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Reds 3 Cards 0
Rhett Lowder tossed five shutout innings in his first career road start to pick up his first MLB win.
TJ Friedl’s two-run single broke a scoreless tie in the 5th inning.
The Cards loaded the bases with no outs in the 9th vs Emilio Pagan. But Pagan rallied with strikeout, strikeout, strikeout to seal the deal for his first save as a Red.
That’s three straight wins and seven wins over the last nine games. That’s also three wins in three days, in three different cities, for the first time in franchise history: New York, Atlanta, St. Louis. That's back to back shutouts.
Lowder: 5 IN, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 84 pitches. ERA 0.59. One run allowed over his first three MLB starts. Allowed 1st extra-base hit, among 11 career hits, 2B Goldschmidt.
Reds starting pitchers have a scoreless streak of 21.2 consecutive innings.
The Reds finally solved Cards SP Andrew Pallante with the two run 5th. He’d tossed 15.2 scoreless innings over 2+ starts vs the Reds this season.
Friedl: H, 2 RBI…..32 RBI last 41 games
Elly: H, 2 BB, 2 SB (62,62), CS. Previous 30 games: 3 of 6 SB.
Espinal: 2 H. One whale of a play at 3B, diving his left, rolling over and throwing. I hope Noelvi Marte has been taking notes as he watches Espinal at the plate and in the field.
India: 2 BB, R. 0 for last 17.
Rosario 0 for 4, 2 K and 9 for 48 (.187) 19 K with Reds. He's shown nothing to justify continuing to get AB's.
David Bell was tossed in the sixth inning, arguing in defense of Elly on a brutal strike three call. He extended his franchise record to 32 manager ejections.
Bullpen: 4 IN, 0 R
Wilson 1.0 IN
Santillan 1.0 IN
Suter 1.0 IN
Pagan: 1.0 IN...6th different Red with a save this season
Alexis Diaz had pitched 4 of the previous 5 days
How they scored:
5th Friedl 2-R 1B, 2-0 Reds
5th France RBI groundout, 3-0 Reds