St. Louis 11, Cincinnati 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Todd Tichenor, 1B -
Brian Gorman, 2B -
Larry Vanover, 3B -
Tony Randazzo
Attendance:
35907
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Cardinals 11, Reds 1: Offseason acquisition Carlos Beltran lined his fifth homer, a two-run shot, and David Freese doubled in two runs as host St. Louis won its fourth straight.
Jaime Garcia (2-0) improved to 7-1 lifetime against the Reds, overcoming a dropped popup by Lance Berkman and a misplay by Beltran in his seven innings of work. Garcia induced four double plays and helped his cause with a two-run triple in the sixth. Tyler Greene added a two-run homer in the eighth, and Rafael Furcal finished with four hits.
Mat Latos (0-2) was pounded for eight runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Cincinnati has dropped five of six on its 10-game road trip, and has lost four of the first five meetings with NL Central-leading St. Louis.
The offensively challenged Reds tried batting Brandon Phillips at cleanup instead of leadoff. Phillips went 1 for 4 to raise his average to .207.
Game Notebook: World series hero Freese raised his average to .385 with a two-hit night. … All seven of Beltran’s RBIs have come on homers. … Garcia has won four straight home starts. ... Berkman left the game in the fifth with a calf injury.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cincinnati |
|
St. Louis |
|
Mat Latos
|
Player |
Jaime Garcia
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.2 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
9 |
Hits |
7 |
|
12.71 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cincinnati
|
9 |
0 |
12 |
.281 |
20 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
14 |
2 |
27 |
.389 |
14 |
8 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
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