The Cardinals beat the Reds 7-0 on Saturday night at Busch Stadium. Andre Pallante (11-6) pitched 7 innings allowing 2 hits, 0 runs with 8 strikeouts, and 1 walk. The start was Pallante’s (7th) quality start. Overall, the Cardinals now have 39 quality starts.

Alec Burleson (70), Ivan Herrera 2(43), Bryan Torres (11), Blaze Jordan 2(22), and Nathan Church (30) all had RBI’s.

The Cardinals are now 53-51.

Game 3 is Sunday afternoon at 1:15 pm.

The scheduled starting pitchers are Andrew Abbott (5-6), 3.89 ERA, 111 innings, 90 strikeouts, 50 walks, and a whip of 1.40 vs Kyle Leahy (7-4), 3.59 ERA, 95.1 innings, 79 strikeouts, 33 walks, and a whip of 1.35.