By MATT PIKE
The St. Louis Cardinals had their five game winning streak snapped, falling in the series finale to the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon 4-1.
The Reds took the lead quickly in the matchup, Matt McLain hitting a solo home run with one out in the top of the first inning. In the bottom of the second inning, the Cardinals tied the game up with their lone run, coming off the bat of the man who gave them the walk off hit on Saturday night, Yohel Pozo singling home Nolan Arenado who singled to open the inning.
Back to back doubles from Jose Trevino and Jake Fraley gave Cincinnati the lead back in the fifth inning, before the Reds extended the lead later in the inning with a sacrifice fly by TJ Friedl. The final run scored in the sixth inning as Elly De La Cruz came home on a groundout by Gavin Lux.
Miles Mikolas took the loss for the Cardinals, falling to 4-5 on the season, pitching five innings and giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits while striking out six and walking one. At the plate, St. Louis got just three hits on the day, Pozo going 1-for-3 with the RBI.
St. Louis next welcomes Chicago to Busch Stadium for an NL Central clash. Matthew Liberatore (4-6, 4.08 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Ben Brown (4-5, 5.57 ERA) for the Cubs. First pitch is at 6:45pm, and will join near the start at 6:35 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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