Wainwright will start Game 1 of the NLCS on Saturday, Stan McNeal of FOXSportsMidwest.com reports. Wainwright certainly didn't look like himself in Game 1 of the Division Series, giving up six runs on 11 hits in just 4.1 innings, and manager Mike Matheny later admitted that the right-hander "has been fighting it" physically. While Matheny did not elaborate as to the exact nature of his current issue, Wainwright did deal with elbow tendinitis earlier in the season. Regardless, Wainwright said he would have been ready had the NLDS gone to five games, but he will instead go Saturday in Game 1 of the Championship Series, now that the Cardinals have officially punched their ticket.