“Not a whole lot different at all, he’s a good communicator”, said Lackey.
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“Even if you have (Matt) Holliday in right there, he could really kill one or it could be, the way he’s running, a pretty simple double play you could be looking at. Yadi is probably the best out there but Cruz is easy to work with”.
“He did nothing to warrant coming out of the game, that was completely my decision”, Price said. “John did a nice job of limiting the damage”.
Lackey leads the National League with 28 double plays induced this season. That is a learned skill. The Reds fell to 63-87. The Cardinals appeared ready to break into the run column once they had access to the Reds bullpen, but Wong made it only as far as third base before the inning ended. Pham, who tripled and scored to start the Cardinals’ scoring on Monday, hit a ball to deep center, scoring Cruz easily. “He’s (Pham) not just getting the big hit and he’s getting the big sacrifice too”, said Matheny. “He’s got great bat speed and he’s becoming more disciplined”.
When looking at all rookies in the majors this season with 200 or more plate appearances, Piscotty is a separate piece all to himself: No other rookies have hit equal or better than Piscotty’s.310/.364/.490 slash line.
Pham would score when Peralta singled him in, tying the game and setting up fellow Memphis alumn Stephen Piscotty for the potential go-ahead strike. Wong’s sac fly brought home Peralta for a slightly more comfortable 3-1 lead.
Cincinnati Reds’ Brandon Phillips hits an RBI single during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, September 21, 2015, in St. Louis.
Bruce’s homer was a 456-foot shot to right field that was the longest by a left-handed hitter at 10-year-old Busch Stadium. After Cingrani got down 2-0, Wong fouled off two pitches before lifting a weak fly ball to right field for the final out of the inning. With one out, Carpenter doubled to right and Pham doubled to left center but, wearing some new cleats, rolled his ankle as he headed for third and then stopped.
When the eighth inning began, the Cardinals hadn’t scored a run against Reds pitchers in Busch Stadium in 29 innings. He allowed just four hits. “It felt really good to feel that adrenaline again”. “I had to make some adjustments with some off speed stuff”. I’m just trying to soak all of that up as much as I can.
Reds: Billy Hamilton (shoulder) missed his sixth straight start.
“We got behind”, Price said. It was tough to get that first run, and as soon as we did, I think all of us were able to take a breath and relax. Joey Votto has reached base in 38 consecutive games and is 3-for-9 with two homers versus Tuesday starter John Lackey. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny celebrated his 45th birthday on Tuesday….
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White Sox 2-3, Tigers 0-2: Jeff Samardzija pitched a one-hitter, allowing a leadoff single to Victor Martinez in the fifth inning, to lead visiting Chicago in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
