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CC Sabathia & Adam Wainwright Denied 20th Wins
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 | Adam Wainwright, CC Sabathia, MLB, New York Yankees, Sports, St. Louis Cardinals | No Comments
It was not a night meant for 20-game winners in the 2009 MLB schedule. CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees and Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals were both denied shots at winning their 20th games of the 2009 campaign.
The Rays hammered Sabathia scoring 9 runs (5 earned) of off him in just 2 2/3 innings of work. Sabathia struggled with his control walking 5 and giving up 8 hits. Not a good sign for Yankees fans – Sabathia tends to struggle in October, so could this be a sign of bad things to come for the Yankees in post-season play?
Adam Wainwright actually pitched OK in his start – giving up 3 ER on 5 hits and 2 walks over 6 innings. Wainwright left with the Cardinals leading the Brewers 6-3, but the bullpen gave up 9 runs over the game’s final 3 innings, and Wainwright was denied the chance to win 20 games for the 1st time in his career.
Both Sabathia and Wainwright will be pitching in the post-season, so it will be interesting to see how each pitcher fares…
