22 September, 2017
The visiting Cardinals have swatted six homers and scored 17 runs over the past two nights and look to complete a three-game sweep of the Reds on Thursday night at Great American Ball Park. The hot stretch has the Cardinals' middle-of-the-order hitter batting.270/.367/.504 with 18 homers, 61 RBI, 67 runs scored and six steals in 111 games this year. Sep.
Carlos Martinez (12-11) lasted 6 1/3 innings on a muggy night with a gametime temperature of 85 degrees, allowing four runs and nine hits.
Jose Martinez doubled in Fowler in the first inning.
Homer Bailey (5-9) became the third consecutive Reds starter to be lifted without getting through five innings.
Matt Carpenter, Tommy Pham, Kolten Wong and Martinez all added two hits for the Cardinals.