In the bottom of the first inning with two outs, Gennett's blooped single to short left field scored Billy Hamilton with the game's first run. With one out in the third inning, Zack Cozart walked and Joey Votto singled.
A bizarre moment followed when Eugenio Suarez's one-out sacrifice fly to foul territory in right field was challenged by the Cardinals because the ball skipped off the wall before it went into Stephen Piscotty's glove. St. Louis got the call overturned, and the out and run were taken off the board.