CINCINNATI — Nick Martinez pitched six glowing innings, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 on Monday evening for his or her fifth straight win.
Martinez (1-3) allowed one run and 5 hits within the opener of a seven-game homestand. Graham Ashcraft and Tony Santillan every received three outs earlier than Emilio Pagán completed the five-hitter for his eighth save.
Jose Trevino homered for Cincinnati, and Noelvi Marte drove within the go-ahead run together with his first profession triple.
Reds star Elly De La Cruz doubled within the first to increase his hitting streak to a career-high 12 video games, and Gavin Lux collected three hits, together with two doubles, to run his hitting streak to a career-best 12.
St. Louis right-hander Andre Pallante (2-2) allowed three runs and 6 hits in six innings.
Lars Nootbaar doubled and scored on Nolan Arenado’s two-out double within the first towards Martinez. However the Reds tied it when Trevino hit a leadoff drive within the third for his second homer.
Lux singled and scored on Marte’s triple within the fourth, and Lux doubled dwelling Austin Hays within the sixth.
Cincinnati’s Matt McLain singled within the seventh to finish a career-worst 0-for-21 droop.
Key second
The Cardinals had two on and no person out within the fifth. Trevino pounced on a Masyn Winn bunt and threw to 3rd for the primary out, and Martinez escaped the jam when he induced a double-play grounder from Nootbaar.
Key stat
Cincinnati started the day tied for third within the majors with 150 runs scored, and its beginning pitchers boasted the fifth-best ERA at 3.39.
Up subsequent
Miles Mikolas (0-2, 5.70 ERA) begins Tuesday for the Cardinals. Brady Singer (4-0, 3.62 ERA) goes for the Reds, who’ve scored 42 runs in his 5 begins.
