Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright had an uneven start Saturday against the Giants.
Wainwright allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out two and walked three during the outing. Wainwright found himself in trouble fairly early. After loading the bases to start the second inning, Wainwright allowed a run to score on a Travis Ishikawa single. Another run would score during the frame, but it was due to an error. Wainwright would give up an additional run in the next frame. Brandon Belt would knock in a run on a sac fly during the third inning. Wainwright had control issues in his final inning, walking two batters before he was pulled from the game. He was charged with the loss.