Yadier Molina has been Public Enemy No. 1 inside Great American Ball Park the past few seasons, typically drawing a chorus of boos whenever his name is whispered at the stadium. The boos weren’t as pronounced Thursday, but Molina’s reputation for being a thorn in the side of the Reds was only enhanced.
Molina went 3-for-4, including a single with the bases loaded to break a tie in the top of the eighth inning, as the Cardinals rallied to beat the Reds, 3-2.
“Yadi is, gosh, he’s been a Reds killer for years and years and years,” Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright said. “I think one time, it was Opening Day a few years back against the Reds and [Johnny] Cueto, he hit a home run and we won, 1-0. He’s the guy you want up in a big spot.”
Molina’s single off Cincinnati reliever Ross Ohlendorf (4-5) brought home Aledmys Diaz with what proved to be the winning run as the Cardinals took two of three games in their first visit to Cincinnati this season. St. Louis reliever Seung Hwan Oh (2-0) pitched a perfect seventh inning to earn the win, while Trevor Rosenthal picked up his 11th save of the season with a perfect ninth inning.
Wainwright got off to a rough start Thursday as the Reds scored twice against him on two hits in the first inning to take the early lead. Jay Bruce had an RBI groundout, while Adam Duvall laced an RBI single, but the Cardinals got one run back in the second inning on an RBI single by Brandon Moss.
That’s when both starting pitchers got stingy. Wainwright retired 14 batters in a row, while Reds lefty Brandon Finnegan retired 12 in a row before walking Matt Carpenter with one out in the sixth inning. Carpenter went to second base on a balk by Finnegan, called by home-plate umpire Jerry Meals, and then scored on an RBI single by Diaz to tie the game at 2.
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