ST. LOUIS _ In a space of five Pittsburgh Pirates hitters in the second inning Saturday, Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright allowed four of them to reach base, clipping one in the helmet and walking another with the bases loaded. But just when it appeared the train was going off the rails, he righted it.
Wainwright proceeded to set down 14 of the next 15 hitters with just three balls leaving the infield. He finished his six-inning stint allowing just three singles and that one second-inning walk and the Cardinals scored four runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth to run off with a 9-1 victory at Busch Stadium.
Paul DeJong, Matt Carpenter and Tommy Edman each drove in two runs and Paul Goldschmidt hit his first homer as the Cardinals downed the Pirates for the second game in succession. And Wainwright caught Bob Forsch at 163 wins for third on the all-time Cardinals list. Hall of Famer Bob Gibson is first at 251 and Hall of Famer Jesse "Pop" Haines is second at 210.
