But, Wieters, with some knowledge gained from catching Scherzer for two years in Washington, drilled a 2-2 curveball for a home run in the seventh inning that helped the Cardinals pull away a 5-1 win over Washington.
Thursday night’s series opener might be the feature game of the series. Flaherty has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 12 of his past 13 starts. Soft-tossing Kyle Hendricks for the Cubs has bamboozled the Cardinals this season to the tune of a 3-0 record and 0.