CINCINNATI — At the stadium his teammate Adam Wainwright called “The Devil’s Lair” because of the horrors it's inflicted on his ERA in Cincinnati, Steven Matz continued a downward trend that began with a tumble right there at Great American Ball Park.
From the start – as he allowed four runs and four hits before he could find a third out – Matz remained winless on the season and could not maintain any momentum from recent starts.
Building from the six runs they scored on Matz, the Cincinnati Reds did what GABP demands to tame its devilish dimensions and kept adding on. The Reds tagged at least two runs on every Cardinal pitcher they faced on the way to a 10-3 victory Wednesday night at their ballpark by the Ohio River. The four-run deficit the Cardinals had at the end of the first inning was also the smallest deficit they had all night once the Reds started scoring.
