ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright spoiled the major-league debut of highly-touted pitcher Tyler Glasnow in a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium.
Wainwright (8-5) allowed five hits and Pittsburgh’s only run, walking one while tying a season high with nine strikeouts. He retired 10 batters in a row after Matt Joyce’s lead-off double in the second inning.
Glasnow, who was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis after posting a 1.78 earned run average and a 7-2 record in 17 starts, matched Wainwright pitch-for-pitch before St. Louis managed to gain some traction in its second and third passes through the order.
The Pirates (44-42), whose season-high seven-game winning streak came to an end, scored first in the second on an infield out by Jordy Mercer that plated Joyce.
Angels 5, Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hector Santiago threw seven innings of three-hit shutout baseball as Los Angeles won its third straight over reeling Tampa Bay, closing the series with a win at Tropicana Field.
The Angels (36-50) have won three straight games for the first time since mid-May, while the Rays (34-51) have lost 19 of 22, the worst stretch by any team in baseball this season and matching the worst 22-game stretch in franchise history.
Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell and Santiago were locked in a scoreless tie for five innings, each giving up two hits entering the sixth.
Los Angeles finally got to Snell in the sixth, as Yunel Escobar led off with a single, advanced on an infield out and scored on an RBI single by Albert Pujols for a 1-0 lead. C.J. Cron hit a grounder up the middle for what looked to be an inning-ending double play, but second baseman Logan Forsythe’s throw sailed high over first base, allowing a second run to score.