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Wainwright (4-11), who had been stuck on 198
wins since June 17, allowed two runs on seven hits over five
innings. He struck out three and walked three.
The St. Louis veteran bested Baltimore starter John Means, who
was making his first appearance since undergoing Tommy John
surgery in April 2022. Means (0-1) worked five innings and gave
up three runs on four hits, including a pair of solo home runs.
He fanned one without issuing a walk.
Gunnar Henderson had two hits and a walk for the Orioles
(91-53). Baltimore went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring
position and stranded 10 baserunners.
Paul Goldschmidt hit his 24th homer of the season for the
Cardinals (64-81), and Ryan Helsley pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for
his ninth save.
Means retired the first two batters he faced before Goldschmidt
smacked an 0-1 fastball to center to give Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
St. Louis added a run in the second when Willson Contreras
singled, advanced to third on a single and a fielder's choice
and scored Jordan Walker's sacrifice fly.
In the fourth, Palacios, who entered this game as a pinch runner
in the second inning when Nolan Gorman left due to hamstring
tightness, homered to right to make it 3-0.
The Orioles got two back in the fifth. Adley Rutschman led off
with a walk and went to third on Henderson's single. Anthony
Santander lined a single to right to drive in Rutschman, and
Henderson scored when Ryan O'Hearn grounded into a force out.
Palacios struck again with one out in the seventh, homering to
right off Jorge Lopez. It was his third of the season. The
Cardinals weren't done, as Walker walked and later scored on a
single by Lars Nootbaar off Cionel Perez to make it 5-2.
Baltimore had runners on first and second with no outs in the
bottom of the seventh against Matthew Liberatore but did not
score.
--Field Level Media
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