Adam Wainwright was given a cortisone shot Wednesday for the discomfort in his right elbow. The Cardinals will make a decision about Wainwright's scheduled Monday start on either Friday or Saturday. It seems likely that they will skip their heavily-used ace, but maybe not. Wainwright flew back to St. Louis from Tampa Bay on Tuesday night after experiencing discomfort on the outside of his pitching elbow. Ligament damage has been ruled out, and the thought is that he's dealing with something similar to tennis elbow. He has a 2.15 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 100 1/3 innings this season.