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Goldschmidt entered the game in a 1-for-21
slump with nine strikeouts and had not homered since May 7, when
he homered three times against Detroit.
Wainwright (2-0) scattered eight hits and five runs over 5 2/3
innings for his first win in Cincinnati since Aug. 16, 2019,
which was also his last win against the Reds overall.
In the ninth, the Reds loaded the bases against closer Ryan
Helsley, who suffered the loss on Monday. But Jonathan India
grounded out to short to end the game, giving Helsley his sixth
save in nine chances.
Tommy Edman doubled, tripled and drove in three runs for the
Cardinals, who won for the 12th time in 16 games.
TJ Friedl returned from the injured list with two doubles and
rookie shortstop Matt McLain connected for his first career
homer and drove in three for the Reds, who lost for the sixth
time in seven games.
In his second at-bat, Goldschmidt lofted an Ashcraft slider to
deep right field. It just cleared the wall for his second homer
in as many at-bats.
Two batters later, plate umpire Will Little called a strike on
Nolan Arenado that Arenado didn't agree with. Arenado then
grounded into a double play, and in between innings, Arenado
argued with Little and was ejected, along with Cardinals manager
Oliver Marmol, who also argued with Little.
The Reds managed to cut the Cardinals' lead to one, 4-3, in the
third when McLain recorded his first career home run. McLain
drove a Wainwright sinker to the seats in right field for a
two-run homer.
Ashcraft was pulled after five innings, allowing seven runs on
10 hits, striking out five, walking none and yielding the two
solo homers to Goldschmidt.
With the tying runs on base in the sixth, reliever Chris
Stratton fanned Kevin Newman to end the rally as Wainwright
received hugs from teammates in the dugout.
--Field Level Media
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