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Sun., April 12 at REDS: Carlos Martinez (0-0, 0.00) vs. Raisel Iglesias (ML debut) 12:10 p.m.*Mon., April 13 vs. BREWERS: Adam Wainwright (1-0, 0.00) vs. Matt Garza (0-1, 7.20) 3:10 p.m.*Tue., April 14: OPEN DATE:Wed., April 15 vs. BREWERS: Lance Lynn (0-1, 1.50) vs. Wily Peralta (0-0, 2.57) 7:15 p.m.*Thu., April 16 vs. BREWERS: John Lackey (0-0, 6.00) vs. Mike Fiers (0-1, 9.00) 12:45 p.m.*

Times listed are Central...All games broadcast on KMOX Radio*Fox Sports Midwest +FOX  Network %ESPN @ESPN2 !FOX One ^MLB Network

UPCoMING GAMES & PITCHING PRoBABLES

St. Louis Cardinals (1-2) at Cincinnati Reds (4-0)Game #4� Great American Ball Park � April 11, 2015

Michael Wacha (5-6, 3.20 in 2014) vs. Johnny Cueto (0-0, 0.00)

� BIRD WATCHING: The 2014 N. L. Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals opened their 124th seasonof play in the National League with a 3-0 win over N.L. Central Division-rival Chicago on Sunday night,as Adam Wainwright posted his 120th career win...they dropped a 2-0 decision at Wrigley on Wed.despite an 11-strikeout perfomance by their pitchers and they were bested 5-4 last night in their seriesopener against the Reds, allowing just four hits in the defeat.

� SEEING RED: Beginning with last night’s game, the Cardinals will have played the Reds in six of theirnext nine games, but then they won’t see each other until after the All-Star break, playing 13 of their19 games in the season’s second half.

� CoDE RED RELIEF: Cardinals relievers Randy Choate & Trevor Rosenthal have never been scoredupon at Great American Ball Park and in fact, Choate has never allowed a run in any of his 21 careerappearaces (11.1 IP) vs. Cincinnati.

� CRUZ & EASLEY: The Cardinals placed C Tony Cruz on paternity leave yesterday and recalled C EdEasley (#23) from Memphis (AAA) for the weekend series. Easley, 29, has never appeared in the ma-jors, playing 646 games in the minors since debuting as a professional in 2007.

� PoWER PLUG: Manager Mike Matheny plugged OF Randal Grichuk into the lineup last night and inhis first at-bat of the 2015 season, Grichuk delivered a two-run homer - the Cardinals first circuit cloutof the young season...Grichuk has hit 3 career homers in 8 career games against the Reds.

� WINNING IN HITS: The Cardinals have out-hit their opposition in each of their three games playedand overall they hold a 24 to 11 edge in hits on the season.

� STRIvE FoR FIvE: The Cardinals have played in a Major League-high 57 postseason games from2011-14 with the Detroit Tigers (38 games) being the next closest during that four-season span...St.Louis has been to the NLCS each of the past four seasons & is trying to become the first team sinceAtlanta (8-straight 1991-99; 1994 no postseason) to have done so in five-straight seasons.

� DANDY DEBUT: Jason Heyward enjoyed a 3-hit game in his Cardinals debut on Sunday, becomingjust the 23rd player with 3 or more hits in his STL debut, joining teammates Tony Cruz (3, 5/24/11)and Matt Holliday (4, 7/24/09) who also did so in their first games played with the Redbirds.

� HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE: Infielder Pete Kozma is celebrating his 27th birthday today.

� CARDINALS REMEMBER oSCAR: The Cardinals are wearing a patch on their left sleeves with theinitials “OT” in rememberance of Oscar Taveras, who died tragically last Oct. in an auto accident.

ToDAY’S GAME: The Cardinals visit the Cincin-nati Reds this weekend with the middle game ofthe series slated for today at 12:10 p.m. CT...theCardinals, who had played just two games intheir first six days since concluding Spring Train-ing, dropped a 5-4 decision last night...the Cardi-nals split a weather-shortened two-game seriesat Chicago, winning 3-0 on Sunday night and los-ing 2-0 on Wed... today’s game will be televisedby Fox Sports Midwest and is the 4th game ofwhat is now a season-opening 5-game roadtrip(1-1 at CHI, 0-1 at CIN)...the Cards open thehome portion of their schedule next Mon. (April13) when they host Milwaukee at 3:15 p.m. CDT.

CARDINALS vs. CINCINNATI:Season: 19 games; next meeting 4/17-19 at STL2015: 0-1 (0-0 at STL, 0-1 at CIN)2014: 12-7 (7-2 at STL, 5-5 at CIN)All-Time: 1100-966 (48-53 at Great American)Last Time STL sweep: 8/18-20/14 at STLLast Time CIN sweep: 7/13-15/12 at CIN

RECoRD BREAKDoWN

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Monday 0-0 Spring 13-11-3Tuesday 0-0 April 1-2Wednesday 0-1 May 0-0Thursday 0-0 June 0-0Friday 0-1 July 0-0Saturday 0-0 August 0-0Sunday 1-0 Sept./Oct. 0-0

BBByyy SSS eee rrr iiieee sss 2G 3G 4G 5GWon --- --- --- ---Lost --- --- --- ---Split 1 --- --- ---Sweeps --- --- --- ---Opp. Sweeps --- --- --- ---

MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny begins his 4thseason as the Cardinals manager, having taken histeams to the postseason in each of his first threeseasons and becoming just the 15th manager inMLB history to record 275 or more wins in his firstthree years...Matheny in 2012 became the 49thmanager in St. Louis Cardinals history and in 2013he took his team to the World Series in just hissecond season at the helm with a league-best 97-wins...in 2014, Mike guided the Cardinals to theN.L. Central tile and their 4th-straight trip to theNLCS...he is the only Cardinals manager & just the5th in MLB history to lead his teams to the post-season in each of his first three full seasons, hav-ing already managed 39 postseason games...Matheny, 44, had a 13-year Major League careerplaying with MIL, TOR, STL and SF, winning fourRawlings Gold Gloves (‘00, ‘03-’05), and retiringfrom the game in 2006 due to concussion symp-toms...he holds the M.L. catching record for con-secutive errorless games (252).

Cardinals Disabled List Date GamesPlayer & Injury DL MissedJ. Garcia, left shoulder 3/27 3T. Pham, left quadricep 3/27 3

Date/Opp. 3/29 3/30 3/31 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/8 4/10 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19

PLAYER NYM WSH MIA NYM NYM MEM CHI CHI CIN CIN CIN MIL MIL MIL CIN CIN CIN

Adams ooo 1o1 o11 oo o koko wkwo okc

Bourjos o 1 o koeo k3 2o1o k

Carpenter 1oo oow owo 2o h o11oowkok wok11

Cruz o w kokd ko w1wo

Grichuk wwo k o oo14 4koo

Heyward 13k 1wko wok oe o 221oo cco1 kko1c

Holliday 1fw de1 do1 k1 4 1o1kwc1oo wo1wk

Jay ooe doo wd1kk 1o o 1ko2 kooo 1

Kozma ooo 1k o21o o kow 211o

Molina d2o ooo oooo oo w kwwk okoo ookk

Peralta 1kk ook 2o1 ko o kko1o ko2o 2o1k

Reynolds wook w ook1 o k k

Wong wowk 11 co11 o wcko ook 1oo2

Key: 1-Single, 2-Double, 3-Triple, 4-Home Run, o-Out, k-Strikeout, w-Walk, h-HBP, e-Reached on error, b-SacBunt,

F-SacFly, c-Fielder’s Choice; d-Double Play Note: Read left-to-right for first-to-last AB.

Multi-HR GamesPlayer Last Home Run Career/2015...Last

Adams 9/8/14 at CIN 3/0... 6/23/14 at COLBourjos 8/10/14 at BAL 0/0... ---Carpenter 9/13/14 vs. COL 0/0... ---Cruz 9/20/14 vs. CIN 0/0... ---Grichuk 4/10/15 at CIN 0/0... ---Heyward 8/27/14 at NYM 5/0... 8/17/13 at WSHHolliday 9/23/14 at CHI 19/0... 8/30/14 vs. CHIJay 8/11/14 at MIA 0/0... ---

Kozma 4/2/13 at ARI 0/0... ---

Molina 6/27/14 at LAD 2/0... 8/21/11 at CHIPeralta 9/14/14 vs. COL 8/0... 4/27/14 vs. PITReynolds 9/14/14 vs. CIN 21/0... 7/23/14 vs. CINWong 9/20/14 vs. CIN 1/0... 8/7/14 vs. BOS

DAILY BATTING LoGS HoME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

BIRD BANTER... vS. CINCINNATI IN 2015: .278 (10-36) 1 HR RoAD TRIP: .209 (14-67) 0 HR

� #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 0-9 Series: 0-3, .000 Spring: .275 (14-51), 1 HR, 7 RBI

[ Led STL qualifying players with .288 BA in ‘14...batted .300 last April...batted .375 (24-64) vs. CIN last season.

� #8 PETER BoURJoS: Streak: 0-1 Series: 0-1, .000 Spring: .149 (7-47), 1 HR, 2 RBI[ Had 9th inn. SB as pinch-runner on Sun...had team-high 5 SB’s in Spring...was STL co-leader w/5 triples in 2014.

� #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 1G (2-4, .500) Series: 2-4, .500 Spring: .324 (11-34) 0 HR, 3 RBI[ NL All-Star past 2 seasons...led NL w/95 walks & 4.37 pitches/PA in ‘14...hit 4 postseason HR’s in ‘14 after 8 HR’s all year.

� #23 ED EASLEY: Streak: --- Series: DNP Spring: .200 (3-15), 0 HR, 2 RBI

[ Recalled on Fri. (T.Cruz-paternity leave)...never appeared in ML; 646 G’s in minors...Johnny Bench award winner in college.

� #15 RANDAL GRICHUK: Streak: 1G (1-4, .250) HR Series: 1-4, .250, HR Spring: .250 (11-44), 4 HR, 10 RBI[ on oD roster for 1st time...led team w/4 HR’s in Spring...topped STL organization w/28 HR’s (Memphis 25, STL 3) in’14.

� #22 JASoN HEYWARD: Streak: 6G (9-24, .667) Series: 1-5, .200 Spring: .300 (12-40), 1 HR, 4 RBI

[ Had 3 hits in STL debut, the 23rd player to do so...was ATL co-leader w/ 20 SB’s in ‘14...has hit safely in 1st three games.

� #7 MATT HoLLIDAY: Streak: 3G (4-11, .364) Series: 1-3, .333 Spring: .389 (14-36), 0 HR, 7 RBI[ Had 2 RBI on Sun., including GWRBI...it was his 88th career GWRBI w/STL, moving ahead of J. Edmonds for 3rd on team’sall-time list...has a team-high 10 RBI & 11 BB’s vs. CIN in 2014...had ML-best 23 GWRBI in ‘14 & led NL w/.361 BA with RISP.

� #19 JoN JAY: Streak: 1G (1-1, 1.000) Series: 1-1, 1.000 Spring: .214 (6-28), 0 HR, 1 RBI[ HBP a MLB-high 20 times in ‘14... .483 BA (14-29) in postseason...batting .480 (12-25) career w/3 HR’s vs. J. Cueto.

� #38 PETE KoZMA: Streak: 2G (2-4, .286) Series: DNP Spring: .408 (20-49), 0 HR, 5 RBI

[ Had team-high .408 BA/20 Hits in Spring...on oD roster for 3rd-straight season...is 5-14 (.357 BA) w/2-2Bs at GABP.

� #4 YADIER MoLINA: Streak: 0-10 Series: 0-4, .000 Spring: .217 (10-46), 0 HR, 1 RBI[ Started his 11th straight Season opener, the most every by STL catcher & most since Pujols (2001-11)...caught his 2nd-straight opening Day shutout win on Sun. after having also done so in 2014 at CIN in 1-0 win when he HRed for lone STL run.

� #27 JHoNNY PERALTA: Streak: 6G (9-25, .360) Series: 2-4, .500 Spring: .318 (14-44), 1 HR, 3 RBI[ Has hit 7 career HR’s vs. CIN (4 at GABP) his most against any NL team...set STL franchise record for HR’s (21) by a shortstoplast season, the 1st SS to lead team in HR’s since 1899...last year set club April HR record (6) by a SS.

� #12 MARK REYNoLDS: Streak: 0-2 Series: 0-1, .000 Spring: .132 (5-38), 2 HR, 6 RBI

[ Has 20+ HR each of last 7 seasons...4 of his 8 hits vs. CIN in 2014 were HR’s...has HRed in every current ML stadium.

� #16 KoLTEN WoNG: Streak: 1G (2-4, .500) Series: 2-4, .500 Spring: .214 (9-42), 0 HR, 3 RBI[ Had team-high 20 SB’s in ‘14...is 24-for-28 in career SB att...finished 3rd in 2014 NL RoY balloting...hit 3 HR’s in postseason.

CARDINALS 2015 SPRING RECAP

Recordvs. NL...............9-7-2vs. AL .............. 4-4-1at Home...........8-6-1on Road .......... 5-5-2at RDS*..........10-7-1*Includes roadgames at Roger DeanStadium.

AttendanceHome (15).....98,533Home Avg ......6,569Road (12) ......83,616Road Avg ........6,968Total ............182,149Home High......7,662

Boston (3/9/15)

BULLPEN BRIEFS: 0-1 • 1.29 ERA • 7.0 IP • 0 H • 1 R, 1 ER • 4 BB • 10 So • 0 HR1/1 Sv/opp ... 2 HoLDS ... 7/7 (100%) 1st BF/Retired ... 1/1 (100%) IR/S

PITCHER SV/Opp HOLD FBF/R IR/S Bullpen Bits

#37 MATT BELISLE - RHP 0/0 0 1/1 0/0

Last Appearance: 4/8 at CHI; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#36 RANDY CHOATE - LHP 0/0 0 0/0 0/0

Last Appearance: 4/3 at MEM; ND, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#61 SETH MANESS - RHP 0/0 0 1/1 0/0

Last Appearance: 4/10 at CIN; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#18 CARLOS MARTINEZ-RHP 0/0 1 1/1 0/0

Last Appearance: 4/5 at CHI; Hld-1, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO

#26 TREVOR ROSENTHAL - RHP 1/1 0 1/1 0/0

Last Appearance: 4/5at CHI; SV-1, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

#46 KEVIN SIEGRIST - LHP 0/0 0 1/1 1/1

Last Appearance: 4/8 at CHI; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#33 CARLOS VILLANUEVA-RHP 0/0 0 0/0 0/0

Last Appearance: 4/2 vs. NYM; ND, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

#53 JORDAN WALDEN - RHP 0/0 1 2/2 0/0

Last Appearance: 4/10 at CIN; L-1, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO

Belisle Has made 65+ app. each of last 5seasons & ranks 2nd in MLB in G’s (369) &10th in Holds (91) since 2010...Choateleads all MLB LHP in games pitched since2009 (405)..ranked 2nd in NL w/10.3% IRscored in ‘14 (4/39)...never been scoredon by CIN (21 G’s, 11.1 IP)... Maness hadteam-high 73 app. in ‘14 (T9th NL)...led NLw/65 IRs last year... ranks 1st among MLBrelief pitchers w/28 DPs 2013-14...workeda scoreless 7th last night in 2015 debut...Rosenthal named closer in 2nd full seasonin ‘14 & had 45 SVs, 2nd in NL... became5th STL pitcher in history to reach 40 SVs...is 3-for-3 in save opps at GABP w/8.2 ShOIP & 10 K’s...Siegrist limited to 37 G’s &30.1 IP in injury shortened ‘14 season...Vil-lanueva former Cub (2013-14) made 42app. (5 GS) for Chicago in ‘14... Walden 58G’s for ATL last season... had 62 K’s, his5th-straight season w/more K’s thanIP...has never pitched at Busch Std.

BATTING ORDER

11 Carpenter 322 Heyward 333 Holliday 344 Adams 2, Peralta 155 Peralta 2, Adams 166 Molina 2, Jay 177 Wong 2, Molina 188 Jay 1, Wong 1, Grichuk 199 Wainwright 1, Lynn 1, Lackey 1Lineups Used: 3

STARTS BY POSITION

CC Molina 31B1B Adams 32B2B Wong 3SSSS Peralta 33B3B Carpenter 3LFLF Holliday 3CFCF Jay 2, Grichuk 1RFRF Heyward 3PP Wainwright 1, Lynn 1, Lackey 1DHDH ---

THE LINEUP CARD

Scoring first 1-1Opponent scores first 0-1

Scoring more than 3 runs 0-1Scoring 3 runs 1-0Scoring fewer than 3 runs 0-1

Scoring in 3 or fewer innings 1-2Scoring in 4 or more innings 0-0

First game of Series 1-1Last game of Series 0-1

First game of road trip 1-0Last game of road trip 0-0First game of homestand 0-0Last game of homestand 0-0Following off-days 1-2

Out-hit opponents 1-2Out-hit by opponents 0-0

Final at-bat decisions 0-1Come-from-behind wins 0Walk-off wins/losses 0-0

In errorless games 1-1Extra innings 0-0Shutouts 1-1

Leading after 7 innings 1-0Tied after 7 innings 0-1Trailing after 7 innings 0-1

Leading after 8 innings 1-0Tied after 8 innings 0-0Trailing after 8 innings 0-2

Runs via HR 2Opponent runs via HR 4

Review Challenges: 0-0

2015 RECoRD WHEN...

2015 CARDINALS HIGHS & LoWSTT EEAA MM    BB AATT TT II NN GG

Most Runs - Inning - Cards 2 (2nd) 4/10 at CINMost Runs - Inning - Opponent *2 (3rd) 4/10 at CINMost Runs - 1st Inning - Cards *1 4/10 at CINMost Runs - 1st Inning - Opponent 2 4/10 at CINMost Runs - Game - Cards 4 4/10 at CINMost Runs - Game - Opponent 5 4/10 at CINMost Runs - Game - Both Clubs 9 4/10 at CINMost Hits - Game - Cards *10 4/10 at CINMost Hits - Game - Opponent 5 4/5 at CHIMost Hits - Game - Both Clubs 15 4/5 at CHIFewest Hits - Game - Cards 4 4/8 at CHIMost Extra Base Hits - Game - Cards *3 4/10 at CINMost Bunt Hits - Game - Cards 0 4/5 at CHIMost Singles - Game - Cards *7 4/10 at CINMost Doubles - Game - Cards 3 4/5 at CHIMost Triples - Game - Cards 0 ---Most Home Runs - Game - Cards 1 4/10 at CINMost Home Runs - Game - Opponent 2 4/10 at CINLongest Home Run Streak (Games) 1 4/10-presentMost Stolen Bases - Game - Cards 4 4/5 at CHIMost Stolen Bases - Game - Opponent 2 4/10 at CIN

TT EE AAMM    PP IITT CC HH II NN GG

Most Strikeouts - Game - Cards 12 4/5 at CHIMost Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 12 4/10 at CINFewest Strikeouts - Game - Cards 3 4/10 at CINFewest Strikeouts - Game - Opponent 8 4/5 at CHIMost Walks - Game - Cards 4 4/10 at CINMost Walks - Game - Opponent 4 4/5 at CHIFewest Walks - Game - Cards 1 4/8 at CHIFewest Walks - Game - Opponents *3 4/10 at CINFewest Hits Allowed 2 4/8 at CHI

IINN DD IIVV II DD UUAA LL    BB AATT TT II NN GG

Longest Hit Streak-Games 3, 3 players 4/5-presentLongest HR Streak-Games 1, Grichuk 4/10-presentLongest Run Streak-Games 1, 4 players 4/10-presentLongest RBI Streak-Games 1, 3 players 4/10-presentMost Runs - Game *1, 4 players 4/10 at CINMost Hits - Game 3, Heyward 4/5 at CHIMost Bunt Hits - Game -- ---Most Doubles - Game 2, Heyward 4/5 at CHIMost Triples - Game -- ---Most Home Runs - Game 1, Grichuk 4/10 at CINGrand Slams - Last -- ---Most RBI - Game *2, Grichuk 4/10 at CINMost SB - Game 1, 4 players 4/5 at CHIMost Walks - Game *2, Holliday 4/10 at CINMost Int. Walks - Game *1, Holliday 4/10 at CINMost HBP - Game -- ---

II NN DD II VV IIDD UUAALL    PP IITTCC HH IINN GG

Most K’s Game-Starter 9, Lynn 4/8 at CHIMost K’s Game-Reliever 3, Rosenthal 4/5 at CHILongest Winning Streak 1, Wainwright 4/5-presentLongest Losing Streak 1, 2 players ---Most IP Game-Starter *6.0, Lackey 4/10 at CINMost IP Game-Reliever *1.0, 6 players ---Consecutive Scoreless IP 6.0,Wainwright 4/5 at CHIFewest Hits Allowed - CG -- ---

TT EE AAMM    MM IISS CC EELL LL AANN EEOO UU SS

Longest Winning Streak 1 game 4/5Longest Losing Streak 2 games 4/8-presentLongest Game -Innings *9 4/10 at CINLongest Game -Time (overall) 3:04 4/5 at CHILongest Game -Time (9-inn game) 3:04 4/5 at CHIShortest Game -Time (9-inn game)2:23 4/8 at CHILargest Crowd -Home -- ---Largest Crowd -Road 35,055 4/5 at CHILargest Margin of Victory 3 runs (3-0) 4/5 at CHILargest Margin of Defeat 2 runs (2-0) 4/8 at CHILargest Comeback Win -- ---Comeback Wins (4 or more runs) -- ---Most Left on Base 10 4/5 at CHIMost Errors 0 ---Longest Errorless Streak (Games) *1 4/10-presentMost Doubleplays Turned-Cardinals 1 4/10 at CINMost Doubleplays Turned-Opponent -- ---* Happened more than once - last time listed.

Upcoming MilestonesPlayer Milestone Needs ForMatt Adams Home Runs 16 50Matt Belisle Wins 2 50Jason Heyward Home Runs 16 100Lance Lynn Starts 2 100Yadier Molina Home Runs 4 100 Doubles 3 250Trevor Rosenthal Saves 10 59*Michael Wacha Strikeouts 41 200*T10th Cardinals All-Time Saves list

STL rec. in Avg. IP K’s/ RunPitcher Starts QS W-L his starts per start 9 IP supportLackey 1 0 0-0 0-1 6.0 1.5 4.0 (4)Lynn 1 1 0-1 0-1 6.0 13.5 0.0 (0)Martinez 0 0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0)Wacha 0 0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0)Wainwright 1 1 1-0 1-0 6.0 9.0 3.0 (3)

Totals 3 2 1-1 1-2 6.0 8.0 2.3 (7) 18.0 IP 16 Ks

GETTING STARTEDToMoRRoW’S STARTING PITCHER

#18 CARLoS MARTINEZ • RHP • 6-0 • 185 • 23 yrs

� Makes his 1st start of ‘15 & his 2nd appearance in 80th career game...earned a Hold with scoreless 7th inn. ofrelief on Sun. at CHI.

� Will be making the 9th start of his ML career. Started 69 of his 70 career games in the minors.

� Made six app./five starts in Spring & was 2-0 with a 2.85 ERA...had a team-high 21 strikeouts and 22.0 IP’s,

allowing just one HR...last Spring start came 4/1 at NYM; 6.0 scoreless IP and 5 K’s on 82 pitches in a 5-4 win.

� Has made 11 career app./no starts against the Reds, including nine relief appearances last season when he

was 0-1, 3.09 ERA in 11.2 IP...He is 2-1, 2.87 ERA career vs. CIN, working 15.2 IP...making his 5th career

appearance/first start at Great American Ball Park where he is 1-1, 1.23 ERA in five prior app., allowing one run

#52 MICHAEL WACHA • RHP • 6-6 • 210 • 23 yrs

ToDAY’S GAME:

� Makes his 2015 debut this afternoon in his 35th career game.

� Making first appearance since throwing final pitch of ‘14 NLCS.

� 15 of his 19 starts last season came before DL stint (right shoulderstress reaction) that came after his 6/17 start. He made 4 starts inSept., allowing 10 ER in 16.2 IP. Was 5-5, 2.79 ERA at the time hewent on the DL.

SPRING TRAINING:

� Made five starts in Spring & was 1-0 with a 1.77 ERA that ranked 5th

in the Grapefruit League.

� Struck out 16 and walked 4 in 20.1 IP (2nd highest total on team) and

allowed no HR’s.

� His last Spring start came on 3/30 vs. WSH; 5.0 IP, 1 ER with 86

pitches in a 6-2 win.

vS. CINCINNATI REDS:

� Has made five career starts/six app. against the Reds, including four

starts last season when he was 1-1, 3.38 ERA in 21.1 IP...He is 1-1, 2.30

ERA career vs. CIN, working 31.1 IP.

� Is making his 4th career appearance/start at Great American Ball Park

where he is 0-1, 2.70 ERA in three prior starts, allowing 5 runs in 16.2

IP. Took ND in 1-0 loss here at GABP in his 2014 debut (4/2), working

6.2 scoreless innings with 7 K’s.

2014 & CAREER:

� Began the 2014 season on the Opening Day roster for the first time

and made a single-season high 19 starts in an injury-shortened season.

� Was placed on the disabled list after 15 starts on June 23 (retroactive

to June 18) with right shoulder stress reaction and missed 68 games.

Activated from the 60-day D.L. on September 4.

� At the time he was placed on the D.L., ranked 12th in NL in ERA

(2.79) & 6th in opp. BA (.222).

� Pitched 6.0+ innings in 12 of his 19 starts, and four of his 19 starts

went into extra innings with three lasting 12 innings (team was 1-2).

� Endured six weather delays totaling 6:30 during his 2014 starts.

� Made one postseason appearance in Game 5 of the NLCS at SF

(10/16) and allowed a series-ending three-run home run to Travis

Ishikawa in the 9th inning. It was his first action since Sept. 26 at ARI.

WACHA SEASoN & CAREER W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2013 MEM 5-3 2.65 15 15 85.0 65 26 25 19 73

STL 4-1 2.78 15 9 64.2 52 20 20 19 652014 STL 5-6 3.20 19 19 107.0 95 41 38 33 94TOTALS 9-7 3.04 34 28 171.2 147 61 58 52 159

WACHA - LAST 3 APPEARANCESDATE/OPP. RESULT G GS IP H R ER BB SO3/20 vs. NYM ND 1 1 4.2 6 3 3 0 33/25 vs. WSH ND 1 1 5.2 4 0 0 1 43/30 vs. WSH W 1 1 5.0 5 2 1 3 3

WACHA vs. REDS W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO2014 1-1 3.38 4 4 21.1 22 9 8 5 14TOTALS 1-1 2.30 6 5 31.1 28 9 8 8 24LAST APP. vs. CIN: 9/20/14 at STL (ND) 4.2 6 2 2 0 1LAST WIN vs. CIN: 4/7/14 at CIN (5-3)

WACHA CAREER HITTING ToTALS AVG. AB H HR RBI SH2014 .034 29 1 0 2 3Career .080 50 4 0 5 4

ToDAY’S STARTING PITCHER

2015 CARDINALS DAY-BY-DAY H/R Time/ GA/

Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB

4/5 CHI R/N W, 3-0 Wainwright-Lester-Rosenthal #35,055 1-0 1 +0.5

4/6 OPEN DATE 1-0 T1 +1.0

4/7 CHI R/N PPD-WEATHER 1-0 T1 +1.0

4/8 CHI R/D L, 2-0 Arrieta-Lynn-Rondon 26,814 1-1 T2 -1.0

4/9 OPEN DATE 1-1 T2 -1.5

4/10 CIN R/N L, 5-4 Hoover-Walden-Chapman 30,808 1-2 T2 -2.5

4/11 CIN R/D 12:10

4/12 CIN R/D 12:10

4/13 MIL H/D 3:15

4/14 OPEN DATE

4/15 MIL H/N 7:15

4/16 MIL H/D 12:45

4/17 CIN H/N 7:15

4/18 CIN H/D 1:15

4/19 CIN H/N 7:05

4/20 OPEN DATE

4/21 WSH R/N 6:05

4/22 WSH R/N 6:05

4/23 WSH R/D 3:05

4/24 MIL R/N 7:10

4/25 MIL R/N 6:10

4/26 MIL R/D 1:10

4/27 PHI H/N 7:15

4/28 PHI H/N 7:15

4/29 PHI H/N 7:15

4/30 PHI H/D 12:45

APRIL TOTALS

5/1 PIT H/N 7:15

5/2 PIT H/D 1:15

5/3 PIT H/D 1:15

5/4 CHI H/N 7:10

5/5 CHI H/N 7:15

5/6 CHI H/N 7:15

5/7 CHI H/D 12:45

5/8 PIT R/N 6:05

5/9 PIT R/N 6:05

5/10 PIT R/D 12:35

5/11 OPEN DATE

5/12 CLE R/N 5:05

5/13 CLE R/N 5:05

5/14 CLE R/N 11:05

5/15 DET H/N 7:15

5/16 DET H/D 1:15

5/17 DET H/N 7:15

5/18 NYM R/N 6:10

5/19 NYM R/N 6:10

5/20 NYM R/N 6:10

5/21 NYM R/D 12:10

5/22 KC R/N 7:10

5/23 KC R/N 6:15

5/24 KC R/D 1:10

5/25 ARI H/D 3:15

5/26 ARI H/N 7:15

5/27 ARI H/N 7:15

5/28 OPEN DATE

5/29 LAD H/N 7:15

5/30 LAD H/N 6:15

5/31 LAD H/D 1:15

MAY TOTALS

6/1 MIL H/N 7:10

6/2 MIL H/N 7:15

6/3 MIL H/D 12:45

6/4 LAD R/N 9:10

6/5 LAD R/N 9:10

6/6 LAD R/N 9:10

6/7 LAD R/ TBA

6/8 COL R/N 7:40

6/9 COL R/N 7:40

6/10 COL R/D 2:10

6/11 OPEN DATE

6/12 KC H/N 7:15

6/13 KC H/D 3:10

6/14 KC H/D 1:15

6/15 MIN H/N 7:15

6/16 MIN H/D 12:45

6/17 MIN R/N 7:10

6/18 MIN R/D 12:10

6/19 PHI R/N 6:05

6/20 PHI R/D 2:05

6/21 PHI R/D 12:35

6/22 OPEN DATE

6/23 MIA R/N 6:10

6/24 MIA R/N 6:10

6/25 MIA R/N 6:10

6/26 CHI H/N 7:15

6/27 CHI H/N 6:15

6/28 CHI H/D 1:15

6/29 OPEN DATE

6/30 CWS H/N 7:10

JUNE TOTALS

7/1 CWS H/N 7:15

7/2 SD H/N 6:15

7/3 SD H/N 7:15

7/4 SD H/D 1:15

7/5 SD H/D 1:15

7/6 CHI R/N 7:05

7/7 CHI R/N 7:05

7/8 CHI R/N 7:05

7/9 PIT R/N 6:05

7/10 PIT R/N 6:05

7/11 PIT R/N 6:15

7/12 PIT R/N 7:05

1ST HALF TOTALS

7/13 All-Star Break

7/14 All-Star Game - Cincinnati, Ohio

7/15 All-Star Break

H/R Time/ GA/

Date Opp. D/N Result Winner-Loser-Save Att. W-L STD GB

7/16 OPEN DATE

7/17 NYM H/N 7:15

7/18 NYM H/N 6:15

7/19 NYM H/D 1:15

7/20 OPEN DATE

7/21 CWS R/N 7:10

7/22 CWS R/N 7:10

7/23 OPEN DATE

7/24 ATL H/N 7:15

7/25 ATL H/N 6:15

7/26 ATL H/D 1:15

7/27 CIN H/N 7:15

7/28 CIN H/N 7:157/29 CIN H/N 7:15

7/30 COL H/N 6:15

7/31 COL H/N 7:15

JULY TOTALS

8/1 COL H/N 6:15

8/2 COL H/N 1:15

8/3 OPEN DATE

8/4 CIN R/N 6:10

8/5 CIN R/N 6:10

8/6 CIN R/D 11:35

8/7 MIL R/N 7:10

8/8 MIL R/N 6:10

8/9 MIL R/D 1:10

8/10 OPEN DATE

8/11 PIT H/N 7:15

8/12 PIT H/N 7:15

8/13 PIT H/N 6:15

8/14 MIA H/N 7:15

8/15 MIA H/N 6:15

8/16 MIA H/D 1:15

8/17 SF H/N 7:15

8/18 SF H/N 7:15

8/19 SF H/N 6:15

8/20 OPEN DATE

8/21 SD R/N 9:10

8/22 SD R/N 7:40

8/23 SD R/D 3:10

8/24 ARI R/N 8:40

8/25 ARI R/N 8:40

8/26 ARI R/N 8:40

8/27 ARI R/N 8:40

8/28 SF R/N 9:15

8/29 SF R/D 3:05

8/30 SF R/D 3:05

8/31 WSH H/N 7:15

AUGUST TOTALS

9/1 WSH H/N 7:15

9/2 WSH H/N 7:15

9/3 OPEN DATE

9/4 PIT H/N 7:15

9/5 PIT H/D 3:05

9/6 PIT H/D 1:15

9/7 CHI H/D 1:15

9/8 CHI H/N 7:15

9/9 CHI H/D 12:45

9/10 CIN R/N 6:10

9/11 CIN R/N 6:10

9/12 CIN R/D 12:05

9/13 CIN R/D 12:10

9/14 OPEN DATE

9/15 MIL R/N 7:10

9/16 MIL R/N 7:10

9/17 MIL R/N 7:10

9/18 CHI R/D 1:20

9/19 CHI R/D 12:05

9/20 CHI R/ TBA

9/21 CIN H/N 7:15

9/22 CIN H/N 7:15

9/23 CIN H/N 7:15

9/24 MIL H/N 6:15

9/25 MIL H/N 7:15

9/26 MIL H/N 6:15

9/27 MIL H/D 1:15

9/28 PIT R/N 6:05

9/29 PIT R/N 6:05

9/30 PIT R/N 6:05

SEPTEMBER TOTALS

10/1 OPEN DATE

10/2 ATL R/N 6:35

10/3 ATL R/N 6:10

10/4 ATL R/D 2:05

OCTOBER TOTALS

2ND HALF TOTALS

SEASON TOTALS

NOTE: Pitchers' complete games in CAPS; Extra innings shown in parentheses;Times listed are Central (STL) time; *indicates make-up game due to rain out; # indicatessellout.

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2015 SCORING BY INNING

Cardinals Recent TransactionsApril 10: C Tony Cruz placed on paternity leave. C Ed Easley recalled from Memphis

(AAA).

April 3: Optioned LHP Marco Gonzales and INF Ty Kelly to Memphis (AAA). Re-as-

signed RHP Mitch Harris, RHP Marcus Hatley, INF Scott Moore & OF Stephen Pis-

cotty to Memphis. Placed OF Tommy Pham (strained left quadriceps) on the 15-day

D.L., retroactive to March 27. Claimed OF Gary Brown off waivers from San Fran-

cisco and assigned him to Memphis roster.

March 30: Purchased the contract of RHP Carlos Villanueva. Placed LHP Jaime Gar-

cia (left shoulder) on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 27.