St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
Final
Recap
CINCINNATI -- Bryan Torres hit a two-run homer and also singled in his major league debut at age 28, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 Saturday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Jordan Walker also hit a two-run homer and Andre Pallante (5-4) allowed one run and two hits over six innings in the makeup of Friday's rainout. Pallante retiring his last 13 batters. Torres, who first played minor league ball in 2015, hit seventh and played left field. He worked a full-count walk from Chris Paddack (0-6) in the second, singled on a cutter in the fourth, grounded out in the sixth, flied out in the seventh and homered to right-center on a fastball from Jose Franco in the ninth.
Team stats
9Hits10
2Home runs2
5Walks5
6Strikeouts16
0Stolen bases0
173Pitches thrown168
16Pitching strikeouts6
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yohel PozoC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan TorresLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jordan WalkerRF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose FerminPH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan HerreraDH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Masyn WinnSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Scott IICF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro PagesC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle LeahyP | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Riley O'BrienP | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gordon GraceffoP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| JoJo RomeroP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan FernandezP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Justin BruihlP | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |