Alec Burleson homered and scored four times while Jordan Walker doubled twice amongst three hits to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-3 rout of the visiting Cincinnati Reds Friday night.
Hunter Dobbins (1-0) allowed four hits over five scoreless innings of relief. The right-hander struck out six and walked two as St. Louis scored 10 unanswered runs for its second straight win.
Cincinnati starter Brady Singer (2-6) was the victim of sloppy fielding and a controversial replay review in losing his fifth straight decision Singer was charged with four runs (one earned) and four hits over four innings, striking out six and walking three for the Reds, who lost for the third time in four games and sixth time in eight games.
St. Louis sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six times in the sixth off three Cincinnati relievers to blow open a one-run game. After the leadoff batter was retired, the next four reached, with Lars Nootbaar and Ivan Herrera bringing home runs.
The Cardinals then scored four more runs with two outs, three of them by either a walk or hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded.
Sal Stewart had a pair of hits for the Reds, who fell back to .500 on the season.
Cincinnati manager Terry Francona was ejected in the first inning for arguing a replay challenge. Cincinnati second baseman Spencer Steer appeared to throw out Bryan Torres to end the inning, but first-base umpire Ben May ruled Stewart came off the bag, allowing Torres to reach and Herrera to score the first run of the inning.
Stewart immediately indicated that he kept his right foot on the bag, but the challenge did not overturn the call.
Singer was staked to a 3-0 lead before he took the mound. Stewart delivered a two-run double to right-center before Eugenio Suarez golfed a Kyle Leahy breaking pitch well below the zone to left for an RBI single.
Leahy allowed three runs on five hits over four innings, striking out one and walking two.
The Cardinals were without star rookie second baseman J.J. Wetherholt for a second straight game with lower-body soreness.
