Monday, Sept. 10, at St. Louis - Cardinals 8, Pirates 7: Returning from an elbow injury that had sidelined him since May, Adam Wainwright doffed his cap to the 33,556 fans at Busch who raised the roof with a standing ovation after he recorded career strikeout No. 1,600. Waino got Pittsburgh's Corey Dickerson swinging on an "Uncle Charlie" in the second of his five innings of work. (Billy Hurst/Cardinals)
#MondayMosaic - September 10-16
Monday, Sept. 10, at St. Louis - Cardinals 8, Pirates 7: Bashing his third homer in 13 at-bats and his first at Busch since rejoining the Birds on the Bat, Matt Adams celebrated a three-run shot that erased a 6-4 deficit in the eighth inning. (Left: Billy Hurst/Cardinals; Right: Scott Rovak/Cardinals)
Monday, Sept. 10, at St. Louis - Cardinals 8, Pirates 7: Teammate Francisco Pena provided the perfect postgame potion for Adams' bucket-list moment. (Scott Rovak/Cardinals)
Tuesday, Sept. 11, at St. Louis - Cardinals 11, Pirates 5: Continuing a 17-year annual remembrance following the 2001 terrorist attacks, Cardinals rookie Jack Flaherty and the crowd of 37,187 at Busch observed a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11. (Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Tuesday, Sept. 11, at St. Louis - Cardinals 11, Pirates 5: Matt Adams and Yairo Munoz embraced a lopsided win that gave the Cardinals a little more breathing room in the wild-card race - a three-game lead over Los Angeles for the league's second W.C. spot. (Associated Press)
Wednesday, Sept. 12, at St. Louis - Pirates 4, Cardinals 3: Starting pitcher Daniel Poncedeleon felt the elation of his first MLB hit times three when he connected for a triple to lead off the third inning. (Billy Hurst/St. Louis Cardinals)
Thursday, Sept. 13, at St. Louis - Dodgers 9, Cardinals 7: Returning to the lineup for the first time since suffering a strained hamstring on Sept. 5, Yadier Molina got his game face ready for the start of a four-game series against L.A. (Billy Hurst/Cardinals)
Thursday, Sept. 13, at St. Louis - Dodgers 9, Cardinals 7: A seven-run deficit (8-1 in the fifth) didn't keep Jose Martinez from hustling to first on a ground ball misplayed by new Dodger David Freese during a three-run inning for the Redbirds. (Billy Hurst/Cardinals)
Friday, Sept. 14, at St. Louis - Dodgers 3, Cardinals 0: The Cardinals cut down Yasiel Puig when he tried to score from second base on a passed ball (teammate Cody Bellinger scored from third on the play), but the Dodgers right fielder had the upper hand throughout the rest of the series. After hitting a pair of solo homers in Friday night's 3-0 win, Puig blasted three home runs and drove in seven on Saturday afternoon. (Billy Hurst/Cardinals)
Saturday, Sept. 15, at St. Louis - Dodgers 17, Cardinals 4: A big fly into Big Mac Land brought a capacity crowd to its feet as Patrick Wisdom connected for his first big-league grand slam in the fourth inning. The blast gave the Cardinals their first lead of the series, 4-3, until the Dodgers answered with five runs in the top of the next inning. (Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Sunday, Sept. 16, at St. Louis - Cardinals 5, Dodgers 0: With Waino dealing like an ace, Busch was jumping for ESPN's Sunday night "game of the world." The veteran righthander struck out nine and limited L.A. to two hits over six shutout innings, helping the Cardinals snap a four-game losing streak. (Associated Press)
Sunday, Sept. 16, at St. Louis - Cardinals 5, Dodgers 0: Marcell Ozuna's solo homer to lead off the second gave the Cardinals only their second lead of the series. This one held up, as St. Louis bounced back into a tie with Los Angeles for the NL's second wild-card spot. (Associated Press)