Grichuk homer in 13th lifts Cardinals over Reds

The Reds haven’t won consecutive series against St. Louis since 2011. That was tougher on Thursday afternoon when rain delayed the beginning of the sport by greater than an hour and later created lower than best circumstances on the mound. He’s topped an. 800 OPS in all 12 of his Major League Baseball seasons and this yr will probably be his first with fewer than 120 video games performed.

Matt Carpenter tied it with a solo homer in the eighth, and Randal Grichuk connected in the 13th inning, rallying the St. Louis Cardinals to a victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night. The Cardinals have lost five of their last six games when scoring three or less runs.

Polanco led off the first inning with a home run off Dan Haren, who was making his Cubs’ debut. Despite having the major’s best record for a majority of the season, the Redbirds have struggled to provide run support for several superb outings by their pitching staff. Eventually, the bottom was sure to fall out on a team that lived and died by their pitchers.

“It’s August already”, Wacha said.

The Cincinnati Reds look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.

Current Reds are hitting.

“I see him every day”, Reds manager Bryan Price said. As Carpenter begins to heat up, it can only spell good things for the rest of the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Anthony DeSclafani allowed two runs over six innings to earn the win against the Cardinals on Tuesday. Trevor Rosenthal worked around a single and a walk for his 32nd save.

Tony Cruz RBI single in the 4th inning stood as the game-winner, who now has 4 game-winning RBIs in the last five games he has an RBI. There was a long delay after the sixth inning to spread a drying compound around the infield. The Reds have played 13 extra-inning games, going 4-9.

All of the three runs scored today came with two outs. Wacha went 7.0 innings, surrendering zero runs, striking out seven and walking one in a 7-0 win over the Rockies in his most recent start.

Heyward extended his hitting streak to seven games (10 for 22). It allows players like Peralta and Heyward to have a little less pressure on them to deliver, and gives St. Louis another key bat as they enter the last part of the season. The Reds’ streak of 18 innings without a run matches their longest of the season – they also did it in June…. Wacha has given up only two runs in 20 1-3 innings against the Reds this season.

St. Louis (69-39) avoided what would have been its second consecutive series loss to Cincinnati, which hasn’t happened since 2011.

Cardinals: LF Stephen Piscotty was hit in the left thigh by one of Lorenzen’s pitches while trying to bunt in the fifth inning.