Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 3
When: 12:35 PM ET, Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature:
46°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Miller, 1B -
Angel Campos, 2B -
CB Bucknor, 3B -
Dale Scott
Attendance:
20672
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Reds 4, Cardinals 3: Chris Heisey scored Joey Votto with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to pull Cincinnati back to .500 and avoid a sweep in the three-game series.
St. Louis went to left-hander Marc Rzepczynski (0-1) to face the left-handed Votto leading off the ninth. The move backfired when Votto drove a double to left. The Cardinals walked Ryan Ludwick intentionally and Rzepczynski struck out Jay Bruce.
Fernando Salas was brought on to face pinch-hitter Heisey, who took an 0-1 fastball into left-center field for the game-winning RBI.
Votto finished 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored and Aroldis Chapman (2-0) picked up the win in relief.
Jaime Garcia worked himself into and out of trouble in the second and third but could not walk the tightrope in the fifth, surrendering a pair of runs. Bruce followed two singles and a walk with a sacrifice fly to cut it to 3-2 and Wilson Valdez beat out a bunt single to plate the tying run.
Garcia ended up surrendering 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
The Cardinals had grabbed an early lead in the third, when Rafael Furcal hit an RBI triple and Jon Jay followed with a two-run blast off Johnny Cueto
.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The day after his new six-year, $72.5 million contract extension was reported, Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips got the afternoon off. … Wednesday was Votto’s first multi-hit game. … Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman (calf) got the day off.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| St. Louis |
|
Cincinnati |
|
Jaime Garcia
|
Player |
Johnny Cueto
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.2 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
11 |
Hits |
7 |
|
5.79 |
ERA |
5.40 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.242 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Cincinnati
|
14 |
0 |
16 |
.389 |
21 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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