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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1792569" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/scuffling-in-september-adam-wainwright-senses-life-but-cardinals-lineup-lacks-a-pulse/article_3fd8e575-b935-5495-91aa-9b32530ef8c1.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>SAN DIEGO — Whether it was the finish on his curveball or that late, sharp, serrated bite on any of his fastballs, Adam Wainwright found it all lacking Tuesday night and pronounced later that, no, his arm has not been completely reanimated from its “dead” phase.</p><p>“Oh, no. I’m in the battle,” the veteran said. “I’m in the battle. My arm – just no explosiveness to it.”</p><p>The Cardinals’ offense can empathize.</p><p>As the postseason appears out there on the horizon through the haze of their current performance, the Cardinals have their lead starter groping for the life on his pitches and a lineup that cannot find a pulse. Wainwright got closer to winning his “battle” with a strong sixth inning to cap a start that even flawless would not have been enough to hide the absent offense. The Cardinals were shut out for the second consecutive game and have gone 34 innings without producing an earned run.</p><p></p><p>For the fourth time in a week, the Cardinals were scrambling to produce a hit in the first half of game before losing, 5-0, to San Diego late Tuesday at Petco Park.</p><p>“We’re just not putting together quality at-bats,” said Oliver Marmol, whose first-place team had its magic number dip to six due to Milwaukee’s loss. “We’ve gotten to this position where we’ve built a cushion because we’ve slugged our way there. Our offense has done a really nice job to do that. And now we’re going through a point where we’re going to have to battle through it. Is it ideal? No. Will we come out of it? Yes.”</p><p>The last RBI the Cardinals had came on Yadier Molina’s home run in the third inning of Saturday’s afternoon game. That evening, the Cardinals scored the only run of the game in the 11th inning on a Cincinnati error. Since? Eighteen consecutive shutout innings and a grand total of 13 baserunners in 65 at-bats.</p><p></p><p>One extra-base hit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1792569, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/scuffling-in-september-adam-wainwright-senses-life-but-cardinals-lineup-lacks-a-pulse/article_3fd8e575-b935-5495-91aa-9b32530ef8c1.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] SAN DIEGO — Whether it was the finish on his curveball or that late, sharp, serrated bite on any of his fastballs, Adam Wainwright found it all lacking Tuesday night and pronounced later that, no, his arm has not been completely reanimated from its “dead” phase. “Oh, no. I’m in the battle,” the veteran said. “I’m in the battle. My arm – just no explosiveness to it.” The Cardinals’ offense can empathize. As the postseason appears out there on the horizon through the haze of their current performance, the Cardinals have their lead starter groping for the life on his pitches and a lineup that cannot find a pulse. Wainwright got closer to winning his “battle” with a strong sixth inning to cap a start that even flawless would not have been enough to hide the absent offense. The Cardinals were shut out for the second consecutive game and have gone 34 innings without producing an earned run. For the fourth time in a week, the Cardinals were scrambling to produce a hit in the first half of game before losing, 5-0, to San Diego late Tuesday at Petco Park. “We’re just not putting together quality at-bats,” said Oliver Marmol, whose first-place team had its magic number dip to six due to Milwaukee’s loss. “We’ve gotten to this position where we’ve built a cushion because we’ve slugged our way there. Our offense has done a really nice job to do that. And now we’re going through a point where we’re going to have to battle through it. Is it ideal? No. Will we come out of it? Yes.” The last RBI the Cardinals had came on Yadier Molina’s home run in the third inning of Saturday’s afternoon game. That evening, the Cardinals scored the only run of the game in the 11th inning on a Cincinnati error. Since? Eighteen consecutive shutout innings and a grand total of 13 baserunners in 65 at-bats. One extra-base hit. [/QUOTE]
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