St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
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Hays hits tiebreaking homer and Reds deck Cards 7-4 to stop 5-game slide
Elly De La Cruz hit his 28th double leading off the fifth inning against Andre Pallante (6-13), and Hays followed with his 12th homer for a 5-3 lead.
Hays doubled and scored on Ke’Bryan Hayes’ two-out single for a 6-4 lead in the seventh, and McLain capped the scoring with his 13th homer — a solo shot off Andre Granillo in the eighth.
Singer (12-9) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and no walks. Tony Santillan struck out the side in the eighth and Emilio Pagán did the same in the ninth for his 26th save.
Nolan Gorman's sacrifice fly and a two-out base hit by Thomas Saggese gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead in the first.
Hayes had an RBI single and TJ Friedl drove in two with a two-out single to put the Reds up 3-2 in the second.
Cardinals rookie Jimmy Crooks homered off Sam Moll in the seventh for his first big league hit in his first start behind the plate to cut it to 5-4.
Pallante gave up five runs — two earned — on six hits and four walks in five innings.
Cardinals RHP Sonny Gray (12-7, 4.19) pitches Monday in the first of three against the Athletics, who will send out rookie RHP Luis Morales (2-0, 1.19).
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Church struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Crooks struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Walker struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Prieto reached on infield single to first. |
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9th Inning | Pagán relieved Santillan |
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8th Inning | De La Cruz popped out to shortstop. |
Statistics
 STL |
 CIN |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 2 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 8 | Ground Balls | 9 |
| 15 | Strikeouts | 11 |
| 4 | Runs Batted In | 7 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 7 | Hits | 10 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 0 | Walks | 5 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 4 | Runs | 7 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 2 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 32 | At Bats | 34 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 13 | Runners Left On Base | 15 |
| 1 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 2 |
| 11 | Fly Balls | 14 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 155 | Pitches | 152 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 12 | Total Bases | 18 |
| 36 | Plate Appearances | 39 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 2 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 3.3 | Runs Created | 6.6 |
| .219 | Batting Average | .294 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .375 | Slugging Percentage | .529 |
| .156 | Secondary Average | .382 |
| .250 | On Base Percentage | .385 |
| .625 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .914 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| 3.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 7.1 |
| 28.5 | Batter Rating | 48.0 |
| 32.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 17.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.31 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.90 |
| .156 | Isolated Power | .235 |
| 0.00 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.45 |
| .000 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .128 |
| -.063 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .088 |
| 8.0 | Runs Produced | 14.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
| 0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 77.0 | MLB Rating | 93.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 27,238 | Capacity:
2025 National League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Milwaukee |
- | 54 | L2 | 0.6115108 | 85 |
 Chicago |
5 | 59 | W2 | 0.5755396 | 80 |
| Cincinnati |
15 | 69 | L1 | 0.50359714 | 70 |
| St. Louis |
16.5 | 71 | W1 | 0.49285713 | 69 |
 Pittsburgh |
23 | 77 | W1 | 0.44604316 | 62 |