GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ST LOUIS (35-41) at CINCINNATI (30-50)

NL: ST LOUIS at CINCINNATI

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ST LOUIS (1) AT CINCINNATI (5) - EVENT LOG
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St Louis Starting Lineups -- A Miles SS, S Schumaker CF, A Pujols 1B, C Duncan LF,
S Rolen 3B, J Encarnacion RF, A Kennedy 2B, Y Molina C, A Wainwright RHP.

Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- S Hatteberg 1B, B Phillips 2B, K Griffey Jr RF,
A Dunn LF, E Encarnacion 3B, J Hamilton CF, A Gonzalez SS, D Ross C, K Lohse RHP.

Umpires -- Rob Drake (HP), Tim Tschida (1B), Jim Joyce (2B), Jim Wolf (3B).


Gametime Weather: 80 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to right at 7 mph.


ST LOUIS 1ST: A Miles singled to right. S Schumaker grounded into double
play, shortstop to second to first, A Miles out at second. A Pujols singled to
right. C Duncan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0,
CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 1ST: S Hatteberg doubled to left. B Phillips sacrificed to
pitcher, S Hatteberg to third. K Griffey Jr walked. A Dunn popped out to
third. E Encarnacion grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 0, CINCINNATI 0.

ST LOUIS 2ND: S Rolen hit by pitch. J Encarnacion struck out looking.
A Kennedy singled to right, S Rolen to third. Y Molina hit sacrifice fly to
center, S Rolen scored. A Wainwright lined out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 2ND: J Hamilton struck out swinging. A Gonzalez flied out to
left. D Ross popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1,
CINCINNATI 0.

ST LOUIS 3RD: A Miles flied out to left. S Schumaker popped out to third.
A Pujols flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 3RD: K Lohse struck out swinging. S Hatteberg grounded out to
pitcher. B Phillips safe at first on error by shortstop A Miles. B Phillips
caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 0.

ST LOUIS 4TH: C Duncan struck out looking. S Rolen grounded out to second.
J Encarnacion flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1,
CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 4TH: K Griffey Jr flied out to right. A Dunn grounded out to
second. E Encarnacion grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 0.

ST LOUIS 5TH: A Kennedy grounded out to pitcher. Y Molina singled to left.
A Wainwright struck out swinging. A Miles struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 5TH: J Hamilton reached on infield single to shortstop.
A Gonzalez struck out swinging. D Ross homered to left, J Hamilton scored.
K Lohse grounded out to second. S Hatteberg hit a ground rule double to deep
right center. B Phillips grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 2.

ST LOUIS 6TH: S Schumaker struck out looking. A Pujols walked. A Pujols
to second on wild pitch by K Lohse. C Duncan walked. S Rolen fouled out to
right. J Encarnacion struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 6TH: K Griffey Jr walked. A Dunn singled to center, K Griffey Jr
to third. E Encarnacion walked, A Dunn to second. J Hamilton walked,
K Griffey Jr scored, A Dunn to third, E Encarnacion to second. R Springer
relieved A Wainwright. A Gonzalez hit by pitch, A Dunn scored, E Encarnacion to
third, J Hamilton to second. D Ross struck out swinging. K Lohse hit
sacrifice fly to right, E Encarnacion scored, J Hamilton to third. S Hatteberg
grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 5.

ST LOUIS 7TH: A Kennedy grounded out to first. Y Molina singled to left.
R Ludwick hit for R Springer. R Ludwick lined out to shortstop. A Miles hit by
pitch, Y Molina to second. S Schumaker struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 5.

CINCINNATI 7TH: K Wells relieved R Springer. R Ludwick in center field.
B Phillips flied out to center. K Griffey Jr walked. A Dunn flied out to left.
E Encarnacion doubled to deep left, K Griffey Jr to third. J Hamilton struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 5.

ST LOUIS 8TH: N Hopper in left field. A Pujols walked. M Gosling relieved
K Lohse. C Duncan struck out looking. D Weathers relieved M Gosling. J Castro
at third base. S Rolen flied out to right. J Encarnacion grounded out to
third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 5.

CINCINNATI 8TH: A Gonzalez struck out swinging. D Ross singled to left.
J Castro grounded into double play, third to second to first, D Ross out at
second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 5.

ST LOUIS 9TH: A Kennedy grounded out to second. Y Molina popped out to
shortstop. R Ludwick grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 5.</div>

 

Lohse, Ross lead Reds past Cards

<h3>CINCINNATI 5, ST. LOUIS 1</h3>CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Kyle Lohse and David Ross reversed theirfortunes to help the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.

Lohse pitched seven-plus strong innings and Ross snapped out ofa slump with a go-ahead homer as the Reds posted a 5-1 victoryover the St. Louis Cardinals.

Lohse, who entered with losses in his previous three starts andwas winless since beating Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals onJune 7, yielded just a run and five hits with three walks andeight strikeouts.

"It is in him," Cincinnati manager Jerry Narron said. "Kyle'sgot good stuff, it's a matter of being consistent."

The righthander fell into an early 1-0 hole after YadierMolina's sacrifice fly in the second. But he retired 11 out of12 batters to keep the Reds close.

"I struggled in the second inning but I was able to make somegood pitches so it didn't get out of hand," said Lohse, who hasbeen hurt by home runs and one big inning.

In his last outing he gave up a career-high eight runs when heallowed a first-inning grand slam to Raul Ibanez and two otherhome runs in six innings at Seattle.

"The long ball got me last time," Lohse said. "Tonight I stayedin a rhythm and located my pitches better."

"When he gets in a good rhythm, he dominates," Ross said. "Hisbiggest problem is strike one. Outside of (Aaron) Harang that'swhat this staff could do better. We talked about it. It'slike hitting.

Ross reached Wainwright in the fifth for a two-run homer, hissixth blast in 14 games, snapping an 0-for-14 drought.

I'm out there trying to hit. I've been working hard and tryingto battle," Ross said. "I'd love to mix in more hits."

Wainwright (6-7) unraveled in the sixth, when he loaded thebases on two walks and a single by Adam Dunn. Rookie JoshHamilton drew another walk, forcing in a run.

"I felt I was in command of everything," Wainwright said. "Evenafter (Ross' homer) it was 2-1 and we're still in the game.After the fifth I'm thinking I'm going to go six, seven, eightinnings and keep my team in the game.

"I don't know what the heck happened in the sixth inning. Itwas just a matter of me trying to be too fine there. Most ofthe pitches I think were two inches or three inches off theplate. First of all, I don't know how they're not swinging atthem. I made quality pitches. If they swing, those are outs forme."

The Hamilton walk ended the night for the postseason star, whowas charged with five runs and five hits in five frames. He hadnot pitched since last Saturday, when he yielded two runs insix innings in a win over Philadelphia.

"He pitched for a club that had zero offense," Cards managerTony La Russa said. "It was a poor day for a lot of our at-bats.No explanation, no excuses. We just had a lot of bad at-bats.Nothing wrong with his stuff, but we've got to have betterat-bats than that. It was way to easy. We've got to make ittougher on him."

Russ Springer entered and hit Alex Gonzalez, forcing in anotherrun for a 4-1 edge. One out later, Lohse delivered a sacrificefly to cap the inning.

"It was nice to get one in the air," Lohse said.