Score and situation: The St. Louis Cardinals took command of the NLCS and put themselves one win away from a World Series return with an overpowering 8-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night. Leading lads: Adam Wainwright bounced back from his awful Game 5 outing against the Washington Nationals with a real gem. The Cardinals righthander tossed seven strong innings with the only damage coming on Hunter Pence's monster second inning home run. He also struck out five and earned his first postseason win as a starter.