Daily Rant: Wainwright holds Rockies for Cardinals second win of series

The Cardinals were outhit last night, but came away with a 4-1 win against the Colorado Rockies last night. The win ensured a series split at worst for the Redbirds with the chance to take three of four tonight. Find out more after the jump.

Box Score

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	2
St Louis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	4	9	1
WP	A. Wainwright (7-8)
LP	J. Guthrie (3-8)
SV	J. Motte (18)

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
R. Furcal ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.274
J. Jay cf	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	.322
M. Holliday lf	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	.319
C. Beltran rf	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.304
A. Craig 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.306
Y. Molina c	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.309
D. Freese 3b	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.285
S. Schumaker 2b	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296
T. Greene ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.228
M. Rzepczynski p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Carpenter ph	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.289
J. Motte p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Wainwright p	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.061
M. Cleto p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Descalso ph-2b	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.225
Totals	31	4	9	4	0	3	3	3	13

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
A. Wainwright (W, 7-8)	6.0	8	1	1	1	7	0	1.35	4.56
M. Cleto (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.50	4.50
M. Rzepczynski (H, 11)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.50	5.65
J. Motte (S, 18)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.00	3.16

The Positives

Rafael Furcal and Yadier Molina both picked up singles, while Yadi added a walk to his line.
Jon Jay walked to reach base and scored one of the Cardinals four runs. He also drove in a run.
Matt Holliday, who has been on a tear recently, recorded three hits, including a double, to drive in one of the Cardinals runs. He also scored a run and stole his fourth base of the season. He now has 54 RBIs.
Carlos Beltran singled, stole his eighth base, and scored a run.
David Freese hit a two RBI single. He ends the night with 50 RBIs.
Skip Schumaker had a 2-2 night and scored a run.
Adam Wainwright threw a great start, lasting six innings and only giving up an earned run. He allowed nine base runners and struck out seven.
Mikael Cleto, Marc Rzepczynski, and Jason Motte combined for three innings of scoreless baseball. Each struck out two and Motte recorded his eighteenth save of the season.

Justin’s Jeers

Allen Craig was held hitless and led the team in men left on with three.
The Cardinals stranded thirteen runners as a team.

Three Stars

3) David Freese – Freese hit a single that drove in two of the Cardinals four runs.

2) Adam Wainwright – Wainwright pitched a solid start, ensuring the Cardinals four runs would be enough.

1) Matt Holliday – Holliday’s three hit night led the way for the Redbirds

Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	Diff	Streak	L10
Pittsburgh Pirates	45	36	.556	—	26-13	19-23	322	304	+18	Won 3	7-3
Cincinnati Reds	44	37	.543	1.0	23-16	21-21	341	307	+34	Lost 2	5-5
St. Louis Cardinals	43	39	.524	2.5	20-19	23-20	410	345	+65	Won 1	6-4
Milwaukee Brewers	38	43	.469	7.0	22-20	16-23	369	379	–10	Lost 1	5-5
Houston Astros	32	50	.390	13.5	23-19	9-31	334	399	–65	Lost 7	2-8
Chicago Cubs	31	50	.383	14.0	19-20	12-30	298	369	–71	Won 1	7-3

Today’s Game

The Cardinals host the Rockies for the fourth game in their four game series tonight at 7:15. The Cardinals lead the series 2-1 and have a chance to draw within 1.5 games of the division leading Pittsburgh Pirates. Two rookies square off tonight as Christian Friedrich and Lance Lynn take the mound. Friedrich is 4-5 with a 5.52 ERA. He hasn’t thrown a quality start since June 4th, but has a couple of solid five inning outings under his belt. He profiles as a Joe Kelly-type groundball pitcher. Lance Lynn is 10-4 with a 3.62 ERA, but is spiraling after three consecutive poor starts in which he hasn’t gotten out of the sixth inning. He has given up at least five runs in each of his last three outings.

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