Wainwright pitches Cards past Brewers 4-2 to open twinbill

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Adam Wainwright shook off an early home run and pitched a four-hitter, leading the St. Louis Cardinals past the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader.

Cardinals manager Mike Shildt ran the team in the opener. He was to miss the nightcap while serving a one-game suspension, imposed by Major League Baseball after tempers flared during the Brewers’ 18-3 romp Tuesday night.

Wainwright (5-1) struck out nine in the seven-inning complete game as the Cardinals reached .500 in their bid for a spot in the expanded playoff field.

Christian Yelich hit a one-out single in the Milwaukee first and Keston Huira followed with his 13th home run. Wainwright quickly settled down and allowed just two singles and a walk the rest of the way.

Tyler O’Neill hit a solo homer in the second and Brad Miller’s seventh homer, a solo drive in the sixth, put the Cardinals up 4-2.

After the first, Wainwright was only in trouble once. With two outs in the fifth, Omar Narvaez walked and Avisaíl García singled, bringing up Yelich, coming on after a slow start.

Wainwright retired Yelich on a bouncer to second.

“I knew he was starting to feel good, but there’s no way I’m loading the bases right there,” Wainwright said. “I’m not pitching around him, loading the bases. Too many things can happen and they’ve got a good squad behind him, too. You’ve just go to make your pitches and hope your execution matters and hope that it works.”

Brandon Woodruff (2-4), who also went the distance, allowed three earned and seven hits. He struck out five and walked none.

St. Louis snapped a 2-2 tie with an unearned run in the fifth. Harrison Bader reached on a two-base throwing error by third baseman Jace Peterson and Tommy Edman sliced an...

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