Wainwright was the victim of shoddy defense. We’ve just got to win every night.
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“That’s where the issue lies”, Collins said.
“I love how starting pitching set the tone”, Matheny said. He worked around some hard contact and made do with only three strikeouts, but it was good enough to silence the Giants.
Brandon Moss hit two home runs and Jedd Gyorko and Stephen Piscotty also connected as the Cardinals tried to chip away at a 7-0 deficit.
After most of their losses this year, the St. Louis Cardinals have consistently reminded everyone that there’s still plenty of time left in the season. As a group of Cardinals went after the ball, Wainwright covered third base.
Wainwright appeared to make the tag on Cespedes, but Cespedes jarred the glove off Wainwright’s left hand. But even after a replay review, umpires still called Cespedes safe.
“It’s the way it’s been going”, Wainwright said.
Wainwright had never heard of such of play. St. Louis 1B Matt Adams (right shoulder) started a rehab assignment at Triple-A Memphis Thursday with a bang, whacking a two-run homer in the first inning. The five RBI is a career-high for the outfielder.
St. Louis Cardinals’ Randal Grichuk is congratulated by teammates after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, in St. Louis. Manager Terry Collins and a trainer popped out of the dugout before Asdrubal Cabrera’s at-bat and removed Bruce. With two on and two out, Flores hit a grounder to shortstop Greg Garcia, who misplayed it into a run.
Seth Lugo (1-2) pitched five scoreless innings for his first big league win.
Mets reliever Robert Gsellman is the first pitcher in the modern era to earn a victory in his major league debut as a reliever since John Montefusco on September 3, 1974 with the Giants. But using either hardly would be ideal for a team is 3 ½ games behind the Cardinals for the NL’s second wild-card spot.
Jay Bruce led off the Mets second with a double but had to leave because of a cramp in his right calf. By then, he’d also gotten his first hit in the majors. Thank God we got that one today. Early in the game, Busch looked true to form as the Cardinals hit three balls to the warning track but not out. Loney is hitting.529 (18 for 34) against Wainwright for his career.
The Cardinals hit four home runs to cut into the Mets lead. That 11.45 earned run average continued what was a terrible season for Niese with the Bucs, and his 2016 campaign looks like it will come to a close with a 5.50 ERA over the life of 121 innings between the two teams. LHP Adam Morgan (1-7, 6.21 ERA) will start for the Phillies.
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Goeddel was 1-0 with a 4.18 ERA in 28 relief appearances.
