CINCINNATI -- Great American Ball Park has quickly become the unfriendly confines for the Cardinals in their second-half postseason push.
After jumping out to an early lead via a Jedd Gyorko solo homer in the first, the Cardinals' bats went silent, sending them to a 9-1 loss, their third straight and their third in their past four games in Cincinnati.
After the first inning, the Cardinals mustered just three more hits but still had opportunities after coaxing a career-high seven walks from Reds starter Dan Straily. Straily was able to work his way out of jams, though, pitching 5 2/3 innings of three-hit, one-run baseball.