Wainwright Hits, Pitches Cardinals Past Dodgers

By ESPN

Adam Wainwright credits a more rigorous pregame warmup routine as part of the reason for his May rebound.

Wainwright hit a two-run homer off Brandon McCarthy and pitched six innings of four-hit ball, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 on Thursday for a four-game split.

"Earlier in my career it was a little different when I took the mound, my first pitch of the game I was hot and I was ready to rock," the 35-year-old Wainwright said. "I could still probably do that now, but I feel more prepared when I get a good warm up now."

After finishing April 2/3 with a 6.11 ERA, Wainwright was 3-0 in May.

Wainwright (6-3) struck out six and walked two, pitching out of two-on, one-out jams in the fourth and fifth, and extending his scoreless streak to 16 1/3 innings. His ERA has dropped to 3.79.

Matt Bowman, Trevor Rosenthal and Seung Hwan Oh pitched an inning each to complete a five-hitter. Oh threw a one-hit ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances.

Wainwright followed Paul DeJong's second-inning single with a drive over the left-field bullpen for his 10th career homer. Wainwright has six hits and seven RBI this season.

"He showed me the curveball before and kind of locked me up a little bit, but he threw it out of the same slot the next time and I was able to put a good swing on it," Wainwright said.

McCarthy (5-2) gave up seven hits in four innings, struck out six and walked one, before leaving with a blister.

Adrian Gonzalez and Yasmani Grandal were ejected in the ninth by plate umpire Marty Foster. Gonzalez took a called third strike on the outside corner leading off and was tossed while arguing from the dugout as Grandal was being introduced as a pinch hitter with one out and one on, prompting Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to go to the plate for a discussion with Foster. Grandal swung past strike three, got into an argument with Foster -- apparently over a called strike on the second pitch of the at-bat -- and also was tossed. Austin Barnes then popped out.

"Once he threw me out, I might as well go out there and let him have a little more," Gonzalez said. "The funniest thing is he told Dave afterwards that he's been calling pitches off the plate all game, so he wasn't going to change."

Thursday, June 1 Scoreboard

Cleveland 8, Oakland 0

Milwaukee 2, New York Mets 1

St. Louis 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Colorado 6, Seattle 3

Baltimore 7, Boston 5

New York Yankees 12, Toronto 2

Arizona 3, Miami 2

Minnesota 4, Los Angeles Angels 2

Friday, June 2  Schedule (All Times Central)

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

New York Yankees at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburge at New York Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

Washington at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles Angels, 9:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

Saturday, June 3 Schedule (All Times Central)

New York Yankees at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 1:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Washington at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 3:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 3:10 p.m.

Arizona at Miami, 3:10 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 6:15 p.m.

Houston at  Texas, 6:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New York Yankees, 6:15 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles Angels, 9:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday, June 4 Schedule (All Times Central)

New York Yankees at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 12:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New York Mets, 12:10 p.m.

Arizona at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 1:15 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles Angels, 2:37 p.m.

Washington at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 6:30 p.m.