CINCINNATI • For the third game in succession, the Cardinals scored only on solo home runs. For the third game in succession, they lost to a second-division team Saturday evening.
Jedd Gyorko’s first-inning homer, his 25th of the season, and the Cardinals’ fourth homer in the past three days, got the Cardinals off to a fast start. The drive extended their streak of consecutive games in which they had homered to 22. It was also the end of their scoring as they fell to Cincinnati 9-1 despite eight walks from the Reds’ pitching, seven by starter Dan Straily.