ST. LOUIS — The Los Angeles Dodgers finally wore down Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright, forcing his exit after a whopping 114 pitches in the sixth inning on a hot St. Louis night Wednesday at Busch Stadium.
By the time the Dodgers, who have the National League’s best record, accomplished this, soon-to-be-41-year-old Wainwright had stopped them for the first five innings and the Cardinals had jumped all over Los Angeles ace Tony Gonsolin — who had been 11-0 with a 1.62 earned-run average before his first appearance at Busch.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in his first two runs this month, with a two-out, two-run single in the third and Nolan Arenado followed with a two-run homer in that inning. But the Cardinals blew a lead that ballooned to 6-0 before the Dodgers rallied for seven runs in the final three innings for a 7-6 win.
