PHOENIX • Adam Wainwright took his pitching show of guile, grit and periodic gusto onto the road Wednesday night.
The Cardinals righthander had been a hit at home this year with a 5-1 record and 2.64 earned run average. Away from home? Road kill at 2-4 and 9.48.
But Wainwright almost always has had something for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and this occasion was no different. Beating the D’backs for the eighth time in 12 career decisions, Wainwright channeled his 93-94 mph fastball from glory years as he held the hard-hitting, surprising National League Western Division contenders to two runs over 6 1/3 innings, fanning eight.