Adam Wainwright, on the verge of reaching his 200th career win, faces arguably his least favorite opponent on Tuesday.
The 41-year-old will try to turn around long-term problems in his career. Red Army when his st louis cardinals Visit Cincinnati in Game 2 of four-game series between National League Central rivals
Wainwright has 196 career wins, but is 10-17 with a 5.46 ERA in 39 games (34 starts) against Cincinnati. His ERA was his worst against any NL opponent.
In 22 games (20 starts) at Great American Ball Park, Wainwright is 7-8 with a 5.73 ERA. He hit 17 homers in 114 2/3 innings.
Wainwright is 0-2 with a 7.27 ERA in three starts Red Army Last season, including his two games in Cincinnati, he lost the ball.After Game 2, he was very upset — in a 9-5 loss on July 22, he allowed 7 runs and 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings
“This park is tough for me. There’s no excuse. There’s no reason,” Wainwright said afterward. “It’s been a disaster for my entire career. This place has been the toughest for me in my entire career. I don’t know how to explain it.”
Wainwright (1-0, 5.74 ERA) got another chance in his fourth start of the 2023 season. He started on the injured list with a strained groin.
Wainwright gave up five runs (two runs) and five hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday to cap his most recent win.
this cardinal They have won 11 of their last 15 games, but lost their series opener 6-5 in 10 innings on Monday.St. Louis star Nolan Arenado’s 12-game winning streak snapped by five misses in one game cardinal 3 for 16 with runners in scoring position
“We had a few chances and just couldn’t come up with some big hits,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmore said.
Two of Paul DeJong’s three hits in St. Louis came with runners in scoring position. He hit a three-run homer and an RBI double.
Cincinnati won for the second time in eight games, snapping a four-game slide.
“We wanted to win this game and a lot of people came through to make it happen,” he said. Red Army manager david bell said
Nick Senzel decisive sacrifice fly Red Army… He had a rough weekend, going 0 for 12 with six strikeouts in three games against the New York Yankees.Senzel had two hits vs. St. Louis on Monday
“We had a meeting before the game, we have to be aggressive, we have to keep fighting,” Senzel said. “We need this.”
Cincinnati’s Spencer Steer hit a two-run homer — his sixth team-leading lead of the season — and got the win on a fly ball to Senzel’s right.
Right-hander Graham Ashcraft (2-2, 4.84 ERA) will start Red Army On Tuesday, expect his first win since April 15
Ashcraft is 0-2 with a 7.06 ERA in his past six starts and has struggled in setbacks twice in his past three rounds. He allowed 8 runs and 6 hits in 1 2/3 innings against the Chicago White Sox on May 7, and he allowed 7 runs and 10 hits in 5 over innings against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday hit.
Ashcraft Receives Two Negative Decisions cardinal Last season, allowed eight runs and 16 hits in 9 1/3 innings with a 7.71 ERA. Arenado (3 for 6 against Ashcraft in 2022) and Paul Goldschmidt (2 for 3) both homered on Ashcraft
Will Myers was just 2 for 11 against Wainwright, but one of those hits was a homer. Jonathan India went 3-for-8 from the field against Wainwright and Senzel was 4-for-12.
–Field-level media