Dateline: Cincinnati
It looked like it would be a blow out by the St. Louis Cardinals but in stead they had to comeback and hang on for a 6-5 win over the Reds.
The Reds left the bases loaded after an eighth in home run by Lars Nootbaar off usually reliable Sam Moll put the Reds behind.
Riley O’Brian appeared to walk Sal Stewart that forced in the tying run was successfully challenged by catcher Jimmy Crooks. Stewart ground out hard to second base to seal the loss that dropped the Reds to 31-32 below .500 for the first time since losing opening day to the Boston Red Sox.
The Cardinals strung together five single off Nick
Lodolo in the second inning to jump to a 3-0 lead.
Alec Burleson and Jose Fermin singled to open the inning. Brayan Torres beat out a bunt to load the bases. Lodolo got Pedro Pages to fly out to shallow right. Victor Scott II singled to plate Burleson. Masyn Winn singled in two runs. Eugenio Suarez turned a slow ground ball by Ivan Herrera into an inning ending double play.
The Reds got right back into it on one hit and some genorsity from Matt Liberatore. He walked Noelvi Marte and Matt McLain to open the inning. PJ Higgins had an infield fly. Dane Myers matched Fermin with a perfect bunt to load the bases. JJ Bleday hit a chopper to first that skipped past Burleson, who was charged with an error as two runs scored. Spencer Steer tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
The Reds took the lead in the fourth inning. Blake Dunn singled and Mighty Mouse, McLain hit his sixth home run.
Jordan Walker hit his 16th home run of the season off Lodolo in the fifth.
Fermin and Torres singled to start the sixth. Lodolo was taken out for Tejay Antone. The Cardinals pulled a double steal. Pinch hitter Nootbaar was intentionally walked. Pinch hitter Jimmy Crooks hit into a 3-2-3 double play. Antone got Winn to ground out to short to preserve the lead.
Lodolo gutted through five innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits and one walk. He struck out three.
Herrera singled to lead off the seventh but Antone struck out Walker and Nelson Velazquez.
Terry Francona brought in Sam Moll. Burleson flied out to send the game to the eighth inning.
Fermin singled to open the bottom of the eighth. Torres bunted him to second. Moll got ahead of Nootbaar 0-2 but he drilled his first home run off the season to give the Cardinals the lead.
Riley O’Brien was the losing pitcher in the Reds 11-inning win over the Carfs on May 23. He retired McLain on a fly to right, struck out pinch hitter Nathaniel Lowe but pinch hitter Will Benson and Bleday. Steer walked for the second time in the game. He has reached base in a career-high 24th game. Stewart got ahead in the count 3-0 with one successful ABS challenge. He took a strike. But a high pitch was called ball four by home plate umpire, Ben May. Crooks challenged. The ball barely nipped the strike zone and the count was full. Stewart hit the ball hard but right at Torres to end the game.
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