Saturday, April 8, 2017

Cardinals Beat Reds 10-4: Aledmys Diaz Singles, Homers Twice, & Drives In Four Runs; Michael Wacha Strikes Out Six, Allows One Run, & Knocks In One Run Over Six Innings For The Win; Jedd Gyorko Collects One Single, One Double, Two Walks, & Two RBIs

Individual Highlights:
Dexter Fowler started in centerfield and batted leadoff.  1-for-4 with two runs and two walks.
Aledmys Diaz started at shortstop and batted second.  3-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs (three w/two-outs), three runs, and one strikeout.
Matt Adams started in left field and batted fourth.  0-for-1 with one run, two walks, and one strikeout.
Jose Martinez entered late in the game in right field and batted fourth.  0-for-1 with one RBI and one walk.
Yadier Molina started at catcher and batted fifth.  1-for-3 with one double, one two-out RBI, one walk, and one strikeout.
Adam Wainwright entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted fifth.  1-for-1 with one run.
Jedd Gyorko started at third base and moved to first, batting seventh.  2-for-3 with one double, two two-out RBIs, one run, two walks, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted eighth.  0-for-3 with one RBI, two walks (one intentional), and assisted in one double play.
Michael Wacha started and pitched six innings.  He allowed three hits, one earned run, one walk, and struck six out for the winning decision (1-0).  1-for-2 with one two-out RBI, one run, one sacrifice, and one strikeout.  (p-s:83-58)(g/f:7-2)
Matthew Bowman entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:12-8)(g/f:2-0)

Rough Outing:
Jonathan Broxton entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, two earned runs, one home run, and struck two out.  (p-s:19-12)(g/f:1-0)
Sam Tuivailala entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, one earned run, one home run, and struck one out.  (p-s:18-12)(g/f:1-0)

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
STL Baseball Weekly Post Game
Post-Dispatch Post Game
Belleville News Democrat Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game

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