Reyes, back after a 15-month absence to recover from elbow surgery, threw 73 pitches and completed four innings. During that fourth inning a meeting on the mound included the team's head trainer, and Reyes did not come out for the fifth inning. By the end of the game, a club official said there has not been any information from the dugout or trainers' room on why Reyes was removed.
When Reyes left the game it was a scoreless tie. The Brewers took a lead against reliever John Gant, but the Cardinals answered with a two-run inning in the top of the seventh.