Troke Notes: Westbrook surrenders first home run of the season
- Lucas Harrell has struggled in 6 career starts against the Cardinals…
LUCAS HARRELL CAREER VS CARDINALS (AS STARTER)
6 STARTS
2-4 RECORD
5.06 IP/START
7.12 ERA
.333 OPP AVG
20/16 K/BB
**LAST 4 STARTS VS STL: 0-4 RECORD, 8.53 ERA
- Jake Westbrook has given up quite a few runs against the Astros, but still keeps picking up wins
JAKE WESTBROOK VS ASTROS (SINCE 2010)
7 STARTS
4-1 RECORD (5-2 TEAM REC)
5.38 IP/START
5.26 ERA
.311 OPP AVG
22/11 K/BB
- Westbrook’s sinker is his go to groundball pitch, but his secondary pitches have been key to his success this season
JAKE WESTBROOK BY PITCH TYPE THIS SEASON (ENTERING TONIGHT)
SINKER CUTTER SPLIT/CHANGE
OPP AVG .290 (36/124) .214 (2/14) .182 (6/33)
SWING % 39.4 (208/528) 54.7 (35/64) 51.8 (74/143)
WHIFF % 2.9 (15/528) 10.9 (7/64) 14.7 (21/143)
BALLS IN PLAY % 22.7 (120/528) 18.8 (12/64) 16.8 (24/143)
LINE DRIVE % 4.4 3.1 2.8
RUNS SAVED PER 100 0.32 1.68 0.31
**DATA FROM BROOKSBALL.NET AND FANGRAPHS
**4 outs on split/change tonight and 1 out on cutter
- Westbrook allowed a home run tonight, snapping the 2nd longest active streak of batters faced without allowing a home run
Most Consecutive Batters Faced Without Allowing a HR - Active Streaks
Al Alburquerque, Det 315
Jake Westbrook, StL 264 (snapped with Dominguez HR in 6th)
Ryan Cook, Oak 239
Bobby Parnell, NYM 221
Robbie Ross, Tex 220
- The Cardinals are 22-8 against Houston since the start of the 2011 season
- Westbrook allowed his 1st home run of the season, ending the 4th longest streak to begin a season by a Cardinal since 1950
MOST CONSECUTIVE STARTS TO BEGIN SEASON W/O ALLOWING HR (CARDINALS SINCE 1950)
YEAR PITCHER STARTS W/O HR
1981 SILVIO MARTINEZ 13
1989 JOE MAGRANE 9
1987 TIM CONROY 9
2013 JAKE WESTBROOK 8
1988 BOB FORSCH 8
1971 CHRIS ZACHARY 8
**FRANCHISE RECORD WAS SET BY JESSE HAINES IN 1920 (20 STARTS)
- Matt Holliday made his 1st start from the 5 spot in the lineup since 2011… it’s his 4th start from the 5 spot in the lineup since 2008 (1st 3 were in 2011)
MATT HOLLIDAY CAREER BATTING 5TH
2004-2007 70 GAMES, .316 AVG, 37 XBH, 51 RBI, .890 OPS
2008-2010 0 AT BATS
2011 3 STARTS, 2-FOR-8, 0 XBH, 0 RBI
2012 0 AT BATS
TONIGHT 1-FOR-4, WALK, RUN
- Edward Mujica is one a few closers who’s primary pitch is not a fastball
CURRENT CLOSERS W/ NON-FASTBALL AS PRIMARY PITCH
% OF FASTBALLS % OF PRIMARY PITCH
MARIANO RIVERA 4.8 95.2 (CUTTER)
EDWARD MUJICA 38.2 60.3 (SPLITTER)
SERGIO ROMO 39.7 42.9 (SLIDER) 12.6 CUTTER
RAFAEL SORIANO 28.8 59.5 (CUTTER) 11.7 SLIDER
**ENTERING TONIGHT
- Carlos Beltran doubled on a 3-0 pitch… it’s the 3rd 3-0 pitch he’s put in play this season, but 1st hit
- Allen Craig has been one of the best at hitting with runners in scoring position this season, and he’s 9-for-11 w/ RISP since June 10th
ALLEN CRAIG W/ RISP THIS SEASON
4/1-6/9 6/10-TONIGHT
HITS-AT BATS 26-FOR-65 9-FOR-12
AVG .400 .750
HR 1 1
XBH 8 2
RBI 39 14
- Craig’s 3 RBI raised his career total to 211, tying him for 96th most in franchise history
MOST RBI IN CARDINALS HISTORY
RANK PLAYER RBI TOTAL
29 YADIER MOLINA 508 (NEXT IS 513)
42 MATT HOLLIDAY 375 (NEXT IS 387)
95 JESSE BURKETT 214
T-96 ALLEN CRAIG 211
T-96 RON GANT 211
T-96 SKIP SCHUMAKER 211
98 KEN OBERKFELL 210
**DON GUTTERIDGE, DOC LAVAN, AND REBEL OAKES ALSO TIED WITH 209
- Matt Carpenter has been terrific in his career with the bases loaded
MATT CARPENTER CAREER W/ BASES LOADED
6-FOR-8
.750 AVG
2 DOUBLES
1 TRIPLE
0 GRAND SLAMS
20 RBI
1 WALK
- With Pete Kozma and Matt Carpenter’s hits in the 4th, the Cardinals are hitting .394 with the bases loaded this season
CARDINALS WITH BASES LOADED THIS SEASON (MLB RANKS)
26 HITS 1ST
.394 AVG 2ND (BRAVES .417)
3 HOMERUNS 4TH
7 XBH 4TH
69 RBI 7TH
5 WALKS 9TH
- The Cardinals scored 5+ runs in an inning for an MLB leading 12th time this season
MOST 5+ RUN INNINGS IN MLB THIS SEASON
CARDINALS – 12
BREWERS – 12
ATHLETICS – 11
ANGELS – 10
REDS – 9
- The Cardinals are 22-1 all-time when Allen Craig has 3 or more hits in a game
- The Cardinals are 36-9 all-time (including postseason), when David Freese hits a homerun
- Carlos Beltran is now tied with Ellis Burks for 85th on the all-time homerun list
MOST HOMERUNS IN MLB HISTORY
RANK PLAYER CAREER HR
79 JOHNNY MIZE 359
T-80 YOGI BERRA 358
T-80 CARLOS LEE 358
82 GREG VAUGHN 355
T-83 LUIS GONZALEZ 354
T-83 LEE MAY 354
85 CARLOS BELTRAN 352
T-86 ELLIS BURKS 352
- Craig continues to crush Houston pitching…
ALLEN CRAIG CAREER VS HOUSTON
34-FOR-87
.391 AVG
7 HR
5 DOUBLES
27 RBI
23 RUNS
1.117 OPS
- David Freese has also owned the Astros…
DAVID FREESE CAREER VS HOUSTON
36-FOR-105
.343 AVG
6 HR
9 DOUBLES
22 RBI
21 RUNS
1.015 OPS
- The Cardinals won their 37th consecutive game when scoring 10+ runs (last loss: 11-0 on 8/26/10 at Washington)
- The Cardinals won their 45th consecutive game when scoring 13+ runs (last loss: 14-13 on 4/16/00 at Colorado
- Tony Cruz collected his 1st hit since June 1st… he was hitless in 10 at bats during that span
- Cruz has the same number of hits as Adam Wainwright (5), and has taken 8 fewer at bats (Wainwright 38 and Cruz 30)
- Craig collected his 3rd career 4-hit game (8/17/11 at Pittsburgh and 9/28/12 vs Washington)
- Craig is 2nd in the NL in RBI
NL RBI LEADERS
ARZ PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT – 66
STL ALLEN CRAIG – 61
CIN BRANDON PHILLIPS – 60
COL CARLOS GONZALEZ – 58
CIN JAY BRUCE – 55
- The Cardinals 13 runs are their most in interleague play since June 16, 2007 at Oakland (15-6 win)
- The Cardinals struck out looking 8 times Tuesday night … The 5th time they’ve struck out looking 8+ times in a game since 1988
CARDINALS GAMES W/ 8+ STRIKEOUTS LOOKING SINCE 1988
4/29/1995 VS METS – 9
5/16/1997 VS BRAVES – 8
8/2/2007 VS PIRATES – 8
5/11/2012 VS BRAVES – 8
TONIGHT VS ASTROS – 8
- All 3 Cardinals outs in the 3rd inning were strikeouts looking… it’s the 6th time since 1992 a pitcher struck out 3 Cardinals looking in an inning
Last 6 Times Pitcher Striking Out 3 Cardinals Looking in Inning
Pitcher Inn Game Date
Lucas Harrell, Hou 3rd 06/25/2013
Joe Blanton, Phi 3rd 08/02/2008
Terry Mulholland, SF 4th 09/09/1997
John Franco, NYM 9th 04/28/1995
Tommy Greene, Phi 6th 05/07/1993
Mark Gardner, Mon 3rd 09/07/1992
- The Cardinals scored 13+ runs for the 7th time at Houston
CARDINALS W/ 13+ RUNS AT HOUSTON (ALL-TIME)
4/23/1963 – 15-0 WIN
9/3/01965 – 19-8 WIN
8/1/1970 – 14-7 WIN
4/6/1982 – 14-3 WIN
9/27/2011 – 13-6 WIN
6/7/2012 – 14-2 WIN
6/25/2013 – 13-5 WIN
