CINCINNATI (AP) _ Eugenio Suarez homered for the third straight game, Tucker
Barnhart added a two-run shot and the Cincinnati Reds powered to a 7-3 win over
the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.
Adam Duvall also homered for the Reds. Sal Romano (6-8) allowed two runs and
seven hits in six innings to give the Reds consecutive series wins over St.
Louis for the first time since 2011.
Paul DeJong and Yadier Molina hit solo homers for the Cardinals, who went 3-5
on their eight-game road trip. DeJong homered in the third inning and Molina hit
his 14th of the season in the seventh inning.
Suarez tied Monday’s game with a two-out solo homer in the ninth inning and
Tuesday’s game with a two-out, two-run, seventh-inning shot.
The Cardinals had rookie starters each go deep without allowing a hit in the
first two games of the series. The Reds went 7 1/3 innings without a hit on
Monday and 6 1/3 without a hit on Tuesday.
Suarez got the Reds offense going early on Wednesday when he hit a two-run
homer off Jack Flaherty in the first inning.
Duvall added a two-out, opposite-field solo shot into the right field seats in
the fourth to make it 3-1, giving the Reds more than two runs in a game for the
first time in their past six games.
John Gant gave up Barnhart’s two-run drive into the bullpen down the
right-field line in the sixth to make it 5-2.
Phillip Ervin broke the game open with an eighth-inning two-run double.
Flaherty (4-5) allowed three runs, four hits, two walks with eight strikeouts
in five innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: Head congestion has caused IF Jedd Gyorko to experience dizziness,
interim manager Mike Shildt said on Wednesday. “He just hasn’t been feeling
himself, but he’s improving,” Shildt said.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver (5-9) has lasted exactly four innings in each of his
previous three starts against the Cubs on Friday.
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