CINCINNATI — After starting twice at right field and twice at third base on the Cardinals’ six-game trip, Tommy Edman turned up at second base Sunday, replacing the Cardinals’ hottest hitter lately, Kolten Wong. Nary a beat was skipped.
Edman singled in his first two at-bats and then homered in his third, keying a two-run fifth inning that propelled the Cardinals to a big lead over the Cincinnati Reds.
The bullpen then helped — and also hurt — as Jack Flaherty gained his seventh win, 5-4, and his third in succession. Giovanny Gallegos got a double play to end the sixth.