The Reds take an 8 – 0 lead over the Cardinals after 5 innings, but then manage to squander it by the end of the 9th. Chris Heisey, Jay Bruce, Fred Lewis and Scott Rolen homer to help the Reds take a big lead against Jake Westbrook, but the Cards score 5 in the 7th and tie the game on Jon Jay’s homer off closer Francisco Cordero in the 9th. It then takes until the 13th for the game to be decided in Cincinnati’s favor on pinch-hitter Ramon Hernandez’s double off Raul Valdes. The Reds win, 9 – 8, in 4 hours and 11 minutes.
On July 6, 2011, The Reds take an 8 – 0 lead over the Cardinals after 5 innings, but then manage to squander it by the end of the 9th. Chris Heisey, Jay Bruce, Fred Lewis and Scott Rolen homer to help the Reds take a big lead against Jake Westbrook, but the Cards score 5 in the 7th and tie the game on Jon Jay’s homer off closer Francisco Cordero in the 9th. It then takes until the 13th for the game to be decided in Cincinnati’s favor on pinch-hitter Ramon Hernandez’s double off Raul Valdes. The Reds win, 9 – 8, in 4 hours and 11 minutes.
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