SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS MEDIA NOTES GAME # 60 HOME GAME # 28 AWAY GAME # 32 FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018 7:05PM SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS (30-29) VS. NW ARKANSAS NATURALS (28-31) St. Louis Cardinals Kansas City Royals Today s Starters: Springfield RHP Anthony Shew (2-1, 5.82) NW Arkansas RHP Scott Blewett (2-4, 5.28) Upcoming Probables: Saturday, 6:10pm SPR RHP Matt Pearce (0-0, 0.00) vs. TUL RHP Andrew Sopko (0-0, 0.00) Sunday, 6:10pm SPR RHP Jake Woodford (3-6, 4.95) vs. TUL TBA Monday, 11:10am SPR RHP Mike O Reilly (2-0, 2.20) vs. TUL TBA Tuesday, 6:30pm SPR RHP Connor Jones (3-2, 4.50) vs. TUL TBA The Book on Anthony Shew (2-1, 5.82) High Strikeouts 5 Most Hits Allowed 9 Longest Outing 7.0 Most Walks Allowed 1 Shortest Outing 4.0 HR Allowed (Season) 3 In last two starts, has gone 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA, allowing just four runs on 13 hits and one walk through 13.0 innings while striking out five 24 year old made his Double-A debut on the mound for Springfield on 5/22 in Corpus 4.0 IP, 9H, 7R, 1BB, 5K Started the year with High-A Palm Beach, going 4-1, 2.11 ERA through eight starts, striking out 34 and walking only seven through 42.2 innings At the time of his promotion on 5/22, ranked 5 th in the Florida State League in ERA while leading all Cardinals Minor Leaguers Did not allow an earned run in five of his eight starts with High-A Palm Beach this year Rattled off 17.1 straight innings without an earned run from 4/28 5/17 with High-A Palm Beach Split 2017 between Short-A State College (2-2, 3.38 ERA, 4 GS), Low-A Peoria (5-0, 2.95 ERA, 10G/9S) and High-A Palm Beach (0-0, 15.00 ERA, 1G) Ranked among Cardinals Minor Leaguers last year in WHIP (9 th, 1.05), opponent batting average (7 th,.234) and K/BB ratio (3 rd, 6.36) With Low-A Peoria in 2017, tossed a career-high 8.0 innings on 8/28/17 vs. Kane County, allowing just one unearned run on two hits while striking out 7 Also with Low-A Peoria in 2017, set a career-high with 11 strikeouts in 7.1 one-run frames on 8/18/17 vs. Clinton Signed by St. Louis as a non-drafted free agent on 6/20/16 out of the University of San Francisco Transferred to the University of San Francisco in 2015 for his junior and senior seasons after two years at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA Cousin of Kansas City Royals pitcher Ian Kennedy Last Game: 7.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 4K (6/2 vs. San Antonio) CARDINALS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN CURRENT STREAK... 1-0 LONGEST WINNING STREAK...5-0 LAST 5 GAMES... 3-2 LONGEST LOSING STREAK....0-4 LAST 10 GAMES... 4-6 BEST RECORD...18-11 HOME RECORD... 17-11 WORST RECORD (by %)... 1-5 AWAY RECORD... 13-18 2018 vs. NW ARKANSAS... 9-6 Cardinals Chirps Last game The Cardinals struck for two runs in the 8 th inning to swing out of a 3-3 tie and claim the 5-3 victory on Thursday in NW Arkansas. While RHP Connor Jones started his night with 4.1 no-hit innings against the Naturals, the Cardinals struck in the 3 rd with an RBI single from CF Thomas Spitz and in the 4 th with a solo shot from 3B Evan Mendoza. The Naturals got on the board in the 5 th, but a SS Tommy Edman solo home run in the 6 th opened the Springfield lead to 3-1. However, the Naturals again came back, this time tying it with RBI singles from RF Elier Hernandez and LF Anderson Miller in the 6 th. Springfield, though, reclaimed the lead in the 8 th on a sac fly from Edman and an RBI double by Mendoza, before LHP Colton Thomson slammed the door with a pair of shutout stanzas in the 8 th and 9 th. 1 st -Half Battle The Cardinals moved back into a tie with the Arkansas Travelers for 1 st place in the North Division with just 11 games remaining in the First Half. Meanwhile, the Naturals are in 3 rd, just 2.0 games back, and the Tulsa Drillers are in 4 th, only 3.0 games out of 1 st. The First Half Champs in both divisions earn a guaranteed playoff berth. Evan almighty One day after being named the Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month for May, 3B Evan Mendoza cracked his first Double- A home run, along with an RBI double, in a 2x4 night on Thursday. The 21 year old has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, batting.351 (13x37) with one homer, a double, a triple and seven RBIs. After leading the Cardinals system with a.339 average last year, he is currently 2 nd in the system with a.333 clip this year between High-A Palm Beach and Springfield, only trailing his former NC State teammate, C Andrew Knizner (.336). Thomas on a tear With another base hit on Thursday, OF Lane Thomas extended his hitting streak to seven games, hitting.387 (12x31) with four homers and 11 RBIs while collecting his first two career multi-home run performances on 6/2 and 6/5. The Knoxville, TN native has now hit in 11 of his last 12 games, batting.346 (18x52) with four homers, two doubles and 15 RBIs during that stretch. With the recent power surge, Thomas is 2 nd in the Texas League with 13 home runs this year, only trailing Cardinals OF Victor Roache (15). Steady Eddy INF Tommy Edman also extended his hitting streak to nine games with a solo blast on Thursday, and is hitting.359 (14x39) during his streak. The San Diego, CA native has now hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games, tallying a.350 average (21x60) with three homers, 11 RBIs, three doubles and 14 runs during his excellent stretch, increasing his average from.239 to.269 since 5/21. Knocking Northwest 1B Chris Chinea has had a terrific series, going 6x12 with a homer, two doubles, three RBIs and six runs scored through the last three games. The Miami, FL native has hit safely in 10 of his last 14 games, going 14x57 with three homers and nine RBIs during that stretch.
Bird Seed CHRIS CHINEA This series 6x12, 1 HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 6 R, 3G Hits in 10 of last 14G (14x57, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 11 R) 5G hit streak from 5/7-5/11 (6x17, 4 2B, 2 RBI) Has reached base in 29 of his 39G this season Hit 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 BLAKE DRAKE Hits in 7 of last 10G.316 (12x38), 3 HR, 2 2B, 10 RBI, 6R Vs. RHP -.281 (18x64), 3 HR, 6 2B, 12 RBI On the road -.333 (17x51), 2 HR, 6 2B, 11 RBI, 5 R, 15 G Joined SPR from extended spring training on 4/26/18 Started 2017 season with SPR (.220, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 12G) before spending majority of season with High-A Palm Beach (.245, 7 HR, 27 RBI, 15 2B, 82G) Led Florida State League in 2017 with 13 outfield assists Rated as having the Best Outfield Arm in the FSL last year by Baseball America Double-A debut on 6/7/16 and hit.254, 5 HR, 8 2B, 26 RBI, 27 R in 58G with SPR that year 18 th rounder in 2014 out of Concordia (OR) Univ Native of Ramona, CA LUKE DYKSTRA At Home -.320 (8x25), 1 RBI, 8 G Had 4G hitting streak from 4/28-5/2 (6x15, 1 2B, 1 RBI) Has hit in 13 of 24G so far with 4 multi-hit games 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 Current 9G hit streak -.359 (14x39), 7 R Hits in 13 of last 14G.350 (21x60), 3 HR, 11 RBI, 3 2B, 14 R On base in last 14G On base in 46 of 55 games this season (.329 OBP) With RISP -.308 (16x52), 1 HR, 4 2B, 19 RBI Tied Springfield single game record with 4 BB on 5/1 @ NWA, his 2 nd -career 4 BB game (8/25/16 vs. Batavia with Short-A State College) Has 15 multi-hit games this year Split 2017 between Low-A Peoria (38 G), High-A Palm Beach (18 G) and Springfield (63 G) Ranked among 2017 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 Tied for team lead with 3 triples RBIs in 6 of last 13G (8 RBI) Had 7G hit streak from 5/20-5/25 (9x25, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3R) Hits in 15 of 22G since returning to SPR on 5/14 -.273 (21x77), 3 HR, 5 2B, 1 3B, 12 RBI, 10 R First-career multi-hr game on 5/15 vs. TUL (2 HR, 4 RBI) 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 JEREMY MARTINEZ Matched a career-high with 3BB on 6/5 @ NWA (first done on 6/29/16 with Short-A State College) Returned to SPR on 5/29 after 6 G with AAA-Memphis from 5/12-5/23 -.235 (4x17), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 6G Has reached base in 12 of 17 G with SPR (.375 OBP) Hit first-career Double-A HR (2R) on 5/8 vs. TUL 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 4 th round pick in 2016 out of Southern California Moved from 1B to C after his sophomore season at USC EVAN MENDOZA Hits in 9 of last 10G -.351 (13x37), 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBI... Named STL Minor League Player of the Month for May -.369, 2 HR, 10 RBI,.895 OPS, 28G between SPR and PB Had 6G hit streak from 5/26 6/2.450 (9x20), 4 RBI, 4 R, 8 BB 2 nd among STL farmhands with.333 average between PB (.349) and SPR (.286) Went 3x4 in Double-A debut on 5/18 vs. NWA after joining SPR from High-A Palm Beach Finished PB stint on 10G hit streak (18x42, 2 HR, 3 2B, 5 RBI) Started season with 12G hit streak (17x48, 4 2B, 5 RBI) Led all 2017 Cardinals Minor Leaguers with.339 combined batting average (Short-A and Low-A) Won NY-Penn League Batting Title with.370 clip with State College Ranked by MLB.com as Cardinals #30 prospect 11 th round pick in 2017 out of NC State VICTOR ROACHE Hits in 5 of last 6G 8x21, 1 HR, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R Despite 1 HR in last 15G, leads league and t-5 th in MiLB with 15 HRs 5 th in TL with 41 RBIs (most in STL org.) TL Player of the Week for 4/30-5/6 (.379, 11x29, 6 HR, 15 RBI, 7G) 8G hit streak from 4/30-5/7 (12x32, 6 HR, 15 RBI) Had 3G HR streak from 5/5-5/7 (3HRs, 10 RBIs) Hit two 2R-HRs on 4/30 vs. ARK, his 6 th career multi-hr game Had 16G on-base streak from 4/8 4/27/18 Signed by STL on 1/31/18 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 THOMAS SPITZ Tied for team lead with 3 triples On base in 5 of last 7G 7x21, 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB Tallied a season-high 3 hits (3x4) with first-career Double-A HR on 4/15 vs. FRI 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 Hits in 11 of last 15G -.393 (24x61), 2 HR, 6 2B, 14 RBI May -.307 (31x101), 3 HR, 6 2B, 16 RBI, 14 R, 28G 16 multi-hit games this season Has hit safely in 34 of 52G overall Debuted with SPR on 6/16/17, only game in Double-A last season Hit.305, 0 HR, 7 RBI, 18 H in 17 G with Surprise in 2017 Arizona Fall League 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 Current 7G hit streak.387 (12x31), 4 HR, 11 RBI, 6R Hits in 11 of last 12G.346 (18x52), 4 HR, 2 2B, 15 RBI, 8 R First two career multi-hr games on 6/2 vs. SA (2 HR) and 6/5 @ NWA (2 HR) 2 nd in TL with 13 HRs and 2 nd in STL Org. with 40 RBIs, both only trailing OF Victor Roache 14G on-base streak from Opening Day 4/5 4/20/18 Hit safely in first 10G to start season (.421, 4 HR, 6 2B during streak) Collected an XBH in first 7G of the season (2HR, 6 2B during streak) Acquired from TOR on 7/2/17 for international cap space Spent most of 2017 with High-A Dunedin (TOR) -.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 TOR in 5 th round in 2014 out of Bearden HS in Knoxville, TN STEFAN TROSCLAIR Has scored a run in 8 of last 11G (12 R) RBI in 5 of last 10G (6 RBI) Tied SPR all-time record with career-high five hits (5x5, 1 RBI, 2R) on 6/2 vs. SA First-career Double-A HR on 5/21 vs. NWA (2R, 2 nd inn.) Hits in 8 of first 13G with SPR (.319, 15x47, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 12 R) Went 2x4, 1 RBI in Double-A debut on 5/18 vs. NWA after joining SPR from High-A Palm Beach With PB this year -.226, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 6 2B, 33G Spent 2017 with Low-A Peoria -.272, 15 HR, 18 2B, 6 3B, 59 RBI, 111G 2017 Midwest League Midseason All-Star and went 1x2, 2 SB, 1R in the All-Star Game Rated as the 2017 Best Defensive First Baseman in the Midwest League by Baseball America 20 th round pick in 2016 out of Univ. of Louisiana- Lafayette
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 18 4/26 NWA W 4-7-0-5 3-6-0-6 10-8 t-1 st (--) WILLIAMS/Terrero/MENDOZA 2:32 3,917 32,293 19 4/27 ARK W 6-13-1-7 2-7-2-8 11-8 2 nd (0.5) O REILLY/Bannister 2:24 4,898 37,191 20 4/28 ARK W 6-8-1-5 1-5-1-10 12-8 1 st (+0.5) WOODFORD/Moore 2:41 3,985 41,176 21 4/29 ARK L 4-9-0-9 12-12-0-5 12-9 2 nd (0.5) De Jong/WILLIAMS 2:45 3,969 45,145 22 4/30 ARK W 8-11-0-9 4-10-0-7 13-9 2 nd (0.5) McKINNEY/Herrmann/MENDOZA 2:34 2,787 47,932 APRIL TOTALS: 13-9,.282 BA, 118 R, 34 2B, 9 3B, 31 HR, 112 RBI, 56 BB, 154 K, 6 SB, 4 CS 4.81 ERA, 7 SV, 187.0 IP, 185 H, 111 R, 100 ER, 93 BB, 147 K,.258 OPP BA 23 5/1 NWA L 2-8-1-11 4-9-1-8 13-10 2 nd (1.5) Blewett/GREENE/Newberry 2:36 3,169 41,426 24 5/2 NWA W 7-10-1-8 2-5-2-7 14-10 2 nd (0.5) O REILLY/Ogando 2:54 6,504 47,930 25 5/3 NWA L 2-5-1-5 9-13-2-10 14-11 2 nd (0.5) Sparkmann/WOODFORD 2:39 2,597 50,527 26 5/4 NWA W 9-12-1-6 1-6-2-9 15-11 2 nd (0.5) ELLIS/Griffin 2:48 6,965 57,492 27 5/5 TUL W 15-13-0-9 5-5-0-6 16-11 1 st (+0.5) HELSLEY/Alvarez 3:18 5,016 52,948 28 5/6 TUL W 8-13-0-8 6-9-3-11 17-11 1 st (+1.5) MENDOZA/Duncan 3:00 4,320 57,268 29 5/7 TUL W 6-7-1-3 2-5-1-9 18-11 1 st (+2.5) WAINWRIGHT/Smeltzer 2:34 6,183 63,451 30 5/8 TUL L 3-7-0-5 5-10-0-7 18-12 1 st (+1.5) Baker/EVANS/Sborz 2:46 4,921 68,372 31 5/10 ARK L 6-11-1-7 9-16-0-8 18-13 1 st (+0.5) Festa/MENDOZA 3:13 3,247 60,739 32 5/11 ARK L(7) 1-8-0-10 2-5-0-6 18-14 -- De Jong/HELSLEY/Festa 2:18 -- -- 33 5/11 ARK L(7) 3-7-0-6 4-8-0-9 18-15 t-1 st (--) Perakslis/BECK 2:50 6,220 66,959 34 5/12 ARK W 6-8-0-9 2-5-0-6 19-15 1 st (+1.0) GREENE/Jiminian/MEDINA 2:37 7,163 74,122 35 5/13 ARK L 0-4-1-5 1-6-0-6 19-16 1 st (+1.0) Bannister/WOODFORD 2:10 2,835 76,957 36 5/14 TUL L 8-7-0-5 9-11-1-4 19-17 t-1 st (--) Istler/SANTOS 2:46 4,183 81,140 37 5/15 TUL L 7-8-1-2 8-11-0-7 19-18 t-2 nd (1.0) Copping/MEDINA 2:43 4,228 85,368 38 5/16 TUL W 2-7-1-6 1-4-2-3 20-18 t-1 st (--) HELSLEY/Bawcom/MENDOZA 2:25 (1:25) 6,124 91,492 39 5/17 TUL W 8-7-0-6 5-7-1-4 21-18 1 st (+1.0) GREENE/White 2:56 5,578 97,070 40 5/18 NWA L 2-12-0-8 4-6-1-4 21-19 t-1 st (--) Ogando/WOODFORD/Vasquez 2:28 5,849 74,221 41 5/19 NWA W 1-5-0-10 0-1-0-3 22-19 t-1 st (--) REYES/Machado/LYONS 2:10 6,244 80,465 42 5/20 NWA L(7) 3-8-0-9 6-12-0-9 22-20 -- Sheller/JONES/Newberry 2:22 (1:36)-- -- 43 5/20 NWA L(7) 1-5-0-4 4-5-1-3 22-21 2 nd (0.5) Kalish/EVANS/Mariot 1:41 4,582 85,047 44 5/21 NWA W 9-11-0-4 7-9-1-3 23-21 1 st (+0.5) McKINNEY/Marte 2:30 4,059 89,106 45 5/22 CC L 3-9-0-6 9-14-2-7 23-22 2 nd (0.5) Hartman/SHEW 2:43 3,017 100,087 46 5/23 CC L 2-3-1-2 4-9-0-6 23-23 t-2 nd (0.5) Quiala/GREENE/R. Ferrell 2:19 2,837 102,924 47 5/24 CC W(10) 4-9-0-7 0-8-1-7 24-23 1 st (+0.5) BECK/Pinales 2:49 4,355 107,279 48 5/25 SA W 7-9-0-5 1-10-1-10 25-23 1 st (+0.5) JONES/L. Allen 2:36 5,574 112,853 49 5/26 SA W 7-13-1-10 3-9-2-8 26-23 1 st (+1.5) ELLIS/Keel/THOMSON 2:51 5,991 118,844 50 5/27 SA W 7-8-0-3 3-10-1-7 27-23 1 st (+2.5) SHEW/Rea 2:35 4,875 123,719 51 5/29 CC L 4-7-2-5 11-13-0-10 27-24 1 st (+1.5) Quiala/MEDINA 2:49 4,753 93,859 52 5/30 CC L 4-7-0-9 11-18-0-9 27-25 1 st (+1.0) J. Ferrell/WOODFORD 3:14 3,322 97,181 53 5/31 CC L(12) 8-11-2-15 9-12-4-11 27-26 1 st (+0.5) Nunn/BECK 3:58 5,210 102,391 MAY TOTALS: 14-17,.249 BA, 155 R, 50 2B, 0 3B, 31 HR, 149 RBI, 101 BB, 259 K, 21 SB, 8 CS 4.53 ERA, 4 SV, 266.0 IP, 271 H, 147 R, 134 ER, 109 BB, 241 K,.268 OPP BA 54 6/1 SA L 3-10-0-6 5-10-0-5 27-27 1 st (+0.5) Keel/JONES/Wieck 2:29 6,750 109,141 55 6/2 SA W 11-17-2-9 6-7-1-6 28-27 1 st (+0.5) SHEW/Rea 3:04 8,571 117,712 56 6/3 SA L 0-4-1-6 6-13-0-10 28-28 1 st (+0.5) Quantrill/ARIAS 2:41 6,967 124,679 57 6/5 NWA W 12-17-3-11 5-9-3-8 29-28 1 st (+0.5) WOODFORD/Sheller 3:19 3,552 127,271 58 6/6 NWA L 6-11-0-9 8-11-1-3 29-29 2 nd (1.0) Marte/EVANS/Newberry 2:46 2,909 130,180 59 6/7 NWA W 3-7-1-4 5-11-1-5 30-29 t-1 st (--) ELLIS/Terrero/THOMSON 2:50 4,721 134,901 JUNE TOTALS: 3-3,.323 BA, 37 R, 10 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 36 RBI, 16 BB, 53 K, 7 SB, 3 CS 4.42 ERA, 1 SV, 53.0 IP, 56 H, 33 R, 26 ER, 20 BB, 35 K,.276 OPP BA SEASON TOTALS: 30-29,.269 BA, 310 R, 94 2B, 12 3B, 71 HR, 297 RBI, 173 BB, 466 K, 34 SB, 15 CS 4.62 ERA, 12 SV, 506.0 IP, 512 H, 291 R, 260 ER, 222 BB, 423 K,.265 OPP BA
CARDINALS 2018 HIGH/LOWS MOST RUNS IN A GAME:...15 (5/5 vs. TUL) MOST RUNS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...12 (4/29 vs. ARK) MOST RUNS IN AN INNING:...6 (Multiple, most recently 6 th, 6/5 @ NWA) MOST RUNS IN AN INNING (OPPONENT):...6 (5 th, 5/22 @ CC; 6 th, 5/29 vs. CC) FEWEST RUNS IN A GAME:........0 (2 times, most recently 6/3 vs. SA) FEWEST RUNS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):.............0 (3 times, most recently 5/24 @ CC) 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):...18 (5/30 vs. CC) FEWEST HITS IN A GAME:...4 (Multiple) FEWEST HITS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...1 (5/19 vs. NWA) 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):...8 (5 th, 5/22 @ CC) MOST HOME RUNS IN A GAME:...4 (4/17 vs. FRI; 5/21 vs. NWA) MOST HOME RUNS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...5 (5/30 vs. CC) MOST DOUBLES IN A GAME:...5 (5/5 vs. TUL) MOST DOUBLES IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...4 (4/9 @ FRI; 5/30 vs. CC) MOST TRIPLES IN A GAME:...2 (4/6 @ MID; 4/20 @ ARK) MOST TRIPLES IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...2 (5/3 @ NWA) MOST STOLEN BASES IN A GAME:...3 (5/11 @ ARK, G2) MOST STOLEN BASES IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...4 (5/20 vs. NWA, G1; 5/22 @ CC) MOST TIMES CAUGHT STEALING IN A GAME:...2 (Multiple) MOST TIMES CAUGHT STEALING IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...2 (Multiple) MOST WALKS DRAWN IN A GAME (9 INNINGS):...11 (5/5 vs. TUL) MOST WALKS ALLOWED IN A GAME (9 INNINGS):...10 (4/20 @ ARK) MOST STRIKEOUTS ON OFFENSE IN A GAME (9 INNINGS OR LESS):...17 (5/8 vs. TUL) MOST STRIKEOUTS ON OFFENSE IN A GAME (OPPONENT, 9 INNINGS OR LESS):...15 (5/5 vs. TUL) MOST RUNNERS LEFT ON BASE IN A GAME:...11 (Multiple) MOST RUNNERS LEFT ON BASE IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...11 (Multiple) MOST RUNS BATTED IN, IN A GAME:...15 (5/5 vs. TUL) MOST RUNS BATTED IN, IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...11 (4/29 vs. ARK) MOST DOUBLE PLAYS HIT INTO IN A GAME:...2 (Multiple) MOST DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED IN A GAME:...3 (Multiple, most recently 5/20 vs. NWA, G1) MOST TRIPLE PLAYS TURNED IN A GAME:...1 (4/30 vs. ARK) MOST ERRORS IN A GAME:...3 (4/7 @ MID; 6/5 @ NWA) MOST ERRORS IN A GAME (OPPONENT):...4 (4/16 vs. FRI; 5/31 vs. CC) LONGEST GAME (INNINGS):...12 (5/31 vs. CC) LONGEST GAME TIME (9 INNINGS):...3:19 (6/5 @ NWA) LONGEST GAME TIME (7 INNINGS):...2:50 (5/11 @ ARK, G2) LONGEST GAME TIME (EXTRA INNINGS):...3:58 (12 inn, 5/31 vs. CC) SHORTEST GAME TIME:...2:10 (4/6 @ MID; 5/13 @ ARK; 5/19 vs. NWA) SHORTEST GAME TIME (7 INNINGS):...1:41 (5/20 vs. NWA, G1) SHORTEST GAME TIME (EXTRA INNINGS):...2:49 (10 inn, 5/24 @ CC) LARGEST HOME CROWD:...8,571 (6/2 vs. SA) SMALLEST HOME CROWD:...2,265 (4/23 vs. NWA) LARGEST ROAD CROWD:...7,163 (5/12 @ ARK) SMALLEST ROAD CROWD:...2,535 (4/9 @ FRI) INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME HIGHS HITTING RUNS SCORED:...3 (Multiple, most recently Chinea, 6/5 @ NWA) HITS:...5 (Trosclair, 6/2 vs. SA) DOUBLES:...2 (Multiple, most recently Sosa, 6/5 @ NWA) TRIPLES:...1 (Multiple, most recently Spitz, 6/7 @ NWA) HOME RUNS:...2 (Multiple, most recently Thomas, 6/5 @ NWA) RUNS BATTED IN:...5 (Roache and Arozarena, 5/5 vs. TUL; Drake, 6/5 @ NWA) WALKS:..,,,,,,,,,,,,...4 (Edman, 5/1 @ NWA) STRIKEOUTS:...4 (Spitz, 4/16 vs. FRI) STOLEN BASES:...2 (Multiple, most recently Edman, 6/6 @ NWA) EXTRA-BASE HITS:...2 (Multiple) TOTAL BASES:...9 (Thomas, 6/5 @ NWA) PITCHING INNINGS PITCHED (STARTER):...8.0 (Woodford, 5/24 @ TUL) INNINGS PITCHED (RELIEVER):...5.1 (McKinney, 5/30 vs. CC) RUNS ALLOWED:...7 (Ellis, 5/15 @ TUL; Shew, 5/22 @ CC) HITS ALLOWED:...9 (Shew, 5/22 @ CC) STRIKEOUTS:...10 (Helsley, 5/5 vs. TUL; Ellis, 5/31 vs. CC) WALKS ALLOWED:...7 (Greene, 5/6 vs. TUL) HOME RUNS ALLOWED:...3 (Ellis, 5/15 @ TUL; Jones, 6/1 vs. SA) WILD PITCHES:...3 (Helsley, 5/5 vs. TUL) 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 27 37 45 44 31 55 36 20 6 9 310 Opponents 24 25 28 32 45 42 33 40 18 6 291 Overall Record......30-29 First Half......30-29 Second Half......0-0 Home......17-11 Away......13-18 Vs. RH Starters......21-19 Vs. LH Starters......9-10 Day......11-6 Night......19-23 One-run Games......5-8 Two-run Games......6-6 Extra Innings......1-1 In Doubleheaders......1-5 When Leading After 7......25-4 When Trailing After 7......0-22 When Tied After 7......4-0 When Leading After 8......28-0 When Trailing After 8 0-24 When Tied After 8... 1-2 When Scoring First......20-11 When Opponent Scores First......10-18 When Scoring 3 or Less......3-19 When Scoring 4 or More......27-10 When Hitting a Home Run......24-16 When Committing an Error...15-14 When Not Committing an Error...15-15 Most Games Above.500...7 (18-11) Most Games Below.500....4 (1-5) Games at.500......7 CARDINALS CATCHING TOTALS Catcher CS ATT PCT PB W-L Chinea 2 13 15% 0 5-3 Godoy 3 11 27% 0 4-4 Knizner 3 20 15% 1 15-12 Martinez 6 17 35% 2 5-9 Molina 0 0 -- 0 1-1 Total: 14 61 23% 3 30-29 CARDINALS CATCHERS ERA BREAKDOWN Catcher Innings Caught ER ERA Chinea 70.0 20 2.57 Godoy 68.0 32 4.24 Knizner 228.2 124 4.88 Martinez 126.1 78 5.56 Molina 13.0 6 4.15 CARDINALS PITCHING BREAKDOWN W L SV ERA IP H R ER BB K HR STARTERS: 22 17 0 4.48 295.0 291 159 147 126 245 33 RELIEVERS: 8 12 11 4.82 211.0 222 132 113 96 178 26 TOTALS: 30 29 11 4.62 506.0 513 291 260 222 423 59 CARDINALS STARTER BREAKDOWN Starter Starts Team Record NDs Record Quality In Starts As Starter Starts Ellis 7 4-3 4 3-0 3 Greene 10 6-4 3 4-3 3 Helsley 7 5-2 2 3-2 3 Jones 8 4-4 3 3-2 1 O Reilly 3 2-1 1 2-0 2 Pearce 1 0-1 1 0-0 0 Shew 3 2-1 0 2-1 2 Tewes 3 0-3 1 0-2 0 Woodford 12 4-8 3 3-6 3 Others 5 3-2 2 2-1 1 Totals: 59 30-29 20 22-17 18 CARDINALS BULLPEN INHERITED RUNNERS Inherited Inherited Pct. Reliever Runners Runs Allowed Scored Arias 8 0 0% Beck 18 7 39% Bowen 1 0 0% Bray 5 1 20% Ellis 4 0 0% Evans 11 4 36% McKinney 4 1 25% Medina 6 1 33% Mendoza 16 2 13% Morales 5 0 0% Santos 8 4 50% Thomson 5 2 40% Williams 1 0 0% Totals: 92 22 24% CARDINALS BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (LAST OUTING) Reliever Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR BF IR Scored Arias 6/3 SA L 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 Beck 6/5 @NWA - 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 1 Ellis 6/7 @NWA W 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 Evans 6/6 @NWA L 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 8 0 0 Greene 6/2 SA - 0.2 2 4 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 McKinney 6/3 SA - 2.1 3 4 4 3 0 1 12 0 0 Medina 6/5 @NWA - 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 Santos 6/6 @NWA - 2.0 1 2 2 1 3 0 9 0 0 Thomson 6/7 @NWA S 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
DESIGNATED HITTING Arozarena: 1x4 (.250) Chinea: 2x22 (.091), 1 RBI, 1 R, 2BB, 7 K Drake: 0x4 (.000), 2 K Dykstra: 3x15 (.200), 5K Goetzman: 9x50 (.180), 1 3B, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 7 R, 2 BB, 12K Nogowski: 3x8 (.375), 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Roache: 6x35 (.171), 2 HR, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R, 1 BB, 11K Seferina: 2x7 (.286), 1 BB, 2 K Sosa: 1x4 (.250), 2K Spitz: 3x8 (.375), 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 R, 2K Thomas: 2x12 (.167), 1 R, 1 BB, 3K Trosclair: 2x4 (.500), 1 RBI Totals: 34x173 (.196), 3 HR, 2 3B, 2 2B, 11 RBI, 17 R, 7 BB, 46 K 2018 CARDINALS BY THE NUMBERS PINCH HITTING Chinea: 0x1 (.000) Drake: 1x4 (.250), 1 R, 1K Dykstra: 0x1 (.000), 1K Goetzman: 1x3 (.333), 1 R, 2K Roache: 0x2 (.000), 1K Seferina: 0x1 (.000), 1K Spitz: 2x4 (.500), 1 2B, 1K Thomas: 0x1 (.000), 1K Trosclair: 0x1 (.000), 1 RBI, 1 R Totals: 3x17 (.176), 0 HR, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 RBI, 3 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 0 SAC CARDINALS HOME RUN BREAKDOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extra Total 5 15 6 13 6 12 9 3 2 0 71 Solo Two-Run Three-Run Grand Slam 38 22 9 2 Trailing Tied Game Gave Lead Extended Lead 8 8 22 33 STARTS (RECORDS) BY POSITION C: Chinea 8 (5-3), Godoy 8 (4-4), Knizner 27 (15-12), Martinez 14 (5-9), Molina 2 (1-1) 1B: Chinea 25 (9-16), Dykstra 3 (2-1), Nogowski 25 (16-9), Trosclair 6 (4-2) 2B: Dykstra 14 (6-8), Edman 9 (5-4), Seferina 13 (10-3), Sosa 7 (3-4), Trosclair 5 (2-3), Urias 11 (5-6) 3B: Edman 22 (15-7), Mendoza 19 (8-11), Seferina 4 (1-3), Sosa 9 (2-7), Urias 5 (4-1) SS: Edman 24 (8-16), Sosa 34 (22-12), Urias 1 (0-1) LF: Arozarena 4 (2-2), Drake 1 (0-1), Roache 32 (17-15), Spitz 22 (11-11) CF: Arozarena 3 (1-2), Drake 4 (2-2), Spitz 2 (2-0), Thomas 50 (25-25) RF: Arozarena 5 (3-2), Drake 17 (7-10), Goetzman 19 (8-11), Roache 13 (9-4), Spitz 4 (2-2), Thomas 1 (1-0) DH: Arozarena 1 (0-1), Chinea 6 (5-1), Drake 1 (0-1), Dykstra 4 (3-1), Goetzman 13 (7-6), Nogowski 2 (1-1), Roache 9 (3-6), Seferina 2 (0-2), Sosa 1 (1-0), Spitz 2 (0-2), Thomas 3 (1-2), Trosclair 1 (0-1) CURRENT HITTING STREAKS Edman: 9 (14h, 5/29-) Thomas: 7 (12h, 5/31-) Chinea: 3 (6h, 6/5-) Mendoza: 3 (4h, 6/5-) Roache: 3 (3h, 6/5-) Martinez: 1 (2h, 6/6-) Spitz: 1 (2h, 6/7-) Trosclair: 1 (1h, 6/7-) Drake: 1 (1h, 6/7-) Pitchers: McKinney: 1 (1h, 5/25-) Shew: 1 (1h, 6/2-) Disabled List: Nogowski: 5 (7h, 5/2-) LONGEST HITTING STREAKS Nogowski: 11 (18h, 4/17-4/30) Thomas: 10 (16h, 4/5-4/15) Roache: 8 (12h, 4/30-5/7) Roache: 7 (10h, 4/8-4/15) Roache: 7 (9h, 4/19-4/27) Goetzman: 7 (9h, 5/20-5/25) Knizner: 6 (13h, 4/15-4/25) Urias: 6 (11h, 5/4-5/10) Mendoza: 6 (9h, 5/26-6/2) Edman: 6 (8h, 5/4-5/11) Knizner: 5 (6h, 4/5-4/12) Edman: 5 (7h, 4/8-4/14) Sosa: 5 (7h, 4/26-4/30) Knizner: 5 (7h, 4/27-5/2) Chinea: 5 (6h, 5/7-5/11) STARTS (RECORDS) BY BATTING ORDER 1ST: Arozarena 3 (2-1), Edman 53 (27-26), Spitz 1 (1-0), Trosclair 2 (0-2) 2ND: Arozarena 1 (0-1), Drake 1 (1-0), Edman 2 (1-1), Seferina 7 (2-5), Sosa 26 (14-12), Spitz 1 (0-1), Thomas 1 (1-0), Trosclair 7 (4-3), Urias 13 (7-6) 3RD: Arozarena 3 (2-1), Knizner 3 (1-2), Mendoza 1 (0-1), Molina 2 (1-1), Sosa 2 (1-1), Thomas 45 (23-22), Urias 3 (2-1) 4TH: Chinea 2 (0-2), Knizner 24 (14-10), Mendoza 3 (2-1), Nogowski 9 (5-4), Roache 15 (6-9), Thomas 6 (3-3) 5TH: Arozarena 3 (1-2), Chinea 3 (1-2), Drake 1 (0-1), Dykstra 1 (0-1), Mendoza 15 (6-9), Nogowski 18 (12-6), Roache 13 (8-5), Seferina 2 (1-1), Sosa 3 (1-2) 6TH: Arozarena 2 (0-2), Chinea 14 (6-8), Drake 2 (2-0), Dykstra 1 (0-1), Godoy 3 (2-1), Goetzman 8 (4-4), Martinez 1 (0-1), Roache 11 (8-3), Seferina 6 (4-2), Sosa 9 (4-5), Thomas 2 (0-2) 7TH: Chinea 14 (7-7), Drake 5 (2-3), Dykstra 2 (1-1), Godoy 1 (0-1), Goetzman 17 (8-9), Roache 9 (4-5), Seferina 1 (1-0), Sosa 10 (7-3) 8TH: Arozarena 1 (1-0), Chinea 6 (4-2), Drake 3 (1-2), Dykstra 13 (7-6), Godoy 3 (1-2), Goetzman 7 (3-4), Martinez 12 (4-8), Roache 6 (3-3), Seferina 3 (2-1), Spitz 3 (2-1), Trosclair 2 (2-0) 9TH: Drake 11 (3-8), Dykstra 4 (3-1), Ellis 2 (1-1), Greene 2 (2-0), Godoy 1 (1-0), Helsley 2 (2-0), Jones 3 (1-2), Martinez 1 (1-0), Pearce 1 (0-1), Seferina 1 (1-0), Shew 2 (2-0), Spitz 25 (12-13), Trosclair 1 (0-1), Urias 1 (0-1), Wainwright 1 (1-0), Woodford 1 (0-1)
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 4/29 RHP Ryan Helsley transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 4/29 RHP Andrew Morales transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 4/29 LHP Ian McKinney transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 4/30 RHP Ronnie Williams placed on the Disabled List 4/30 RHP Ryan Helsley transferred to Springfield from AAA-Memphis 4/30 RHP Yeison Medina transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 5/3 INF Ramon Urias activated from the Disabled List 5/5 OF Randy Arozarena transferred to Springfield from AAA-Memphis 5/5 INF Darren Seferina released by St. Louis 5/6 RHP Mike O Reilly transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 5/6 RHP Connor Jones activated from the Disabled List 5/7 INF John Nogowski placed on the Disabled List 5/7 RHP Adam Wainwright transferred to Springfield on Major League Rehab 5/8 RHP Adam Wainwright s Major League Rehab with Springfield concludes 5/8 LHP Brett Cecil transferred to Springfield on Major League Rehab 5/9 LHP Brett Cecil s Major League Rehab with Springfield concludes 5/12 C Jeremy Martinez transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 5/12 C Jesse Jenner transferred to Springfield from AAA-Memphis 5/14 C Jesse Jenner placed on the Restricted List 5/14 OF Granden Goetzman transferred to Springfield from Short-A State College 5/15 C Jesse Jenner released by St. Louis 5/17 C Andrew Knizner transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 5/17 C Jose Godoy transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 5/18 OF Randy Arozarena transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 5/18 INF Ramon Urias transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 5/18 RHP Hector Mendoza transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 5/18 LHP Colton Thomson transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 5/18 INF Evan Mendoza transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 5/18 INF Stefan Trosclair transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 5/19 RHP Alex Reyes transferred to Springfield on Major League Rehab 5/19 LHP Tyler Lyons transferred to Springfield on Major League Rehab 5/20 RHP Alex Reyes s Major League Rehab with Springfield concludes 5/21 RHP Ryan Helsley transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 5/22 RHP Anthony Shew transferred to Springfield from High-A Palm Beach 5/22 LHP Tyler Lyons s Major League Rehab with Springfield concludes 5/28 C Jeremy Martinez transferred to Springfield from AAA-Memphis 5/31 C Jose Godoy transferred to High-A Palm Beach from Springfield 5/31 RHP Carlos Martinez transferred to Springfield on Major League Rehab 6/1 RHP Carlos Martinez s Major League Rehab with Springfield concludes 6/2 C Yadier Molina transferred to Springfield on Major League Rehab 6/2 RHP Matt Pearce transferred to Springfield from Short-A State College 6/4 C Yadier Molina s Major League Rehab with Springfield concludes 6/4 RHP Sam Tewes activated from DL and transferred to High-A Palm Beach 6/4 RHP Conner Greene transferred to AAA-Memphis from Springfield 6/4 RHP Mike O Reilly transferred to Springfield from AAA-Memphis