Nothing about this one was loud. St. Louis scraped together just enough offense, one swing and two small plays, and let its pitching staff do the rest in a 3-0 shutout of the Reds at Great American Ball Park.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Masyn Winn was at the center of it. He went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a home run, scoring twice and driving in a run. His solo shot to left in the fifth inning, a 368-foot drive, put the Cardinals on the board and gave them a lead they would not surrender.
Winn's homer broke a scoreless tie in the fifth, and St. Louis added on from there. In the seventh, Fermín doubled to left to bring Winn home for a 2-0 edge. Then in the eighth, Báez lifted a sacrifice fly to center that scored Walker, stretching the margin to 3-0.
Andrew Abbott took the loss for Cincinnati despite battling into the seventh, allowing 2 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks over 6.1 innings. The Reds managed only 3 hits and committed an error, unable to solve Kyle Leahy, who allowed 0 runs on 3 hits with 6 strikeouts over 5.0 innings to pick up the win. St. Louis' bullpen backed him up in full, four relievers combining for 4.0 scoreless innings, with Riley O'Brien closing it out for his save.
The result dropped Cincinnati to 60-66, a loss that snapped nothing but extended their skid to a single defeat. St. Louis improved to 65-62 and has now won its last outing. Abbott, for his part, sits at 491 career strikeouts, nine short of the 500 mark.