Jed Gyorko's single in the top of the 10th off Raisell Iglesiasgave the St. Louis Cardinals their 12th straight win over the Reds, 7-6
Iglesias walked Marcel Ozuna with one out. Reds' arch-enemy Yadier Molina singled to right under the dive by Scooter Gennett. Gyorko singled sharply to left.
"We've been doing that a lot, coming back from multiple runs down. It takes a lot of clutch hits to do that," Jim Riggleman said. "We just couldn't get over the hump. They had a big 10th inning."
Matt Harvey gave up three home runs in the first three innings, two to Jose Martinez as the St. Louis Cardinals built a 5-1 lead. The Reds tied the game in the ninth inning for the second day in a row but bowed in 10.
"Matt threw more good pitches than in any of his starts so far," Riggleman said. "The home run in the first was kind of weird but the few bad pitches he made ended up getting hit."
Martinez hit a solo home run into the Reds' bullpen in right field with two outs in the first inning, his seventh. Yairo Munoz, the shortstop hit his third home run off the top of the fence in left in the second. Martinez struck again with two runners on in the third after Harvey walked Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham singled.
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Eugenio Suarez singled off Weaver with one out in the second inning. Jesse Winker, hit safely in his fifth straight plate appearance, sending Suarez to third. Jose Peraza beat the relay of on an attempted double play to drive in the Reds' first run.
The Reds kept chipping away while Harvey turned his night around.
Harvey retired 11 of the next 13 batters, with two walks and a double play mixed in. He left after six innings, allowing five runs on four hits. He walked three and struck out five.
Cincinnati crossed the plate in the third inning.
Scott Schebler singled but Tucker Barnhart bounced into a double play. Joey Votto walked and scored on Scooter Gennett's double tying Suarez with the Reds' lead in RBI with 45.
Schebler singled to open the fifth. Barnhart forced Schebler at second. Pham made a diving catch of Votto's line drive. Gennett singled. Weaver walked Suarez and Winker to force home the Reds' third run.
Alex Blandino walked, hitting for Harvey in the sixth. Austin Gomber replaced Weaver and walked Billy Hamilton. Schebler hit into a double play but Barnhart walked. Votto drove Blandio home with a solid single to right. Gennett, the second best hitter in the NL, came up with the tying run on second. For some reason Barnhart ran on a 2-1 pitch and was thrown out stealing, ending the rally.se
"Tucker was trying to get a secondary lead. It looked to him that it was right down the middle and going to get hit. He got his feet tangled up and couldn't get back," Riggleman said. "He felt terrible about it but it happens."
Michael Lorenzen replaced Harvey in the seventh.
Kolten Wong walked to start the inning. Harrison Bader grounded slowly to short and Wong moved up. Wong reached third on a wild pitch. Carpenter's single gave the Cardinals a 6-4 lead.
Lorenzen pitched out of a jam in the eighth. Marcel Ozuna hit a drive to straight away center. Hamilton leaped but couldn't make the catch. Ozuna slid into third with a leadoff triple. Lorenzen accepted the challenge. Yadier Molina hit a ground ball to short. Peraza fielded the ball, held Ozuna and threw Molina out at first. Jed Gyorko popped foul to Suarez. Munoz bounced to Lorenzen who threw to first in plenty of time.
Jordan Hicks who can throw the ball at 100 mph pitched a scoreless eighth.
Bud Norris came into the game in a rainy ninth inning.
The umpires tried to finish the game but at 10:13 the tarp came out. Schebler stepped into the batter's box 36 minutes later. He doubled to start the ninth bringing the tying run to the plate in Barnhart. Norris recorded a strike out on a 3-2 pitch. Votto stepped in. Votto singled to drive in Schebler. Gennett as Brandon Dixon ran for Votto representing the tying run. Gennett came up empty swinging through a 2-2 pitch. Suarez became the Reds' last hope. Suarez singled to left center sending Dixon to third. Winker, who hit the walk off home run on Thursday, came to the plate. His single off the glove of Carpenter at third tied the game. Peraza hit a soft liner to first off the end of his bat to send the game to extra innings.
"It was raining pretty hard. I came into the cage and sat around because I didn't know how long it would be," Schebler said. "I went out about 10 minutes later and it wasn't raining, so I went back in and hit off the machine for five minutes. Then I went out and sat there for what seemed like an hour but it was only 15 minutes. I didn't watch any video of Norris. I faced him as a starter when I was with LA. He is throwing the ball pretty well this year. It was nice to put a rally on him for sure."
Schebler had four hits for the first time in his career and raised his average to .291.
"You have to take the positives out of it. We scored two in the ninth. I know it sucks right now. I feel like if we keep grinding stuff out it will get us on a winning streak at some point," Schebler said.
John Brebbia pitched a scoreless 10th for his second save, working around a two-out double by Schebler. Dixon struck out swinging to end the game.
The Reds last beat the Cardinals on September 13 of last season at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals last beat the Reds 12 times in a row from June 1, 1931 through April 25, 1932. The Reds lost 18 straight to the Cardinals from July 4, 1930 - May 23, 1931. All-time the Reds are 998-1,142 against the Cardinals.
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