The Gas House Gang

Adam Wainwright has looked like a bona fide ace, and he seemed to continue along that track Monday night as he was absolutely shutting the Pirates down and looked to be cruising with a 4-0 lead through 6. Unforunately, it all fell apart for Wainwright in the 7th as he surrendered 5 runs to put the Cards behind for good. Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick had 2 hits and 2 RBI a piece to pace the offense early while rookie rightfielder Joe Mather was 2-4 with 2 runs scored. Unfortunately, the offense did all their damage early and could not come back when Wainwright was knocked off cruise control.