MLB Game Recap - St. Louis at Cincinnati
Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:10 PM EDT

SD
5
CHC
6
F
PHI
6
PIT
1
F
COL
2
NYY
8
F
BOS
2
BAL
11
F
STL
12
CIN
11
F
TOR
12
DET
1
F
CHW
9
TB
2
F
KC
5
CLE
10
F
WSH
3
ATL
4
F
OAK
5
MIN
3
F
TEX
3
HOU
4
F
MIL
7
ARI
10
F
LAA
0
SEA
10
F
MIA
1
LAD
2
F
NYM
0
SF
1
F(10)

July 19, 2019 7:10 PM

Final

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

St. Louis

0

0

0

0

0

10

2

0

0

12

11

0

Cincinnati

0

0

4

3

0

0

0

2

2

11

18

1

W: Wacha (6-4)

L: Hughes (3-3)

S: Martinez (7)

STL - HR: Martinez (9) , DeJong (15)

CIN - HR: Lavarnway 2 (2)

Martinez, Cards score 10 runs in 6th, rally past Reds 12-11
Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:08 AM

CINCINNATI (AP) Even from the training room, Adam Wainwright could sense something brewing.

"You just had that feeling," he said. "Every one of those guys said, `We've got you.'

Jose Martinez homered and singled and Paul DeJong added a two-run double during a 10-run rally in the sixth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a seven-run deficit Friday night for a wild 12-11 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Down 7-0, the Cardinals put together their biggest inning of the season on the way to their sixth win in seven games.

Wainwright was rocked for nine hits and seven runs in 3 1/3 innings but ran out in shorts and a T-shirt to pass out high fives after the big inning.

"There wouldn't have been a comeback if I hadn't pitched terrible," he added, jokingly.

Jesse Winker hit a two-out, two-run single in the ninth off Cardinals closer Carlos Martinez. But Joey Votto grounded out with runners at the corners to give Martinez his seventh save.

Journeyman catcher Ryan Lavarnway hit two homers, doubled and drove in a career-high six runs for Cincinnati in his first game in the majors this season. Released by the Yankees this week after hitting .213 in a Triple-A backup role, Lavarnway was signed by the Reds after a series of injuries left them thin behind the plate.

The 31-year-old Lavarnway, who had played a total of 12 games in the big leagues in the last four seasons, went 3 for 4 with a walk.

Wainwright's career ERA against the Reds jumped from 5.01 to 5.31, his worst against major league team.

Michael Wacha (6-4) wound up with the win, allowing three hits in 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

Jose Martinez had an infield single that loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth against Tyler Mahle. After DeJong's two-run double off Matt Bowman made it 7-5, a two-out error by Votto at first base let the Cardinals tie it.

Martinez capped the comeback with a three-run homer off Jared Hughes (3-3).

DeJong added a long two-run homer in the seventh, his second in two nights off Robert Stephenson.

"We can get the homers late to bury teams, but passing the baton is huge," DeJong said. "Getting base hits and infield singles is a way we can score runs."

Lavarnway hit a three-run homer in the fourth that finished Wainwright for his first home run in the big leagues since Aug. 23, 2015, for Atlanta. Lavarnway added a two-run shot in the eighth for his first multihomer game since hitting two for Boston on Sept. 27, 2011.

"I was just enjoying it," he said. "I've been up and down so many times. You never know when it's going to be your last one. Earlier in my career, I didn't let myself enjoy the highs. I tried to be stoic. I tried to be Jason Varitek. I'm like a cat with nine lives right now. I'm grateful for the opportunity."

MAGIC SIXTH

The Cardinals rode a big sixth to a win for the second straight night. They scored five in the sixth on Thursday to grab a 7-3 lead on the way to a 7-4 win.

MONEY'S WORTH

Cincinnati 3B Eugenio Suarez and manager David Bell were ejected between the first and second innings by plate umpire Carlos Torres for arguing balls and strikes. Bell's ejection was a club-record seventh of the season, breaking a tie with Clark Griffith, who had six each in 1909 and 1910. The Reds lead the majors with 15 ejections.

NEW GROUND

Jose Peraza made his first career appearance at third base after Suarez's ejection, pushing to five the number of positions he's played this season. Peraza has appeared at shortstop, second base, left field and center field.

BIG DEBUT

Lavarnway became the first player with six RBIs in his Reds debut since RBIs became an official statistic in 1920, according to the Reds.

BIG INNINGS

Cincinnati allowed as many as 10 runs in an inning for the first time since July 26, 2015, in the third inning at Coors Field.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Cardinals: OF Marcell Ozuna can resume baseball activities after the swelling in his injured right hand decreased and he went through an encouraging workout on Thursday at Busch Stadium. He's been out since June 29 with hand and finger fractures. . The Cardinals hope INF Matt Carpenter can start a minor league rehab assignment sometime in the next week. Carpenter went on the 10-day IL on June 16 with a right foot contusion.

Reds: LHP Alex Wood, out all season with lower back problems, is scheduled to throw a bullpen in Cincinnati on Saturday to get ready for his fourth rehab start on Monday for Double-A Chattanooga at Birmingham.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: The Reds roughed up RHP Miles Mikolas (6-9) for six hits, including three home runs, and four runs in five innings of a 12-1 St. Louis loss on April 26.

Reds: RHP Luis Castillo (9-3) pitching six innings of two-hit, one-run ball in a 4-1 Cincinnati win at St. Louis on June 4.

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Pitchers of Record

St. Louis IP H ER BB K ERA WHIP
M. Wacha (W, 6-4) 1.2 3 0 0 1 0.00 1.800
C. Martinez (S, 7) 1 2 2 2 2 18.00 4.000
Cincinnati IP H ER BB K ERA WHIP
J. Hughes (L, 3-3) 0.1 2 0 1 1 0.00 9.000

Batting Leaders

St. Louis AB H R HR RBI BB TB SB RC
J. Martinez 3 2 2 1 3 1 5 0 3.9
P. DeJong 4 2 2 1 4 0 6 0 1.5
Cincinnati AB H R HR RBI BB TB SB RC
R. Lavarnway 4 3 3 2 6 1 10 0 8.2
D. Dietrich 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.0

Team Comparison

STL CIN
At Bats 36 43
Hits 11 18
Batting Average .306 .419
On Base Percentage .341 .468
Slugging Percentage 0.528 0.628
Doubles 2 3
Triples 0 0
Home Runs 2 2
Total Bases 19 27
Walks 3 4
Strikeouts 8 10
Stolen Bases 1 0
Caught Stealing 0 1
Runners Left On Base 2 9
Hits / At Bats with Runners In Scoring Position 5/9 5/12
Double Plays Fielded 3 6
Errors 0 1

2019 Reg Season - STL Leads Series 6-3

Date Result Winner Loser
Sat Apr 13 STL 2 @ CIN 5 J. Hughes A. Wainwright
Sun Apr 14 STL 9 @ CIN 5 J. Gant A. Garrett
Fri Apr 26 CIN 12 @ STL 1 A. DeSclafani M. Mikolas
Sat Apr 27 CIN 3 @ STL 6 D. Hudson T. Mahle
Sun Apr 28 CIN 2 @ STL 5 J. Flaherty S. Gray
Tue Jun 4 CIN 4 @ STL 1 L. Castillo G. Cabrera
Thu Jun 6 CIN 1 @ STL 3 J. Gant M. Lorenzen
Thu Jul 18 STL 7 @ CIN 4 D. Hudson R. Stephenson
Fri Jul 19 STL 12 @ CIN 11 M. Wacha J. Hughes

Game Information

Stadium: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 37,652
Game Time: 3:49
Weather: 92F, Partly Cloudy
Wind:
Umpires: Home Plate - ?, First Base - ?, Second Base - ?, Third Base - ?