Masyn Winn's big day helps Cardinals keep rolling vs. Reds
Masyn Winn homered, doubled twice and scored twice, Kyle Leahy tossed five shutout innings and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals rolled past the host Cincinnati Reds 3-0 Tuesday night.
Leahy (10-4) allowed only a one-out single to Sal Stewart in the first, a one-out single to Ke'Bryan Hayes in the third and a leadoff single to Dane Myers in the fifth over his outing to win his third straight start.
The right-hander struck out six and walked none but was pulled after 90 pitches, while winning his fifth straight decision for the Cardinals, who have won four of their last five and six of eight. St. Louis is now 4-2 on their season-long 11-game road trip.
Leahy has pitched exactly five innings in all three of his August starts, allowing three combined runs for a 1.80 ERA with 20 strikeouts and no walks.
Ryne Stanek, Gordon Graceffo, George Soriano and Riley O'Brien each threw a hitless inning of relief to complete the shutout, with O'Brien working a 1-2-3 ninth for his 32nd save in 37 chances.
Cincinnati starter Andrew Abbott (6-8) managed to work into the seventh inning, throwing 4 1/3 scoreless innings before Winn's line-drive home run to left field with one out in the fifth. Abbott worked out of a jam in the second after Blaze Jordan reached on an Elly De La Cruz error and Winn doubled when Jose Fermin grounded out to short.
Winn, who also had a pair of stellar defensive plays at short, was at the heart of another rally in the seventh when he and Fermin laced back-to-back doubles for a 2-0 lead, chasing Abbott from the game. Abbott was charged with two runs on four hits over 6 1/3 innings, striking out six and walking two.
St. Louis tacked on its final insurance run in the eighth on Joshua Baez's sacrifice fly after Jordan Walker led off with a single and moved to third on Alec Burleson's double.
--Field Level Media