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‘Wright direction: Cards climb behind ace
- Updated: September 11, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright had thrown 84 pitches through seven innings on an efficient night of work, with enough left to go back out for the eighth.
He labored through that final inning, and needed some trust from Cardinals manager Mike Matheny to finish it, but was rewarded with five runs from his offense in the bottom half for the win in a 5-1 Cardinals victory over the Brewers on Saturday night.
“I just needed to keep going and give our great offense a chance to win that game for me,” he said.
The victory also helped the Cardinals climb into the second National League Wild Card spot, moving a half-game ahead of the Mets and staying one game behind the Giants in the standings.
Wainwright walked the first batter of the eighth, Andrew Susac, before Jake Elmore entered as a …
