The Cincinnati Reds (0-1) were hosting the St. Louis Cardinals (1-0), Monday to start the 2010 season. The Cardinals had Chris Carpenter on the hill while the Reds had Aaron Harang pitching on Opening Day for the fifth year in a row. The Reds hit two long balls off of the Cards ace, but that was not enough to give the Reds a win. The fianl score of this one, the Cardinals win 11-6.
The losing pitcher is Aaron Harang, who gave up four runs, three earned, five hits, two walks, and a pair of strikeouts. In the first inning, Harang was a strike away from a one-two-three inning, but batting was you know who, Albert Pujols. Pujols picked up the season right where he left off in 2009, he hit a solo home run to give St. Louis a 1-0 lead, from that point on, they never looked back. In the fourth inning, Colby Rasmus hit a solo home run off of Harang to make it 2-0, then later on the Cards got another run when David Freese hit a RBI single to score Alber Pujols to make it 3-0.
The Reds would get on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Joey Votto hit a solo home run to left field, it was a two run ballgame. In the same inning, Scott Rolen hit a solo home run to left to make it 3-2. In the seventh inning, it was a 4-2 game, but Pujols increased the lead for St. Louis with a two-run home run off of Mike Lincoln to make it 6-2. In the ninth, the Cardinals added five more runs, as if they needed them. Four of the runs came off of a grand slam by Yadier Molina. The Reds squeezed in six runs in this game, but I only talked about two, and that is all I will talk about.
So after the Reds lose another Opener, they will have tomorrow off and will resume play on Wednesday at 7:10 PM ET, it will be televised on FS Ohio. The pitching match-up will be Adam Wainwright for the Cards and Johnny Cueto or Bronson Arroyo for the Reds.
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