Cards seek to gain further ground on first-place Reds
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09/04/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adam Wainwright tries once again to become the National
League's first 18-game winner when the St. Louis Cardinals continue their
three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds today at Busch Stadium.
Like his team, Wainwright has hit the skids as of late, losing three straight
starts for the first time in his career while allowing 11 runs in 19 innings
of those outings to raise his earned run average to a still-impressive 2.30.
Wainwright's last loss came in Washington on Sunday, as he allowed four runs
and six hits in five innings to fall to 17-9 on the year.
"It definitely stings more when you know your team needs wins and you pitch
like that," Wainwright said after that game. "I'm pretty ticked about that. I
try to be the stopper, not the guy that continues the losing."
Wainwright's last win came at the expense of the Reds back on August 11, when
he tossed seven scoreless innings. He is 3-3 lifetime against them with a 4.01
ERA in 12 games, seven of which have been starts.
The 29-year-old right-hander has been dominant at home this season, having
posted an 11-1 mark with a 1.42 ERA in 13 starts.
St. Louis picked up a game on the NL Central-leading Reds in the opener of
this set on Friday, as Jaime Garcia kept an unbeaten streak against Cincinnati
intact with 6 2/3 effective innings and Jon Jay set the tone with a first-
inning RBI triple and run scored in the Cardinals' 3-2 win.
Garcia (13-6) won his fourth start in as many tries versus the Reds this
season by limiting surging Cincinnati to six hits and two runs while striking
out six.
"It's a big win for us, no matter who we were playing," Garcia said. "I see it
now a little bit different, that it's a big win against them. But before the
game I was just trying to treat it like any team. Just go out there and don't
try to do too much."
Ryan Franklin picked up his 23rd save with a spotless ninth to give the
Cardinals their fifth straight win against the Reds. Skip Schumaker collected
two hits and an RBI in the much-needed win that snapped St. Louis' season-high
five-game skid.
The last time these two teams met the Cardinals earned a three-game sweep that
gave them sole possession of first place in the division. Since then
Cincinnati had won 14 of 18 while the Cards went 5-13 prior to Friday's
result, which cut the Reds' lead in the division to seven games.
Bronson Arroyo (14-9) suffered the loss for giving up three runs and six hits
in six innings. Paul Janish provided a solo home run in the loss that stunted
the Reds' four-game win streak.
"There's not as much pressure, but tonight would have taken a lot of pressure
off of us if we had got one tonight," said Arroyo after the game. "Now we know
we have to grind it now just to get one [win]. We've got the two best pitchers
in the National League going [against us] the next two days. Tonight was huge.
We've got two games left, anything can happen."
Cincinnati will turn to rookie left-hander Travis Wood, who is 4-2 with a 3.53
ERA, for today's contest. Wood did not get a decision on Sunday against the
Chicago Cubs, as he allowed three runs and 10 hits in five innings of his
team's 7-5 win.
Wood has never faced the Cards.
The Cardinals have won 11 of 16 games versus the Reds this year.
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