ST. LOUIS — The battery powered by Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina connected for its 323rd start Saturday night. That left the Cardinals’ duo one game shy of tying the record held for nearly a half century by Detroit’s Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan.
While Wainwright, who did record two of the Cardinals' four double plays at key times, lurched through five innings in an 8-4 win over the Chicago Cubs, Molina, who officially is in the autumn of his career, has displayed a new spring in his step once the calendar rolled over to September.
Posting his second multi-hit game in the first two games of the month, Molina broke open a one-run game by doubling home three runs in a six-run Cardinals third inning. He then stole third standing up and came home on a sacrifice fly.
