ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright has been stopping Cardinals losing streaks all season. On Friday night, when he stifled the Kansas City Royals, 4-2, he halted a team losing streak of three or more games for the third time. The 39-year-old is 87-45 after Cardinals losses in his career.
But there is no stopping Wainwright’s continued march into Cardinals’ pitching history. His 10th victory of the season gave him 11 double-figure win seasons as a Cardinal as he became only the third pitcher in club history to achieve that. The other two are National Baseball Hall of Famers: the late Bob Gibson had 14 and Jesse “Pop” Haines, who also had 11.
Wainwright (10-6), winner of three starts in succession himself, set down the Royals on three hits for the first five innings, after which the Cardinals had a 4-0 lead, largely due to the 18th home runs of the season clouted by Paul Goldschmidt in the first inning and Tyler O’Neill in the fourth.
