SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS MEDIA NOTES GAME # 18 HOME GAME # 9 AWAY GAME # 9 THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 7:10PM SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS (9-8) VS. NW ARKANSAS NATURALS (6-11) St. Louis Cardinals Kansas City Royals Today s Starters: Springfield RHP Conner Greene (2-1, 2.63) NW Arkansas RHP Scott Blewett (0-2, 6.92) Upcoming Probables: Friday, 7:10pm SPR RHP Mike O Reilly (0-0, 0.00) vs. ARK RHP Nathan Bannister (1-0, 7.71) Saturday, 4:10pm SPR RHP Jake Woodford (1-2, 7.36) vs. ARK RHP Andrew Moore (1-0, 2.95) Sunday, 2:10pm SPR RHP Chris Ellis (1-0, 1.15) vs. ARK Chase De Jong (1-1, 3.75) Monday, 11:10am SPR TBA vs. ARK LHP Anthony Misiewicz (0-1, 2.70) The Book on Conner Greene (2-1, 2.63) High Strikeouts 8 Most Hits Allowed 4 Longest Outing 6.0 Most Walks Allowed 4 Shortest Outing 1.2 HR Allowed (Season) 0 Dominated the RockHounds in Game 1 on 4/14, retiring his final 16 batters in a row 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K Acquired by St. Louis with RHP Dominic Leone from Toronto in exchange for OF Randal Grichuk on 1/19/18 Member of the Cardinals 40-Man Roster appeared in five 2018 Major League Spring Training games with St. Louis (0-1, 11.57 ERA) Ranked by MLB.com as the Cardinals #21 prospect; had been ranked by Baseball America among Toronto s Top 5 prospects from 2015-17 Spent all of 2017 with Toronto s Double-A affiliate in New Hampshire, going 5-10, 5.29 ERA in 132.2 innings Earned 2017 Eastern League Midseason All-Star honors by going 4-6 with a 4.37 ERA in 16 starts before the break last year In 14 starts from April - June last season, went 4-5 with a 3.73 ERA (33ER/79.2IP), before a tough July (0-3, 9.61, 5GS) threw him off course In 2017, led New Hampshire hurlers with 13 double plays induced Split 2016 between New Hampshire and High-A Dunedin, combining to go 10-9, 3.51 ERA through a career-high 27 starts and 146.1 innings Pitched across three levels in 2015 from Low-A to Double-A and strung together a 26.0-inning scoreless streak from 7/20-8/18/15 Struck out a career-high 10 batters for High-A Dunedin on 8/6/15, allowing just one unearned run on two hits with no walks in Daytona Selected by Toronto in the 7 th round of the 2013 June Draft out of Santa Monica High School in California A surfer in his free time, also is family friends with Charlie Sheen and has appeared in several episodes of the TV series, Anger Management Last Game: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 3 K (4/19 @ Arkansas) CARDINALS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN CURRENT STREAK... 2-0 LONGEST WINNING STREAK...4-0 LAST 5 GAMES... 3-2 LONGEST LOSING STREAK....0-4 LAST 10 GAMES... 7-3 BEST RECORD... 9-8 HOME RECORD... 7-1 WORST RECORD (by %)... 1-5 AWAY RECORD... 2-7 2017 vs. NW ARKANSAS...20-12 Cardinals Chirps Last game The Cardinals took their second straight game from the Naturals with a 3-1 win on Tuesday night before Wednesday s rain out. RHP Ryan Helsley kept the Naturals at bay with 6.0 one-run innings, scattering four hits with one walk while striking out a season-high eight batters. Northwest Arkansas seized an early lead with their lone run in the 2 nd, but the Cardinals tied it with an RBI sac fly from 1B John Nogowski in the 4 th. Nogowski struck again with a two-out RBI single in the 6 th and then raced home on an RBI triple by RF Victor Roache, lifting the Cardinals ahead by two runs. RHP Ramon Santos (2.0 IP) and RHP Landon Beck (1.0 IP) slammed the door with scoreless relief, closing the 3-1 Cards win. Bring em home 1B John Nogowski s two RBIs on Tuesday extended his current RBI streak to six straight games, driving in 13 runs during that stretch. The Tallahassee, Florida native leads the Texas League with 18 RBIs so far this season. He is also on a six-game hitting streak, during which he is 11x22 with three home runs (one grand slam). Knizner connecting C Andrew Knizner continued his assault on Texas League pitching with two more hits on Monday, his sixth straight multihit performance. During those six games, he is hitting.542 (13x24) with four doubles, seven RBIs and five runs. With multiple hits in seven of his last eight games and hits in 11 of his 12 games overall this year, he leads the league with a.435 average (20x46). Tough to K In addition to ranking among the league s top 5 batting averages, 1B John Nogowski and C Andrew Knizner have also been two of the three toughest batters to strikeout in the league this year. Nogowski has struck out just three times in 57 at-bats, leading the league with just one strikeout for every 21.67 plate appearances. Knizner has fallen victim to just five Ks, ranking 3 rd with one strikeout every 10.20 plate appearances. Roache repeatedly reaching OF Victor Roache extended his current on-base streak to 14 straight games with a home run and a single on Monday night. During his streak, which started on 4/8/18 and is the longest current streak (t-2 nd longest overall) in the league right now, he is hitting.327 (17x52) with four home runs, two doubles, two triples, 10 RBIs and three walks. Triples aplenty With RF Victor Roache s RBI triple on Tuesday, the Cardinals added to their league-best total of nine three-baggers this year. Roache, INF Tommy Edman, OF Granden Goetzman and OF Thomas Spitz are all tied for the team and league leads with two triples apiece. Starting stanzas strong The Cardinals have start innings exceptionally well this year, combining for a.303 average with eight home runs, seven doubles, four triples, nine walks and a.352 on-base percentage when leading off frames. CF Lane Thomas has helped pace the attack with a.467 clip (7x15) and a team-leading three home runs when leading off.
Bird Seed CHRIS CHINEA First three hits of the season all went for extra bases (2 HRs, 1 2B) Hit his first-career Double-A home run (solo) in first at-bat of the year on 4/7/18 in MID.260, 6 HR, 48 RBIs, 24 2B in High-A Palm Beach in 2017 ranked among Cardinals Minor Leaguers in hits (8 th, 121) and doubles (7 th, 24) last year 17 th round pick in 2015 out of Louisiana State LUKE DYKSTRA Has hit in 4 of 6G so far to start his season Notched first-career Double-A hit (single) in debut on 4/7/18 in MID Spent 2017 with High-A Palm Beach -.250, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 9 2B, 81G Acquired by STL from Atlanta with RHP John Gant and RHP Chris Ellis in exchange for LHP Jaime Garcia on 12/1/16 7 th round pick in 2014 by Braves out of Westlake (CA) HS Son of former Major League outfielder Lenny Dykstra (Mets, Phillies) has a brother, Cutter, who was drafted by the Brewers in 2008 and also played in the Nationals system TOMMY EDMAN Has hit safely in 10 of 16G so far this season with 6 multi-hit games already On the road, is hitting.432 (16x37) with two triples, four RBIs and six runs in nine games Split 2017 between Low-A Peoria (38 G), High-A Palm Beach (18 G) and Springfield (63 G).247, 2 HR, 26 RBI, 12 2B with SPR last year Ranked among STL Minor Leaguers in hits (9 th, 116), doubles (t-10 th, 22), triples (t-2 nd, 8), RBIs (t-10 th, 55) and steals (10 th, 13) Across three levels in 2017, hit.330 (38x115) with RISP 6 th rounder in 2016 from Stanford GRANDEN GOETZMAN Has hits in 4 of last 7G, including an RBI triple on 4/15/18 vs. FRI Ripped an RBI triple in Cardinals debut on Opening Day in MID (4/5/18) Signed by STL on 1/16/18 veteran OF hit.245, 24 HR, 201 RBI, 83 2B, 21 3B in 457 G in Rays system Reached AAA in 2017, playing 17 G with Durham -.314, 1 HR, 13 RBI Played a career-high 110 games in 2014 but has battled injuries throughout his career 2 nd round pick in 2011 by Tampa out of Palmetto (FL) High School ANDREW KNIZNER Leads the league with.435 average Has multiple hits in 7 of last 8G (16x31 during that stretch) Opened season with 5G hit streak and has hits in 11 of 12G overall 2 HRs in 2018 MLB Spring Training with STL (Non-Roster Invitee) promoted from Low-A Peoria to SPR on 6/14/17 and hit.324, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 13 2B in 51 Double-A games Vs. LHP w/ SPR in 2017-.409 (18x44), 2 HR, 8 RBI hit.358, 3 HR, 12 RBI in 17 G in 2017 Arizona Fall League, named to Rising Stars All-Star Game Has thrown out 44% (37x84) of attempted base stealers Shifted from 3B to C after sophomore season at NC State JEREMY MARTINEZ Has reached base in all four starts so far Saw first action of season on 4/7/18, going 1x2, BB in MID Made Double-A debut on 8/27/17 before debuting with AAA-Memphis on 9/3/17 (1x3, 2BB) Hit.189, 0 HR, 15 RBIs, in 60 G in High-A Palm Beach in 2017 after.325, 1 HR, 32 RBI, in 57 G in Short-A State College in 2016 Has thrown out 44% (40x91) of attempted base stealers in career 4 th round pick in 2016 out of Southern California Moved from 1B to C after his sophomore season at USC JOHN NOGOWSKI Current 6G hitting streak (11x22, 2HR) and 6G RBI streak (13 RBIs) since 4/17 Multiple hits in 5 of last 8G (14x30, 2 HR, 13 RBI during that stretch) First career grand slam on 4/19/18 in ARK 7 multi-hit games overall this year Started season with a 3-game RBI streak (4/5-4/8, 5 RBIs) Signed by STL on 6/27/17 out of Independent American Association hit.295, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 12 2B in 59 G with SPR through 2 nd half last year July, 2017 hit.320 (33x103), 1 HR, 13 RBI, 5 2B, 29 G Prior to signing, was hitting.402, 4 HR, 28 RBI in 34 G with Sioux City last year Originally drafted by Oakland in 34 th round in 2014 out of Florida State VICTOR ROACHE Current 14G on-base streak since 4/8 9 of his 10 season RBIs have come with 2 outs 7G hit streak from 4/8-15 (10x25, 3HR, 1 2B, 7 RBI) 5G RBI streak from 4/10-15 (7 RBIs) Signed by STL on 1/31/18 Played 22 G for AA-Biloxi (MIL) before being traded to LA Dodgers on 5/4/17 for cash considerations Spent rest of 2017 (35 G) with High-A Rancho Cucamonga -.192, 6 HR, 17 RBI 1 st round pick in 2012 by Milwaukee out of Georgia Southern Led NCAA D-1 and set Georgia Southern record with 30 HR in 2011 DARREN SEFERINA Has hit safely in 6 of last 9G (9x30, 2 HR, 2 2B, 9 RBI) After an 0x23 start to the season, ripped a two-run double for first hit of the year on 4/12 vs. MID Debuted w/ SPR on 7/7/17 and hit.277, 5 HR, 16 RBI in 48 G 12-G hit streak from 7/14-7/26/17:.479 (23x48), 2 HR, 6 RBI, 11 R 2017 Florida State League All-Star hitting.278, 2 HR, 29 RBI, 11 2B, league-best 9 3B in 70 G Led Cardinals Minor Leaguers with 10 total triples last year 5 th round pick in 2014 out of Miami-Dade Community College From Willemstad, Curacao THOMAS SPITZ Hitting.296 in last 10G (8x27, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R) Tallied a season-high 3 hits (3x4) with first-career Double-A HR on 4/15 vs. FRI Leads the club and tied for the league lead with two triples already, including his first-career Double-A triple on 4/6/18 in MID 11 G with SPR in 2017 from 5/7-6/4 Hit.253, 5 HR, 27 RBI, 16 2B in 101 G with High-A Palm Beach last year Made Double-A debut with SPR with 4 G from 8/16 8/20/16 32 nd round pick in 2015 out of Wingate (NC) University where he was an All-American EDMUNDO SOSA 5 multi-hit games already, including a double and an RBI triple on 4/17/18 vs. FRI 4G hitting streak from 4/8-4/12 (6x17, 2 2B, 3 RBI) Has hit safely in 9 of 14G overall Debuted with SPR on 6/16/17, only game in Double-A Hit.305, 0 HR, 7 RBI, 18 H in 17 G with Surprise in 2017 Arizona Fall League Hit in each of his last 12 G for High-A Palm Beach (around an injury) Played for Team Panama during 2016 qualifying round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Still ranked #16 for STL by MLB.com, was Top 5 ranked prospect as recently as 2015 LANE THOMAS League-best 14G on-base streak from Opening Day 4/5 4/20/18 Homered in 4 of 6G during Opening Homestand (4/12-17) Hit safely in first 10G to start the season (.421, 4 HR, 6 2B during streak) and has hits in 14 of 17G overall Collected an extra-base hit in first 7G of the season (2HR, 6 2B during streak) Acquired from Toronto on 7/2/17 for international cap space Spent most of 2017 with High-A Dunedin (TOR), hitting.252, 4 HR, 12 2B, 6 3B in 73 G Hit in 6 of 9 games with Palm Beach last year, including 3x4, 1 3B, 1 RBI on 7/16/17 Originally picked by Toronto in 5 th round in 2014 out of Bearden HS in Knoxville, TN RAMON URIAS Hit first Double-A home run in first at-bat of his second game with SPR on 4/23/18 vs. NWA Went 4x4 with two doubles in SPR debut on 4/22/18 in ARK Returned to SPR from AAA-Memphis on 4/21/18 Was with AAA-Memphis from 4/8-19.071 (1x14), 1 2B, 2R, 6G Signed by STL on 1/4/18 after 5 years in Mexican League (2013-17) 2017 Mexican League All-Star hitting.340, 19 HR, 79 RBI, 29 2B and league-best 91 R for Mexico City 32-game on-base streak from 5/12-6/21/17 Older brother of Padres farmhand and former Missions INF Luis Urias originally signed by Texas in 2011 before being sold to Mexico City in 2013
CARDINALS FIRST HALF DAY-BY-DAY Springfield OPP. # DATE OPP. W/L R-H-E-LOB R-H-E-LOB REC. PL. (GB) W/L/S TIME ATT. SEASON ATT. 1 4/5 MID L 5-12-0-7 6-12-0-8 0-1 4 th (1.0) Bragg/EVANS/Wendelken 2:55 5,373 5,373 2 4/6 MID L 3-8-1-6 6-8-0-4 0-2 4 th (2.0) Walter/HELSLEY/Blackwood 2:10 4,460 9,833 3 4/7 MID L 1-4-3-6 10-11-3-9 0-3 4 th (2.0) Bracewell/GREENE 2:45 4,002 13,835 4 4/8 FRI L 3-9-1-8 6-9-0-6 0-4 4 th (3.0) Payano/TEWES/Feigl 2:30 5,108 18,943 5 4/9 FRI W 4-8-2-5 3-7-1-7 1-4 t-3 rd (2.0) JONES/Martin/ELLIS 2:32 2,535 21,478 6 4/10 FRI L 4-9-2-5 11-13-0-8 1-5 4 th (3.0) Pena/WOODFORD 2:45 3,028 24,506 7 4/12 MID W 10-13-0-5 5-11-1-10 2-5 t-3 rd (2.0) ARIAS/Walter 2:45 6,784 6,784 8 4/14 MID W(7) 5-8-0-3 0-2-1-4 3-5 -- GREENE/Bracewell 1:53 -- -- 9 4/14 MID L(7) 3-3-0-4 4-7-0-7 3-6 t-3 rd (3.0) Ruiz/TEWES/Wendelken 2:10 3,290 10,074 10 4/15 FRI W 14-19-2-9 3-6-0-9 4-6 t-3 rd (2.0) JONES/Martin 2:34 2,574 12,648 11 4/16 FRI W 6-7-0-9 1-5-4-8 5-6 3 rd (2.0) WOODFORD/Pena 2:54 4,806 17,454 12 4/17 FRI W 7-10-1-7 5-9-0-11 6-6 t-2 nd (1.0) BECK/Dykstra/ELLIS 2:44 5,741 23,195 13 4/19 ARK W 6-11-1-8 4-7-0-8 7-6 2 nd (1.0) GREENE/Perakslis/EVANS 2:35 3,669 28,175 14 4/20 ARK L 7-12-2-11 10-11-0-10 7-7 t-2 nd (1.0) Tenuta/SANTOS/Warren 3:12 7,075 35,250 15 4/22 ARK L 3-12-0-9 9-12-0-8 7-8 3 rd (2.0) Moore/WOODFORD 2:56 3,007 38,257 16 4/23 NWA W 6-11-0-6 5-10-0-6 8-8 3 rd (1.0) ELLIS/Griffin/MENDOZA 2:29 2,265 25,460 17 4/24 NWA W 3-4-1-5 1-5-1-4 9-8 t-2 nd (1.0) HELSLEY/Lovvorn/BECK 2:33 2,916 28,376 APRIL TOTALS: 9-8,.280 BA, 90 R, 28 2B, 9 3B, 22 HR, 85 RBI, 41 BB, 124 K, 6 SB, 2 CS 5.01 ERA, 5 SV, 142.0 IP, 145 H, 89 R, 79 ER, 74 BB, 115 K,.265 OPP BA SEASON TOTALS: 9-8,.280 BA, 90 R, 28 2B, 9 3B, 22 HR, 85 RBI, 41 BB, 124 K, 6 SB, 2 CS 5.01 ERA, 5 SV, 142.0 IP, 145 H, 89 R, 79 ER, 74 BB, 115 K,.265 OPP BA
CARDINALS 2018 HIGH/LOWS MOST RUNS IN A GAME:...14 (4/15 vs. FRI) MOST RUNS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...11 (4/10 @ FRI) MOST RUNS IN AN INNING:...6 (3 rd, 4/12 vs. MID) MOST RUNS IN AN INNING (OPPONENT):...4 (Multiple) FEWEST RUNS IN A GAME:........1 (4/7 @ MID) FEWEST RUNS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):............... 0 (4/14 vs. FRI, G1) LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY:...11 (4/15 vs. FRI) LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT:...9 (4/7 @ MID) MOST HITS IN A GAME:...19 (4/15 vs. FRI) MOST HITS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...13 (4/10 @ FRI) FEWEST HITS IN A GAME:...4 (Twice) FEWEST HITS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...5 (Twice) FEWEST HITS IN A SEVEN-INNING GAME:...3 (4/14 vs. MID, G2) FEWEST HITS IN A SEVEN-INNING GAME (OPPONENT):...2 (4/14 vs. MID, G1) MOST HITS IN AN INNING:...8 (3 rd, 4/12 vs. MID) MOST HITS IN AN INNING (OPPONENT):...4 (Multiple) MOST HOME RUNS IN A GAME:...4 (4/17 vs. FRI) MOST HOME RUNS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...3 (4/12 vs. MID) MOST DOUBLES IN A GAME:...4 (Multiple) MOST DOUBLES IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...4 (4/9 @ FRI) MOST TRIPLES IN A GAME:...2 (4/6 @ MID; 4/20 @ ARK) MOST TRIPLES IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...1 (Multiple) MOST STOLEN BASES IN A GAME:...2 (4/15 vs. FRI) MOST STOLEN BASES IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...2 (4/14 vs. MID, G2) MOST TIMES CAUGHT STEALING IN A GAME:...1 (Multiple) MOST TIMES CAUGHT STEALING IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...1 (Multiple) MOST WALKS DRAWN IN A GAME (9 INNINGS):...6 (4/20 @ ARK) MOST WALKS ALLOWED IN A GAME (9 INNINGS):...10 (4/20 @ ARK) MOST STRIKEOUTS ON OFFENSE IN A GAME (9 INNINGS OR LESS):...12 (4/5 @ MID) MOST STRIKEOUTS ON OFFENSE IN A GAME (OPPONENT, 9 INNINGS OR LESS):...11 (4/14 vs. MID, G2) MOST RUNNERS LEFT ON BASE IN A GAME:...11 (4/20 @ ARK) MOST RUNNERS LEFT ON BASE IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...11 (4/17 vs. FRI) MOST RUNS BATTED IN, IN A GAME:...13 (4/15 vs. FRI) MOST RUNS BATTED IN, IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...9 (Multiple) MOST DOUBLE PLAYS HIT INTO IN A GAME:...2 (4/7 @ MID) MOST DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED IN A GAME:...3 (4/19 @ ARK; 4/20 @ ARK) MOST TRIPLE PLAYS TURNED IN A GAME:...N/A MOST ERRORS IN A GAME:...3 (4/7 @ MID) MOST ERRORS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...4 (4/16 vs. FRI) LONGEST GAME (INNINGS):...9 (Multiple) LONGEST GAME TIME (9 INNINGS):...3:12 (4/20 @ ARK) LONGEST GAME TIME (7 INNINGS):...2:10 (4/14 vs. MID, G2) LONGEST GAME TIME (EXTRA INNINGS):...N/A SHORTEST GAME TIME:...2:10 (4/6 @ MID) SHORTEST GAME TIME (7 INNINGS):...1:53 (4/14 vs. MID, G1) SHORTEST GAME TIME (EXTRA INNINGS):...N/A LARGEST HOME CROWD:...6,784 (4/12 vs. MID) SMALLEST HOME CROWD:...2,265 (4/23 vs. NWA) LARGEST ROAD CROWD:...7,075 (4/20 @ ARK) SMALLEST ROAD CROWD:...2,535 (4/9 @ FRI) INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME HIGHS HITTING RUNS SCORED:...3 (Roache, 4/15 vs. FRI) HITS:...4 (Urias, 4/22 @ ARK) DOUBLES:...2 (Multiple, most recently Urias and Knizner, 4/22 @ ARK) TRIPLES:...1 (Multiple, most recently Roache, 4/24 vs. NWA) HOME RUNS:...1 (Multiple) RUNS BATTED IN:...4 (Seferina, 4/16 vs. FRI; Nogowski, 4/19 @ ARK) WALKS:..,,,,,,,,,,,,......2 (Thomas, 4/20 @ ARK) STRIKEOUTS:...4 (Spitz, 4/16 vs. FRI) STOLEN BASES:...1 (Multiple) EXTRA-BASE HITS:...2 (Multiple) TOTAL BASES:...7 (Nogowski, 4/5 @ MID) PITCHING INNINGS PITCHED (STARTER):...6.0 (Multiple, most recently Helsley, 4/24 vs. NWA) INNINGS PITCHED (RELIEVER):...3.1 (Ellis, 4/5 @ MID) RUNS ALLOWED:...6 (Helsley, 4/6 @ MID) HITS ALLOWED:...8 (Woodford, 4/22 @ ARK) STRIKEOUTS:...8 (Greene, 4/14 vs. MID, G1; Helsley, 4/24 vs. NWA) WALKS ALLOWED:...6 (Helsley, 4/17 vs. FRI) HOME RUNS ALLOWED:...2 (Helsley, 4/12 vs. MID) WILD PITCHES:...2 (Helsley, 4/6 @ MID; Santos, 4/20 @ ARK) Bold Indicates New Franchise Record Indicates Tied Franchise Record
2018 REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN INNING-BY-INNING SCORING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Total SPR 12 13 14 7 8 15 14 7 0 0 90 Opponents 7 10 9 16 16 10 7 10 4 0 89 Overall Record......9-8 First Half......9-8 Second Half......0-0 Home......7-1 Away......2-7 Vs. RH Starters......6-8 Vs. LH Starters......3-0 Day......4-3 Night......5-5 One-run Games......2-2 Two-run Games......3-0 Extra Innings......0-0 In Doubleheaders......1-1 When Leading After 7......8-1 When Trailing After 7......0-6 When Tied After 7... 0-0 When Leading After 8... 8-0 When Trailing After 8... 0-7 When Tied After 8... 0-0 When Scoring First......4-3 When Opponent Scores First......5-5 When Scoring 3 or Less......1-6 When Scoring 4 or More......8-2 When Hitting a Home Run......7-5 When Committing an Error...5-5 When Not Committing an Error...4-3 Most Games Above.500...1 (9-8) Most Games Below.500....4 (1-5) Games at.500......3 CARDINALS CATCHING TOTALS Catcher CS ATT PCT PB W-L Chinea 0 2 0% 0 0-1 Knizner 2 7 29% 0 7-5 Martinez 0 2 0% 0 2-2 Total: 2 11 18% 0 9-8 CARDINALS CATCHERS ERA BREAKDOWN Catcher Innings Caught ER ERA Chinea 7.0 4 5.14 Knizner 101.0 54 4.81 Martinez 34.0 21 5.56 CARDINALS PITCHING BREAKDOWN W L SV ERA IP H R ER BB K HR STARTERS: 7 6 0 5.34 79.2 84 53 49 48 63 7 RELIEVERS: 2 2 5 4.33 62.1 61 36 30 26 52 6 TOTALS: 9 8 5 5.01 142.0 145 89 79 74 115 13 CARDINALS STARTER BREAKDOWN Starter Starts Team Record NDs Record Quality In Starts As Starter Starts Ellis 1 1-0 0 1-0 1 Greene 3 2-1 0 2-1 2 Helsley 4 3-1 2 1-1 1 Jones 2 2-0 0 2-0 0 Tewes 3 0-3 1 0-2 0 Woodford 4 1-3 1 1-2 0 Totals: 17 9-8 4 7-6 4 CARDINALS BULLPEN INHERITED RUNNERS Inherited Inherited Pct. Reliever Runners Runs Allowed Scored Arias 2 0 0% Beck 4 2 50% Bowen 1 0 0% Bray 5 1 20% Ellis 3 0 0% Evans 4 2 50% Mendoza 5 1 20% Morales 2 0 0% Totals: 26 6 23% CARDINALS BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (LAST OUTING) Reliever Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR BF IR Scored Arias 4/23 NWA H 1.1 3 3 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 Beck 4/24 NWA S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Bowen 4/19 @ARK - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 Bray 4/22 @ARK - 2.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 3 1 Ellis 4/17 FRI S 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 0 Evans 4/22 @ARK - 0.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 Mendoza 4/23 NWA S 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Morales 4/23 NWA H 1.1 3 1 1 2 1 0 8 0 0 Santos 4/24 NWA H 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0
DESIGNATED HITTING Chinea: 0x11 (.000), 2BB, 5 K Dykstra: 1x7 (.143), 2K Goetzman: 3x23 (.130), 1 3B, 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB, 4K Nogowski: 2x4 (.500), 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R Roache: 1x11 (.091), 1 RBI, 4K Seferina: 2x4 (.500), 1 BB, 1 K Spitz: 2x4 (.500), 1 3B, 1 R Totals: 11x64 (.172), 1 HR, 2 3B, 0 2B, 3 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB, 16 K 2018 CARDINALS BY THE NUMBERS Seferina: 0x1 (.000), 1K PINCH HITTING Totals: 0x1 (.000), 0 HR, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 RBI, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 SAC CARDINALS HOME RUN BREAKDOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extra Total 1 7 0 4 1 3 5 1 0 0 22 Solo Two-Run Three-Run Grand Slam 15 6 0 1 Trailing Tied Game Gave Lead Extended Lead 2 2 5 13 STARTS (RECORDS) BY POSITION C: Chinea 1 (0-1), Knizner 12 (7-5), Martinez 4 (2-2) 1B: Chinea 2 (1-1), Nogowski 15 (8-7) 2B: Dykstra 4 (1-3), Edman 2 (0-2), Seferina 9 (7-2), Urias 2 (1-1) 3B: Edman 8 (6-2), Seferina 4 (1-3), Sosa 4 (1-3), Urias 1 (1-0) SS: Edman 6 (2-4), Sosa 11 (7-4) LF: Roache 4 (2-2), Spitz 13 (7-6) CF: Thomas 17 (9-8) RF: Goetzman 7 (2-5), Roache 10 (7-3) DH: Chinea 3 (2-1), Dykstra 2 (1-1), Goetzman 6 (5-1), Nogowski 1 (1-0), Roache 3 (0-3), Seferina 1 (0-1), Spitz 1 (0-1) STARTS (RECORDS) BY BATTING ORDER 1ST: Edman 16 (8-8), Spitz 1 (1-0) 2ND: Seferina 5 (0-5), Sosa 10 (7-3), Urias 2 (2-0) 3RD: Knizner 2 (0-2), Thomas 15 (9-6) 4TH: Chinea 1 (0-1), Knizner 10 (7-3), Nogowski 6 (2-4) 5TH: Chinea 1 (0-1), Dykstra 1 (0-1), Nogowski 10 (7-3), Roache 1 (1-0), Seferina 2 (1-1), Sosa 2 (0-2) 6TH: Chinea 3 (2-1), Dykstra 1 (0-1), Goetzman 1 (0-1), Roache 3 (2-1), Seferina 5 (4-1), Sosa 2 (1-1), Thomas 2 (0-2) 7TH: Dykstra 2 (1-1), Goetzman 8 (5-3), Roache 7 (3-4) 8TH: Chinea 1 (1-0), Dykstra 1 (0-1), Goetzman 4 (2-2), Martinez 3 (1-2), Roache 6 (3-3), Seferina 2 (2-0) 9TH: Dykstra 1 (1-0), Martinez 1 (1-0), Seferina 1 (1-0), Spitz 13 (6-7), Urias 1 (0-1) CURRENT HITTING STREAKS Knizner: 6 (13h, 4/15-) Nogowski: 6 (11h, 4/17-) Roache: 5 (7h, 4/19-) Urias: 3 (7h, 4/22-) Spitz: 2 (2h, 4/23-) Goetzman: 1 (1h, 4/22-) LONGEST HITTING STREAKS Thomas: 10 (16h, 4/5-4/15) Roache: 7 (10h, 4/8-4/15) Knizner: 5 (6h, 4/5-4/12) Edman: 5 (7h, 4/8-4/14) Nogowski: 4 (7h, 4/5-4/9) Sosa: 4 (6h, 4/8-4/12) Edman: 4 (7h, 4/17-4/22)
2018 TRANSACTIONS Opening Day Roster (25) Pitchers (13): Estarlin Arias, Landon Beck, Brady Bowen, Tyler Bray, Chris Ellis, Jacob Evans, Conner Greene, Ryan Helsley, Connor Jones, Hector Mendoza, Ramon Santos, Sam Tewes, Jake Woodford Catchers (2): Andrew Knizner, Jeremy Martinez Infielders (6): Chris Chinea, Tommy Edman, John Nogowski, Darren Seferina, Edmundo Sosa, Ramon Urias Outfielders (4): Lane Thomas, Granden Goetzman, Victor Roache, Thomas Spitz Transactions (First Half) 4/06 INF Ramon Urias transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 4/06 INF Luke Dykstra transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 4/12 RHP Hector Mendoza placed on Temporary Inactive List 4/16 RHP Hector Mendoza activated from Temporary Inactive List 4/17 RHP Connor Jones placed on the Disabled List 4/19 RHP Andrew Morales transferred to Springfield from AAA-Memphis 4/20 INF Ramon Urias transferred to Springfield from AAA-Memphis 4/20 RHP Sam Tewes placed on the Disabled List 4/24 RHP Tyler Bray released by St. Louis 4/24 LHP Brady Bowen released by St. Louis 4/24 RHP Mike O Reilly transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 4/24 RHP Ronnie Williams transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 4/25 INF Ramon Urias placed on the Disabled List 4/26 OF Granden Goetzman transferred to Short-A State College from Springfield 4/26 OF Blake Drake transferred to Springfield from Short-A State College