Street. Lewis – There are times, like on Wednesdays when the Cardinals’ privilege is awarded Adam Wainwright And the Molina runs Teaming together to make some history, that director Oliver Marmol is reminded of the not-so-great moments when the bowler and hunter had to persevere, reinvent themselves and find ways to continue down this path to historical greatness.
Remember the moments when 41-year-old Wainwright and 40-year-old Molina defied the skeptics, ignored the dings of Father Time’s ominous warnings and carried the weight of the franchise on their shoulders, making nights like these even more so. Especially, Marmol said. MLB’s youngest manager was drafted in 2007 – the first season that Wainwright and Molina started a game together. On Wednesday, Marmol was on hand to make history as Molina and Wainwright made their 325th debut together as Batteries, surpassing tiger greats Mickey Leulich and Bill Freehan for the NL/AL tag.
“I think that record is pretty cool because I don’t see anyone come close to touching it again,” Marmol said. “When you can be in the logbook and know it’s never going to be touched, that’s pretty cool. Just to be able to have the career Yade was behind the plate with the same team — that’s many years to pick up. Then Waino, to be able to get close to Matching those years… to reach 325, that’s an amazing record.”
Wainwright and Molina’s special night was punctuated by it The Cardinals beat the Brewers 4-1 In front of 46459 at Busch Stadium. The veteran bowler claimed his 11th win of the season, 195 in his career and 106 in St. Louis over the years. Molina had the green light from the RBI in the second half, and his longtime teammate, Albert Pujols, scored 2,200 in his RBI career with an eighth-stroke two.
Wainwright and Molina, two teammates for the past 18 seasons, are already the most successful battery in NL/AL history. They made it to Wednesday having already amassed 212 team wins, 10 times more than Hall of Famer Warren Spahn with catcher Del Crandall for the Braves.
Wainwright and Molina teamed up with the game’s opening hit star Brewers Christian Yelich. Two pitches later, Wainwright hit Yeilish looking at a curve ball. Later, after Wainwright allowed hits by Willy Adames and Rowdy Tellez and his former teammate Kolten Wong walked past, the right-hander knocked out the first jam by persuading Andrew McCutchen back up the hill. McCutchen, a close friend who broke up Wainwright’s unsuccessful bid in early August, is one of the contenders to have had the most success against the Cardinals over the years with three runs on their turf. On Wednesday, Wainwright tricked McCutchen with a fast, high ball to induce the returning player.
This first escape won Wainwright, Molina, and the Cardinals a standing ovation. However, their first applause of the night came several minutes before when Molina and Wainwright walked from the farm to the dugout. Thousands of cellphones were thrust into the air match, and during the first half fans were looking forward to recording the historic moment.
To celebrate this special night, Molina wore a special catcher mask With No. 50 Wainwright and No. 4 Molina on the sides. On top of the mask was a picture of them congratulating each other on a large mold similar to block No. 325.
Wainwright was swinging around plenty of traffic on his outing, working out of rule-laden jams in the first and fourth half. Wainwright was lifted after five innings and 98 throws with a 3-1 lead. He allowed running once with eight hits and walking twice while hitting three.
As was often the case when Wainwright started a game, Molina came in a big offensive way to help his dear friend’s cause. Molina, who performed twice last week when he and Wainwright tied the record, had a second-half single for boards novice Brendan Donovan. Molina’s strike gave the Cardinals a 2-1 lead and put Wainwright in a position to claim victory.
Brewers Director Craig Counsell marveled at the longevity and durability that Wainwright and Molina demonstrated while being Cardinals stars for nearly two decades.
“It’s unbelievable,” Koncell said. “The privilege of being teammates for so long, from a former player’s point of view, is probably the coolest thing about it.” “They’ve been a battery where they depend on each other a lot, get to know each other a lot and help each other achieve success in the field. It’s really great. Being teammates for so long, it’s really incredible and worth celebrating.”
Marmol, a member of the Cardinals for the past fifteen years, has seen Wainwright and Molina in their heights and in some of their most low moments. Marmol said he was reminded of 2018 when Wainwright had elbow pain that he thought might end his career. Until this season, Molina left the team for six weeks while suffering from right knee pain and a disturbed psyche. Marmol said he was convinced that the partnership and friendship with Wainwright was one of the things that led to the catcher leaving his native Puerto Rico and returning to the Cardinals.
“There are some things that played into that, and that [Wainwright friendship] It was great. Marmol said.
“With Waino, I remember I was sitting in San Diego and he was throwing every bit of 82 [mph]Marmol recalls, and the conversation was, “I think I’m done.” “To go from that to what we see now and what they are going to accomplish together is very helpful. To get these kinds of jobs, there is a certain level of adversity that you have to face and overcome. Most of them just face it and don’t get over it.”
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