The St. Louis Cardinals challenged the the Cincinnati Reds yesterday at Great American Ballpark with the Cardinals earning the win 7 to 3. It was one heck of a game that devotees with Cards baseball tickets will definitely cherish. Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.

Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter (2.89 ERA) got the win, while Mike Leake (3.75 ERA) took the loss for the Reds. Chris Carpenter went 7 solid innings for the Cardinals, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Cardinals was Trever Miller (4.23), and Kyle McClellan (2.01). The Reds’s starter Mike Leake went 3.2 innings, allowed 9 hits, one home run and 6 earned runs with no walks and 2 strikeouts. Carlos Fisher (5.68), Bill Bray (4.73), and Logan Ondrusek (3.06) also pitched for the Reds. With the win, Carpenter’s record goes to 13-3, while Leake is at 7-4.

Skip Schumaker provided much of the offense for the Cardinals with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 7 runs, the Cardinals scored 12 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Cardinals, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Ramon Hernandez had the most hits for the Reds (3), followed by Jonny Gomes (1). The Reds got 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors.

Umpiring duties were performed by Larry Vanover, Mark Wegner, Mark Carlson and Jeff Kellogg. There were 36,353 Reds ticket holders in attendance at Great American Ballpark.