Thu 10/18/12 11:57 PM

Adam Wainwright rebounded from his NLDS Game 5 disaster, tossing seven innings of one-run ball in Thursday's 8-3 NLCS Game 4 win over the Giants. Hunter Pence turned on a Wainwright fastball in the second inning for a long solo homer, but the Giants didn't pose much of a challenge to Waino after that. The tall right-hander gave up just four hits on the night, didn't walk anyone and struck out five. He's now sandwiched two terrific postseason efforts around his blowup versus the Nationals in Game 5 of the NLDS and boasts a 20/3 K/BB ratio over 15 innings. The Cards will send Lance Lynn to the hill Friday in hopes of punching their ticket to a second straight World Series.