While Wainwright, who did record two of the Cardinals’ four double plays at key times, lurched through five innings in an 8-4 win over the Chicago Cubs, Molina, who officially is in the autumn of his career, has displayed a new spring in his step once the calendar rolled over to September.
Posting his second multi-hit game in the first two games of the month, Molina broke open a one-run game by doubling home three runs in a six-run Cardinals third inning. He then stole third standing up and came home on a sacrifice fly.
The stolen base was the first by a catcher 40 or older since Arizona’s Henry Blanco did it in 2012, according to research by the National Baseball Hall of Fame.