Brady Singer Pitched Six Strong Innings But Suffers First Loss

 

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Brady Singer suffered his first loss of the season as the St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Reds' winning streak at five, in a 6-0 white wash.

Brady Singer allowed just two hits in eight stong innings but one of the hits was Masyn Winn's second home run of the season on the first pitch.

"It was a grinder. I was getting behind in the counts there," said Singer, who walked three and hit a batter. "I had to find a way to keep us in the game. You try to get back in the count but you try to make good contact pitches. I tried to get ahead of Winn. I tried to get strike one and he jumped on it. I thought it was a pretty good pitch but he put a good swing on it."

St. Louis starter, Miles Mikolas made it stand up for 5 1/3 innings before leaving with TJ Friedl on second and Elly De La Cruz, who extended his hitting streak to 13 games and stole two bases, on first.

Kyle Leahy retired the National League leading hitter and the red hot Noelvi Marte to preserve the lead. 

Taylor Rogers got into a bases loaded jam with one out but Lars Nootbaar lined to Matt McLain at second and retired Victor Scott II who strayed too far from first base to get back.

Scott Barlow pitched a scoreless eighth.

Alexis Diaz allowed consecutive home runs by Scott II, a three-run job, Nootbaar and Winn's second home run of the game in the ninth inning to seal the Reds' fate. Diaz hit Willson Contreras with a pitch to start the inning. He got two quick outs but Yohel Pozo singled in front of the home run barrage.

"He wanted to pitch. He hit the batter to start the inning and left pitches out over the plate," manager Terry Francona said.

Tyler Callihan was 0-2 in his first big league game