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Wainwright and Molina became the fourth battery in major league
history to reach that milestone, joining Mickey Lolich and Bill
Freehan (324 games), Warren Spahn and Del Crandall (316), and
Red Faber and Ray Schalk (306).
Wainwright (14-7) beat the Brewers for the 19th time while
allowing four hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings.
Nolan Arenado delivered two homers and three RBIs and Harrison
Bader hit a three-run homer for the Cardinals (69-64), who won
for the fifth time in seven games to remain in the thick of the
National League wild-card race.
The Brewers (82-54) lost their second straight game, but they
maintained their 10-game lead over the Cincinnati Reds in the NL
Central.
Brewers starter Freddy Peralta (9-4) allowed four runs in two
innings in his first start since suffering shoulder soreness on
Aug. 18.
Arenado hit a two-run homer to get the Cardinals rolling in the
first inning.
In the second inning, Peralta allowed Wainwright's RBI single
and Tommy Edman's RBI grounder as the Cardinals boosted their
lead to 4-0.
Arenado greeted reliever Justin Topa with a solo homer in the
third inning. Dylan Carlson and Edmundo Sosa hit singles and
Bader hit his homer to make it 8-0 before Topa exited with right
elbow discomfort.
The Cardinals made it 10-0 in the seventh inning on Tyler
O'Neill's two-run homer. The Brewers got those runs back in the
bottom of the inning with RBI grounders by Rowdy Tellez and
Lorenzo Cain.
Molina hit his grand slam in the ninth inning off Hoby Milner
after reliever Daniel Norris exited with a hand injury. Sosa hit
a solo homer to make it 15-2. The Brewers countered with Luis
Urias' RBI double and another run-scoring grounder by Tellez in
the bottom of the inning.
--Field Level Media
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