MLB

Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals

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Cincinnati Reds
71-77, 35-38 Away
Final
1 - 6
St. Louis Cardinals
74-72, 39-35 Home

Masyn Winn, Brendan Donovan homer to put Cardinals over Reds, 6-1

Cardinals starting pitcher Sonny Gray (13-9) was perfect through five innings before Jake Fraley singled to leadoff the sixth. He finished the day allowing one run on two hits and two walks while striking out nine batters in six innings.

“From the very beginning of that game, he was locked in,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “All his stuff was working. The cutter was good. His breaking stuff was good. That sinker, he used it in off the plate, but he also was able to free some guys, bought a strike on the outer half to the righty. When he's able to do all of that, it’s a tough at bat.”

Andrew Kittredge pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief before JoJo Romero got the final four outs for his first save of the season.

Thomas Saggese singled to center to drive in Lars Nootbaar for his first career RBI in the eighth inning after getting his first major league hit in the sixth.

"It felt amazing," Saggesse said about his offensive firsts. “I was starting to feel a little pressure to get one, but it was really nice to get it out of the way.”

Donovan hit a two-run homer to right field pinch hitting for Jordan Walker in the seventh inning to expand the St. Louis lead to 4-1. It was his first career pinch hit home run and career-best 12th homer of the season.

Winn scored on Nootbaar’s sacrifice fly off Carson Spiers (5-6) in the bottom of the sixth to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.

Jonathan India hit an RBI single to left field to tie the game 1-1 in the sixth inning.

“Sonny was really good early” Reds manager David Bell said. “We created the opportunity early there in the inning, and we weren't able to come up with the big hit. Sonny did a good job of limiting the damage there and pitching out of it.”

Winn hit a hanging slider from Reds starter Jakob Junis into the left-field stands for his 13th homer of the season in the bottom of the third inning to put the Cardinals ahead 1-0.

“I was 100% sure he was coming sinker,” Winn said. “He threw a slider, so I kind of got lucky there. He threw it right down the middle so I didn't really have to think about where it was going to end up. I don't think I did that all year, swinging at a first pitch slider, so I was more happy about that than hitting a home run.”

Junis allowed one run on three hits and struck out three in five innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: LF Will Benson left the game in the top of the sixth inning with a left middle finger contusion after getting hit attempting to bunt. Amed Rosario finished Benson’s at bat and struck out.

UP NEXT

Reds: Bell had not announced a starter to face Twins RHP Bailey Ober (12-6, 3.77 ERA) in the opener of a three-game series in Minneapolis on Friday night.

Cardinals: RHP Erick Fedde (8-9, 3.39 ERA) will face Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (12-11, 4.09 ERA) to start a three-game series in Toronto on Friday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Cardinals: 54.0%
Reds: 46.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Fraley grounded out to second.
9th Inning France lined out to left.
9th Inning Friedl to second on wild pitch by Romero.
9th Inning Steer flied out to right.
9th Inning Friedl singled to left.
8th Inning Burleson grounded out to second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 14
11 Strikeouts 7
1 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
4 Hits 10
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 6
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
31 At Bats 34
0 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 18
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 2
10 Fly Balls 14
0 Caught Stealing 0
126 Pitches 143
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
4 Total Bases 18
34 Plate Appearances 38
0.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
0 Extra Base Hits 4
0.2 Runs Created 6.4
.129 Batting Average .294
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.129 Slugging Percentage .529
.097 Secondary Average .324
.206 On Base Percentage .342
.335 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .872
1.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
0.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.9
8.0 Batter Rating 42.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 17.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.71 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.76
.000 Isolated Power .235
0.27 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.43
.088 Walks Per Plate Appearance .079
-.032 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .029
2.0 Runs Produced 11.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.2 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
60.3 MLB Rating 91.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 32,528 | Capacity:

2024 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 - L1
St. Louis 83 79 .512 10 W1
Chicago 83 79 .512 10 L1
Cincinnati 77 85 .475 16 W1
Pittsburgh 76 86 .469 17 L1
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