Tony La Russa guessed right, saving his starting pitcher for after a lengthy rain delay. Then it was up to Kyle McClellan. McClellan worked six-plus innings after substitute starter Miguel Batista had time to throw only six pitches in a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. "That was the risk," La Russa said. "There was a strong chance there was going to be rain and I didn't want to blow Kyle out. The forecasts were flying fast and furious." Albert Pujols had two RBIs and Ryan Theriot had three hits and scored twice for the Cardinals against a collection of relievers for the Reds, who burned ace Edinson Volquez after pre-game warmups were followed by a delay of 2 hours and 10 minutes and ended up with Matt Maloney (0-1) as a substitute starter. "I'm going to give the Cardinals two thumbs up for what they did," the Reds' Brandon Phillips said. "They changed their pitcher on us at the last minute, that was a very smart thing to do. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310422124&teams=cincinnati-reds-vs-st.-louis-cardinals
