Jake Westbrook pitched a complete game shutout in a 10-0 win over the Reds this afternoon. The Cardinals have now won two straight series after losing the series opener to the Diamondbacks in Arizona. Westbrook only gave up 5 hits and struck out 3 batters with his pitch count at 111.
The game was scoreless going into the Bottom of the 5th as Westbrook and Bailey looked like they were headed in for a pitchers duel, but the Cardinals scored 4 runs, all of those runs coming with 2 outs as Jay and Beltran homered in that inning. The offense continued in the Bottom of the 6th with 4 more runs, with homers from Matt Adams and Matt Carpenter, as Carpenter was a triple away from the cycle. The Cardinals racked off 2 more runs in the Bottom of the 8th, as Adams scored in two runs, and even Jake Westbrook delivered with an RBI.
The Cardinals take the series 2-1 against the Reds. It's early in the season, but the Reds and Cardinals are expected to compete for the NL Central Division. Strong pitching and hitting has led the Cardinals in this series. The only concern for the Cardinals this series was the bullpen in Game 1 as they led 4-2 heading into the 7th, but gave up 9 runs in the 9th as the Reds took Game 1 of the series to win 13-4.
The Cardinals have the day off tomorrow as they start a 3 game weekend series with another NL Central rival in the Brewers, as former Cardinal pitcher Kyle Losh is now with Milwaukee.
Friday: 7:15 CT (Gallardo vs Miller)
Saturday: 3:15 CT (Estrada vs Wainwright)
Sunday: 1:15 CT (Peralta vs Garcia)
All games can be seen on FS Midwest or you can listen to the games on KMOX 1120 AM.
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