Tommy Edman’s walk-off blast lifts Cardinals over Reds

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Tommy Edman hit a walk-off two-run homer with two outs within the ninth inning to elevate the St. Louis Cardinals over the visiting Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Saturday.

Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run double and a sacrifice fly for the Cardinals, who’ve gained the primary two video games of this three-game collection.

Beginning pitcher Adam Wainwright allowed three runs on eight hits in seven innings for the Cardinals, who’ve gained two straight after shedding their earlier three contests.

Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina began their 316th recreation collectively as a battery, tying Warren Spahn and Del Crandall for second all-time amongst pitcher-catcher mixtures.

Nick Wittgren (1-0), the third Cardinals pitcher, labored a scoreless ninth inning to earn the victory.

Paul Goldschmidt went 0-for-4 for the Cardinals as his 46-game on-base streak got here to an finish.

Reds beginning pitcher Hunter Greene allowed one run on two hits in 5 innings whereas putting out seven. Reliever Joel Kuhnel (0-1) allowed Edman’s homer and took the loss.

Tommy Pham hit a two-run double and Kyle Farmer went 4-for-4 with for the Reds, who misplaced for the fourth straight time and seventh in 9 video games.

Reds first baseman Colin Moran left the sport within the seventh inning after a collision with Cardinals runner Dylan Carlson.

The Reds took a 3-0 lead within the third inning. Chris Okey was hit by a pitch in his first big-league at-bat and he moved to 3rd on Brandon Drury’s double.

Pham’s double drove them dwelling and Farmer adopted with an RBI single.

Tyler O’Neill’s sacrifice fly within the sixth inning lower the Reds’ result in 3-1. The Reds made it 4-1 within the eighth inning on singles by Farmer, Reynolds and Alejo Lopez towards reliever Drew VerHagen.

Within the eighth inning, Reds reliever Hunter Strickland hit Nolan Gorman with a pitch, then allowed a Nolan Arenado single and O’Neill’s two-run double because the lead shrank to 4-3.

Juan Yepez hit a two-out single within the ninth and Edman adopted together with his game-winning blast.

–Subject Stage Media