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Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas (3-1)
blanked the Reds for seven innings on five hits. He struck out
five batters and walked nobody.
Giovanny Gallegos got the final four outs to earn his fifth
save.
Reds starting pitcher Luke Weaver threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings.
He struck out six batters, walked one and yielded three hits.
Reliever Lucas Sims (1-1) allowed two runs and took the loss.
Reds leadoff hitter TJ Friedl reached on an error in the first
inning and went to third on Jonathan India's one-out single. But
Jake Fraley grounded into a double play to end the threat.
Friedl hit a single leading off the sixth inning and reached
third on Matt McLain's hit-and-run single. After Friedl was
thrown out trying to score on India's grounder to third baseman
Brendan Donovan, Mikolas got Fraley to fly out and Tyler
Stephenson to ground out.
St. Louis broke through in the eighth inning to take a 2-0 lead.
Lars Nootbaar hit a two-out single, took second on a wild pitch
and scored on Gorman's double.
After Sims intentionally walked Donovan, he walked Paul DeJong
on four pitches and threw a wild pitch that allowed Gorman to
score.
Friedl drew a one-out walk from Drew VerHagen in the bottom of
the inning and stole second base. After McLain walked and India
popped out, Gallegos got Fraley to hit into a forceout.
The Reds cut their deficit in half in the bottom of the ninth
inning and got the potential winning run to the plate. Spencer
Steer hit a one-out double and scored on Stuart Fairchild's
two-out single.
But Gallegos struck out Luke Maile to end the game.
--Field Level Media
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