Daily Rant: Wainwright cruises against Dodgers offense

The Cardinals took it to Clayton Kershaw and Adam Wainwright silenced the Dodger bats as the Cardinals evened their series on Tuesday night. More details after the jump.

Box Score

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
St Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	X	8	8	2
WP	A. Wainwright (8-10)
LP	C. Kershaw (7-6)

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
R. Furcal ss	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	.278
A. Craig rf-lf	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	.302
M. Holliday lf	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.317
M. Boggs p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Beltran cf-rf	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.291
D. Freese 3b	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	.306
Y. Molina c	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.305
L. Berkman 1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281
M. Carpenter pr-1b	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.276
D. Descalso 2b	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235
A. Wainwright p	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	.103
M. Rzepczynski p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Jay ph-cf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307
Totals	31	8	8	8	0	6	5	1	13

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
A. Wainwright (W, 8-10)	7.1	7	2	2	1	7	0	1.28	4.31
M. Rzepczynski	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	4.96
M. Boggs	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	1.80

The Positives

Rafael Furcal had a productive two hit night. He drove in three runs and scored once.
Allen Craig hit his seventeenth double of the season and drove in two runs. He now has 49 RBIs on the season.
Matt Holliday reached base on a walk and scored a run.
Carlos Beltran hit his fourteenth double of the season and score a run.
David Freese hit an RBI single and scored a run. He also reached base on a walk and stole his second base of the season. The RBI was hit 56th of the year.
Daniel Descalso had a two hit night and scored two runs.
Adam Wainwright not only cruised through seven and a third innings of two run baseball, but he also helped his own cause by hitting a two RBI double and scoring two runs.
Scrabble and Mitchell Boggs combined for one and two thirds innings of perfect baseball to close the game out.

Justin’s Jeers

Matt Holliday and Yadier Molina were held hitless. As mentioned, though, Holliday scored a run after walking.
Lance Berkman took a pitch to the knee and had to leave the game. There is no indication as to whether Lance will see more time on the DL.

Three Stars

3) Allen Craig – Craig drove in two of the Cardinals eight runs with a double.

2) Rafael Furcal – Furcal had a two hit night and led the team in RBIs.

1) Adam Wainwright – Wainwright had a great night at the plate to go along with a solid pitching performance.

Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	Diff	Streak	L10
Cincinnati Reds	57	40	0.588	—	31-18	26-22	408	350	58	Won 6	8-2
Pittsburgh Pirates	55	42	0.567	2	33-16	22-26	391	355	36	Won 1	6-4
St Louis Cardinals	51	46	0.526	6	27-21	24-25	475	385	90	Won 1	5-5
Milwaukee Brewers	44	53	0.454	13	26-23	18-30	427	440	-13	Lost 6	3-7
Chicago Cubs	40	57	0.412	17	24-21	16-36	354	425	-71	Lost 1	5-5
Houston Astros	34	64	0.347	23.5	24-23	10-41	375	489	-114	Lost 8	1-9

Today’s Game

The Cardinals host the Dodgers in the third game of their four game set in about 45 minutes. The lineup has already been announced and Lance Berkman is not playing at first base, which could mean he is either resting a tender knee or he could be seeing some more DL time. The Cardinals face Aaron Harang, who has a 7-5 record and a 3.46 ERA. In his career against St Louis, he has seven wins in twenty four starts and a 4.47 ERA. Lohse has a 10-2 record on the season and a 2.71 ERA. He has a pretty bad track record against the Dodgers, as he has only two wins in seven starts and a 5.36 ERA. He is riding a nine game quality start streak.

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