The Reds counter with Dan Straily, who is 6-6 with a 3.84 ERA. But, Oh, who’s the Cardinals’ de factor stopper with Trevor Rosenthal on the disabled list, could not hold the lead. Cincinnati logged eleven hits and walked six times with T_ucker Barnhart, Adam Duvall and Scott Schebler clubbing homers and driving in six. It also was the Cardinals’ 11th pinch-homer this season, a franchise record.
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The teams traded home runs in the seventh and eighth. San Francisco Giants Madison Bumgarner (2), Chicago Cubs Jake Arrieta (2), and New York Mets Noah Syndergaard (2). “In retrospect, he’s not the one who should be apologizing”.
Jhonny Peralta and Brandon Moss were activated from the DL, Zach Duke was added to the roster after being traded on Sunday, Diaz was placed on the DL and Dean Kiekhefer and Randal Grichuk were optioned to AAA.
Moss and Peralta had doubles that accounted for a run in the sixth. Moss tied it with a leadoff homer against Blake Wood in the eighth, part of his three-hit game. He went 3-for-5. It was his fifth big-league home run. Just shy of a triple to see a cycle. Then Tommy Pham hit a home run to left to give the Cardinals a 5-4 lead.
Cincinnati loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth, but Oh needed only six pitches to end the threat via a strikeout and 6-4-3 double play. The Reds continued to play well with Tuesday’s victory with their 8t win in eleven contests.
In the ninth, Oh saw his own demise. He allowed one run and six hits in six innings.
Playing at home against the St. Louis Cardinals, Votto briefly engaged with a Reds fan while attempting to catch a foul ball along the first-base line in the top of the seventh inning.
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Scott Schebler was just called up to the Reds on Tuesday to take Jay Bruce’s spot on the roster. Pham followed with his first career pinch-hit homer, the fourth of the game by St. Louis. The Reds have hit Wacha for a.263 BA/.315 OBP without the help of Bruce.
