The last time Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha and the San Francisco Giants came face to face was Oct. 16, 2014, which may be better remembered as Game 5 of the National League championship series.
Wacha came in with the score tied in the ninth. The Giants got the go-ahead run on second with one out, and Travis Ishikawa hit a three-run home run off Wacha to end the game and win the series.
When Wacha took to the mound Monday at Busch Stadium for the first meeting between the teams this season, he insisted that the way last season ended was the last thing on his mind.