Cardinals Beat Reds 8-4: Tony Cruz Walks & Hits A Three-Run Homer; Kolten Wong Collects Two Singles, One Walk, & Hit A Two-Run Homer; Randal Grichuk Doubles, Homers, & Drives In Two Runs

Individual Highlights:
Kolten Wong 3-for-3 with one home run, two RBIs, two runs, one walk, and one throwing error.
Randal Grichuk 2-for-2 with one double, one home run, two RBIs (one w/two-outs), and one run.
Yadier Molina 2-for-4 with one double, one run, and one strikeout.
Daniel Descalso 0-for-2 with one run and two walks.
Tony Cruz 1-for-3 with one home run, three two-out RBIs, one run, one walk, one strikeout, and one caught stealing.
Jason Motte entered in the fifth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs for the winning decision (1-0).  (p-s:3-2)(g/f:0-1)(ir-s:1-0)
Seth Maness entered in the seventh and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the hold (10).  (p-s:4-3)(ir-s:1-0)
Sam Freeman entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs.  (p-s:12-8)(g/f:3-0)
Carlos Martinez entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck two out.  (p-s:10-8)(g/f:1-0)

Rough Outing:
Oscar Taveras 0-for-2 with one strikeout and grounded into one double play.
Xavier Scruggs 0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Michael Wacha started and pitched 4.2 innings.  He allowed six hits, two earned runs, threw one wild pitch, and struck one out.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.  (p-s:78-53)(g/f:4-8)
Marco Gonzales entered in the sixth and pitched 1.2 innings.  He allowed two hits, two earned runs, one home run, and struck one out.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.  (p-s:30-23)(g/f:3-1)

Former Cardinals:
Ryan Ludwick 0-for-3 at the plate.

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