St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

67-63, 32-33 Away

Final

71-62, 36-30 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
T. Edman2B	0-3	1	0	0	.266
P. Goldschmidt1B	1-3	1	1	2	.286
D. CarlsonRF	1-4	1	0	0	.260
N. Arenado3B	2-4	0	0	0	.255
T. O'NeillLF	2-4	0	0	1	.273
Y. MolinaC	0-4	0	0	0	.253
E. SosaSS	0-4	0	0	0	.273
H. BaderCF	1-4	0	0	0	.238
J. LesterP	1-3	0	0	0	.194
T.J. McFarlandP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
L. GarciaP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
P. DeJongPH	0-1	0	0	0	.200
G. GallegosP	0-0	0	0	0	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Lester	6.1	1	1	2	5	86-54	5.05
T.J. McFarland	1.1	1	0	0	1	18-13	1.61
L. Garcia	0.1	0	0	0	0	7-4	2.66
G. Gallegos	1.0	0	0	0	1	14-11	3.02

According to ESPN Analytics

STL

CIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Great American Ball Park

6:40 AM, 31 August 2021

Cincinnati, Ohio

Attendance: 10,773

Game Time:2:47

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mark Ripperger
First Base Umpire - Cory Blaser
Second Base Umpire - John Tumpane
Third Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi

Lester sharp, Goldschmidt HR, Cardinals move up, beat Reds

— Jon Lester allowed one hit while pitching into the seventh inning, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals inched closer to the slumping Cincinnati Reds in the NL wild-card race with a 3-1 win Monday night.

Aug 31, 2021, 10:55 am - AP


STL
CIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	8	1
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0

Scoring Summary

		STL	CIN
1st	Goldschmidt homered to right (365 feet), Edman scored.	2	0
2nd	Farmer homered to left (391 feet).	2	1
6th	O'Neill reached on infield single to third, Carlson scored.	3	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Cardinals
3
Reds
1

Game 1

31/8

Cardinals
-
Reds
-

Game 2

1/9

Cardinals
5
Reds
4

Game 2

2/9

Cardinals
2
Reds
12

Game 3

2/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	32	20	.615	-	W2
St. Louis	29	24	.547	3.5	L3
Cincinnati	29	25	.537	4	W3
Pittsburgh	29	26	.527	4.5	W3
Chicago	29	26	.527	4.5	L10

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

Win Probability

Game Information

Lester sharp, Goldschmidt HR, Cardinals move up, beat Reds

J. Lester5-6

L. Castillo7-14

G. Gallegos3

Scoring Summary

Inning

2026 National League Central Standings

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