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At Busch Stadium, Adam Wainwright has posted among the most impressive results of any pitcher in St. Louis Cardinals history.

Has Adam Wainwright supplanted Chris Carpenter as the St. Louis Cardinals’ ace – on paper, at least?

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright was the team’s top pitcher – and hitter – on Sunday.

St. Louis Cardinals starters have gone five innings or less in four consecutive games.

Adam Wainwright, Chris Carpenter and Jaime Garcia are among MLB’s top pitchers this season.

On Wednesday night, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright failed in his attempt for a fourth straight one or no run outing of seven innings or more.

Adam Wainwright registered the 97th two-or-less hit complete game for the St. Louis Cardinals since 1952.

Adam Wainwright pitched a great game for the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night, but great wasn’t great enough.

Two of three St. Louis Cardinals starters working on quality start streaks saw them end over the weekend.

The St. Louis Cardinals Adam Wainwright has 25 quality starts in his last 26 outings, including all seven in 2010.

Two St. Louis Cardinals hurlers have current runs of four starts of seven innings or more and two or fewer earned runs. The last time it was done even once to start a season was in 1973.

Three St. Louis Cardinals starters are working on pitching streaks of six innings or more while allowing two or fewer runs.

With his complete game on Sunday, St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright extended the team’s streak of seven or more innings pitched while allowing two or fewer earned runs to six games, longest since 1986.

Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright led the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff all season long but fell short in individual recognition.

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright tells those who value baserunners more than runs scored where they can stick their views.

Using an MVP-like scoring system for the Cy Young Award keeps Tim Lincecum on top.

Would a hypothetical expansion of the 2009 National League Cy Young Award vote to five places have changed the winner?

Looking at past good-hitting pitchers on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Creating a new award to recognize the best-hitting St. Louis Cardinals pitcher during the previous season.

Two former Cleveland stars face off Wednesday night for other teams while the Cardinals’ aces are under contract at least three more seasons.

St. Louis’ ugly and costly loss on Friday night has to be hung on the manager.

Adam Wainwright is on his way to the seventh-best pitching season in MLB this decade.

The Cardinal Nation blog has again been highlighted on KSDK Channel 5, the Sunday home of the St. Louis Cardinals. This time, the focus was on three 15-game winners – if Joel Pineiro can squeeze out one more…

Can aces be pitched too much and peak too soon? Will it be too late to adjust if it happens?

Joel Pineiro is striving to join two St. Louis Cardinals teammates with 15 or more wins. It would be just the 21st time for the franchise since 1901.

Average, home runs and RBI for hitters. Wins, strikeouts, ERA for pitchers. The quick measures of a balanced and successful season.

Through Sunday’s game, pitchers starting the last 11 St. Louis Cardinals games have each allowed three or fewer runs

In addition to pitching consistent winning baseball, Adam Wainwright is looking to extend current game streaks in innings pitched, earned runs allowed and strikeouts.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ top three starters have 43 quality starts among them so far this season

Analyzing why Adam Wainwright’s pitching has been so good in 2009.

St. Louis Cardinals starters lead the National League in ERA and in fewest home runs allowed.

The St. Louis Cardinals and Adam Wainwright took a disappointing loss on Sunday as the starter’s trademark curveball wasn’t working. An academic theory is offered as to why.

Chris Carpenter is the only active pitcher to collect ten or more strikeouts in a game for the St. Louis Cardinals. It hasn’t always been a rarity, however.

Curious about the best St. Louis pitching performances over five games and more during the last 50 years? If so, it’s right here!

The St. Louis Cardinals rarely have held opponents to two or fewer runs in three consecutive games. One occurred this week. Can they reach four or even five?

How the Wednesday pitchers match up against the opposing lineups.

The St. Louis Cardinals may have some good reasons to be nervous about going beyond three years on player contracts.

Continuing a semi-regular series of quick hits on and links to recent St. Louis Cardinals baseball news on the ‘net.

Brian Walton’s look back at the biggest stories across the St. Louis Cardinal Nation during 2008 continues with those ranked six through ten.