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CHICAGO -- Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals have hit rock bottom in their topsy-turvy season. Or at least they hope so.Wainwright was pounded for seven runs in two innings in a 13-2 rout at the hands of the Chicago Cubs on Friday. The Cardinals fell a season-high 14 games behind the Cubs in the NL Central, their largest deficit since the final month of the 2008 season.Wainwright (9-7) allowed six hits and three walks to remain winless since July 16. The three-time All-Star is 0-2 in his last five starts, during which he allowed 21 runs in 25 2/3 innings.I was horrible, said Wainwright, who called the start and the season the worst of his career. Thats all you can say -- I pitched terrible. My stuff was bad, my delivery was bad, everything was bad. The team deserves more than that.Matt Szczur hit two home runs and the Cubs won their 11th straight game, their longest streak since a 12-game run in 2001. They improved the best record in the majors to 73-41.The outing matched the shortest for Wainwright in his career. Five days earlier, he labored through six innings and 108 pitches in a 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves.We made him do the exact same thing the last time and throw a 100-plus pitches, manager Mike Matheny said. He just ate (innings) for us the last time. You cant make him do it twice.Willson Contreras launched a three-run shot to cap a five-run second inning, and Javier Baez and Jorge Soler also went deep to make things easy for starter Jake Arrieta (14-5). Arrieta pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning and gave up four hits overall.Szczur, who recorded his first multihomer game, and Kris Bryant had three hits each.Stephen Piscotty and Jedd Gyorko homered for the Cardinals, who remain in a tight race for the second NL wild card despite dropping six of their last nine.Arrieta delivered a second straight solid start in August after going 0-3 with two no-decisions and a 4.88 ERA in July. The reigning NL Cy Young winner pitched eight shutout innings at Oakland last Saturday.The Cubs jumped on Wainwright early. Line-drive doubles by Bryant and Addison Russell drove in runs in the first to make it 2-0.Bryant hit another RBI double in the second and Contreras sent his seventh homer halfway up into the bleachers in left-center to make it 7-0.Szczur and Soler hit solo homers in the sixth off Jerome Williams, who was called on to pitch three innings. Szczur and Baez added two-run shots in the seventh before Gyorko connected in the eighth.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: OF Matt Holliday had his broken right thumb examined by the teams hand specialist in Chicago. He was replaced in left field by Brandon Moss.Holliday will decide next week on treatments including surgery or letting the injury heal on its own, according to GM John Mozeliak. Neither Matheny nor Mozeliak could offer a specific timetable for the sluggers return.It happens quite a bit, so you dont dwell on it, Matheny said of any emotional hangover. Youre not happy about losing any of your guys, but you dont let it carry into the next game, so I would say the answer is no.Cubs: OFs Dexter Fowler and Jason Heyward didnt start. Manager Joe Maddon said both got the day off following Thursday nights 11-inning win. ... 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LAC DE PAYOLLE, France -- Dribbling in pain on the punishing climb of the Col dAspin, Thibaut Pinot saw his hopes of winning the Tour de France disappear.While his rivals in the fight for the yellow jersey came out unscathed from the first big ascent of this years race on Friday, Frances top hope crossed the finish line nearly seven minutes after stage winner Steve Cummings, losing just over three minutes to the group that included defending champion Chris Froome.The sight of Pinot struggling during the 12-kilometer ascent of the legendary Pyrenean path, spit and sweat flowing down his face, was a shock.Pinot, a third-place finisher at the Tour two years ago, started the race with most French hopes on his shoulders. An excellent climber, Pinot improved in time trials heading into the race and was confident he would be able to fight toe to toe with Froome and Nairo Quintana for the overall win.Having avoided losing time in the first third of the race, the 26-year-old FDJ team leader entered the Pyrenees with high morale. Less than 163 kilometers further down the route leading to the Champs Elysees, at the finish line on the shores of the Lac de Payolle, the Frenchman cut an ashen-faced figure.I had bad legs, its as simple as that, said Pinot, whose struggles in the Category 1 ascent were in stark contrast to his scintillating form a year earlier on his way to a prestigious win on the slopes of the Alpe dHuez.I dont want to make excuses. Its the third time in my career that Ive blown up in the Pyrenees. Im not 100 percent, and at the Tour you need to ride at 1100 percent.dddddddddddd Obviously its a waste, my whole season is almost dust. The Tour was my main goal and after the first mountain stage, this goal is already dead.Pinots struggles even surprised his FDJ teammates, who set the tempo at the start of the ascent.They tried to put me in the best position at the foot of the climb, said Pinot, who enjoyed a strong start to the season crowned by a time trial title at the French national championships last month. After two kilometers, I understood I was not in top form. Let see how I fare tomorrow.With two more difficult stages in the Pyrenees this weekend, FDJ manager Marc Madiot said it is now crucial to find out quickly what exactly happened to his protege.He was even below his average level, obviously we expected more, Madiot said. We need to understand why he is not at his best level.Pinot brushed off suggestions that he prepared poorly for the race.We all wanted to peak at Mont Ventoux when the race will really start on July 14, Pinot said. But we are not machines. To hit peak form at the right time is easier to say than actually achieve.With Pinot, France had a good chance of producing a home champion for the first time since Bernard Hinault posted the final of his five wins back in 1985. Barring an improbable comeback, Pinot is now out of contention and the nations hopes hang on the fortunes of Romain Bardet and Warren Barguil, who have yet to lose time on the main favorites. ' ' '