{"id":485926,"date":"2022-08-19T06:26:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T03:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/albert-pujols-adam-wainwright-make-history-in-cardinals-rout\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T06:26:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T03:26:51","slug":"albert-pujols-adam-wainwright-make-history-in-cardinals-rout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/albert-pujols-adam-wainwright-make-history-in-cardinals-rout\/","title":{"rendered":"#Albert Pujols, Adam Wainwright make history in Cardinals&#8217; rout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a412a3207574\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a412a3207574\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/albert-pujols-adam-wainwright-make-history-in-cardinals-rout\/#%E2%80%9CAlbert_Pujols_Adam_Wainwright_make_history_in_Cardinals_rout%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Albert Pujols, Adam Wainwright make history in Cardinals&#8217; rout&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAlbert_Pujols_Adam_Wainwright_make_history_in_Cardinals_rout%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Albert Pujols, Adam Wainwright make history in Cardinals&#8217; rout&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>ST. LOUIS \u2014 Albert Pujols launched a pinch-hit grand slam and drove in five runs, Adam Wainwright pitched seven sharp innings and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Colorado Rockies 13-0 Thursday for a three-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> sweep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re playing right now, I think the way that we were expecting ourselves to play early in the year,\u201d Pujols said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t, but we had some glimpses here and there. Now we\u2019re playing the best baseball we have played all year long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wainwright called Pujols \u201cincredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks the same as when he left to me,\u201d Wainwright said. \u201cThis is what he\u2019s supposed to look like, here this stadium, doing these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Rockies-Cardinals-Baseball.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Albert Pujols crushed a grand slam in the third inning.\" class=\"wp-image-23524243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Rockies-Cardinals-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Rockies-Cardinals-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Rockies-Cardinals-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Rockies-Cardinals-Baseball.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Albert Pujols crushed a grand slam in the third inning. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/BASEBALL-MLB-STL-COL_.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Albert Pujols takes a curtain call after his grand slam.\" class=\"wp-image-23524241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/BASEBALL-MLB-STL-COL_.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/BASEBALL-MLB-STL-COL_.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/BASEBALL-MLB-STL-COL_.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/BASEBALL-MLB-STL-COL_.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Albert Pujols takes a curtain call after his grand slam. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Elias Sports Bureau said the Cardinals were the first team in big league history to have a player at least 40 years old hit a grand slam and another at least 40 to pitch seven shutout innings in the same game. Pujols is 42, two years older than Wainwright.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Rockies lost starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela and right fielder Charlie Blackmon in the second inning to leg injuries. Senzatela crumpled to the ground after attempting to cover first base and Blackmon was removed an inning after beating out an infield single.<\/p>\n<p>Rockies manager Bud Black said Blackmon is not expected to go on the injured list, but will probably not start in the next game. He wasn\u2019t as confident on Senzatela\u2019s outlook. Both players will be re-evaluated tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntonio is going to get a MRI in the morning,\u201d Black said. \u201cHe definitely has a (left) knee sprain to a certain extent. How significant? We won\u2019t know until tomorrow. Devastating, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NL Central-leading Cardinals won their fourth in a row and sent Colorado to its fifth straight loss. St. Louis has won 12 of its last 13 home games and has taken 12 straight from the Rockies at Busch Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Pujols hit his 690th career home run, connecting off Austin Gomber and c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing a five-run third that made it 10-0. It was Pujols\u2019 16th career grand slam \u2014 his first as a pinch hitter \u2014 and it moved him into a tie with Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Dave Kingman for 10th-most slams of all-time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242578442.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Adam Wainwright pitches on Thursday during the Cardinals' win over the Rockies.\" class=\"wp-image-23524239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242578442.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242578442.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242578442.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242578442.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adam Wainwright pitches on Thursday during the Cardinals\u2019 win over the Rockies. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said went with the unconventional decision to pinch-hit Pujols in the third inning for designated hitter Brendan Donovan because he liked the matchup against Gomber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been killing lefties,\u201d Marmol said. \u201cThe game\u2019s never over, but you can put the game away there with a good swing and it\u2019s always good to get the crowd engaged. We felt good about it and he did his job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH8374136325&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pujols added an RBI single.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think at the end of the day, just being part of a great organization, a great group of guys that want to win, young players they\u2019re watching, I\u2019m blessed to be here, and just help those guys out,\u201d Pujols said. \u201cIt\u2019s fun, trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wainwright (10-9) gave up three hits, two of them infield singles. He struck out seven, walked none and retired his final 13 batters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242508468.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Albert Pujols celebrates after the Cardinals' win.\" class=\"wp-image-23524238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242508468.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242508468.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242508468.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/1242508468.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Albert Pujols celebrates after the Cardinals\u2019 win. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy job today it was just to not mess it up,\u201d he said. \u201cThe offense was the story. 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