CINCINNATI (AP) — Jon Lester allowed one hit whereas pitching into the seventh inning, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals inched nearer to the slumping Cincinnati Reds within the NL wild-card race with a 3-1 win Monday night time.
The Cardinals closed inside 2 1/2 video games of Cincinnati for the second wild-card spot. San Diego is in between them.
The Reds have scored one run in every of their final three video games, all losses.
Lester (5-6), in his sixth begin for St. Louis since being acquired from Washington on July 30, retired 16 consecutive batters after giving up his solely hit, Kyle Farmer’s second-inning leadoff residence run.
The veteran left-hander walked two and struck out 5 in 6 1/3 innings, incomes his fourth straight win after shedding his first two begins with the Cardinals.
T.J. McFarland allowed a success in 1 1/3 innings and Luis Garcia obtained the final out of the eighth earlier than Giovanny Gallegos pitched the ninth for his third save.
The Cardinals wanted simply two batters to seize a 2-0 lead. Luis Castillo (7-14) walked Tommy Edman, the reigning NL Participant of the Week, to guide off the sport. Goldschmidt adopted with an opposite-field homer to proper, his twenty second of the season and eleventh in 41 profession video games at Nice American Ball Park.
St. Louis added a run within the sixth when Dylan Carlson doubled and later scored on Tyler O’Neill’s dribbler up the third bottom line.
Farmer’s homer was his twelfth of the season, including to his single-season profession excessive. He snapped a 0-for-14 stoop.
Castillo lasted six innings, giving up 5 hits and three runs with two walks and eight strikeouts. He has misplaced 4 of his final 5 begins after three straight wins.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: RHP Brad Brach (proper shoulder impingment) started a rehab task at Triple-A Louisville on Monday. He’s been on the injured checklist since August 8.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (0-1) is scheduled to make his fourth begin of the season and second since getting back from his second stint on the injured checklist (proper forearm).
Reds: RHP Sonny Grey (6-6) has strung collectively a season-high 13 consecutive scoreless innings over his final two begins.
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