Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina appreciated the magnitude of the career milestone they reached Friday night. They were more concerned about boosting the St. Louis Cardinals’ playoff hopes.
The longtime teammates formed St. Louis’ starting battery for a 300th time and played key roles in the Cardinals’ 15-4 blowout of the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers.
Nolan Arenado hit two of the Cardinals’ season-high six homers, but the night belonged to Wainwright and Molina.
Wainwright carried a two-hit shutout into the sixth inning and even singled home Molina in the second inning. Molina delivered a grand slam in the ninth for his first homer since July 2.
The Cardinals pulled within 1 1/2 games of Cincinnati for the second NL wild card after the Reds got blown out by Detroit 15-5.
LHP Kwang Hyun Kim (6-6, 3.23) pitches for St. Louis and RHP Adrian Houser (7-6, 3.69) starts for Milwaukee as the Cardinals and Brewers continue their three-game series Saturday, 5:15 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:10 on KIRX.