The Cincinnati Reds travel to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals in a 4 game division series. The Cardinals are currently second in the division, behind the Milwaukee Brewers. The Reds are currently in last place, but still only 2.5 games out of a playoff spot. The Reds get a much needed return, Noelvi Marte was reinstated off the suspension list and returned to the lineup.
Game 1:
The Reds have won 10 game ones over their last 12 series, but have failed to capitalize and win the series in the last 3 since their 8 game win streak. Thursday night would have Miles Mikolas of the Cardinals taking on Andrew Abbott. Jonathan India would remain scorching hot with a lead off single in the top of the 1st inning. Elly De La Cruz is getting hot as well, he would rope a triple to right center, scoring India and giving the Reds an early 1-0 lead.
The Reds would fail to score De La Cruz. Andrew Abbott would work him self in and out of a base loaded jam and escape without giving up a run. Top 2, Jonathan India remains hot, ripping a double to right field, scoring Will Benson and extending the lead, 2-0.
Abbott would toss a scoreless 2nd inning. Top of the 3rd, Spencer Steer would hit an automatic double over the left field wall. Nick Martini would follow with a double of his own, scoring Steer. Noelvi Marte would follow up Martini with another double, scoring Martini. Marte would later score on a Will Benson sacrifice fly. Reds lead 5-0. Top of the 3rd, Reds center fielder Stuart Fairchild would add to his highlight real defensively, robbing Paul Goldschmidt of a 2 run home run. Later Nolan Arenado would hit a 2 run home run off Abbott, cutting the lead to 5-2. The Reds would add on in the 4th, Elly De La Cruz notched his 38th stolen base. Spencer Steer would follow that up with a 2 run home run to right, extending the lead to 7-2, Steers’ 10th home run of the season. Abbott wouldn’t allow a run in the bottom half of the inning. Top 5, Noelvi Marte would get his 2nd hit of the game, a single to right. He would proceed to steal 2nd.
Later, Will Benson would follow up with a double that scored Marte, extending the lead to 8-2. Stu Fairchild would follow Benson up with his own double, Reds lead 9-2. Luke Maile would hit a sac fly off the new pitcher King, scoring Fairchild and giving the Reds a 10-2 lead. The Reds would score 1 more in the 8th. Fairchild would hit an RBI single, scoring Marte. 11-2 reds. Micheal Siani, would hit a triple, Donovan would follow with a double off the right center field wall, Calson would follow with another ball off the wall, scoring Donovan and cutting the lead to 11-4. That’s how the night would end. Sam Moll would toss a scoreless 9th as the Reds win 11-4. Andrew Abbott struggled with his command tonight, but managed to power through. He would pitch 5 innings, only allow 2 hits 2 earned runs, but would walk 6 and only striking out 2. Sam Moll continues to be a great relief option for Cincinnati. Since he was acquired at the trade deadline last season, he’s only allowed 5 runs in 43 innings pitched. Jonathan India has been RED HOT in June. He’s batting .386, slugging .591 with 12 doubles and 16 RBIs. Over the last 11 games, India has 11 doubles.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS:
Jonathan India: 2-4 R, RBI
Elly De La Cruz: 3-5 RBI, R, SB
Spencer Steer: 2-5 HR(10) 2 RBI, 2R
Friday’s Starters:
Frankie Montas
Andre Pallante:
Game 2:
The Reds look to try for 2 in a row Friday night. Frankie Montas faces off against Andre Pallante. Jonathan India would lead off the game with a single to right, extending his hit streak to 10 games. Steer would single up the middle, but the Reds would not score a run after a double play ends the inning. Montas would pitch an unconventional 1-2-3 inning after throwing out Alec Burleson, who walked, tried to steal 2nd base but jumped to early. Still a 0-0 game, India would double in the 3rd, for his 7th straight multi hit game. The Reds would strand the runner again. Bottom 3rd, Montas would run into a little trouble, Michael Siani would double off the wall, Wilson Contreras would walk. Alec Burleson hit a pop up to short center, Elly De La Cruz made an over the shoulder catch. Siani would tag from 3rd, Elly’s strong throw would be just off-line, actually hitting Siani, allowing the run to score. Cards lead 1-0. The Reds would load the bases in the 5th inning for Elly De La Cruz, he would hit a broken bat grounder to 1st, the Cardinals get out of the jam. That would be the theme of this game. The Reds would strand 2 more in the 6th. In the 9th, in the fashion of this game, Stuart Fairchild would be robbed again of a potential game tying home run on the last at bat of the game. Reds lose 1-0.
Frankie Montas would pitch well, allowing 1 run on 2 hits, 3 walks and 5 strikeouts in 6 innings. The Reds offense left 8 runners on base in this one with multiple chances of taking a lead.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS:
Jonathan India: 2-3 BB, 2B
Spencer Steer: 1-3
Stuart Fairchild: 1-4
Nick Martinez: 2 IP 2H
Saturday’s Starters:
Carson Spiers
Sonny Gray
Game 3:
The Reds square off against former Red Sonny Gray. He will face off against Carson Spiers for the Reds. The Reds would get on the board in the top of the 3rd, Jonathan India would double again, scoring Austin Wynns, who also doubled from 2nd and giving the Reds a 1-0 lead. India would set the all time Reds record for doubles in consecutive games, with a double in 7 consecutive games.
Elly De La Cruz would follow up India with a double of his own, scoring India and extending the lead to 2-0. Elly would proceed to steal 3rd, giving him 40 stolen bases on the year, a major league best.
The Cardinals would score 1 in the bottom of the 3rd, cutting the lead to 2-1. In the 5th inning, Elly De La Cruz would triple and score on an error by Nolan Arenado, Noelvi Marte would beat the throw to first. Later, Stuart Fairchild would single and score the 2 runners on, extending the lead to 5-1. Later in the inning, Will Benson would sneak a ball past the diving second baseman, scoring Marte and Fairchild and extending the lead to 7-1. Austin Wynns would follow and sneak a double past Nolan Arenado, scoring Benson and giving the Reds an 8-1 lead. In the bottom of the 6th, Paul Goldschmidt would hit a solo shot off Carson Spiers, cutting the lead to 8-2. In the 7th, Jonathan India would double again, scoring Wynns who also doubled, extending the lead to 9-2. The Cardinals would score 1 in the 7th and 1 in the 8th as Brent Suter goes scoreless in the 9th to seal the win for the Reds. Reds win 9-4.
Carson Spiers was good in this one. 6 innings, 3 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk and 4 strikeouts. India and Elly seem to be a formidable 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup. The Reds look to take the series on Sunday.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS:
Jonathan India: 2-5 2 2B, 2RBI
Elly De La Cruz: 2-5 RBI SB(40)
Austin Wynns: 3-5 3 2B, RBI
Sunday’s Starters:
Hunter Greene
Lance Lynn
Game 4:
Hunter Greene looks to bounce back after a rough start last time out, where he would actually vomit on the mound. In the 3rd inning, Jonathan India would double again, his 8th straight game, extending his hitting streak to 12 games.
Greene would find himself in some trouble in the 5th, with runners on 1st and 2nd, Alec Burleson would single to right, scoring the runner at 2nd and giving the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. Pitching was great on both side, the Reds just couldn’t capitalize on any opportunities in this one. Hunter Greene would only last 4.2 innings in this one, allowing 4 hits, 2 walks, 1 earned runs with 6 strikeouts. Sam Moll would allow only his 4th run this season on a run he left on after being relieved by Fernando Cruz. Buck Farmer and Alexis Diaz would each throw scoreless innings in the 8th and 9th but the Reds just couldn’t get any runners home. Lance Lynn would notch his 1,000th career strikeout as a Cardinal, just the 6th Cardinals to do so. Reds split the series, losing Sunday afternoon 2-0. In the 2 Reds wins this series, Cincinnati out hit the Cardinals 29-15 and outscored the Cardinals 20-8. In the 2 Reds losses, the Cardinals only had 1 more hit than the Reds, 11-10 but the Reds left 12 runners on in the 2 losses.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS:
Jonathan India: 1-4 2B
Stuart Fairchild: 1-2
Alexis Diaz 1IP, K
The Reds get an off day on Monday, they will travel to the Bronx for a 3 game series against the New York Yankees. The Yankees are 10-10 in their last 20, but are losers of 7-10.
Tuesday’s Probables:
Graham Ashcraft: 4-4 5.45 ERA (8.56 ERA in last 3 starts)
Luis Gill: 9-3 3.15 ERA (10.97 ERA in last 3 starts)
How long can Jonathan India stay hot? How will Elly De La Cruz perform in the bright lights of New York? Can Graham Ashcraft bounce back after being sent down and having his worst start of the season since being called back up?
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