Hunter Greene allowed one run through seven innings, Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Tuesday night to secure a win of the series between the NL Central rivals.
The hard-throwing Greene allowed four hits while striking out eight and walking one in notching his third straight win in a game played in one hour and 59 minutes.
“My body felt really good,” the All-Star pitcher said. “ able to get to all of my pitches. My release point felt great. Just felt super athletic and loose.”“That's for the people to decide,” he said. “I've already made up my mind of being one. I feel like my process has been solid. I've been as consistent as I could be. But there's still a lot of work to put in, and the season's not over yet.
Reds manager David Bell likes Greene's confidence and aggressiveness. Greene was still hitting 99 mph in his last inning of work. “He's pitching great,” Bell said. “I thought tonight just another step of attacking, conviction behind his pitches. I know hitters pick up on that, and it's just attack, attack, attack. I thought he did it with his best fastball tonight.”led off the second with a homer off the roof of the Cardinals bullpen in right, his 11th of the season.“I was just looking for a quality AB,” Candelario said. “I'm just putting myself in a great position to hit the ball hard and see what happens.
Cardinals starter Erick Fedde went six innings, giving up four runs and six hits and striking out two. He allowed both of Cincinnati's home runs.led off the seventh with a 400-foot homer into the left-field seats to cut the Reds lead to three in what would be Greene's last inning.“We haven’t come through in certain situations,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said."You have to grind out at-bats. Moving forward we have to be better. Greene is not a guy you get right against.
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