Wainwright wins in 1st game at Cleveland, Cards top Indians

CLEVELAND (AP) — Adam Wainwright won in his first appearance at Progressive Field, Paul DeJong hit a go-ahead homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 Tuesday night.

DeJong’s two-out, two-run drive in the seventh inning off Bryan Shaw (3-5) put St. Louis in front 3-2. Harrison Bader also homered, doubled twice and stole a base as the Cardinals moved back over .500 at 51-50.

“Shaw has been around the league for a while, so I know what he has,” DeJong said. “I just tried to simplify things and was hoping the ball would go out.”

Wainwright (8-6) went seven innings and earned his 175th career victory, extending his franchise record to 33 stadiums pitched in during the regular season. Seattle reliever Joe Smith is the active leader with 37.

The 39-year-old Wainwright gave up four hits, including a two-run homer to José Ramírez. He struck out eight and walked two.

“I walked down to the batting tunnel instead of the bullpen because I’ve never pitched here before,” Wainwright said, chuckling. “I do remember the clubhouse, I think, but Cleveland is not somewhere we’ve been to a lot in my career.”

St. Louis tacked on an insurance run in the ninth when reliever Phil Maton walked Dylan Carlson with the bases loaded. Alex Reyes picked up his 24th save in 25 opportunities.

Bader has multiple hits in six of the last eight games and is batting .384 (28 for 73) since returning from a fractured rib on July 1.

“Harrison took a bunch of real good at-bats tonight,” Wainwright said. “And that was a huge home run by Paul against a really great reliever.”

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