To hear some tell it, Adam Wainwright will be pitching for his playoff supper on Sunday when he makes his final regular-season start of this season and final regular-season start ever with retiring catcher Yadier Molina, with whom he holds the all-time record at 327.
“I’m hearing I shouldn’t even start in the playoffs,” said Wainwright Saturday afternoon. “I’ll just have to go out and change people’s minds.”
The 41-year-old Wainwright’s last victory was on Sept. 3 when he allowed four runs in five innings. Since then, he has made four starts, giving up 29 hits and 14 runs in 19 innings, including a three-inning outing this past Sunday as Wainwright was laboring through a “dead arm” phase.