- Matt Adams hit the Cardinals 1st pinch homerun of the season… they had just one pinch homer in 279 plate appearances last season
- the Adams homerun was the 1st by a Cardinal since the 7th inning of game 3 in Arizona last week… they went 41 consecutive innings without a homer
- Lance Lynn fanned 10 batters Tuesday night… his 4th career 10 strikeout game (career-high is 12)
- Lynn and Jaime Garcia are the 1st tandem of Cardinals starters to strikeout 10+ batters in consecutive games since Garcia and Adam Wainwright did it August 19th and 21st last year
- the Cardinals bullpen had a rough opener, but regained form on Tuesday
CARDINALS BULLPEN LAST 2 GAMES
MONDAY TUESDAY
IP 2.1 3.0
HITS 8 1
RUNS 10 0
ER 9 0
STRIKEOUTS 2 4
WALKS 5 0
BATTERS FACED 22 9
PITCHES THROWN 81 33
- After Lance Lynn went 0-for-1 at the plate, Cardinals pitchers are now 0-for-17 with 9 strikeouts this season
- Matt Carpenter has reached base in all 7 of his starts
- Carpenter’s been raking over his last 3 starts…
MATT CARPENTER SINCE APRIL 6TH (3 STARTS, 1 GAME OFF BENCH)
7-FOR-14
1 DOUBLE
4 RBI
7 RUNS
1 WALK
- Carpenter’s already scored 9 runs this season… before Tuesday’s games were complete that ranked 3rd in baseball and tied for 1st in the NL
- Jon Jay is 2nd on the team with 8 runs scored
- Carpenter also leads the team with 4 XBH… Allen Craig, Daniel Descalso, Matt Holliday, and Pete Kozma are tied for 2nd with 3
- After a bit of a rough series in Arizona, the Cardinals starters have pitched well the last time through the rotation
CARDINALS STARTING PITCHERS THIS SEASON
1ST 3 GAMES LAST 5 GAMES
RECORD 1-1 (TEAM 1-2) 3-1 (TEAM 3-2)
IP/START 5.22 6.33
ERA 4.60 2.27
OPP AVG .292 .231
K PER 9 IP 7.5 8.2
K/BB 13/7 31/14
QUALITY STARTS 1 4
**3.04 OVERALL STARTER ERA (5TH IN NL)
- Prior to Adams’s pinch hit homerun, Cardinals pinch hitters were 1-for-10 this season with 2 runs scored, 1 walk, and 4 strikeouts
- Adams is expected to play a big role off the bench for the Cardinals this season, but that was his 1st pinch hit plate appearance this year (2 starts, 5 DNPs in 1st 7 games)
- Ty Wigginton now has 4 pinch at bats, Shane Robinson and Ryan Jackson have 2, and 3 others have 1)
- 5 of the Cardinals 8 players in the starting lineup finished the game with a sub .300 OBP for the season… Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, and Pete Kozma are above .300
- Bronson Arroyo retired the 1st 15 batters of the game… the Cardinals then got 3 runs on 5 hits in the 6th inning
- Edward Mujica has holds in all 4 appearances this season (most in MLB)… he has 22 holds since joining the Cardinals at last year’s deadline… by far the most in baseball
MOST HOLDS IN MLB (SINCE 8/1/12)
EDWARD MUJICA – 22
MITCHELL BOGGS – 19
DALE THAYER – 19
MATT BELISLE – 16
DAVID ROBERTSON – 16
- Lance Lynn got 16 swings and misses from Reds hitters Tuesday night… 2nd most in his career and 3 off a career-high (7/16/12 – 19 vs Brewers)
- Lynn is the 1st Cardinals pitcher (since 1974) with 2+ strikeouts in each of the 1st 5 innings
- Lynn is the 1st Cardinals pitcher with 10+ strikeouts through 5 innings since 5/25/10 (Adam Wainwright)
