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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

2018-04-15 · Day game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 15557 · 53°F, overcast · Wind 2 mph · 2:40

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Harrison Bader homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Greg Garcia scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Reds challenged (stadium boundary call), call on the field was overturned: Tucker Barnhart singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Greg Garcia. Tucker Barnhart to 2nd. Tucker Barnhart advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by third baseman Greg Garcia — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5

W: Carlos Martinez L: Homer Bailey SV: Bud Norris

Umpires — HP: Alan Porter · 1B: Bill Miller · 2B: Angel Hernandez · 3B: Todd Tichenor · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tommy Pham	4	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Carpenter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Martinez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	3	0	2	1	0	0
Greg Garcia	2	1	0	0	1	0
Harrison Bader	2	1	1	2	1	0
Kolten Wong	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Martinez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Yairo Munoz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Hamilton	5	1	1	1	0	2
Jose Peraza	3	0	1	0	1	1
Joey Votto	3	0	0	0	1	1
Scooter Gennett	4	0	0	0	0	2
Adam Duvall	4	1	2	1	0	0
Tucker Barnhart	2	0	1	0	2	0
Alex Blandino	4	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Ervin	3	0	0	0	0	3
Homer Bailey	2	0	0	0	0	2
Philip Gosselin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Devin Mesoraco	0	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Martinez	7.0	2	4	11
Tyler Lyons	1.0	1	0	0
Bud Norris	1.0	2	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Homer Bailey	7.0	4	2	4
Amir Garrett	1.2	1	0	2
Jared Hughes	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dexter Fowler: 7/F78S
Tommy Pham: 5/L56+
Matt Carpenter: K

Bot 1

Billy Hamilton: K
Jose Peraza: D9/L9LD+
Joey Votto: W
Scooter Gennett: 36(1)/FO/G34+.2-3
Adam Duvall: 64(1)/FO/G56+

Top 2

Jose Martinez: K
Yadier Molina: S8/G6M+
Greg Garcia: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Harrison Bader: HR/F9D+.1-H
Kolten Wong: 9/F9LD

Bot 2

Tucker Barnhart: W
Alex Blandino: 8/F8LD+
Phil Ervin: K
Homer Bailey: K

Top 3

Carlos Martinez: K
Dexter Fowler: 53/G15-
Tommy Pham: 8/L8LS

Bot 3

Billy Hamilton: 3/G34S-
Jose Peraza: W
Joey Votto: PO1(E1).1-2
Joey Votto: K
Scooter Gennett: WP.2-3
Scooter Gennett: K

Top 4

Matt Carpenter: 43/G4
Jose Martinez: 63/G6+
Yadier Molina: 43/G4+

Bot 4

Adam Duvall: D7/L78D+
Tucker Barnhart: W
Alex Blandino: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S.2-3
Phil Ervin: K

Top 5

Greg Garcia: 4/F4D-
Harrison Bader: W
Kolten Wong: CS2(26)
Kolten Wong: 7/F7LS

Bot 5

Homer Bailey: K
Billy Hamilton: K
Jose Peraza: K

Top 6

Carlos Martinez: 63/G6+
Dexter Fowler: K
Tommy Pham: 63/G6+

Bot 6

Joey Votto: 31/G34+
Scooter Gennett: K
Adam Duvall: 8/F8RS

Top 7

Matt Carpenter: 3/G3-
Jose Martinez: D9/L89XD+
Yadier Molina: S8/F8LXD+.2-H;BX2(84)
Greg Garcia: W
Harrison Bader: 9/F9LS

Bot 7

Tucker Barnhart: 13/G13S-
Alex Blandino: 8/F8LXD+
Phil Ervin: HP
Philip Gosselin: K

Top 8

Kolten Wong: 63/G6
Yairo Munoz: 43/G4M
Dexter Fowler: K

Bot 8

Billy Hamilton: HR/F78D+
Jose Peraza: E4/G4
Joey Votto: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Scooter Gennett: 43/G34+

Top 9

Tommy Pham: S9/L89S+
Matt Carpenter: CS2(26)
Matt Carpenter: K
Jose Martinez: 9/F9D

Bot 9

Adam Duvall: HR/F78XD+
Tucker Barnhart: S5/BG56S+.B-2(E5/TH)
Alex Blandino: K
Phil Ervin: K
Devin Mesoraco: HP
Billy Hamilton: 7/L7S

Notes & reviews

Rain delay of 2:36 before game started
Reds challenged call that throw had not gone out of play; call was overturned - batter awarded 2nd
Cardinals challenged call that Mesoraco was hit by pitch; call was upheld - hit by pitch

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