As heard on WTIM The Big 870, the St. Louis Cardinals were defeated 3-0 by the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday evening. The Reds scored 3 in the fifth and chased Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante from the game. Pallante finished with 5 innings, 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 5 walks, and 6 strikeouts. Brendan Donovan for the Cardinals went 3-4 in the losing effort with 3 of the 8 hits for St. Louis. The Reds Rhett Lowder pitched 5 innings giving up 5 hits and striking out 3. 3B Santiago Espinal went 2-4 for the Reds.
The Cardinals fall to 72-72 on the season. The Cardinals and Reds play today at 6:45 PM.
