It’s official: Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright has killed more Pirates than the British Navy.
In today’s game thread, BD Commentariat member DekesLeft noted that Wainwright has a lifetime 19-7 record against the Pirates.
Um, make that twenty, Deke.
Wainwright certainly didn’t pitch like someone staring down the barrel at forty, as in eight innings he dealt out nine Ks, gave up only two hits, and got the shutout over the Pirates again, this time 3-0 at Busch Stadium.
Was Steven Brault awful? No. In five innings, he gave up one earned run (in the first inning, Yadier Molina scored Paul Goldschmidt, who’d doubled earlier), walked two, struck out one, and made a fantastic defensive play in the fourth inning to keep it a one-run game.