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 Simon (14-10) let up two runs and five hits while hitting a pair
of doubles, one to knock in the go-ahead run in the fourth. Ryan
Ludwick homered and Todd Frazier and Brandon Phillips both
registered RBI singles for the Reds, who have won two straight for
the first time this month.
Cardinals starter John Lackey was ejected in the third by home plate
umpire Tom Hallion for arguing balls and strikes. Matt Adams doubled
in a run and scored in a two-run first for the Cardinals, whose lead
in the National League Central was reduced to 3 1/2 games over
Pittsburgh.
After Simon walked Matt Holliday with two outs in the first, Adams
drove him in with a double to right and then came in on Oscar
Taveras' base hit for a quick 2-0 lead. Frazier halved the deficit
in the bottom of the frame and Ludwick took Lackey deep in the
second to tie it.
Simon, who doubled but was stranded in the second, laced an RBI
double against Tyler Lyons (0-4) down the right-field line two
innings later to plate Jay Bruce, and Phillips made it 4-2 in the
fifth with a run-scoring single to left. Simon set down the last
seven men he faced, Ryan Dennick retired Adams with two on to end
the eighth and Aroldis Chapman breezed through the ninth for his
32nd save.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Simon entered 6-for-62 in his career. He has recorded
each of his three career doubles in 2014. ... Lackey, who was
charged with two runs in two-plus innings, had words with Hallion
after a 2-1 pitch to Brayan Pena was called a ball. Hallion warned
Lackey to stop and then ejected the right-hander moments later. ...
Cardinals RHP Lance Lynn opposes Reds RHP Johnny Cueto in the
four-game series finale Thursday as Cincinnati attempts to win a set
vs. St. Louis for just the second time in its last 13 chances.
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