Watch: Wainwright takes McCarthy deep for 10th career HR
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Call him wainleft! Adam Wainwright gets all of one and hits it out to left field #PitchersWhoRakepic.twitter.com/WkFTNtdP0e
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Pitchers better start taking Adam Wainwright a little more seriously when he grabs a bat for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Wainwright crushed a curveball from Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Brandon McCarthy into the left-field stands for his 10th career home run Thursday, moving him into sole possession of third place among active pitchers* in the category, behind Madison Bumgarner and Yovani Gallardo.
*Not including Jordan Schafer, who converted from a position player to a pitcher.