Suarez HR in 10th lifts Reds over Cardinals
Published 6:13 pm Sunday, September 2, 2018
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eugenio Suarez’s two-run homer off of Bud Norris in the 10th inning lifted the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
After Suarez’s 31st of the season, Brandon Dixon hit a solo homer four pitches later as the Reds hit back-to-back homers for the fifth time this season, the sixth and seventh home runs given up by Norris (3-4).
They came right after Michael Lorenzen (2-1) pitched out a bases loaded, nobody out jam in the ninth without giving up a run to send the game to extra innings. Raisel Iglesias earned his 25th save in 29 chances despite allowing a run for the fourth time in his last five outings.
The Reds won for just the third time in their last 11 games, including the last two against the Cardinals, snapping their series winning streak at 10. St. Louis (76-61) fell a half game behind the Milwaukee Brewers into the second wild card spot in the National League.
Billy Hamilton sparked a two-run first inning with a leadoff double. Scooter Gennett’s single scored Hamilton and Joey Votto took home on a Luke Weaver wild pitch.
Weaver, making his first start since Aug. 16, needed 40 pitches to get through the first. He also pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the second before settling in and being lifted for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the fourth.
Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani ran into trouble in the fourth, giving up an RBI double to Harrison Bader and an RBI bunt single to Greg Garcia to tie it at 2-2. His 3 2/3 inning performance was his shortest outing since July 15, when he last just 3 1/3 innings in a 6-4 loss to the Cardinals also at Busch Stadium.
Hamilton used his speed to stretch a leadoff single to right into a double in the seventh. He moved to third on a Jose Peraza sacrifice and trotted home to break a 2-2 tie on a Votto fly to center.
Bader used his legs to tie it for the Cardinals in the eighth, beating out a slow grounder to short for a bases loaded infield single to tie it 3-3.
TRAINING ROOM
Reds: OF Preston Tucker was traded to the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations.
Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (left oblique strain) threw a bullpen on Sunday and is expected to go out on a rehab assignment this week.
UP NEXT
Reds: RHP Matt Harvey (6-7, 4.97 ERA) gets the start in the first game of three-game series Monday afternoon at Pittsburgh and RHP Trevor Williams (11-9, 3.30 ERA). Harvey is 1-2 with a 7.36 ERA against the Pirates this season.
Cardinals: RHP Jack Flaherty (8-6, 2.87 ERA) kicks off a three-game series at Washington and St. Louisan RHP Max Scherzer (16-6, 2.22 ERA) on Monday afternoon. Flaherty has won four straight decisions and will make his first career start against the Nationals.
Reds’ boxscore
SUNDAY’S GAME
Reds 6, Cardinals 4, 10 innings
Cincinnati St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi
B.Hamltn cf 4 2 2 0 M.Crpntr 1b 3 0 0 0
Peraza ss 4 0 0 0 Molina c 3 0 1 0
Votto 1b 1 2 0 1 Ad.Garca pr 0 1 0 0
Gennett 2b 5 0 2 1 Pena c 2 0 1 0
Suarez 3b 4 1 1 2 Martinez rf 5 0 1 0
Schebler rf 1 0 0 0 Ozuna lf 4 1 0 0
Dixon rf 1 1 1 1 DeJong ss 4 1 1 0
R.Iglesias p 0 0 0 0 Wisdom 3b 3 1 0 0
M.Wllms lf-rf 4 0 0 0 Bader cf 5 0 2 2
Casali c 5 0 1 0 G.Garcia 2b 4 0 2 2
DSclfni p 2 0 0 0 Weaver p 1 0 0 0
Wa.Prlt p 0 0 0 0 O’Neill ph 1 0 0 0
Sims p 1 0 0 0 Webb p 0 0 0 0
Hughes p 0 0 0 0 Leone p 0 0 0 0
Barnhart ph 1 0 0 0 C.Martin p 0 0 0 0
Lorenzen p 0 0 0 0 M.Adams ph 1 0 0 0
Ervin ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Dak.Hds p 0 0 0 0
Munoz ph 1 0 1 0
B.Norris p 0 0 0 0
Cecil p 0 0 0 0
Car.Kll ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 5 Totals 37 4 9 4
Cincinnati 200 000 100 3 = 6
St. Louis 000 200 010 1 = 4
DP—Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 1. LOB—Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 13. 2B—B.Hamilton 2 (13), Casali (8), Bader (16), Munoz (14). HR—Suarez (31), Dixon (4). SB—G.Garcia (3). CS—Wisdom (1). SF—Votto (3). S—Peraza (8).
IP H R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
DeSclafani 3 2-3 5 2 2 2 4
Peralta 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Sims 2 0 0 0 1 3
Hughes BS,3 2 2 1 1 2 0
Lorenzen W,2-1 1 2 0 0 1 1
Iglesias S,25-29 1 0 1 0 3 0
St. Louis
Weaver 4 3 2 2 5 4
Webb 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1
Leone 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
Martinez 1 1 1 1 0 0
Hudson 2 0 0 0 1 0
Norris L,3-4 2-3 2 3 3 2 1
Cecil 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Sims pitched to 1 batter in the 7th
HBP—by Weaver (Schebler), by DeSclafani (Ozuna). WP—Weaver.
Umpires—Home, Ed Hickox; First, Gabe Morales; Second, John Libka; Third, Jerry Meals.
T—3:44. A—45,743 (45,538).