ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright is staying with the St. Louis Cardinals.The Cardinals agreed to a one-year deal with the veteran right-hander Thursday Will Middlebrooks Jersey , bringing Wainwright back to the only major league team he’s pitched for. The 37-year-old Wainwright has been with St. Louis since making his big league debut in 2005.“Adam represents everything we think of when asked to describe a winning player, and a winning teammate,” Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said in a statement. “His value to our team stretches far beyond the box score, and he showed by season’s end that he is still ready and able to compete.”Wainwright made just eight starts this season because of hamstring and elbow problems, going 2-4 with a 4.46 ERA, but he pitched four times in September as the Cardinals made an unsuccessful bid for a postseason spot. After his final start Sept. 28, he sounded like someone who wanted to try to keep pitching.“If you had asked me that question about two months ago, I would have already checked out on you Francisco Rodriguez Jersey ,” Wainwright said at the time. “But the way I’m feeling right now, if that is my last start, it would be kind of hard to walk away knowing the way I’m feeling right now.”A three-time All-Star, Wainwright is fifth on the Cardinals’ career list with 148 wins and second with 1,623 strikeouts. He was a closer for the Cardinals when they won the World Series in 2006. St. Louis also won a title in 2011, but Wainwright did not pitch that year.Wainwright went 20-9 with a 2.38 ERA in 2014, but he’s posted a 4.54 ERA over the four seasons since.“Adam has proven, when healthy Jake Arrieta Jersey , that he still has the ability and the drive to contribute at the highest level,” said John Mozeliak, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations. “We saw it in spring training, and again late in the season, that once he had overcome his ailments, he was prepared to give us a winning effort every time he took the mound. There is risk, but it is shared, and this deal gives us added depth as we look to 2019.” WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday’s game between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for Thursday at 4:05 p.m.The decision was announced three hours after the scheduled 1:35 p.m. start time. Thursday is the teams’ only remaining mutual day off.Rain fell at Nationals Park throughout the weekend.The start of Friday’s game was delayed 1 hour Nick Williams Jersey , 21 minutes. The rain returned with two outs in the top of the second inning and play was stopped. The game was postponed after a wait of 2 hours, 55 minutes when the rain had stopped.Saturday became a doubleheader that was supposed to start at 3:05 p.m. but didn’t get underway until 5 p.m. A between-games ceremony honoring former National Jason Werth and another rain delay in the nightcap led to 1:44 a.m. conclusion as Washington swept the Cubs.Chicago began Sunday with a 2½-game lead in the NL Central while Washington was 7½ games behind Atlanta in the NL East.The Cubs, in the midst of 23 games in 23 days, finished a four-city road trip 5-5.“So many (games) in a row, the four cities, the weather, this is the kind of stuff that can actually make you better as you move forward,” manager Joe Maddon said. “As long as nobody’s crying and complaining Tommy Joseph Jersey , these are those things that can make you stronger.”Washington snapped a three-game skid with Saturday’s sweep, which was led by their ace hurler and all-star slugger. After Max Scherzer tossed a complete game in the opener, Bryce Harper’s two-run homer capped a three-run rally in the seventh inning of the nightcap.The Nationals also got a homer from Anthony Rendon and key relief work from Sean Doolittle and Greg Holland.“The best way I could describe it is perseverance,” manager Dave Martinez said. “For those guys to sit there all day … and then go out there and do what they do, it’s a testament to what kind of team we have.”THE WAIT IS OVERCubs OF Terrance Gore singled off Scherzer in the opener Saturday for his first career hit in his 55th game. Gore was used primarily as a pinch runner during parts of four seasons in Kansas City (2014-17). It was only his 16th career plate appearance.Gore has 25 stolen bases in 29 career regular-season attempts, including four with the Cubs this month.“He’s definitely an interesting cat to have on the team,” Maddon said. “If you ever went to a 26-man roster, he might be the perfect fit during the regular season.”TRAINER’S ROOMCubs: RHP Brandon Morrow (right biceps inflammation) threw a bullpen session on Sunday.Nationals: RHP Jeremy Hellickson (right wrist sprain) will throw an 80-pitch simulated game this week while the Nationals are in Philadelphia.UP NEXTCubs: LHP Jon Lester (15-5 http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-clay-buchholz-jersey , 3.53 ERA), whose Friday night start was washed out after one inning, opens a three-game home series against the Brewers, their closest pursuers in the NL Central. Lester is 4-2 with a 2.40 ERA in seven career starts against Milwaukee.Nationals: RHP Erick Fedde (1-3, 6.00), Sunday’s scheduled starter, will be pushed back to Monday against the Phillies as Washington opens a three-city trip that will be broken up by a visit home for the makeup game against the Cubs.