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Cardinals Adam Wainwright, Adil Molina make history Thursday

stone. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and receiver Adil Molina teamed up for the 324th start, tied previously held by Detroit Tigers greats Mickey Loerich and Bill Freehan 47 years of record.

Stone. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and receiver Adil Molina teamed up for the 324th start, tied previously held by Detroit Tigers greats Mickey Loerich and Bill Freehan 47 years of record.

stone. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and catcher Adil Molina made history Thursday.

This is the 324th time the two have started together, tying the previous record held by the Detroit Tigers superstar and the 1968 World Series champion Mickey Roerich and Bill Freehan.

Before Roerich was traded to New York, Roerich and Freehan played with the Tigers from 1963 to 1975 324 times Mets posted 3.45 ERA for Rusty Staub and Bill Laxton.

Lolich posted 3.45 ERA and 3 All-Star appearances with Freehan in 13 years , Freehan played in 11 All-Star games at the same time all his own. Roerich was the MVP of the 1968 World Series.

Wainwright, 41, and Molina, 40, team up again Thursday afternoon at Cardinals’ at Busch Stadium The Washington Nationals game tied an all-time record that had not been touched in 47 years.

On April 6, 2007, in Houston, after spending the first two years of his career, Wainwright began his first career pitching, when the Astros were still members of the National League Central League. Wainwright went into seven innings, allowed just one run on five hits and three walks, had four strikeouts and a win. Molina caught Wainwright at the start, and the right-handed pitcher will never forget.

For Molina, this was a day he didn’t want to remember. The Cardinals’ catcher struck out that day and went 0-for-4, but the Cardinals’ 4-2 win was the beginning of an era, whether the club realized it at the time or not.

After 15 and a half years — 5,634 days to be exact — Molina and Wainwright took the diamond on Thursday, which is They were together for the last time.

Molina has stated that 2022 will be his last season, and Wainwright has yet to reveal his plans beyond 2022, but considering the With a 3.33 ERA in 28 starts, the 41-year-old looks like he has a lot to do to tank.

The Nationals will wreck a historic day at Busch Stadium, hanging on to four at Wainwright and winning 11-6, reversing from Wednesday night’s retreat The rebound lost in the game when the Nationals bullpen led 5-1 in the second half of the ninth inning.

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