Cincinnati RedsvsSt. Louis Cardinals
CIN 0/STL 7
Things to say
The St. Louis Cardinals shut out the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 at Busch Stadium.
01
opener
Cards took it 7-0, straight-up beatdown. Reds never had a runner in scoring position that mattered. One of those getaway-day games where you're glad you're not driving home to Cincy.
02
key player
The Cardinals' starter got into his stuff early and just carved. Complete-game shutout territory, WHIP looked microscopic. Reds hitters had no answer.
03
hot take
Cincinnati's offense is a mirage. Get shut out on a random Friday and it tells you everything about that lineup.
04
deep cut
St. Louis put up seven and never even needed the pen. On a getaway day that's the whole ballgame, rested arms for the weekend.
05
exit
Anyway, Reds better regroup fast, they're staring at the rest of this series in a hole.
The recap
The Cardinals took this one to the woodshed, blanking the Reds 7-0 at Busch and never letting Cincinnati sniff the plate. St.
Louis got a gem out of the rotation, the kind of start where you can tell early the guy's got into his stuff and the bats behind him did the rest. Seven runs of support and a shutout on a getaway day is about as clean as it gets.
Cincinnati couldn't string anything together against the heart of the order, and the Cards keep clawing their way back to .500.