枢機けい/主要なs P Adam Wainwright to 直面する longtime 敵 Cubs

The St. Louis 枢機けい/主要なs will try to 打ち勝つ 重要な 傷害s again Sunday when they host the Chicago Cubs in the finale of their three-game series.

The Cubs (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 the 枢機けい/主要なs 12-3 Friday at Busch Stadium, then the 枢機けい/主要なs bounced 支援する to 勝利,勝つ 2-1 Saturday にもかかわらず 行方不明の shortstop Paul DeJong (broken rib), outfielder Tyler O'Neill (broken finger) and outfielder Dylan Carlson (支援する tightness) from their 正規の/正選手 starting 顔触れ.

"Listen, nobody is going to feel sorry for you in this game," 枢機けい/主要なs 経営者/支配人 マイク Shildt said. "You are going to play short occasionally. You are going to have pieces 行方不明の occasionally. You have a piece 行方不明の in Dylan, you already have some pieces 行方不明の with DeJong and O'Neill."

The 枢機けい/主要なs also lost starting 投手 Miles Mikolas (forearm tightness) after four innings, which put extra 強調する/ストレス on the bullpen.

But their fill-ins produced a 重要な run when 代用品,人 shortstop Edmundo Sosa 攻撃する,衝突する a 3倍になる and 得点する/非難する/20d on a 選び出す/独身 by 小道/航路 Thomas, who was a late 交替/補充 for Carlson in 権利 field. That fifth-inning 攻撃する,衝突する evened the 得点する/非難する/20 at 1-1, and a Yadier Molina ホームラン in the seventh was the difference.

"Really the word is grit," Shildt said. "This is a real gritty group that likes to compete. 勝利者s find 解答s. You can complain about that we don't have X, Y and Z and that would be real, but the fact of the 事柄 is nobody cares. You have to go play game. We have players who can step up."

権利-hander Adam Wainwright (2-4, 4.63 ERA) will start the rubber game of the series for the 枢機けい/主要なs.

He is coming off one of his worst start of the season: six runs 許すd on eight 攻撃する,衝突するs -- 含むing three ホームランs -- and three walks in four innings of a 13-3 loss to the San Diego Padres on May 15. That was the third time in eight starts this season that he 許すd five or more runs.

"命令(する) with everything -- fastball 命令(する) was horrible, my 切断機,沿岸警備艇 was up in the zone, changeup was up in the zone and my curveball was hangers, just 絶対の hangers," Wainwright said. "Just really nothing you can say other than it was just a terrible 業績/成果."

Wainwright is 17-13 with a 4.12 ERA in 51 career 外見s against the Cubs, 含むing 42 starts. Last season he won his only start against them while 許すing two runs in 6 1/3 innings. His 51 遠出s are the most against any team.

He has had success against Javier Baez (5-for-29, nine strikeouts) and David Bote (2-for-10). Willson Contreras is just 3-for-19 against Wainwright, but with two ホームランs and four 打点s.

権利-hander Zach Davies (2-2, 5.58 ERA) will start for the Cubs. He has a 2.11 ERA in his past four starts after 地位,任命するing a 9.47 示す in his first five 遠出s of 2021

"The first month is 堅い at times," Davies said. "Where some things don't go your way and you're 失望させるd, and things 肉親,親類d of snowball. But it's a long season, 特に this year with going 支援する to a 十分な season."

Davies is 2-3 with a 4.55 ERA in 10 career starts against the 枢機けい/主要なs. Matt Carpenter (12-for-25, four (テニスなどの)ダブルス, three ホームランs, four 打点s), Nolan Arenado (5-for-16, two (テニスなどの)ダブルス, ホームラン, two 打点s), Molina (7-for-21, 二塁打, 打点), Paul Goldschmidt (4-for-10, two 打点s) and Harrison Bader (3-for-3, ホームラン) have all 攻撃する,衝突する 井戸/弁護士席 against him.

--Field Level マスコミ

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