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DeJong walked on a full count, Miller to second.

Walked on a full count, Miller to second.

Molina sacrificed, pitcher Iglesias to second baseman Moustakas, Miller to third, DeJong to second.

Sacrificed, pitcher Iglesias to second baseman Moustakas, Miller to third, DeJong to second.

Akiyama singled to center, Suárez scored, Moustakas to third.

Singled to center, Suárez scored, Moustakas to third.

Reds

Molina homered to left on the first pitch.

Barnhart homered to center on a 1-0 count, Akiyama scored.

Homered to center on a 1-0 count, Akiyama scored.

Votto singled to center, Akiyama scored, Casali to second.

Singled to center, Akiyama scored, Casali to second.

Cardinals second.  Miller homered to center on a 3-1 count.  DeJong walked on a full count.  Molina flied out to left fielder Akiyama.  Carpenter flied out to center fielder Goodwin.  O'Neill flied out to right fielder Castellanos.

Reds second.  Suárez doubled to left.  On Oviedo's wild pitch, Suárez to third.  Moustakas walked.  Goodwin struck out.  J.Garcia struck out.  Akiyama singled to center, Suárez scored, Moustakas to third.  Akiyama stole second.  Barnhart popped out to third baseman Carpenter.

Cardinals fifth.  Molina homered to left on the first pitch.  Carpenter popped out to left fielder Akiyama.  O'Neill doubled to center.  Thomas flied out to left fielder Akiyama.  Wong doubled to center, O'Neill scored.  Edman lined out to second baseman Moustakas.

Reds fifth.  J.Garcia flied out to right fielder Edman.  Akiyama was hit by a pitch.  Barnhart homered to center on a 1-0 count, Akiyama scored.  Votto grounded out, third baseman Carpenter to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Castellanos was hit by a pitch.  G.Cabrera pitching.  Winker grounded out, second baseman Wong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Reds ninth.  Gallegos pitching.  J.Garcia struck out.  Akiyama walked on four pitches.  Casali walked on a full count, Akiyama to second.  Votto singled to center, Akiyama scored, Casali to second.

The Cardinals took three of four from the Reds in their first meeting of the season from Aug. 20-23, limiting Cincinnati to 17 hits. It matches the fewest hits St. Louis pitchers have allowed in a four-game series in the live-ball era, along with the 17 hits the Cards permitted to Pittsburgh from May 7-10, 2001.

The Reds' .216 batting average is third worst in MLB, while their 53 home runs rank fifth in the majors. Their 23.5 percent of hits going for homers leads the majors and is the best in franchise history, beating out last season's 17.1 percent. The Cardinals' 11.1 percent of hits going for home runs is second worst in MLB, beating out only the Diamondbacks' 10.2 percent.

Cincinnati is 4-6 since Aug. 22, scoring six runs in each of those victories while batting .325, compared to totaling seven runs in those six losses while hitting .153. They are 9-1 when collecting at least nine hits in a game, and that .900 winning percentage trails only Tampa Bay's .923 (12-1) for the best in MLB in games with nine or more hits.

Jesse Winker is batting .400 with four homers, two doubles and seven RBI in his last six games but is 2-for-14 (.143) in four contests vs. the Cardinals this year. He has a 1.528 OPS with nobody on and nobody out -- the best in MLB among the 144 batters with at least 25 plate appearances in such situations.

Sonny Gray, who is scheduled to start Tuesday, tossed six innings of two-run ball against St. Louis on Aug. 20, and has a 1.59 ERA in four starts against the Cardinals with Cincinnati. Gray is the first Reds pitcher to allow two or fewer runs while throwing at least five innings in each of his first four starts against St. Louis with Cincinnati since Jose Rijo had five such starts in a row from 1989-92.

Paul Goldschmidt, MLB's leader in OBP at .461, has a .240/.348/.373 slash line in 22 games against the Reds since 2019 compared to slashing .319/.411/.598 against the rest of the NL Central. Since 2019, he has a 37.50 AB/HR ratio against Cincinnati compared to a 13.21 against the other NL Central teams.

HP - Lentz, 1B - Hernandez, 2B - Merzel, 3B - Little

While the St. Louis Cardinals have done relatively well during their grueling stretch of consecutive games, the Cincinnati Reds are trying to remain optimistic amid a disappointing 2020 campaign.
On Wednesday night, the visiting Cardinals can record a season-high fourth straight win with a series sweep of the struggling Reds, who have dropped four of their last five.

Cardinals go for sweep of sinking Reds

CINCINNATI (AP)  Joey Votto's single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove in Shogo Akiyama with the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Wednesday night.
Facing Giovanny Gallegos (1-1), Akiyama and Curt Casali walked with one out and Votto delivered a sharp line drive to right to send Akiyama sliding across the plate and extend his hitting streak to six games (9 for 20, .450) after sitting out three games.

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds on September 2, 2020

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