -3.5

6/15 MIL H/N L, 6-4 Torres-Oh-Drake #45,228 30-35 3 -4.5

6/16 BAL R/N W, 11-2 Martinez-Gausman 26,341 31-35 3 -4.5

6/17 BAL R/D L, 15-7 Miley-Wainwright 27,788 31-36 3 -4.5

6/18 BAL R/D L, 8-5 U. Jimenez-Lynn-Brach 34,854 31-37 3 -5.5

6/19 OPEN DATE 31-37 T3 -5.0

6/20 PHI R/N W, 8-1 (11) Siegrist-Ramos 22,070 32-37 T3 -4.0

6/21 PHI R/N W, 7-6 (10) Cecil-Ramos-Oh 25,037 33-37 3 -4.0

6/22 PHI R/D L, 5-1 Nola-Martinez 23,623 33-38 3 -5.0

6/23 PIT H/N L, 4-3 Rivero-Oh #47,112 33-39 T3 -5.0

6/24 PIT H/N L, 7-3 Cole-Lynn #46,735 33-40 4 -5.0

6/25 PIT H/N W, 8-4 Rosenthal-Nicasio 43,719 34-40 T3 -5.0

6/26 CIN* H/D W, 8-2 Wacha-Finnegan 46,535 35-40 3 -4.5

6/27 ARI R/N L, 6-5 (10) Rodney-Bowman 24,256 35-41 3 -4.5

6/28 ARI R/N W, 4-3 Wainwright-Godley-Rosenthal 23,188 36-41 3 -3.5

6/29 ARI R/D W, 10-4 Lynn-R. De La Rosa 27,603 37-41 3 -3.5

6/30 WSH H/N W, 8-1 Leake-Roark 41,398 38-41 3 -3.5

JUNE TOTALS 563,670 13-16 3 -3.5

7/1 WSH H/N W, 2-1 Wacha-G.Gonzalez-Bowman 43,614 39-41 3 -3.5

7/2 WSH H/N L, 7-2 Scherzer-Martinez 43,640 39-42 3 -3.5

7/3 MIA H/N W, 14-6 Wainwright-Locke 42,694 40-42 3 -3.5

7/4 MIA H/D L, 5-2 Urena-Lynn-Ramos 38,497 40-43 3 -4.5

7/5 MIA H/N L, 9-6 McGowan-Leake-Ramos 40,204 40-44 3 -5.5

7/6 MIA H/D W, 4-3 Wacha-Koehler-Oh 37,780 41-44 3 -5.5

7/7 NYM H/N L, 6-5 deGrom-Martinez-Reed 43,849 41-45 3 -6.5

7/8 NYM H/D W, 4-1 Wainwright-Wheeler-Oh 44,013 42-45 3 -5.5

7/9 NYM H/D W, 6-0 Lynn-Matz 42,925 43-45 T2 -5.5

1ST HALF TOTALS 2,145,839 43-45 T2 -5.5

7/10 All-Star Break

7/11 All-Star Game - Miami, Florida

7/12 All-Star Break

H/R Time/ GA/

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

7/13 OPEN DATE 43-45 T2 -5.5

7/14 PIT R/N L, 5-2 Rivero-Oh 24,988 43-46 3 -6.5

7/15 PIT R/N W, 4-0 Lynn-Taillon 35,658 44-46 3 -6.5

7/16 PIT R/D L, 4-3 LeBlanc-Cecil 29,247 44-47 3 -6.5

7/17 NYM R/N W, 6-3 Wainwright-Wheeler-Cecil 29,977 45-47 3 -5.5

7/18 NYM R/N W, 5-0 WACHA-Montero 29,964 46-47 3 -4.5

7/19 NYM R/N L, 7-3 deGrom-Leake-Reed 32,228 46-48 4 -4.5

7/20 NYM R/D L, 3-2 Reed-Rosenthal 39,640 46-49 4 -4.5

7/21 CHI R/D W, 11-4 Bowman-Edwards 42,186 47-49 4 -3.5

7/22 CHI R/D L, 3-2 Lester-Bowman-Davis 41,969 47-50 4 -4.5

7/23 CHI R/N L, 5-3 Quintana-Wacha-Davis 41,582 47-51 4 -4.5

7/24 COL H/N W, 8-2 Leake-Senzatela 40,486 48-51 4 -4.0

7/25 COL H/N W, 3-2 Rosenthal-McGee 41,514 49-51 4 -4.0

7/26 COL H/N W, 10-5 Martinez-Hoffman 38,162 50-51 3 -3.5

7/27 ARI H/N L, 4-0 Godley-Weaver 39,208 50-52 T3 -4.5

7/28 ARI H/N W, 1-0 Wacha-McFarland-Rosenthal 41,230 51-52 3 -3.5

7/29 ARI H/N L, 7-1 Greinke-Leake #48,052 51-53 3 -4.5

7/30 ARI H/D W, 3-2 Lynn-Walker-Rosenthal 40,827 52-53 3 -4.5

7/31 OPEN DATE 52-53 3 -4.5

JULY TOTALS 666,695 14-12 3 -4.5

8/1 MIL R/N L, 3-2 Nelson-Martinez-Knebel 30,150 52-54 3 -5.5

8/2 MIL R/N W, 5-4 Weaver-Suter-Rosenthal 34,433 53-54 3 -4.5

8/3 MIL R/D L, 2-1 Garza-Cecil-Knebel 40,170 53-55 3 -4.5

8/4 CIN R/N L, 3-2 Wojciechowski-Leake-Iglesias 36,443 53-56 T3 -4.5

8/5 CIN R/N W, 4-1 Lynn-Castillo-Rosenthal 35,571 54-56 3 -4.5

8/6 CIN R/D W, 13-4 Cecil-Bailey 25,168 55-56 3 -3.5

8/7 KC R/N W, 11-3 Martinez-Kennedy #38,478 56-56 3 -3.5

8/8 KC R/N W, 10-3 Wacha-Vargas 37,267 57-56 3 -2.5

8/9 KC H/N 7:15

8/10 KC H/N 6:15

8/11 ATL H/N 7:15

8/12 ATL H/N 6:15

8/13 ATL H/D 1:15

8/14 OPEN DATE

8/15 BOS R/N 6:10

8/16 BOS R/N 6:10

8/17 PIT R/N 6:05

8/18 PIT R/N 6:05

8/19 PIT R/D 3:05

8/20 PIT% R/N 6:00

8/21 OPEN DATE

8/22 SD H/N 7:15

8/23 SD H/N 7:15

8/24 SD H/N 6:15

8/25 TB H/N 7:15

8/26 TB H/N 6:15

8/27 TB H/D 1:15

8/28 OPEN DATE

8/29 MIL R/N 6:40

8/30 MIL R/D 1:10

8/31 SF R/N 9:15

AUGUST TOTALS

9/1 SF R/N 9:15

9/2 SF R/D 3:05

9/3 SF R/D 3:05

9/4 SD R/D 3:40

9/5 SD R/N 9:10

9/6 SD R/N 9:10

9/7 SD R/N 8:10

9/8 PIT H/N 7:15

9/9 PIT H/N 6:15

9/10 PIT H/D 1:15

9/11 OPEN DATE

9/12 CIN H/N 7:15

9/13 CIN H/N 7:15

9/14 CIN H/D 12:45

9/15 CHI R/D 1:20

9/16 CHI R/D 12:05

9/17 CHI R/D 1:20

9/18 OPEN DATE

9/19 CIN R/N 6:10

9/20 CIN R/N 6:10

9/21 CIN R/N 6:10

9/22 PIT R/N 6:05

9/23 PIT R/N 6:05

9/24 PIT R/D 12:35

9/25 CHI H/N 7:15

9/26 CHI H/N 7:15

9/27 CHI H/N 7:15

9/28 CHI H/N 6:15

9/29 MIL H/N 7:15

9/30 MIL H/D 3:15

SEPTEMBER TOTALS

10/1 MIL H/D 2:15

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, % indicates game played in Williamsport, PA.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12+ TotalCARDINALS 52 53 64 84 51 63 47 63 23 3 11 3 517OPPONENTS 49 44 44 65 52 45 52 72 34 5 1 5 468

2017 SCORING BY INNING

Cardinals Recent TransactionsAugust 7: Activated OF Dexter Fowler (left forearm strain) off the 10-day dis-abled list and optioned OF Stephen Piscotty to Memphis (AAA).August 6: Activated RHP Adam Wainwright (mid-back) off the 10-day disabledlist. Placed LHP Kevin Siegrist (left forearm tendinitis) on the 10-day disabledlist, retroactive to August 4.August 4: Recalled RHP Sam Tuivailala from Memphis (AAA).August 3: Optioned RHP Luke Weaver to Memphis (AAA) following the game.August 1: Activated OF Stephen Piscotty off the 10-day disabled list.July 31: Optioned OF Harrison Bader to Memphis (AAA).July 27: Recalled RHP Luke Weaver from Memphis (AAA). Sent OF Stephen Pis-cotty to Peoria (A) on a 20-day injury rehabilitation assignment.