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Will Benson broke up the no-hit bid with his
eighth homer leading off the sixth for the Reds, who had their
season-high four-game win streak snapped.
Arenado was batting fifth in the order for St. Louis for the
second straight game and just the second time in his four
seasons with the Cardinals.
Gibson (4-2) retired the first eight batters before the
right-hander walked Benson with two outs in the third. He then
struck out Jacob Hurtubise for the final out of the inning.
Gibson, in winning his third straight decision, allowed only the
one run on two hits, striking out six and walking two over six
innings.
Cincinnati starter and loser Andrew Abbott (3-5) was sharp over
the first 2 2/3 innings, also retiring the first eight batters
before Brendan Donovan singled to center. Masyn Winn then
doubled Donovan home for a 1-0 St. Louis lead.
The Winn double extended his hitting streak to 17 games,
matching Albert Pujols (2001) and Jordan Walker (2023) for the
second-longest by a rookie in franchise history and eight shy of
Joe McEwing's franchise mark set in 1999.
Herrera started a rally in the fourth when he singled to center
with one out. Arenado, with just three homers in his first 51
games, drove a 92-mph fastball deep to the lower seats in left
for a 3-0 St. Louis lead.
The Reds were held hitless until Benson lined a 1-0 fastball
from Gibson over the wall in right in the sixth.
The Cardinals answered immediately in the top of the seventh
against Abbott on Gorman's ninth homer, a two-run shot with
Dylan Carlson aboard for a 5-1 lead.
Abbott, charged with six runs and seven hits over six-plus
innings, did not retire a batter in the seventh and was pulled
after Donovan doubled and reached third on a fielding error.
Winn (groundout) and Herrera (single) added RBIs to increase St.
Louis' cushion.
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