WASHINGTON • If the Cardinals are going to start something like a winning streak, it will have to be the starters who do it.
Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright offered the Cardinals’ seven solid innings and guided them to a 9-4 victory Saturday night at Nationals Park.
The win, the Cardinals second consecutive against the first-place Nationals, came one run shy of being the Cardinals’ third consecutive quality start. Washington tagged Wainwright with three home runs, two by Ryan Zimmerman, but the returning faith in Wainwright was apparent until the final pitch he threw. With the tying run at the plate in the seventh inning, Matheny stayed with the righthander.