St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Holliday (7) follows through on a single to left center scoring Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright and Matt Carpenter as Atlanta Braves catcher Evan Gattis, right, is shown in their game, Wednesday in Atlanta.ATLANTA – Adam Wainwright was dominant on the mound.
He wasn’t too shabby at the plate, either.
Wainwright pitched eight strong innings and helped himself offensively, outscoring Atlanta all by himself to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Braves 7-1 on Wednesday night.
Matt Holliday drove in three runs and Peter Bourjos homered for the Cardinals.
Wainwright (6-2) bounced back from his worst start of the season, having surrendered 10 hits and six runs to the Chicago Cubs. He had no trouble against the struggling Braves, holding them to six hits and striking out six. He was lifted after 103 pitches.