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St. Louis Cardinals (40-43) vs. Miami Marlins (37-45) Game #84 Busch Stadium July 5, 2017 Mike Leake (6-6, 2.97) vs. Edinson Volquez (4-8, 3.97) TONIGHT’S GAME : The Cardinals continue their 10-game homestand (2-1 vs. WSH, 1-1 vs. MIA, NYM-3) against NL East clubs this evening, as they host the Miami Marlins at 7:15 p.m. in the third game of a four-game series...the Cardinals have won five of their last seven and seven of their last 10...the 10-game homestand is the team’s longest of the season. YESTERDAY : The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead on Greg Garcia’s 2nd homer of the season in the 5th inning, but Miami answered back with 5 runs in their 6th, three coming via a Christian Yelich home run...Matt Carpenter had a two-hit game, but St. Louis batters were held to just 7 hits and struck out 12 times. COMING UP : St. Louis & Miami conclude their series tomorrow afternoon (12:45)...the Cardi- nals will then close out the first half of the sea- son with three games against the NY Mets this coming weekend...St. Louis is in the midst of playing 47 games in 48 days and 20-straight lead- ing into the All-Star break...they are 18-24 in the first 42 games of their current 47 games in 48 days stretch that began on May 23. CARDINALS vs. MIAMI : Season: 7 games; final series meeting of 2017 2017: 4-1 (1-1 at STL; 3-0 at MIA) 2016: 3-4 (1-2 at STL; 2-2 at MIA) All-Time: 110-74 (20-15 at Busch Std. III) Last Time STL sweep: 5/8-10/17 at MIA Last Time MIA sweep: 8/27-29/1996 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 4-4 Spring 20-8-4 Tuesday 5-10 April 12-12 Wednesday 7-3 May 13-13 Thursday 4-7 June 13-16 Friday 6-7 July 2-2 Saturday 7-5 August 0-0 Sunday 7-7 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 --- 8 1 --- Lost --- 9 2 --- Split 1 --- 1 --- Sweeps --- 4 --- --- Opp. Sweeps 1 2 1 --- MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst of his 6th season as the Cardinals manager...his 501- 392 won-loss mark is tops in the majors since his debut in 2012...Matheny’s 501 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 Z. Duke, left elbow surgery 3/29 83 A. Reyes, right elbow surgery 3/30 83 K. Wong, right tricep strain 6/15 19 K. Siegrist, cervical spine sprain 6/23 12 D. Fowler, right heel spur 6/25 10 LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...the Cardinals entered today in 3rd place in the National League Central, 4.5 games back of 1st place Milwaukee...following a 12-12 April, the Cardinals went 13-13 during May, 13-16 in June and are 2-2 in July...the Cardinals 40-43 start is their slowest since 2007 when they began the year 39-44 in their first 82 games...the Cardinals are currently +7 in run differential on the season (7th in the NL). WINNING WEDNESDAYS: The Wednesday “hump day” has been the winningest day of the week for the Cardinals thus far this season (7-3)...they were 14-12 on Wednesdays last season. A BEAST AGAINST THE EAST: The Cardinals are 455-418 (.521 win pct.) against NL East clubs since moving out of the division in 1994, the 2nd best mark behind only the LA Dodgers (470-415; .531) among NL clubs from outside of the division...the Cardinals are 15-5 (.750) vs. NL East clubs this season, and only once (2012; 14-20), have they finished under .500 for the season against the NL East in their five-plus seasons under Manager Mike Matheny. CARDINALS STARS HEADING TO MIAMI: Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the 88th All-Star Game on Sunday, and a pair of Cardinals earned selection by player vote...Yadier Molina was selected to his 8th All-Star Game (most among all players on both the NL & AL rosters) and Carlos Martinez was named for a second time (also 2015)...Molina’s prior selections came consecutively from 2009-15, but he did not play in 2012 (bereavment) or 2014 (injury)...Johnny Bench (14) and Mike Piazza (12) are the only NL catchers to have made more All-Star appearances than Molina...the 2017 Mid-Summer Classic will be held on Tue., July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami, Fla. IN A PINCH: Cardinals pinch-hitters are leading the majors with a .348 BA (40-114), .424 on-base pct. and .513 slug- ging pct...rookie Luke Voit is 3-for-3 with a HBP in the pinch, while Jose Martinez is pacing the team with 6 pinch hits. THE ROAD THAT LIES AHEAD: The Cardinals are scheduled to play 74 games following the All-Star break, with 43 of those coming on the road and 31 at home...St. Louis opens the second half with a 10-game roadtrip, matching their longest of the season...the Cardinals will play 18 of the first 25 games following the break on the road. Thu., July 6 vs. MARLINS: Michael Wacha (5-3, 4.16) vs. Tom Koehler (1-3, 7.43) 12:45 p.m.* Fri. July 7 vs. METS: Carlos Martinez (6-7, 3.15) vs. Zack Wheeler (3-5, 5.01) 7:15 p.m.* Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio *Fox Sports Midwest +FOX Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FS1 ^MLB Network UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES Multi-HR Games Player Last Home Run Career/2017...Last Carpenter 6/24/17 vs. PIT 4/0... 6/26/16 at SEA DeJong 6/30/17 vs. WSH 0/0... --- Fowler 6/18/17 at BAL 4/1... 4/19/17 vs. PIT Fryer 9/11/13 vs. OAK 0/0... --- G.Garcia 7/4/17 vs. MIA 0/0... --- Grichuk 6/29/17 at ARI 2/0... 7/18/15 vs. NYM Gyorko 6/27/17 vs. CIN 5/1... 5/1/17 vs. MIL Martínez, J. 6/23/17 vs. PIT 1/1... 6/13/17 [1] vs. MIL Mejia 7/1/17 vs. WSH 0/0... --- Molina 6/20/17 at PHI 3/0... 5/14/17 vs. CHI Piscotty 6/18/17 at BAL 2/1... 6/18/17 at BAL Pham 7/2/17 vs. WSH 5/2... 6/21/17 at PHI Voit 7/3/17 vs. MIA 0/0... --- Wong 4/17/17 vs. PIT 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS DAILY BATTING LOGS HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS Date/Opp. 6/23 6/24 6/25 6/26 6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 PLAYER PIT PIT PIT CIN ARI ARI ARI WSH WSH WSH MIA MIA MIA MIA NYM NYM NYM Carpenter koowo 4ko 1owoo wowbo owo2dooowk wowok koo1 1ofoo ow11o DeJong ok4o ook1 ook1 211o o1fck ook1 k1ookkc4o wok o kwooo k1oo Fryer owww ooow kkowok w G. Garcia o wkoo 1o ho 1cok owko o1k w1k1 1oow h4ok Grichuk 1o4kk oo41o oowko odkk w1k42 okooo kok2 kkok 1ooko wkko Gyorko wkow w1do 2o 4wk1 oowfo owo2 21oowo12w ooo kwkk 11w J. Martinez 4kd1 kkww w o o 1 o1oek kooo k w 1 Mejia oo o 1o4 kkoc ko o Molina 1k21 o1kd ooo1o o1ow o11o w1k ooko f122 ooo1 Piscotty oo1k 1 koowk wk1e2 oow1kkhok dwow2owwko o kko2 1c1ok okkk Pham o1kok oo1k dkkwoww11k1occo k1hk 1 1wok1oook kew4 3ww11 kkkk Voit h kd2o 1 2 ckk 1 o2oo4 oo1k 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 MIAMI IN 2017: .298 (53-178) 2 HR HOMESTAND: .247 (41-166) 5 HR #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 4G (5-16, .313) Series: 3-8, .375 Homestand: .313 (5-16) [ 14th mulit-hit gm of yr yest...hit 1st leadoff HR in ‘17 (13th career) 6/23 vs. PIT...since June 7, is T5th in MLB in times on base (50)...batted leadoff since 6/7 (25 G’s, .289; 26-90, 5 HR, 21 R, 22 BB, 14 RBI)...has been on base 37 times last 18 gms (6- 2B, 20-BB, HBP, 8-1B, 2-HR)...leads STL with 47 runs, 14 HR’s & 30 XBH, T1st 41 RBI...57 walks are 1st NL; has walks in 46 G’s... quickest STL player to 400 career walks (759th game)...is 3-for-4 w/HR, 2 2Bs & 10 RBI w/bases loaded. #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) Series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: .133 (2-15) HR [ Hit HR (#6) last Fri. night...9 gm hitting strek 6/22-30 (11-38, 3HR)...had 2nd 3-hit gm of career 6/26 vs. CIN, 5th multi-hit gm...HRed in back-to-back games 6/22-23 & 6/16-17 at BAL...rookie INF recalled 6/15 from Memphis (AAA); Wong DL...was originally purchased 5/28 & made ML debut that day at COL; HR’d in his 1st at-bat (9th Cardinal to do so)...has made 29 starts for STL (2B-19, SS-10)...has .299 BA, 13 HR, 34 RBI in 48 G’s at MEM. #41 ERIC FRYER: Streak: 0-17 Series: PH walk Homestand: .000 (0-1) [ Walked 4 times in 6/23-24 starts, including career high 3 BBs 6/23...started all 3 Gms 6/9-11 series vs. PHI... STL is 9-5 in his starts...has 10 hits/3-2Bs...2-10 as PHer...career .292 BA (19-65) in 32 G’s at Busch…3-for-10 w/RISP & 2 outs. #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 4G (5-12, .417), HR Series: 1-3, .333, HR Homestand: .444 (4-9), HR [ Hit 2nd HR yest...on base 3 times 6/30 (2-1B, BB, RBI)...tied career-high w/3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF...has .300 career BA (21-70) in pinch...has made 25 starts (3B, SS & 2B)...hit 462 ft HR (#1) on 5/28 at COL. #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 0-7 Series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: .095 (2-21) [ Recorded his 3rd 3-hit game of season 6/29 at ARI w/HR (3-run shot), 2B, 1B & 5 RBI, his most since career high 6 RBI on 7/18/15 vs. NYM...recalled from MEM 6/25 & HRed 6/25 & 6/26, both multi-hit gms...T1st STL w/16 2B’s, T4th 23 XBH...5 SB’s are single-season best (T2nd STL)...scored in career-high 8 straight games 4/20-28 (tied team-high). #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 1G (2-2, 1.000) Series: 2-1, 1.000 Homestand: .364 (4-11) [ Went 2-2, scoring twice w/RBI Mon...had 8 RBI in 7 games last week...hit HR #12 6/26...PH-2B 6/25; is 2-4 in PH-ABs this year...HRed in back-to-back games 6/19-20 at PHI...his 35 HR since ‘16 ASB are T1st in NL...has team-high .301 BA (15th NL).. ranks 9th in NL road BA (.315; 40-127)...team-high seven 3+ hit games...1st STL w/77 H’s & .364 (20-55) RISP BA, T1st 41 RBI, 2nd 29 XBH & 3rd w/12 HRs...9 of 12 HR’s are 6th inn. or later...10 of 12 HR’s in 2017 & 18 of last 22 are solo. #58 JOSE MARTINEZ: Streak: 1G (1-1, 1.000) Series: 1-1, 1.000 Homestand: .167 (1-6) [ Hit 2R-HR on 6/23 vs. PIT...PH-HR & 2B off bench 6/21 at PHI...1st career multi-HR game w/3 RBI 6/13[1]...activated from DL 5/29; missed 17 games 5/7-28 (left groin)...career .293 BA (39-133) in 60 MLB games...hit first career MLB HR vs. TOR 4/25, a game-tying shot in 7th...career-high 9G hit streak 4/11-22...6-14 (HR, 2-2B) as PH in ‘17 (10-20, .500, HR career). #54 ALEX MEJIA: Streak: 0-7 Series: 0-3, .000 Homestand: .182 (2-11), HR [ Had both RBI in 2-1 win Sat. vs. WSH w/1st MLB hit (RBI-1B) & solo HR...purchased 6/28 & made MLB debut starting at 2B 6/29...has 3 starts (2-2B, SS)...played at Springfield (AA) & Memphis (AAA), batting combined .253, 3 HR, 27 RBI in 74 games... named to Texas League All-Star team...Cards 4th round selection in 2012 out of Univ. of Arizona. #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 2G (4-7, .571) Series: 4-7, .571 Homestand: .412 (7-17) [ Posted 3rd 3-hit gm Tue. w/3RBI...tied career & season high w/16-gm hit streak that ended Sun. (6/8-7/1, 21-53; .333, 3HR)...had season-high 4 RBI FRI....HR’d in 3-straight games 6/17-20...missed 6/23-24 (left knee) & 3 Gms 6/9-11 (back stiff- ness)...had 5th SB on 6/5, his most SBs since 2012 (career high 12)...had team-high .296 BA (24-81) in June...career high 16 G hit streak 5/8-27...21G on-base streak 5/1-27...11th all-time on STL career RBI list (741)...leads NL in innings caught (606.0). #28 TOMMY PHAM: Streak: 0-4 Series: 3-7, .429 Homestand: .333 (6-18), HR [ Reached base 5X’s Tue. night w/ 3 hits and 2 walks...hit 2R-HR Sun...2nd on team with 20 runs & 26 hits in June...had pinch 2 run-1B 6/29 at ARI...batted leadoff 6/26 w/2BB & 2H, scoring 3 runs...has career-high 9 SBs, 1st STL...had 5th career 2-HR game (#8 & #9) 6/21 at PHI, tying game in the 9th & threw 2 runners out at the plate (team-high 5 OF assists)...has 14 multi- hit games...hit 2-run HR in 11th 6/20 at PHI...led team in May BA (.320), co-led in RBI (14) & 2nd in HR (5). #55 STEPHEN PISCOTTY: Streak: 0-6 Series: 2-9, .222 Homestand: .176 (3-17) [ Was 2nd on team in June walks (18) & RBI (16)...scored in 6-str. 6/25-30 (7 runs)...back/back 2 walk gms 6/29-30...hit 2R- 2B for GWRBI 6/20 at PHI...had 2nd career 2-HR game 6/18 at BAL...has team-high 24 go-ahead RBI’s since 2016 ...11 of 26 hits since 6/4 have been XBH (4-HR, 7-2B)...missed 5 games (personal) 5/26-30 & 12 games (DL; right hamstring) 5/5-20... .315 (17-54) RISP in ‘17...ranks 2nd in MLB since 2015 w/.360 RISP BA (90-250) & 3rd w/ .352 BA (45-128) w/RISP & 2 outs. #40 LUKE VOIT: Streak: 3G (4-10, .400) HR Series: 3-9, .333, HR Homestand: .308 (4-13), HR [ Had 2B & 1st career HR Tue., w/career high 4RBI...is 3-3, HBP as PHer...had PH-1B Sun., PH-2B Thu. & scored, PH-1B last Tue...collected 1st MLB hit (2B) 6/26 in 1st MLB start; has made 4 starts (all at 1B)...recalled 6/25 & made MLB debut (PH- HBP)...was among top-10 PCL leaders in BA (.322), hits (82), RBI (48), 2B (23), OBP (.406), SLG (.561) & OPS (.967)...drafted by STL in 2013 (22nd round)...STL native; graduated fr. same HS as David Freese & Ryan Howard (Lafayette).

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St. Louis Cardinals (40-43) vs. Miami Marlins (37-45)Game #84 � Busch Stadium � July 5, 2017

Mike Leake (6-6, 2.97) vs. Edinson Volquez (4-8, 3.97)

TONIGHT’S GAME: The Cardinals continue their10-game homestand (2-1 vs. WSH, 1-1 vs. MIA,NYM-3) against NL East clubs this evening, asthey host the Miami Marlins at 7:15 p.m. in thethird game of a four-game series...the Cardinalshave won five of their last seven and seven oftheir last 10...the 10-game homestand is theteam’s longest of the season.

YESTERDAY: The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead onGreg Garcia’s 2nd homer of the season in the5th inning, but Miami answered back with 5runs in their 6th, three coming via a ChristianYelich home run...Matt Carpenter had a two-hitgame, but St. Louis batters were held to just 7hits and struck out 12 times.

COMING UP: St. Louis & Miami conclude theirseries tomorrow afternoon (12:45)...the Cardi-nals will then close out the first half of the sea-son with three games against the NY Mets thiscoming weekend...St. Louis is in the midst ofplaying 47 games in 48 days and 20-straight lead-ing into the All-Star break...they are 18-24 in thefirst 42 games of their current 47 games in 48days stretch that began on May 23.

CARDINALS vs. MIAMI:Season: 7 games; final series meeting of 20172017: 4-1 (1-1 at STL; 3-0 at MIA)2016: 3-4 (1-2 at STL; 2-2 at MIA)All-Time: 110-74 (20-15 at Busch Std. III)Last Time STL sweep: 5/8-10/17 at MIALast Time MIA sweep: 8/27-29/1996 at STL

RECORD BREAKDOWNBByy DDaayy BByy MM oonntthh

Monday 4-4 Spring 20-8-4Tuesday 5-10 April 12-12Wednesday 7-3 May 13-13Thursday 4-7 June 13-16Friday 6-7 July 2-2Saturday 7-5 August 0-0Sunday 7-7 Sept./Oct. 0-0

BByy SS ee rr iiee ss 2G 3G 4G 5GWon --- 8 1 ---Lost --- 9 2 ---Split 1 --- 1 ---Sweeps --- 4 --- ---Opp. Sweeps 1 2 1 ---

MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny is in the midst ofhis 6th season as the Cardinals manager...his 501-392 won-loss mark is tops in the majors since hisdebut in 2012...Matheny’s 501 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 MissedZ. Duke, left elbow surgery 3/29 83A. Reyes, right elbow surgery 3/30 83K. Wong, right tricep strain 6/15 19K. Siegrist, cervical spine sprain 6/23 12D. Fowler, right heel spur 6/25 10

� LEADING OFF: The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of their 126th season of play in the National League...theCardinals entered today in 3rd place in the National League Central, 4.5 games back of 1st place Milwaukee...followinga 12-12 April, the Cardinals went 13-13 during May, 13-16 in June and are 2-2 in July...the Cardinals 40-43 start istheir slowest since 2007 when they began the year 39-44 in their first 82 games...the Cardinals are currently +7 in rundifferential on the season (7th in the NL).

� WINNING WEDNESDAYS: The Wednesday “hump day” has been the winningest day of the week for the Cardinalsthus far this season (7-3)...they were 14-12 on Wednesdays last season.

� A BEAST AGAINST THE EAST: The Cardinals are 455-418 (.521 win pct.) against NL East clubs since moving out ofthe division in 1994, the 2nd best mark behind only the LA Dodgers (470-415; .531) among NL clubs from outside ofthe division...the Cardinals are 15-5 (.750) vs. NL East clubs this season, and only once (2012; 14-20), have they finishedunder .500 for the season against the NL East in their five-plus seasons under Manager Mike Matheny.

� CARDINALS STARS HEADING TO MIAMI: Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the 88th All-Star Gameon Sunday, and a pair of Cardinals earned selection by player vote...Yadier Molina was selected to his 8th All-StarGame (most among all players on both the NL & AL rosters) and Carlos Martinez was named for a second time (also2015)...Molina’s prior selections came consecutively from 2009-15, but he did not play in 2012 (bereavment) or 2014(injury)...Johnny Bench (14) and Mike Piazza (12) are the only NL catchers to have made more All-Star appearancesthan Molina...the 2017 Mid-Summer Classic will be held on Tue., July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami, Fla.

� IN A PINCH: Cardinals pinch-hitters are leading the majors with a .348 BA (40-114), .424 on-base pct. and .513 slug-ging pct...rookie Luke Voit is 3-for-3 with a HBP in the pinch, while Jose Martinez is pacing the team with 6 pinch hits.

� THE ROAD THAT LIES AHEAD: The Cardinals are scheduled to play 74 games following the All-Star break, with 43of those coming on the road and 31 at home...St. Louis opens the second half with a 10-game roadtrip, matching theirlongest of the season...the Cardinals will play 18 of the first 25 games following the break on the road.

Thu., July 6 vs. MARLINS: Michael Wacha (5-3, 4.16) vs. Tom Koehler (1-3, 7.43) 12:45 p.m.*Fri. July 7 vs. METS: Carlos Martinez (6-7, 3.15) vs. Zack Wheeler (3-5, 5.01) 7:15 p.m.*

Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio *Fox Sports Midwest +FOX  Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FS1 ^MLB Network

UPCOMING GAMES & PITCHING PROBABLES

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

Carpenter 6/24/17 vs. PIT 4/0... 6/26/16 at SEADeJong 6/30/17 vs. WSH 0/0... ---Fowler 6/18/17 at BAL 4/1... 4/19/17 vs. PITFryer 9/11/13 vs. OAK 0/0... ---G.Garcia 7/4/17 vs. MIA 0/0... ---Grichuk 6/29/17 at ARI 2/0... 7/18/15 vs. NYMGyorko 6/27/17 vs. CIN 5/1... 5/1/17 vs. MILMartínez, J. 6/23/17 vs. PIT 1/1... 6/13/17 [1] vs. MILMejia 7/1/17 vs. WSH 0/0... ---Molina 6/20/17 at PHI 3/0... 5/14/17 vs. CHIPiscotty 6/18/17 at BAL 2/1... 6/18/17 at BALPham 7/2/17 vs. WSH 5/2... 6/21/17 at PHIVoit 7/3/17 vs. MIA 0/0... ---Wong 4/17/17 vs. PIT 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS

DAILY BATTING LOGS HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTSDate/Opp. 6/23 6/24 6/25 6/26 6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9

PLAYER PIT PIT PIT CIN ARI ARI ARI WSH WSH WSH MIA MIA MIA MIA NYM NYM NYM

Carpenter koowo 4ko 1owoo wowbo owo2dooowk wowok koo1 1ofoo ow11o

DeJong ok4o ook1 ook1 211o o1fck ook1 k1ookkc4o wok o kwooo k1oo

Fryer owww ooow kkowok w

G. Garcia o wkoo 1o ho 1cok owko o1k w1k1 1oow h4ok

Grichuk 1o4kk oo41o oowko odkk w1k42okooo kok2 kkok 1ooko wkko

Gyorko wkow w1do 2o 4wk1 oowfo owo2 21oowo12w ooo kwkk 11w

J. Martinez 4kd1 kkww w o o 1 o1oek kooo k w 1

Mejia oo o 1o4 kkoc ko o

Molina 1k21 o1kd ooo1o o1ow o11o w1k ooko f122 ooo1

Piscotty oo1k 1 koowk wk1e2oow1kkhok dwow2owwkoo kko2 1c1ok okkk

Pham o1kok oo1k dkkwoww11k1occo k1hk 1 1wok1oook kew4 3ww11 kkkk

Voit h kd2o 1 2 ckk 1 o2oo4 oo1k

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 MIAMI IN 2017: .298 (53-178) 2 HR HOMESTAND: .247 (41-166) 5 HR

� #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 4G (5-16, .313) Series: 3-8, .375 Homestand: .313 (5-16) [ 14th mulit-hit gm of yr yest...hit 1st leadoff HR in ‘17 (13th career) 6/23 vs. PIT...since June 7, is T5th in MLB in times onbase (50)...batted leadoff since 6/7 (25 G’s, .289; 26-90, 5 HR, 21 R, 22 BB, 14 RBI)...has been on base 37 times last 18 gms (6-2B, 20-BB, HBP, 8-1B, 2-HR)...leads STL with 47 runs, 14 HR’s & 30 XBH, T1st 41 RBI...57 walks are 1st NL; has walks in 46 G’s...quickest STL player to 400 career walks (759th game)...is 3-for-4 w/HR, 2 2Bs & 10 RBI w/bases loaded.

� #11 PAUL DeJONG: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) Series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: .133 (2-15) HR[ Hit HR (#6) last Fri. night...9 gm hitting strek 6/22-30 (11-38, 3HR)...had 2nd 3-hit gm of career 6/26 vs. CIN, 5th multi-hitgm...HRed in back-to-back games 6/22-23 & 6/16-17 at BAL...rookie INF recalled 6/15 from Memphis (AAA); Wong DL...wasoriginally purchased 5/28 & made ML debut that day at COL; HR’d in his 1st at-bat (9th Cardinal to do so)...has made 29 startsfor STL (2B-19, SS-10)...has .299 BA, 13 HR, 34 RBI in 48 G’s at MEM.

� #41 ERIC FRYER: Streak: 0-17 Series: PH walk Homestand: .000 (0-1)[ Walked 4 times in 6/23-24 starts, including career high 3 BBs 6/23...started all 3 Gms 6/9-11 series vs. PHI... STL is 9-5 in hisstarts...has 10 hits/3-2Bs...2-10 as PHer...career .292 BA (19-65) in 32 G’s at Busch…3-for-10 w/RISP & 2 outs.

� #35 GREG GARCIA: Streak: 4G (5-12, .417), HR Series: 1-3, .333, HR Homestand: .444 (4-9), HR [ Hit 2nd HR yest...on base 3 times 6/30 (2-1B, BB, RBI)...tied career-high w/3 hits off bench 5/20 vs. SF...has .300 career BA(21-70) in pinch...has made 25 starts (3B, SS & 2B)...hit 462 ft HR (#1) on 5/28 at COL.

� #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 0-7 Series: 1-8, .125 Homestand: .095 (2-21) [ Recorded his 3rd 3-hit game of season 6/29 at ARI w/HR (3-run shot), 2B, 1B & 5 RBI, his most since career high 6 RBI on7/18/15 vs. NYM...recalled from MEM 6/25 & HRed 6/25 & 6/26, both multi-hit gms...T1st STL w/16 2B’s, T4th 23 XBH...5 SB’sare single-season best (T2nd STL)...scored in career-high 8 straight games 4/20-28 (tied team-high).

� #3 JEDD GYORKO: Streak: 1G (2-2, 1.000) Series: 2-1, 1.000 Homestand: .364 (4-11)[ Went 2-2, scoring twice w/RBI Mon...had 8 RBI in 7 games last week...hit HR #12 6/26...PH-2B 6/25; is 2-4 in PH-ABs thisyear...HRed in back-to-back games 6/19-20 at PHI...his 35 HR since ‘16 ASB are T1st in NL...has team-high .301 BA (15th NL)..ranks 9th in NL road BA (.315; 40-127)...team-high seven 3+ hit games...1st STL w/77 H’s & .364 (20-55) RISP BA, T1st 41 RBI,2nd 29 XBH & 3rd w/12 HRs...9 of 12 HR’s are 6th inn. or later...10 of 12 HR’s in 2017 & 18 of last 22 are solo.

� #58 JOSE MARTINEZ: Streak: 1G (1-1, 1.000) Series: 1-1, 1.000 Homestand: .167 (1-6)[ Hit 2R-HR on 6/23 vs. PIT...PH-HR & 2B off bench 6/21 at PHI...1st career multi-HR game w/3 RBI 6/13[1]...activated fromDL 5/29; missed 17 games 5/7-28 (left groin)...career .293 BA (39-133) in 60 MLB games...hit first career MLB HR vs. TOR4/25, a game-tying shot in 7th...career-high 9G hit streak 4/11-22...6-14 (HR, 2-2B) as PH in ‘17 (10-20, .500, HR career).

� #54 ALEX MEJIA: Streak: 0-7 Series: 0-3, .000 Homestand: .182 (2-11), HR[ Had both RBI in 2-1 win Sat. vs. WSH w/1st MLB hit (RBI-1B) & solo HR...purchased 6/28 & made MLB debut starting at 2B6/29...has 3 starts (2-2B, SS)...played at Springfield (AA) & Memphis (AAA), batting combined .253, 3 HR, 27 RBI in 74 games...named to Texas League All-Star team...Cards 4th round selection in 2012 out of Univ. of Arizona.

� #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 2G (4-7, .571) Series: 4-7, .571 Homestand: .412 (7-17)[ Posted 3rd 3-hit gm Tue. w/3RBI...tied career & season high w/16-gm hit streak that ended Sun. (6/8-7/1, 21-53; .333,3HR)...had season-high 4 RBI FRI....HR’d in 3-straight games 6/17-20...missed 6/23-24 (left knee) & 3 Gms 6/9-11 (back stiff-ness)...had 5th SB on 6/5, his most SBs since 2012 (career high 12)...had team-high .296 BA (24-81) in June...career high 16 Ghit streak 5/8-27...21G on-base streak 5/1-27...11th all-time on STL career RBI list (741)...leads NL in innings caught (606.0).

� #28 TOMMY PHAM: Streak: 0-4 Series: 3-7, .429 Homestand: .333 (6-18), HR[ Reached base 5X’s Tue. night w/ 3 hits and 2 walks...hit 2R-HR Sun...2nd on team with 20 runs & 26 hits in June...had pinch2 run-1B 6/29 at ARI...batted leadoff 6/26 w/2BB & 2H, scoring 3 runs...has career-high 9 SBs, 1st STL...had 5th career 2-HRgame (#8 & #9) 6/21 at PHI, tying game in the 9th & threw 2 runners out at the plate (team-high 5 OF assists)...has 14 multi-hit games...hit 2-run HR in 11th 6/20 at PHI...led team in May BA (.320), co-led in RBI (14) & 2nd in HR (5).

� #55 STEPHEN PISCOTTY: Streak: 0-6 Series: 2-9, .222 Homestand: .176 (3-17) [ Was 2nd on team in June walks (18) & RBI (16)...scored in 6-str. 6/25-30 (7 runs)...back/back 2 walk gms 6/29-30...hit 2R-2B for GWRBI 6/20 at PHI...had 2nd career 2-HR game 6/18 at BAL...has team-high 24 go-ahead RBI’s since 2016 ...11 of 26hits since 6/4 have been XBH (4-HR, 7-2B)...missed 5 games (personal) 5/26-30 & 12 games (DL; right hamstring) 5/5-20....315 (17-54) RISP in ‘17...ranks 2nd in MLB since 2015 w/.360 RISP BA (90-250) & 3rd w/ .352 BA (45-128) w/RISP & 2 outs.

� #40 LUKE VOIT: Streak: 3G (4-10, .400) HR Series: 3-9, .333, HR Homestand: .308 (4-13), HR[ Had 2B & 1st career HR Tue., w/career high 4RBI...is 3-3, HBP as PHer...had PH-1B Sun., PH-2B Thu. & scored, PH-1B lastTue...collected 1st MLB hit (2B) 6/26 in 1st MLB start; has made 4 starts (all at 1B)...recalled 6/25 & made MLB debut (PH-HBP)...was among top-10 PCL leaders in BA (.322), hits (82), RBI (48), 2B (23), OBP (.406), SLG (.561) & OPS (.967)...drafted bySTL in 2013 (22nd round)...STL native; graduated fr. same HS as David Freese & Ryan Howard (Lafayette).

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 16 12 6-6 8-8 6.2 6.1 4.4 (71)Lynn 17 7 6-6 7-10 5.2 8.6 4.5 (77)C. Martinez 17 12 6-7 8-9 6.2 10.0 3.9 (66)Wacha 15 9 5-3 7-8 5.1 8.7 4.9 (73)Wainwright 17 6 9-5 10-7 5.1 8.2 6.1 (86)Totals 83 46 32-27 40-43 6.0 8.3 4.5 (377) 486.1 IP 448 Ks

GETTING STARTED TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER#52 MICHAEL WACHA • RHP • 6-5 • 215 • 26 yrs

� Makes his 16th start of the season (98th career). Is a career 1-0 with 5.40 ERA in two starts vs. Miami.

� Last faced the Marlins at Marlins Park (7/28/16), threw 6.0 innings allowing three runs in a 5-4 win opposingJose Fernandez, only the second career loss (and last) Fernandez ever took at Marlins Park (29-2).

� Has won his last two starts and the Cardinals have won 4 of his last 5 starts. Hasn’t lost since 5/30 vs. LAD.

� Earned the win vs. WSH (7/1) in his last start firing 6.0 scoreless IP with a season-high nine strikeouts on his26th birthday. Surpassed 500 strikeouts making him the 2nd (106 games) Cardinal to 500 K (L. Lynn, 101).

� Is 5-1 with a 2.91 ERA in 10 home starts (T1st NL) and 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA in four day game starts.

BATTING ORDER

11 Fowler 48, Carpenter 25, Wong 7, Pham 2, Garcia 122 Diaz 23, Pham 22, Fowler 13, Grichuk 7, Carpenter 6, Garcia 5, Piscotty 4, J.Martinez 333 Carpenter 44, Piscotty 31, Molina 3, Pham 3, J. Martinez 244 Gyorko 57, Piscotty 11, Molina 4, Grichuk 4, J. Martinez 2, Adams 2, Peralta 2, Voit 155 Molina 52, Piscotty 6, J.Martinez 6, Diaz 6, Adams 4, Peralta 4, Grichuk 2, Pham 2, Gyorko 1, Wong 166 Diaz 25, Pham 11, Molina 10, Grichuk 8, Peralta 6, Piscotty 5, Garcia 4, J.Martinez 4, Gyorko 2, Adams 2, DeJong 2, Voit 2, Wong 277 Grichuk 23, DeJong 18, Pham 7, Diaz 6, Garcia 6, Gyorko 6, Wong 6, J. Martinez 4, Peralta 2, Sierra 2, Fryer 1, Mejia 1, Voit 188 Wong 26, Fryer 13, Garcia 9, Diaz 7, Grichuk 7, DeJong 6, Sierra 6, J. Martinez 4, Mejia 2, Pham 2, Huffman 199 Leake 16, Lynn 16, C.Martinez 15, Wainwright 15, Wacha 14, DeJong 3, Wong 1, Gyorko 1, Garcia 1, Gonzales 1 Lineups Used: 69

STARTS BY POSITION

CC Molina 69, Fryer 141B1B Carpenter 70, J.Martinez 6, Voit 4, Adams 2, Gyorko 12B2B Wong 43, DeJong 19, Garcia 12, Gyorko 5, Carpenter 2, Mejia 2SSSS Diaz 66, DeJong 10, Garcia 6, Mejia 13B3B Gyorko 60, Peralta 14, Garcia 8, Carpenter 1LFLF Grichuk 34, Pham 32, J. Martinez 12, Adams 4, Sierra 1CFCF Fowler 60, Pham 16, Sierra 5, Grichuk 2RFRF Piscotty 57, Grichuk 15, J.Martinez 7, Sierra 2, Pham 1, Huffman 1PP C. Martinez 17, Wainwright 17, Lynn 17, Leake 16, Wacha 15, Gonzales 1DHDH Adams 2, Carpenter 2, Fowler 1, Gyorko 1

THE LINEUP CARD

Scoring first 29-20Opponent scores first 11-23

Scoring more than 3 runs 31-19Scoring 3 runs 2-8Scoring fewer than 3 runs 7-16

Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 31-39Scoring in 4 or more innings 9-4

First game of Series 11-16Last game of Series 12-14

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

Out-hit opponents 31-10Out-hit by opponents 6-28

Final at-bat decisions 7-10Come-from-behind wins 13Walk-off wins/losses 2-2

In errorless games 25-21Extra innings 4-6Shutouts 6-3

Leading after 7 innings 35-4Tied after 7 innings 2-6Trailing after 7 innings 3-33

Leading after 8 innings 35-2Tied after 8 innings 3-6Trailing after 8 innings 2-35

Runs via HR 146Opponent runs via HR 145

Review Challenges: 10-11

2017 RECORD WHEN...

BULLPEN BRIEFS: 8-16 • 4.29 ERA • 266.2 IP • 263 H • 139 R • 127 ER • 101 BB • 257 SO • 33 HR24/35 SV/Opp ... 45 HOLDS ... 266/181 (68%) 1st BF/Retired ... 99/40 (40%) IR/S

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

#67 MATT BOWMAN - RHP 1/2 14 40/30 21/4

Last Appearance: 7/3 vs. MIA: ND, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

#60 JOHN BREBBIA - RHP 0/0 1 14/10 11/6

Last Appearance: 7/4 vs. MIA: ND, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#27 BRETT CECIL - LHP 0/4 10 40/31 26/11

Last Appearance: 7/1 vs. WSH: H-10, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#70 TYLER LYONS - LHP 1/2 3 17/13 9/5

Last Appearance: 7/4 vs. MIA: ND, 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#26 SEUNG HWAN OH - RHP 16/19 1 35/21 9/3

Last Appearance: 7/4 vs. MIA: ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#44 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 4/6 11 35/22 2/1

Last Appearance: 7/4 vs. MIA: ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

#64 SAM TUIVAILALA - RHP 0/0 1 16/12 0/0

Last Appearance: 7/3 vs. MIA: ND, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

#62 LUKE WEAVER - RHP 0/0 0 1/0 0/0

Last Appearance: 7/3 vs. MIA: ND, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

Bowman earned 1st MLB Sv Sat. w/ basesloaded K...ranks T5th in NL app (40) &w/14 Holds...19% InhRun scored pct. 9thNL...K’d all 3 BF for 1st time in career6/9...has 5 DPs...Brebbia 5 str. scorelessapp. (5.2 IP)...had 2.0 ShO IP (6/15)...5-38(.132) vs. RHB...MLB debut 5/28...Cecil has11.0 IP ShO strk (11 app)...T5th NL app (40)...tied career high w/2.0 relief IP 6/13[2]...ranks 5th NL in Inher. runners (26)...Lyons1st career Sv 6/13[1]; went 3.0 ShO IP...has7 app of 4+ outs...Oh T6th in NL w/16 Sv...has 5 app. of more than 1.0 IP... Rosenthal4th NL rel. with 13.8 K/9, 5th with 48 Ks &6th and 35% K/BF...K’d side on 3 BF (6/11,12th career)...114 career saves; 5th STL all-time...Tuivailala has season-high 19 IP/16app.4 app. of 2.0 IP...had career-high 3 K’s(6/24)...Weaver was recalled 7/3; threw ascoreless inn. (2nd career MLB reliefapp)...was 7-1, 1.93 ERA in 11 GS at Mem-phis (AAA)...6 of his starts were scoreless.

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

Most Runs - Inning - Cards *7 (3rd) 7/3 vs. MIAMost 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 5/5 at ATLMost 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 5/5 at ATLMost Bunt Hits - Game - Cards 2 5/4 vs. MILMost Singles - Game - Cards 11 5/10 at MIAMost Doubles - Game - Cards 6 5/5 at ATLMost 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 6/21 at PHI

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 6/25 vs. PITFewest 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 5/24 at LADFewest Walks - Game - Opponents *0 5/26 at COLFewest Hits Allowed 3 5/23 at LAD

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, Molina 5/1-27Longest HR Streak-Games 4, Fowler 6/15-18Longest Run Streak-Games *8, Carpenter 4/30-5/8Longest RBI Streak-Games *4, Gyorko 6/25-28Most Runs - Game *3, Grichuk 6/29 at ARIMost Hits - Game *4, Pham 5/7 at ATLMost Bunt Hits - Game *1, C.Martinez 6/5 at CINMost Doubles - Game *2, Molina 7/3 vs. MIAMost Triples - Game *1, Pham 7/3 vs. MIAMost Home Runs - Game *2, Pham 6/21 at PHIGrand Slams - Last 1, Carpenter 4/27[1]vsTORMost RBI - Game *5, Grichuk 6/29 at ARIMost SB - Game *2, Grichuk 5/6 at ATLMost Walks - Game *3, Fryer 6/23 vs. PITMost Int. Walks - Game *1, DeJong 7/3 vs. MIAMost HBP - Game *1, Garcia 7/4 vs. MIA

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

Most K’s Game-Starter *11, Martinez 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 *4, Leake, Oh ---Most IP Game-Starter *9.0, Martinez 6/10 vs. PHIMost IP Game-Reliever *3.1, Lyons 6/17 at BALConsecutive Scoreless IP 16.1, Wainwright5/21-6/1Fewest Hits Allowed - CG 4, Martinez 6/10 vs. PHI

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 #47,925 5/14 vs. CHILargest 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 5/26 at COL* Happened more than once - last time listed. # Busch Stadium III record.

Upcoming MilestonesPlayer Milestone Needs ForMatt Carpenter Triples 1 25 Runs 2 500Jedd Gyorko Home runs 9 100Yadier Molina Games Played 24 %1,705Adam Wainwright Wins 1 ^144

^T5th Cardinals all-time wins (Bill Doak) % T7th Cardinals all-time games played (Albert Pujols)$ T13th Cardinals all-time extra base hits (Johnny Mize)

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 6-6 2.97 16 16 106.0 92 37 35 23 72Career 79-70 3.91 223 218 1366.1 1397 637 594 328 927

LEAKE - LAST THREE APPEARANCESDATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO6/20 at PHI ND, W 8-1 1 1 6.0 3 1 1 2 56/25 vs. PIT ND, W 8-4 1 1 6.0 6 4 3 2 26/30 vs. WAS W, 8-1 1 1 8.0 5 1 1 3 4 LEAKE vs. MARLINS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2015 2-0 0.00 2 2 15.0 5 0 0 4 172016 0-1 10.80 1 1 5.0 7 6 6 0 3Career 6-1 2.36 7 7 45.2 35 12 12 16 44

LAST APP. vs. MIA: 7/29/16 at MIA (W, 11-6)

LAST WIN vs. MIA: 7/29/16 at MIA 5.0 7 6 6 0 3

LEAKE CAREER HITTING TOTALS AVG. AB H HR RBI SH2017 .171 35 6 0 2 2Career .200 448 90 6 29 41Home 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 • 5-10 • 190 • 29 yrs

TONIGHT’S GAME:

� Makes his 17th start of 2017, the 219th start of his career and 224thcareer appearance.

� Ranks 5th in the N.L. with a 2.97 ERA, 5th with a 1.08 WHIP and 10thwith 106.0 innings pitched.

� Comes in just shy of the Top 10 in the NL with a .238 opp. BA (14th).

� Has surrendered just nine home runs this season, leading NationalLeague pitchers with a 0.76 HR/9 IP rate.

� Also ranks in the Top 10 in N.L. in ground ball pct. (56.9, 3rd), GIDP/9(11, T10th), walks/9 IP (1.95, 6th), baserunners/9 IP (10.02, 5th), Opp.OBP (.282, 6th), Opp. SLG (.372, 7th), and quality starts (12, T4th).

� Has produced three starts of at least 8.0 IP and 1 ER or fewer thisseason, T2nd in MLB (deGrom, Scherzer, Kluber - 4).

� Yielded one run or less in seven starts this season, T7th-most in NL.

� Snapped a four-game losing streak in his last start (6/30 vs. WAS),earning his first win since 5/24 at LAD (6 starts). Threw a season-high8.0 IP, allowing one run on five hits in 8-1 win.

� Induced a four double plays in 6/30 start, matching his career-highand tied the MLB season-high (five others).

� Is 4-3 with a 2.77 ERA in 10 night game starts this season, 4th-lowestERA in the National League.

� Has not walked a batter in four of his starts this year and has walkedone batter or fewer in 32 of 46 career starts since signing with St.Louis, including zero walks in 15 of his outings.

� His 90 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 (6,4th), RBI (29, 4th) and slugging pct. (.286, 4th) over that span (min.300 ABs).

� Is 2-4 with a 3.13 ERA (60.1 IP) in nine starts at home this season and4-2 with a 2.76 ERA (45.2 IP) in seven road starts.

VS. MIAMI MARLINS:

� Is lifetime 6-1 with a 2.36 ERA (45.2 IP) and .212 opp. average inseven starts vs. Miami (six quality starts).

� His 2.36 ERA (40.2 IP) vs. the Marlins is his 2nd-lowest against anyopponent in his career (min. 5 starts), while it is also the 8th-lowestERA among active pitchers.

� In lone start as a Cardinal vs. MIA (7/29/16), gave up 6 R on 7 H in5.0 IP in STL’s 11-6 win at Marlins Park. Fanned 3 and walked 0.

� Did not allow a run over 15.0 consecutive innings aginast the Marlinsduring 2015 season. Scoreless streak was T11th longest in MLBhistory among starters (S. Strasburg led with 24.0 from 2011-12).

TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER

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 7:15

7/6 MIA H/D 12:45

7/7 NYM H/N 7:15

7/8 NYM H/D 3:10

7/9 NYM H/D 1:15

1ST HALF TOTALS

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

7/14 PIT R/N 6:05

7/15 PIT R/N 6:05

7/16 PIT R/D 12:35

7/17 NYM R/N 6:10

7/18 NYM R/N 6:10

7/19 NYM R/N 6:10

7/20 NYM R/D 11:10

7/21 CHI R/D 1:20

7/22 CHI R/D 3:05

7/23 CHI R/N 7:05

7/24 COL H/N 7:15

7/25 COL H/N 7:15

7/26 COL H/N 7:15

7/27 ARI H/N 6:15

7/28 ARI H/N 7:15

7/29 ARI H/N 6:15

7/30 ARI H/D 1:15

7/31 OPEN DATE

JULY TOTALS

8/1 MIL R/N 6:40

8/2 MIL R/N 7:10

8/3 MIL R/D 1:10

8/4 CIN R/N 6:10

8/5 CIN R/N 6:10

8/6 CIN R/D 12:10

8/7 KC R/N 7:15

8/8 KC R/N 7:15

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/D 12:05

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 41 40 50 51 38 43 36 41 20 3 11 3 377OPPONENTS 29 30 35 46 48 41 47 57 26 5 1 5 370

2017 SCORING BY INNING

Cardinals Recent TransactionsJuly 5: Sent 2B Kolten Wong to Springfield (AA) on a 20-day injury rehabilitation as-

signment.

July 4: Transferred the 30-day injury rehabilitation assignment of LHP Zach Duke

from GCL Cardinals (R) to Palm Beach Cardinals (A).

July 3: Recalled RHP Luke Weaver from Memphis (AAA).

July 2: Announced a pair of trades, sending international cap space to the Boston

Red Sox for minor league INF’s Stanley Espinal & Imeldo Diaz and doing the same

with the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for minor league OF Lane Thomas. Optioned

RHP Mike Mayers to Memphis (AAA), following the game.