Typically, playing the St. Louis Cardinals is a chance to knock off a team at the top of the National League Central. However, this season the Cincinnati Reds are battling their divisional rival to get out of the cellar.
Splitting the four-game series at two a piece wasn’t enough to do that though. Thursday afternoon’s pitching duel went to the Cardinals by the score of 2-1 to even up the series. St. Louis is now 23-29 on the season while Cincinnati fell to 21-29.
After getting swept by the Yankees over the weekend, the Reds finished their home stand with just a 2-5 record.