CHICAGO _ With the exception of two swings that may have cost him the chance to get the final two outs of Saturday's Game 1 at Wrigley Field, Adam Wainwright was every bit of the starter he said he would be to send a message to the rotation around him.
Hours after the Cardinals revealed that Kwang Hyun Kim was in the hospital with a kidney ailment and the a sudden rewrite of pitching assignments would be necessary, Wainwright handled 6 1/3 innings to allow the Cardinals to brace their bullpen for Game 2.
With a little help from the Cubs, the Cardinals won Game 1, 4-2.
