Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright made his fifth Grapefruit League start Thursday against the Mets.
Wainwright cruised through the first three innings, but allowed a two-run triple to Matt den Dekker in the fourth for his only damage of the day. He allowed two runs on three hits in 4 2/3 innings of a 3-2 victory. He also struck out three and walked three as his ERA sits at 3.00 this spring.
"I'm right where I need to be. I think I walked more today than I had all spring," said Wainwright. "Today, I wanted to work on everything. I threw a lot of changeups, worked on my fastball up in the zone, worked on it a couple times up in the zone when I wasn't trying to. And I threw some good breaking balls."
Wainwright is scheduled to be the Cardinals' opening day starter April 1 at Arizona.