Breaking bat: Verlander makes statement

Justin Verlander has broken a lot of bats in his career. A hitter breaking his own bat in reaction to a pitch was a new one. A year after Verlander made a statement here with eight dominant innings to start his second-half resurgence, the two pieces of Oswaldo Arcia’s bat — snapped over his knee after he fanned on one of Verlander’s high fastballs — was a decent statement of Verlander’s outing.

Waino, Wong send Cards to wet W over Crew

Adam Wainwright picked up where his rotation mate, Jaime Garcia, left off one night earlier to further befuddle the Brewers and lift St. Louis to a 3-0 win on a rain-soaked afternoon at Busch Stadium. The loss, which followed a one-hour, 32-minute rain delay, assured Milwaukee of dropping its third season series against the Cardinals.

DiMaggio sets hit streak record

DiMaggio might have made the fans at Yankee Stadium and the baseball-crazed country wait until the fifth inning of Wednesday’s 8 to 4 victory over the Boston Red Sox, but he delivered an incredible Major League record with one powerful swing.