St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds

· Doubleheader - Game 2

St. Louis Cardinals

14-17, 4-12 Away

Final
9 - 1

Cincinnati Reds

16-15, 7-8 Home

Contreras hits 3-run homer in 1st inning of nightcap, Cardinals sweep Reds 6-0 and 9-1

Contreras and Pagés homered off 22-year-old right-hander Chase Petty, 22, who allowed nine runs, seven hits and two walks over 2 1/3 innings in his major league debut. Pagés homered on the 11th pitch of his at-bat and Jordan Walker added a two-run double in the third.

St. Louis entered 2-12 on the road and matched its season wins total away from home.

Petty was selected 26th overall by Minnesota in the 2021 amateur draft and was acquired in the March 2022 trade that sent pitcher Sonny Gray to the Twins.

Cardinals starter Steven Matz allowed five hits with no walks and six strikeouts in four scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 1.50.

Gordon Graceffo (1-0) got his first major league win, giving up one run and two hits in five innings with five strikeouts and no walks. He averaged 96.4 mph with his fastball.

St. Louis hit three consecutive homers in the ninth inning and beat the Reds 6-0 in the first game, a makeup of Tuesday's rainout. Cincinnati was 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position on the day.

KEY MOMENT With the count 2-2, Pagés fouled off six consecutive pitches before hitting his second home run of the season.

KEY STAT At 22 years, 26 days, Petty was the youngest Reds pitcher to appear in a game since Homer Bailey at 21 years, 150 days in 2007.

Reds RHP Hunter Greene (3-2, 2.70) will oppose Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-2, 3.19) in the series finale on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lux flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Espinal struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Steer struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pozo as designated hitter.
	9th Inning	Winn struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pozo popped out to shortstop.

Statistics

STL		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	11
9	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
135	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	8
38	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
4.4	Runs Created	1.3
.222	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.444	Slugging Percentage	.235
.278	Secondary Average	.059
.263	On Base Percentage	.206
.708	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.441
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
54.0	Batter Rating	14.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.55	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.222	Isolated Power	.029
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.147
18.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.8	MLB Rating	66.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0