It’s been four days since Phillies swept the Cardinals out of the playoffs in the National League wild-card series.
While Philadelphia’s 2–0 series win ended the legendary careers of Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina, it also concluded the season for Adam Wainwright and marked two postseason games that veteran pitcher will look back on and remember that he was unable to play in.
It was an unusual setting for the three-time MLB All-Star, who has recorded 195 career wins. Wainwright has four top-five finishes in the voting for the NL Cy Young award, was a closer in the 2006 World Series and ranks first in complete games (28) and fifth in wins, strikeouts (2,147) and eighth in ERA (3.