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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1754583" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/notebook-wainwright-greinke-matchup-is-one-for-the-ages/article_8db621f1-c139-57f7-90b4-aab8bff189ba.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>Weather permitting — and it may not — Wednesday afternoon’s Cardinals-Kansas City Royals game will be one for the ages, as in 40 for Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright and 38 for Kansas City starter Zack Greinke. It will be one of the few matchups this season in which the two pitchers facing each other have more than 400 collective victories, 219 by Greinke and 185 for Wainwright.</p><p>But, as Wainwright pointed out Tuesday night, “Technically, I’m not facing Greinke. I’d like to be.”</p><p>Therein lies the rub. There is a universal designated hitter now, however, so neither is likely to hit again.</p><p>Wainwright and, especially Greinke, are two of the top hitting pitchers in the past two decades. Wainwright, who has spent his entire career in the National League, has 10 home runs in 742 career at-bats. Greinke, who has split time between leagues, has a .225 average compared to .193 for Wainwright and nine homers in 521 at-bats.</p><p></p><p>“He might get some more hits than me but I’ve got way more pop,” said Wainwright. “But he is a better contact hitter.”</p><p>Wainwright admitted he pretty much thought only of the long ball when he hit.</p><p>“I would have probably been a pretty good hitter if I hadn’t been thinking like that all the time,” he said. “That was a lot of at-bats to only have 10 over the fence.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1754583, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/notebook-wainwright-greinke-matchup-is-one-for-the-ages/article_8db621f1-c139-57f7-90b4-aab8bff189ba.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] Weather permitting — and it may not — Wednesday afternoon’s Cardinals-Kansas City Royals game will be one for the ages, as in 40 for Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright and 38 for Kansas City starter Zack Greinke. It will be one of the few matchups this season in which the two pitchers facing each other have more than 400 collective victories, 219 by Greinke and 185 for Wainwright. But, as Wainwright pointed out Tuesday night, “Technically, I’m not facing Greinke. I’d like to be.” Therein lies the rub. There is a universal designated hitter now, however, so neither is likely to hit again. Wainwright and, especially Greinke, are two of the top hitting pitchers in the past two decades. Wainwright, who has spent his entire career in the National League, has 10 home runs in 742 career at-bats. Greinke, who has split time between leagues, has a .225 average compared to .193 for Wainwright and nine homers in 521 at-bats. “He might get some more hits than me but I’ve got way more pop,” said Wainwright. “But he is a better contact hitter.” Wainwright admitted he pretty much thought only of the long ball when he hit. “I would have probably been a pretty good hitter if I hadn’t been thinking like that all the time,” he said. “That was a lot of at-bats to only have 10 over the fence.” [/QUOTE]
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