ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright, 39 heading for 40, has pitched seven and then nine innings in consecutive starts. He has allowed only solo homers to respective first basemen Josh Bell of Washington and then Rhys Hoskins of Philadelphia, who hit two of those Monday night at Busch Stadium.
Wainwright allowed no other runs. He has no wins to show for it, either.
Philadelphia righthander Zack Wheeler wasn’t throwing twice as hard as the crafty Wainwright but it might have seemed like it. While Wainwright bamboozled and begrudged the Phillies just six hits, Wheeler permitted only one over eight innings, Paul DeJong’s single in the fifth inning in a 2-1 Phils win.
