Adam Wainwright
Dodgers Take 2-0 Lead Over Cards; Lackey, Angels Shut Out Red Sox
Friday, October 9th, 2009 | Adam Wainwright, Boston Red Sox, Casey Blake, General, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Loretta, Matt Holiday, MLB, Ryan Franklin, Sports, St. Louis Cardinals | No Comments
There was some great MLB Playoff action on Thursday in both the National League and American League.
In the late afternoon, the Dodgers took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Cardinals with a dramatic 3-2 9th inning win. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning, Matt Holliday misplayed a flyball that would have given the Cards a 2-1 win. Instead, the error kept the Dodgers alive and the Dodgers took advantage. Casey Blake worked a walk off of Cards reliever Ryan Franklin, and Rafael Belliard tied the game with an RBI single to center field. After a passed ball and a walk loaded the bases, Mark Loretta’s pinch-hit single drove in Blake with the game-winning run. The Cards looked to be in the driver’s seat in the series with their 2 aces pitching in Games 1 and 2 – Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. But neither emerged with a win, and the Cards now find themselves in the position of having to win 3 straight games against the Dodgers in order to advance to the NLCS.
Meanwhile in the AL game also on the west coast, John Lackey of the Angels shut down the Boston Red Sox with 7 1/3 scoreless innings. Lackey outdueled Jon Lester who gave up a 3-run HR to Torii Hunter in the 5th inning, and the Angels went on to win 5-0. It was a great start for the Angels who have been eliminated from the ALDS by the Red Sox each of the last 2 seasons and 3 times over the last 5 years.
So far so good for exciting MLB playoff action.
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…
Categories
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Oct | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | ||||
