Adam Wainwright helped the St. Louis Cardinals on the mound and at the plate against the Milwaukee Brewers as the Cardinals beat the Brewers 5-4. Wainwright hit a solo home run in the second inning and then went onto pick up the win after pitching 7.2 innings.
Wainwright allowed five hits and two runs in his 7.2 innings. He kept the Cardinals in the game and that is all you can ask your starting pitcher. Randy Flores recorded one out before Jason Isringhausen pitched the final inning to pick up his sixth save of the season.
Besides Wainwrights home run, the Cardinals got two RBI from Albert Pujols, and one RBI each from Skip Schumaker and Yadier Molina besides Wainwright.
The Cardinals extended their record to 11-4 with the victory.
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