Wainwright strong as Cards blank Dodgers

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07/17/2010 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Skip Schumaker's run-scoring double in the fourth inning backed Adam Wainwright's solid performance on the mound, as the St. Louis Cardinals snuck past the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0, in a pitchers' duel at Busch Stadium.

Wainwright (14-5) tossed six scoreless innings to become just the second 14- game winner in the majors this season. Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez leads the big leagues with 15 wins. Wainwright, who gave up five hits, has won four straight starts.

Brendan Ryan drove in the other run for the Cardinals, who have won four in a row and the first three contests of this four-game set.

Hiroki Kuroda (7-8) allowed just one run on four hits in six full frames to take the hard-luck loss. The right-hander also fanned eight batters and walked one in his third straight loss.

The Dodgers, who have lost four of five, were without outfielder Manny Ramirez (right calf) and catcher Russell Martin (left thumb).

LA put runners on first and second with nobody out in the second. However, Casey Blake flied out and Xavier Paul grounded into an inning-ending double play.

St. Louis had a great chance to score in the third. With men on second and third and one out, Colby Rasmus struck out swinging. Albert Pujols then flied out to keep the game scoreless.

The Cardinals scored the game's first run in the fourth. Jon Jay reached first when he grounded into a fielder's choice. Yadier Molina followed with a base hit to put runners on the corners for Schumaker, who hit an RBI double down the right-field line. Kuroda struck out the next two batters to limit the damage.

Los Angeles put men on first and third with one out in the sixth, but James Loney grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Ryan hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to make it a 2-0 game.

Kyle McClellan tossed a scoreless seventh and eighth before handing the ball over to Trever Miller, who recorded the first two outs in the ninth. Ryan Franklin got Blake to fly out to pick up his 17th save of the season.

Game Notes

The Dodgers swept a three-game set at home versus the Cardinals from June 7-9 after losing five of seven to the club last season...Jay saw his nine-game hitting streak come to an end...Wainwright struck out three and walked one to improve to 3-3 in 10 career games (seven starts) against LA. He extended his MLB record of consecutive quality starts at home to 25. Wainwright is 10-0 at home this season...Kuroda is 2-7 in his last 10 starts...The Dodgers went 0- for-6 with runners in scoring position and stranded six...St. Louis left nine men on.

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