By: Coop
Perhaps the biggest rivalry in baseball right now is the Reds vs. Cardinals. Today the Reds were playing visitor to those Cards, hoping to gain ground in the NL Central. The best-buddies were on the hill today, Johnny Cueto and Chris Carpenter, and by best-buddies I mean enemies. Both pitchers were great, but Carpenter was just a little better. The Cards won 1-0.
All it took was an 8th inning RBI single by Mark Hamilton.
Carpenter went 8 innings, gave up 6 hits, no runs, walked 1, and fanned 3.
Cueto pitched well enough to win, but had zero run support, which is an odd thing, usually the Reds give him tons of run support. Johnny went 8 innings giving up just 1 run, off of 6 hits, and 3 walks.
The Reds are now 3 games back and St. Louis is in 1st place alone. But, if the Reds win the next two games here in St. Louis, and win the series in Milwaukee they could actually be in 1st place at the break.
Tomorrow the Reds will send Edinson Volquez to the hill while Jamie Garcia will pitch for the little red birds. Game time is set for 8:15 PM ET and you can catch it on Fox Sports Ohio.
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