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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

2024-08-12 · Night game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 21682 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 4 mph to CF · 2:18

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Nolan Arenado singles on a ground ball to left fielder Will Benson. Willson Contreras scores. Tommy Pham to 2nd. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 3rd — Spencer Steer homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Jake Fraley scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Spencer Steer homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Jake Fraley scores — worth 22% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — sches901 (M): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

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

W: Andrew Abbott L: Sonny Gray SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stu Scheurwater · 1B: Mark Carlson · 2B: Dan Merzel · 3B: Jordan Baker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Masyn Winn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willson Contreras	4	1	1	0	0	1
Tommy Pham	3	0	0	0	1	3
Nolan Arenado	4	0	1	1	0	1
Paul Goldschmidt	4	0	2	0	0	0
Brendan Donovan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jordan Walker	3	0	0	0	1	1
Pedro Pages	3	0	1	0	0	0
Victor Scott	3	0	0	0	0	2
Lars Nootbaar	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Spencer Steer	3	2	2	5	1	1
Elly De La Cruz	4	1	2	1	0	2
Tyler Stephenson	4	0	0	0	0	2
TJ Friedl	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jeimer Candelario	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ty France	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Fraley	2	2	1	0	1	0
Noelvi Marte	3	0	0	0	0	2
Will Benson	2	1	0	0	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Gray	5.0	5	2	9
Kyle Leahy	1.2	0	0	1
Shawn Armstrong	1.1	1	1	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andrew Abbott	6.2	5	2	6
Jakob Junis	2.1	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Masyn Winn: 8/F8XD
Willson Contreras: 7/F78S
Tommy Pham: K

Bot 1

Spencer Steer: K
Elly De La Cruz: K
Tyler Stephenson: 7/L78D

Top 2

Nolan Arenado: K
Paul Goldschmidt: D8/F8XD+
Brendan Donovan: HP
Jordan Walker: W.2-3;1-2
Pedro Pages: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 2

TJ Friedl: K
Jeimer Candelario: K
Ty France: K

Top 3

Victor Scott: 13/BG13-
Masyn Winn: 9/F9
Willson Contreras: S8/G6M
Tommy Pham: W.1-2
Nolan Arenado: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Paul Goldschmidt: S4/G4M.2-3;1-2
Brendan Donovan: K

Bot 3

Jake Fraley: W
Noelvi Marte: SB2
Noelvi Marte: K
Will Benson: K
Spencer Steer: HR/F7D.2-H
Elly De La Cruz: HR/F89XD
Tyler Stephenson: K

Top 4

Jordan Walker: 63/G6D
Pedro Pages: 9/F9D
Victor Scott: K

Bot 4

TJ Friedl: 4/F89S
Jeimer Candelario: 31/G3
Ty France: 43/G34D

Top 5

Masyn Winn: 63/G56
Willson Contreras: 43/G4MS
Tommy Pham: K

Bot 5

Jake Fraley: S9/G34
Noelvi Marte: K+SB2
Will Benson: W
Spencer Steer: HR/F78XD.2-H;1-H
Elly De La Cruz: D9/L89D
Tyler Stephenson: 53/G56.2-3
TJ Friedl: 3/L3

Top 6

Nolan Arenado: 7/F7D
Paul Goldschmidt: 4/P4MD
Brendan Donovan: 7/F78S

Bot 6

Jeimer Candelario: K
Ty France: 43/G4
Jake Fraley: 7/F7L

Top 7

Jordan Walker: 8/L8D
Pedro Pages: S7/G6M
Victor Scott: K
Masyn Winn: FC6/G6.1-2(E6/TH);B-1
Willson Contreras: K

Bot 7

Noelvi Marte: 63/G6
Will Benson: 5/P56
Spencer Steer: W
Elly De La Cruz: SB2
Elly De La Cruz: K

Top 8

Tommy Pham: K
Nolan Arenado: 7/F78
Paul Goldschmidt: 2/P2F/FL

Bot 8

Tyler Stephenson: K
TJ Friedl: S6/G6
Jeimer Candelario: 8/F8
Ty France: 8/F1S

Top 9

Brendan Donovan: 43/G4
Jordan Walker: K
Lars Nootbaar: 7/F7LS

Notes & reviews

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol ejected by HP umpire Stu Scheurwater for arguing balls and strikes
Reds challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld.

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