The Cardinals are too resilient of a team and Adam Wainwright is too good of a pitcher to ignore this plus price.


Wainwright has dealt with elbow discomfort, but the Cardinals have enough pitching depth to go with someone else if he wasn't physically up for this start.


The Cardinals have won 10 of Wainwright's last 14 road starts and five of his past seven starts versus the Giants. Wainwright is 11-6 with a 2.07 ERA in 19 road starts this year.


Giants starter southpaw Madison Bumgarner has posted great numbers, but he hasn't been that effective at AT&T Park. During the regular season, Bumgarner was 7-6 with a 4.03 ERA at home. In five career postseason starts at AT&T Park, Bumgarner is 1-3 with a 5.06 ERA.


The Cardinals are 10-2, too, the past 12 times they've faced a lefty.