Wacha tosses 52 pitches in rehab start, Cardinals lose 9-3
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The last time the Cardinals trotted onto Hammons Field, it was Adam Wainwright on the mound. Tonight, it was Michael Wacha's turn.Springfield fans were treated to a fourth straight home game with a key rehabbing St. Louis Cardinal playing in their hometown, this time witnessing two-plus innings
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The last time the Cardinals trotted onto Hammons Field, it was
Springfield fans were treated to a fourth straight home game with a key rehabbing St. Louis Cardinal playing in their hometown, this time witnessing two-plus innings of work from the 2013 NLCS MVP.
Wacha allowed three earned runs over 2.1 innings of work and tossed the highest number of pitches since his rehab assignments began in Palm Beach just under two weeks ago in a 9-3 Cardinals loss to the Travelers with 4,386 fans watching.
Wacha struck out three Travelers, allowed six hits and walked one. His line included two unearned runs.
The first two Cardinals runs came off
Trailing 9-2 in the ninth,
The Travelers got on Wacha and the Cardinals early when
In the second, another passed ball pushed Arkansas ahead 2-0. This one came on a swinging third strike that ended in
Wacha's three earned runs came off one swing.
In the seventh, the Travelers got runs eight and nine off a
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The Cardinals and Travelers play the second game of a four-game set Wednesday night with first pitch scheduled for 6:30pm and gates set to open at 5:30pm.
Wednesday is our final Purina Woof Wednesday of the season. One dog will leave Wednesday's game as the proud owner of a year supply of Purina Dog Food. Owners can still enter their pets into the drawing at Guest Services on Wednesday.