DENVER • The season he’s only imagined at the plate and an RBI total not seen in baseball since it adopted the designated hitter has Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals back where they intend to be all along.
Like their ace, they’ve just taken an unusual route into the lead.
On the brink of drifting out of the wild-card race just four days ago, the Cardinals moved into a tie Tuesday night with the New York Mets for the first wild-card berth. Wainwright had a career-high four RBIs and Randal Grichuk scored a career-best four runs as the Cardinals outpaced Colorado, 10-5, at Coors Field for their fourth consecutive win and a knot atop the wild-card standings.