Cardinals end 5-game skid, beat Reds 3-2

September 4, 2010

ST. LOUIS (AP)—Rookie Jaime Garcia(notes) beat the Reds for the fourth time, haltingthe St. Louis Cardinals’ five-game losing streak and ending Cincinnati’sfour-game run in a 3-2 victory on Friday night.

St. Louis scored in consecutive innings for the first time in seven games,getting two in the first and one in the second. Jon Jay(notes) had an RBI triple andAlbert Pujols(notes) followed with a sacrifice fly in the first, and Brendan Ryan(notes)singled, went to third on Garcia’s double and scored on Skip Schumaker’s(notes)groundout in the second.

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Paul Janish(notes) homered with one out in the third to end Garcia’s run of 22 2-3innings without allowing an earned run. The 23-year-old left-hander also allowedJonny Gomes’(notes) RBI double in the fourth. Garcia (13-6) lasted 6 2-3 innings andadded two hits off Bronson Arroyo(notes) (14-9).

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