Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Cardinals Beat Nationals 5-1: Adam Wainwright Strikes Out Three Over Seven Scoreless Innings For The Win; Tommy Edman Singles, Homers, & Drives In Two Runs; Matt Wieters Hits A Two-Run Homer

Individual Highlights:
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted second.  2-for-4 with one stolen base, one strikeout, one caught stealing, and assisted in one double play.
Matt Carpenter started at third base and batted fifth.  1-for-2 with one double and one throwing error.
Paul DeJong started at shortstop and batted seventh.  1-for-3 with one double, one RBI, one run, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Tommy Edman started in right field and moved to second base, batting eighth.  2-for-3 with one home run, two RBIs (one w/two-outs), two runs, one strikeout, and one outfield assist.
Matt Wieters entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  1-for-1 with one home run, two two-out RBIs, and one run.
Adam Wainwright started and pitched seven innings.  He allowed eight hits, one unearned run, one walk, and struck three out for the winning decision (13-9).  0-for-2 with one strikeout.  (p-s:97-69)(g/f:12-2)
Carlos Martinez entered in the eighth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed no hits or runs for the save (21).  (p-s:16-11)(g/f:4-0)

Rough Outing:
Paul Goldschmidt started at first base and batted third.  0-for-3 with one walk, two strikeouts, and assisted in one double play.
Marcell Ozuna started in left field and batted fourth.  0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Yadier Molina started at catcher and batted sixth.  0-for-3 with one strikeout.

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
STL Baseball Weekly Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game
Post-Dispatch Post Game

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