The Reds and St. Louis Cardinals had a topsy, turvy, see-saw, extra-inning struggle on Tuesday night.
Dexter Fowler’s 10th inning double kept the Cardinals playoff hopes alive in a 8-7 win over the Reds.
Tim Adleman hit leadoff hitter Kolten Wong with a pitch. Wong stole second. Fowler’s second hit and RBI, a double just inside the first base line sent Wong home. Paul DeJong’s RBI single added insurance.
The Reds jumped ahead 4-0 when Zack Cozart lined his 23rd home run into the leftfield seats with Jesse Winker on base after his second hit.
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Adam Duvall walked. He went to third on Scott Schebler’s single and trotted home on a sacrifice fly by Patrick Kivlehan, who filled in for Eugenio Suarez, who was attending the birth of his daughter Nicole.
Young Jackson Stephens retired the first 10 Cardinal batters but Tommy Pham, Dexter Fowler and Jose Matinez singled in succession to plate a run. Yadier Molina tied the game with his 18th home run. Dejong hit his 23rd right after to give the Cardinals a 5-4 lead.
‘Typically, it came down to execution," Bryan Price said. "He got the first 10 guys out. He fell behind 2-0 on Pham, he got a hit and the next two guys got hits, then the home runs. Probably not the best location. He did a really nice job of pitching in, establishing inside and using his breaking ball and change up. It seams the second time around he wasn’t making the same quality pitches.”
Stephens will get the start again in five days against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. Today, Stephens had trouble the second time through the batting order.
“I’m sure they made adjustments but that’s baseball. I got behind and didn’t make good pitches,.” Stephens said. “Later in the game, I didn’t get ahead in the count and just didn’t execute pitches. I wasn’t going to walk anyone. I didn’t want to give anything away. I didn’t execute pitches and they hurt me.”
Both teams used the full September bullpen. Asher Wojciechowski relieved Stephens. John Gant gave up Cozart’s homer. Brett Cecil pitched two scoreless frames until the Reds took the lead back in the sixth. A total of 16 pitchers were used;.eight by each team.
“The expanded roster are beneficial this time of year but it is hard to get a matchup," Price said.."They can burn a couple guys to get the right guy up there. It makes it easier to take a guy out that’s struggling.”
Votto walked. Scooter Gennett doubled Votto to third. Duvall and Schebler hit back-to-back sacrifice flies
Fowlier’s eighth inning home run off Kevin Shackelford tied the score at six. It was his 17th home run.
Scooter Gennett led of the bottom of the 10th with his 26th home run off a Juan Nicasio full count pitch.
“There were a lot of good things," Price said. "The result wasn’t / Gennett hits the home run of Nicasio, who has been as tough on us as anyone. We just weren’t able to do it against Lyons.”
Bryan Price
“Jackson will start again in five days.”
Jackson Stephens
“I didn’t execute pitches. I was pounding the zone pretty much all night. Then I got behind on some counts and got into fastball counts and didn’t execute the pitch.”
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