It came with controversy, but the Cardinals, behind a walk-off RBI double by Yadier Molina, overcame their own bullpen blip to grab a critical 4-3 victory over the Reds at Busch Stadium on Thursday. The win put pressure on the Giants, who defeated the Rockies late on Thursday to keep St. Louis a game back […]

With one mighty and emotional swing, Aledmys Diaz paid honor to a lost friend and jolted the Cardinals, who rode that spark to a rout of the Reds to keep pace in the National League Wild Card race. Diaz’s grand slam, one of five homers the Cardinals hit on Tuesday, and a gutsy performance from […]

In a season in which the Brewers came away with a winning home record even while beginning to rebuild, the Reds spoiled the season finale at Miller Park on Sunday afternoon. Cincinnati left-hander Brandon Finnegan only allowed three hits and no walks over five scoreless innings and the Reds jumped out to an early lead […]

The march to 100 wins rolled steadily along for the Cubs. Led by Miguel Montero’s three hits and three RBIs, a three-game series sweep came without much difficulty as the Cubs claimed their 97th victory — 9-2 over the Reds on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field. Chicago is three shy of its first 100-win season […]

The postseason is two weeks away, and even though the National League Central-champion Cubs are waiting for other teams to get in, pitcher Jon Lester’s foot is nowhere close to lifting off the gas. Not only did Lester pitch seven robust innings to pick up his NL-high 18th win, he provided the game’s first run […]

In their first two meetings this season, Ivan Nova baffled the Reds. Cincinnati figured him out Sunday afternoon at Great American Ball Park, forcing him out after three innings and cruising to a 7-4 win. Joey Votto had four hits and homered, Scott Schebler tacked on three hits and Tucker Barnhart drove in four runs […]

The Brewers may be 16 games under .500, but when Junior Guerra pitches, they look like a different team. Guerra tossed six impressive innings on Wednesday to propel the Brewers to a 7-0 win over the Reds at Great American Ball Park, helping them to avoid a sweep. The win improves the Brewers’ record in […]

The Pirates’ September slide continued Sunday afternoon with the Reds’ 8-0 win at PNC Park. Still mathematically alive in the National League Wild Card race, but fading fast with little time remaining, Pittsburgh has dropped 11 of its past 13 games. At a time where the Bucs can afford few, if any, mistakes, they made […]

The Pirates no longer needed a stopper-type performance from Ivan Nova after they ended their eight-game losing streak on Wednesday. They needed to start the makings of a roll and build momentum to improve their fading postseason hopes. In either function, Nova was the right guy for the job. Nova went the distance again on […]