DENVER (AP) _ Adam Wainwright was shaky on the mound and shined at the plate
with a career-high four RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado
Rockies 10-5 on Tuesday night to move into a tie for the top NL wild card.
The free-swinging Wainwright lined a two-run double in the second inning and
brought in two more with a bloop single in the fifth. Matt Adams and Jedd Gyorko
homered to help the Cardinals pull even with the New York Mets, who lost at home
to last-place Atlanta for the second straight night.
Wainwright (12-9) didn’t have sharp command, yielding solo homers to Daniel
Descalso, Charlie Blackmon and Gerardo Parra. The right-hander gave up four runs
in 5 1/3 innings.
The three-game series wraps up Wednesday afternoon. Luke Weaver (1-3) starts
for the Cardinals while German Marquez (0-0) goes for the Rockies. Game time
is 2:10 with the pre-game at 1:15 on KTLO-AM.
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