And when the right play is made in the field, a game can turn. Dakota Hudson, who would wind up with his second win as a starter, was losing 2-0 in the top of the third and Eugenio Suarez was heading home for a potential third run when he was thrown out at home by center fielder Dexter Fowler, who had fielded Jesse Winker’s single.
With the Reds lined up against Carpenter with four outfielders and only three infielders, Mahle walked Carpenter with one out in the Cardinals’ third, rendering the exaggerated shift meaningless. Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak to 13 games, one fewer than Yadier Molina, with a single to left.