Opening day in
Cincinnati had the St. Louis Cardinals playing against the Cincinnati Reds: two
divisional rivals, both seeking a playoff appearance for the third consecutive
year. The Great American Ballpark—in Cincinnati, Ohio—has held opening day for
the Reds ever since 1990.The last thing that any fan would have expected was
for the game to be a shutout, which has not happened since 1953.
The two starting
pitchers, Adam Wainwright for the Cardinals and Johnny Cueto for the Reds, went
7 innings and held batters to a combined 6 hits. After being hit by a line
drive in the first inning on his left wrist, Cueto allowed only one run and
struck out 8; meanwhile, Wainwright fanned 9 batters and gave the Cardinals a
1-0 victory.
The St. Louis Cardinals’
Yadier Molina broke the scoreless tie in the seventh inning with a solo home
run to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. In addition, the first baseman Matt Adams
had two of the five hits for the Cardinals, displaying opposite field
tendencies. As for Cincinnati, right fielder, Jay Bruce, and the Reds could not
take advantage of two 8th inning errors: one was made by the second baseman
Kolten Wong and the other was made by Matt Adams. Cincinnati had runners on
first and third with no outs when Bruce grounded into a fielder’s choice, while
Brandon Phillips was tagged out at third during a run-down.
The series will continue
Wednesday, April 2nd, when Michael Wacha and the Cardinals 1-0 face Tony Cingrani and
the Reds 0-1.
References:
Heather Ahles
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