St. Louis, MO - A near-flawless Adam Wainwright and lethal two-out hitting powered the St. Louis ...

St. Louis, MO - A near-flawless Adam Wainwright and lethal two-out hitting powered the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium.
 Wainwright (7-2) tossed the first one-hitter of his career, registering nine
 strikeouts and facing only one batter over the minimum. Paul Goldschmidt's
 two-out double in the fourth inning was the right-hander's lone blemish.
 

 Matt Adams and Jhonny Peralta each homered for St. Louis, which scored all its
 runs with two outs against Arizona starter Bronson Arroyo (4-3).

Wainwright nearly perfect in 1-hit shutout over D-backs

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Jh.Peralta grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Owings to second baseman Pennington, Jh.Peralta to first, Y.Molina out.

Ma.Adams grounded out, pitcher Cahill to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Grounded out, pitcher Cahill to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Owings to second baseman Pennington, Jh.Peralta to first, Y.Molina out.

Ma.Adams homered to center on a 1-0 count, Holliday scored.

Homered to center on a 1-0 count, Holliday scored.

Jh.Peralta doubled to center, Y.Molina scored.

Jh.Peralta homered to center on a 0-2 count.

Cardinals first.  M.Carpenter struck out.  Wong grounded out, second baseman Pennington to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Holliday singled to center.  Ma.Adams homered to center on a 1-0 count, Holliday scored.  Y.Molina grounded out, third baseman Prado to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Cardinals fourth.  Ma.Adams flied out to center fielder Pollock.  Y.Molina doubled to left.  Craig grounded out, third baseman Prado to first baseman Goldschmidt, Y.Molina to third.  Jh.Peralta doubled to center, Y.Molina scored.  Jay struck out.

Cardinals fifth.  Wainwright fouled out to first baseman Goldschmidt.  M.Carpenter grounded out, second baseman Pennington to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Wong doubled to left.  Holliday singled to center, Wong scored.  Ma.Adams flied out to left fielder C.Ross.

Cardinals sixth.  Y.Molina flied out to center fielder Pollock.  Craig struck out.  Jh.Peralta homered to center on a 0-2 count.  Jay lined out to center fielder Pollock.

Cardinals

The Diamondbacks won their season series with the Cardinals last season 4-3, including a split of four games in St. Louis. It was the first time Arizona won the season series since going 4-3 in 2007.

12 of Arizona's 18 wins this season have come on the road. The Diamondbacks have won two straight road series and have won or split each of their last four series on the road.

St. Louis' loss to Atlanta on Sunday snapped a four-game winning streak. The Cardinals' 4.67 runs per game at home are the third-most in the National League. The team has scored four or five runs in seven of their last eight at home.

After going 1-2 in his first five starts, Bronson Arroyo has won three straight games -- two of which came on the road. In the three wins, all in May, Arroyo has only allowed a single earned run -- giving him a 0.39 ERA for the month.

After winning five of his first six starts, Adam Wainwright is 1-1 in his last three. Wainwright's 2.11 ERA is the fifth-lowest in the National League. He is 4-1 with a 2.23 ERA in five career starts versus the Diamondbacks.

Paul Goldschmidt has driven in at least one run in six of his seven career games at Busch Stadium. Seven of his 10 RBI in St. Louis have come in his last three games there.

HP - O'Nora, 1B - Eddings, 2B - Hudson, 3B - Blaser

(SportsNetwork.com) - Adam Wainwright will try to pitch the St. Louis
 Cardinals back into the win column when they open a three-game series versus
 the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday at Busch Stadium.

Arizona Diamondbacks (18-28) at St. Louis Cardinals (23-21), 8:15 p.m. (ET)

St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - A near-flawless Adam Wainwright and lethal
 two-out  hitting powered the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-0 win over the Arizona
 Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium.

Wainwright nearly perfect in 1-hit shutout over D-backs

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