 earned the victory in relief. He went 1 2/3 innings.''I think our mindset is to be ready at any time right now and I think, as the season progresses - and the season obviously, it's a short season - but if we get some more games under our belt we're going to get a better feel for the way it's going play out, I think,'' Lorenzen said.Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.Genesis Cabrera (1-1) took the loss after working one inning. He was charged with three of the four runs on Davidson's homer, but all were unearned. Cabrera didn't allow a hit, but he walked one and hit a batter with a pitch.St. Louis came unraveled in the sixth after Cabrera retired the first two Reds batters. Harrison Bader made a long run into deep center in an attempt to snag Eugenio Suarez's drive and was in position to make the catch for the final out of the inning but the ball popped out of his glove.''It was a little funky,'' Bader said. ''I definitely should have caught it, there's no doubt. There's no doubt that ball needs to be caught.'' Cardinals shortstop Tommy Edman then dropped Bader's throw for a second error on the play, allowing Suarez to scoot into third base.Mike Moustakas walked and Cabrera plunked Phil Ervin to load the bases. Webb came in and gave up Davidson's homer.''He got behind and had to make a pitch. It's a tough spot for Tyler,'' Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. ''You came in with the bases loaded, got behind, made a pitch that clearly got more plate than anybody would have wanted except maybe Davidson, and the guy put a swing on it.'' Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani went 4 1/3 innings and gave up three hits. He walked four and struck out two.Dakota Hudson pitched one-hit ball through 4 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked two.The Cardinals led 2-0 going into the sixth. Kolton Wong scored on a fielder's choice in the fifth, and Bader came in on a bases-loaded walk in the third.MAKING UPCincinnati and Pittsburgh will make up games missed Aug. 15 and 16 after a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19 with doubleheaders Sept. 4 and 14. The first will be at Pittsburgh and the second in Cincinnati, though the Reds will serve as the home team for both extra games.TRANSACTIONThe Cardinals announced that RHP Alvaro Siejas was outrighted off the 40-man roster and removed from the 60-man player pool. The 21-year-old rookie hasn't pitched for St. Louis.UP NEXTReds: LHP Wade Miley (0-2, 16.20 ERA) has lasted only 1 2/3 innings in each of his two starts.Cardinals: LHP Kwang Hyun Kim (0-0, 3.86) gets his second start of the season after earning a save in his major league debut.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Reds-Cardinals PreviewThe St. Louis Cardinals will try to build on their dramatic comeback victory against the visiting Cincinnati Reds when the teams meet again Friday.The Cardinals trailed the Reds 4-2 in the ninth inning Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series at Busch Stadium. However, St. Louis rallied for three runs to earn its first home win since July 26.Dakota Hudson (0-2, 5.40 ERA) will take the mound Friday for the Cardinals. He allowed one run in four innings during his previous start on Sunday -- his first appearance since that July 26 game.While quarantined in their Milwaukee hotel due to the team's COVID-19 outbreak, Hudson and the rest of the Cardinals' staff had to improvise their workouts. They are still building their arm strength."It took me a second to get the breaking stuff going, but other than that, I felt pretty strong while I was out there," Hudson said. "I would say right now it's about mentally being locked in, and the physical part will come. As much as it stinks to say, it's really about getting our grasp on throwing to a catcher rather than throwing to a pillow or a mattress." Hudson was 3-0 with a 4.01 ERA in four starts against the Reds last season, and he made one other appearance against Cincinnati in 2018 when he pitched two scoreless innings.Eugenio Suarez (5-for-11, double, two homers, five RBIs), Mike Moustakas (3-for-7, two homers, four RBIs) and Jesse Winker (4-for-8, double) have all hit Hudson well.Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani (1-1, 6.23 ERA) is looking to rebound after struggling in his last outing, a 9-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He allowed all nine of those runs in just two innings.Prior to that, he allowed just five hits in 11 scoreless innings in his first two starts of the season."I think his (velocity) was fine. Just kind of sprayed the ball around a little bit, wasn't as sharp as I've seen before, clearly," Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart said after that game."We're used to seeing him so good. You're waiting for him to turn it around," Reds manager David Bell said. "They seemed like they were on everything. You hate to keep him out there when that's happening, but he's such a good pitcher." In this case, perhaps the Pirates picked up something in his mechanics that gave away what pitch was coming."We caught a little bit of a tip that he was tipping," Barnhart said. "I'd rather not say exactly what it was, but we caught a tip that he was tipping, so we feel like, for the most part, that we caught it. Obviously, a little bit too late." DeSclafani was 2-1 with a 2.42 ERA in five starts against the Cardinals last season. He is 7-3 with a 3.08 ERA in 15 career outings against them, including 14 starts.Several Cardinals have had success against him, including Matt Carpenter (13-for-28, two doubles, triple, four homers, six RBIs), Paul Goldschmidt (10-for-21, four doubles, three RBIs), Dexter Fowler (8-for-25, double, homer) and Harrison Bader (5-for-9, double).On the other hand, Kolten Wong is hitless in 21 at-bats against him.The Cardinals got catcher Yadier Molina back from the injured list Thursday, but shortstop Paul DeJong will need additional at-bats at the team's Springfield, Mo., camp before returning.--Field Level Media
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