Major League Baseball
Cincinnati Reds
4
St. Louis Cardinals
8
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| STL | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Tony Cruz hit a three-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals connected three times, beating the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 on Saturday night and moving closer to their fourth straight playoff berth.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
R Grichuk doubled to shallow right center, J Peralta scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Z Cozart homered to left (398 feet).
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
R Grichuk homered to left center (449 feet).
J Bruce hit sacrifice fly to center, D Mesoraco scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
M Holliday singled to deep right, K Wong to second, K Wong scored, M Holliday to second on error by right fielder J Bruce.
Pitch 3: in play
K Negron doubled to deep left, Z Cozart scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
B Phillips singled to center, T Frazier scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
K Wong homered to right (401 feet), J Jay scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
T Cruz homered to left (383 feet), Y Molina and D Descalso scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
C Heisey struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Heisey batting
Z Cozart struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Z Cozart batting
Y Rodriguez grounded out to second.
Pitch 1: in play
Y Rodriguez batting
C Martinez relieved S Freeman.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
X Scruggs struck out looking. T Cruz caught stealing second, catcher to second.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
X Scruggs batting
X Scruggs hit for S Freeman.
T Cruz walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
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STL wins series 2-1
Jon JayCF9
Kolten Wong2B16
Matt HollidayLF7
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Oscar TaverasRF18
Yadier Molina1B4
Daniel Descalso3B33
Tony CruzC17
Michael WachaP52
Randal GrichukRF34
Jason MotteP30
Mark EllisPH3
Marco GonzalesP50
Seth ManessP63
Sam FreemanP77
Xavier ScruggsPH53
Carlos MartinezP18
Billy HamiltonCF0
Kristopher Negron3B45
Todd Frazier1B99
Devin MesoracoC29
Brandon Phillips2B0
Jay BruceRF30
Ryan LudwickLF41
Zack CozartSS7
Mike LeakeP8
Tucker BarnhartC18
Aroldis ChapmanP44
Pedro VillarrealP62
Jumbo Rafael DiazP17
Yorman RodriguezRF
Ryan DennickP
Chris HeiseyLF24
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