- Jon Jay has been on an absolute tear in May… after an 0-for-4 day on May 1st, he’s hitting well over .400
JON JAY SINCE MAY 2ND
19-FOR-46
.413 AVG
2 HR
3 DOUBLES
13 RBI
8 RUNS
1.073 OPS
- Jaime Garcia is climbing the list of wins leaders among lefties in Cardinals history
MOST WINS BY LEFTHANDED PITCHERS IN CARDINALS HISTORY
RANK PITCHER WINS
14 HARVEY HADDIX 53
15 JOE MAGRANE 51
16 DONOVAN OSBORNE 47
17 JOHNNY LUSH 43
18 BOB WEILAND 41
19 AL HRABOSKY 40
T-20 JAIME GARCIA 39
T-20 BILL WALKER 39
- Garcia had dominated the Brewers over the past 3 seasons… but struggled tonight
JAIME GARCIA VS BREWERS (SINCE 2011)
1ST 6 STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT
IP/START 7.0 5.1
ER ALLOWED 9 6
ERA 1.93 10.13
OPP AVG .258 .273
HR ALLOWED 1 2
K/BB 31/7 5/1
- the Cardinals are seeking the 7th 5-game winning streak against the Brewers, and 5th within a single season
CARDINALS LONGEST SINGLE SEASON WINNING STREAKS VS BREWERS
YEAR WIN STREAK VS BREWERS
2001 7
2007 6
2013 5
2003 5
1998 5
**5 OTHER 4-GAME WINNING STREAKS VS BREWERS
- Garcia has been snake bitten more than any other pitcher in baseball since 2010…
MOST STARTS LEAVING LEAD, BUT NOT GETTING WIN (SINCE 2010)
JAIME GARCIA – 14
JASON VARGAS – 14
DAN HAREN – 13
MAT LATOS – 13
HOMER BAILEY – 12
RANDY WOLF – 12
TRAVIS WOOD – 12
- Aramis Ramirez hit his 31st and 32nd career homeruns against the Cardinals... tied for 2nd most among active players
Most Career HR vs. Cardinals — Active Players
Lance Berkman 39
Aramis Ramirez 32
Adam Dunn 32
Todd Helton 22
Prince Fielder 20
Ryan Braun 18
- Matt Carpenter led off the game with a single, and came around to score… he’s been great leading off games this season
MATT CARPENTER LEADING OFF A GAME THIS SEASON
5-FOR-16
.313 AVG
1 HR
1 DOUBLE
1 RBI
7 RUNS
4 WALKS
.450 OBP
- the Brewers entered the night the best team in baseball in the 1st inning… the Cardinals were in the middle of the pack until outscoring Milwaukee 5-0 tonight
BIGGEST 1ST INNING RUN DIFFERENTIAL IN MLB THIS SEASON
Own Opp Diff
Milwaukee Brewers 35 14 +21
Cleveland Indians 32 17 +15
Baltimore Orioles 30 15 +15
Boston Red Sox 29 15 +14
Los Angeles Angels 30 19 +11
St. Louis Cardinals 23 14 +9
- the last time the Cardinals scored 5 or more runs in the 1st inning was September 28, 2012 against the Nationals
- David Freese hit his 2nd career grand slam… the other was on June 7, 2012 at Houston off Wesley Wright… it was also the Cardinals last grand slam
- Freese hit his 1st homerun since game 1 of the NLCS last year
- Jaime Garcia allowed just 2 homeruns in his 1st 7 starts of the season… he’s allowed 3 in his last 2 starts
- Matt Holliday, Jon Jay, and Allen Craig kept up their hot hitting against the Brewers…
MATT HOLLIDAY/JON JAY/ALLEN CRAIG VS BREWERS THIS SEASON
HOLLIDAY JAY CRAIG
HITS 10 12 13
AVG .357 .414 .406
RBI 10 8 8
RUNS 10 4 7
XBH 2 2 3
- Garcia has started the season 0-for-21 at the plate… that’s the longest hitless streak to begin a season by a Cardinal since 2004 (Jeff Suppan started 0-for-43)
- Aramis Ramirez collected his 26th career multi-homerun game
- Ramirez continues to crush the Cardinals…
ARAMIS RAMIREZ CAREER VS CARDINALS (RANKS AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS)
174 GAMES
203 HITS 1ST
32 HOMERUNS T-2ND
44 DOUBLES 1ST
118 RBI T-1ST
347 TOTAL BASES 1ST
94 RUNS 2ND
- Ramirez is the 6th player in the last decade with at least 2 HR and 6 RBI against the Cardinals
PLAYERS W/ 2 HR AND 6 RBI VS CARDINALS (SINCE 2004)
TONIGHT ARAMIS RAMIREZ (MIL)
6/2/2011 AUBREY HUFF (SF)
5/28/2011 CHRIS IANNETTA (COL)
8/23/2007 JOSH WILLINGHAM (FLA)
7/18/2006 ANDRUW JONES (ATL)
8/3/2004 TONY BATISTA (MON)
- Garcia became the 4th different 5 game winner for the Cardinals… no other team in baseball has more than 2
- Yadier Molina was a part of his 32nd career strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out… he’s done it in each of the last 2 games
- Molina has been part of 62 double plays since 2004… one behind Brian McCann and Miguel Olivo for the MLB lead during that span
MOST DOUBLE PLAYS AS CATCHERS (SINCE 2004)
BRIAN McCANN – 63
MIGUEL OLIVO – 63
YADIER MOLINA – 62
JASON KENDALL – 60
AJ PIERZYNSKI – 58
- Edward Mujica has converted his 1st 12 save opportunities… that’s tied for the 3rd longest streak to begin a season in Cardinals history
Cardinals to Convert First 12+ Save Opportunities in a Season - Since 1969
Season Player Streak
2012 Edward Mujica 12
2005 Jason Isringhausen 16
1995 Tom Henke 22
1969 Joe Hoerner 12
- Garcia gave up 6 runs, but the bullpen was outstanding…
CARDINALS BULLPEN FRIDAY NIGHT VS BREWERS
3.2 INNINGS
12 BATTERS FACED
2 HITS
0 RUNS
3 STRIKEOUTS
0 WALKS
- Mujica’s 12 saves are tied for 6th most in baseball, and 3rd most in the NL
MLB SAVES LEADERS
PIT JASON GRILLI – 16**
NYY MARIANO RIVERA – 16**
BAL JIM JOHNSON – 14
CWS ADDISON REED – 13
SF SERGIO ROMO – 13
STL EDWARD MUJICA – 12**
**0 BLOWN SAVES
- the Cardinals improved to 33-8 (including postseason), when David Freese hits a homerun
- the Cardinals are 7-5 in one run games… they were 21-26 in such games last year
- Trevor Rosenthal has been terrific since April 18th…
TREVOR ROSENTHAL SINCE APRIL 18TH
13 APPEARANCES
12.0 INNINGS
1 ER ALLOWED
0.75 ERA
.200 OPP AVG
18/4 K/BB
- if the Cardinals win Saturday, it will be the 1st time they’ve taken 8 of the 1st 9 meetings with an opponent since 2001
Cardinals, Last 5 Times Winning 8+ of First 9 Meetings with Opponent in Season
1984 PIRATES (9-0)
1985 BRAVES (8-1)
2000 CUBS (8-1)
2000 PADRES (9-0)
2001 PIRATES (8-1)
