St. Louis CardinalsvsCincinnati Reds
STL 4/CIN 5
Things to say
The Reds edged the Cardinals 5-4 at Great American Ball Park.
01
opener
Reds took it 5-4 in a tight one. Cards had chances late but couldn't push the tying run across. Good baseball, came down to the last at-bat.
02
key player
The Reds' bats carried it — a couple came around to score and one left the yard. That's the difference in a one-run game.
03
hot take
St. Louis manager went to the pen way too early. Your starter's got into his stuff by the fifth, you ride him. Instead the bullpen coughed it up.
04
deep cut
Reds won it on getaway day at home, which they've quietly been decent at. That one-run edge is where a season like this lives or dies.
05
exit
Anyway, Cards are hanging around the wild card — I want to see how they bounce back next series.
The recap
The Reds edged the Cardinals 5-4 in a one-run nailbiter at Great American, the kind of tight ballgame that comes down to the last at-bat. St.
Louis hung around all night and had chances late, but Cincinnati's bullpen slammed the door when it mattered and held that razor-thin lead. Nobody left the yard in a blowout here; this was station-to-station baseball where every base and every out counted.
The Cardinals drop a heartbreaker and slip to 65-63, while the Reds keep clawing back toward .500 at 61-66.