Grichuk’s Solo Homer In 13th Rallies Cardinals Over Reds 4

Cincinnati Reds’ Brayan Pena hits a two-run double off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Carl …

Third baseman Matt Carpenter hit a two-run house run for St. Louis (67-39), which misplaced three straight to the Reds, who gained 5 of their previous seven video games.

The Cardinals begin a six-game road trip Tuesday night with a three-game set against the Cincinnati Reds, with Anthony DeSclafani taking mound looking to duplicate last week’s gem against the Cardinals. The left-hander has converted 56 consecutive save opportunities at Great American Ball Park since his last failure in September 2012.

“It’s not my first time, but yeah I’ve been throwing the ball pretty good”, Lackey told MLB’s official website.

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Reds: Hamilton rammed his right leg into the outfield wall while trying unsuccessfully to catch Grichuk’s triple in the third inning.

“It is unlucky, the injury that was achieved there within the first”, St. Louis supervisor Mike Matheny stated.

John Lackey (9-6, 2.78) was the hard-luck loser while matched up against DeSclafani last week, striking out eight over eight innings and surrendering two hits, one of them a solo home run to Jay Bruce. “(Lackey) settled down and stayed in that game a lot longer than I expected him to.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Chris Davis hit his second grand slam in 12 days with one out in the 10th inning to lead Baltimore past Oakland. He’s dropped four of his last five starts overall and seen his ERA balloon by a run and a half the last month. Grichuk stretched his to seven games (11 for 25).

Gregory Polanco and Andrew McCutchen homered and Pittsburgh beat Chicago to snap the Cubs’ season-best winning streak at six games. Cardinals relievers blanked the Reds over the final eight innings. Wacha is 3-1 with a 2.01 ERA and 30 strikeouts in his career against the Reds. He doubled home a run in the sixth inning and hit his 15th homer in the 13th off Dylan Axelrod (0-1), Cincinnati’s eighth pitcher.

David Holmberg didn’t exacly flash the kind of electric stuff that would make you think he’s a future cog in the Cincinnati Reds rotation, but that’s not ever something he’s really been able to claim.

Allen (1-4), coming in to protect a 3-1 lead for Danny Salazar, was charged with his third blown save in 25 chances after giving up a one-out single to Albert Pujols and two-out walks to Erick Aybar and Conor Gillaspie.