MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CINCINNATI REDS
06/09/2018
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CINCINNATI REDS
GAME ID: 1288 - SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, 2018 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals (27-35) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0
Cincinnati Reds (39-26) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 4 7 0
Reds Subdue St. Louis, 4-2
The Cincinnati Reds got a good effort from starter Daniel Norris in defeating the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park. The final score was 4-2. Cincinnati reliever Bruce Rondon picked up the win, bumping his record to 3-2. Wei-Yin Chen was collared with the loss. Ken Giles converted his 16th save in 17 tries.

The Reds got a big at-bat from right fielder Scooter Gennett. For the game, Gennett went 2-3 with 2 singles. In the bottom of the seventh, with runners on 1st and 3rd, he stroked a run-scoring single. His 68th hit of the season gave Cincinnati a 2-1 lead.

"I still think this team has room for improvement," Gennett told the Cincinnati Bulletin.

The Reds, at 39-26, have now won 4 straight.
ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE CINCINNATI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Albies 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .335 4 30
A. Bregman 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .279 2 18
J. Martinez LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .262 9 34
Y. Gomes C 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .248 10 24
H. Bader CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .248 12 43
A. Hechavarria SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .327 3 24
A. Avila 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .218 7 24
B. Phillips RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .230 12 31
W. Chen P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 0 0
   B. Ziegler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   Z. Littell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-E. Escobar PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .229 1 5
Totals 28 2 4 2 2 6 6      
a - E. Escobar pinch hit for Z. Littell in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: O. Albies (18, 9th Inning off K. Giles, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Y. Gomes (10, 2nd Inning off D. Norris, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: O. Albies 2 , Y. Gomes 4 , A. Bregman 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Martinez
GIDP: A. Hechavarria , J. Martinez 2
Team LOB: 1
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Turner SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .293 6 19
J. Dyson CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .300 1 16
R. Cano 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 .303 6 44
E. Encarnacion 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229 14 38
J. Gallo 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .215 22 49
   K. Giles P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
A. Duvall LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .208 11 26
Y. Grandal C 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 .219 16 37
D. Norris P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .176 0 0
   B. Rondon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-A. Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .279 3 8
   F. Rivero P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-L. Jimenez 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 1 3
S. Gennett RF 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .297 9 28
   b-C. Rasmus RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 2 8
Totals 31 4 7 3 2 6 11      
a - A. Gonzalez pinch hit for B. Rondon in the 7th
b - C. Rasmus substituted for S. Gennett in the 8th
c - L. Jimenez substituted for F. Rivero in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: J. Dyson (8, 1st Inning off W. Chen, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: J. Gallo (22, 8th Inning off Z. Littell, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Turner , J. Gallo 4 , A. Duvall 2 , S. Gennett 2 , J. Dyson 3
2-out RBI: J. Gallo
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Cano , J. Dyson
Team LOB: 2

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Cano-Turner-Encarnacion, Gallo-Cano-Encarnacion, Gallo-Cano-Encarnacion)
ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE CINCINNATI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
W. Chen L (1-5) 6.1 5 3 3 2 5 0 97 64 4.67   
B. Ziegler 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 2.93   
Z. Littell 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11 7 5.89   
PITCHING
Game Score: W. Chen 54
Batters Faced: W. Chen 26, B. Ziegler 3, Z. Littell 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: W. Chen 5-9, B. Ziegler 2-0, Z. Littell 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: W. Chen 97-64, B. Ziegler 12-7, Z. Littell 11-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Ziegler 2-2
WP: B. Ziegler
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
D. Norris 5.1 2 1 1 1 3 1 62 38 5.70   
B. Rondon W (3-2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 8 6.17   
F. Rivero H (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 8 7.76   
K. Giles SV (16) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 7 2.15   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Norris 62
Batters Faced: D. Norris 17, B. Rondon 5, F. Rivero 3, K. Giles 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Norris 9-2, B. Rondon 1-2, F. Rivero 1-0, K. Giles 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: D. Norris 62-38, B. Rondon 12-8, F. Rivero 13-8, K. Giles 16-7
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Daniel Norris
Ballpark: Great American Ball Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 9 mph
Start Time: 4:10 PM EST
Time: 2:46
Attendance: 39902
Special Notes: SP Daniel Norris was injured while pitching.
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