Daily Rant: Wainwright stymies the Brewers in complete game victory

Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals hosted the Brewers on Saturday night and apparently Adam Wainwright didn’t have any interest in losing. He shut down the Brewers for nine innings while the Cardinals offense went to work.

Box Score

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Brewers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
St Louis Cardinals	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	X	6	9	0
WP	A. Wainwright (9-10)
LP	M. Rogers (0-1)

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
R. Furcal ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267
A. Craig 1b	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.296
M. Holliday lf	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.322
C. Beltran rf	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286
D. Freese 3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.309
Y. Molina c	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	.314
J. Jay cf	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.288
D. Descalso 2b	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.241
A. Wainwright p	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.136
Totals	33	6	9	6	2	1	6	1	7

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
A. Wainwright (W, 9-10)	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	1.23	4.03

The Positives

Allen Craig hit an RBI single to draw his average closer to .300.
Matt Holliday also hit a single and scored a run.
Carlos Beltran hit a single and hit 25th home run. He drove in his league-leading 77th RBI.
Yadier Molina hit a two RBI single and stole his eleventh base. The speedy Molina has three steals in two days.
Jon Jay hit his third home run of the season.
Daniel Descalso hit his seventh double of the season and scored a run.
Adam Wainwright pitched a gem, going nine innings and only allowing five hits and one earned run. He also helped his own cause offensively with a two hit effort, including an RBI double.

Justin’s Jeers

Rafael Furcal and David Freese both went hitless, but the team made out fine without their performance.

Three Stars

3) Carlos Beltran – Beltran had two hits, including a solo home run.

2) Yadier Molina – Yadi drove in two runs and stole a base.

1) Adam Wainwright – Wainwright not only shut down the Brewers with his pitching, but he was also the team’s best offensive player.

Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	Diff	Streak	L10
Cincinnati Reds	66	41	0.617	—	36-19	30-22	467	391	76	Won 5	9-1
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	46	0.566	5.5	33-16	27-30	435	403	32	Lost 2	6-4
St Louis Cardinals	58	49	0.542	8	31-21	27-28	535	428	107	Won 2	7-3
Milwaukee Brewers	48	58	0.453	17.5	30-26	18-32	487	497	-10	Lost 2	4-6
Chicago Cubs	43	62	0.410	22	27-24	16-38	389	467	-78	Lost 4	4-6
Houston Astros	36	72	0.333	30.5	25-27	11-45	414	551	-137	Won 1	2-8

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