Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals

ST. LOUIS – For the first six innings of Friday’s series opener at Busch Stadium, it appeared as though the Reds’ frustrations in St. Louis this season would reach new heights. Having been swept here on June 5-7, Cincinnati knew all too well the struggles of being handled on the road by a division rival, and it was at risk of frittering away an outstanding performance by starter Rhett Lowder. And in stepped Geno. Eugenio Suárez crushed a 1-0 slider from Cardinals reliever George Soriano to the concourse behind the visitors’ bullpen in the seventh inning, launching a two-run shot that flipped a one-run deficit to a one-run lead on the way to a 4-2 Reds victory. “That one, I knew I got it really well,” said Suárez of the clout that traveled a Statcast-projected 435 feet. “This ballpark, the fans always \[are\