The St. Louis Cardinals took the field in Cincinnati and delivered an Opening Day 11-6 knockout of the Reds during a slugfest at Great American Ballpark.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a first inning double that was nearly a home run, Nolan Arenado hit an infield single, Paul DeJong followed with a single and Dylan Carlson hit a three-run home run all before the Reds came to the plate down 6-0.
Goldschmidt went 4-5 and scored three runs, while Arenado went 2-5 with a run batted in for his Cardinals debut.
Jack Flaherty started the opener and went 4 1/3 innings, surrendering six earned runs on six hits.
The Cardinals have Friday off before returning to the field Saturday. Adam Wainwright will start for St. Louis. 2:15 with the pregame and the first pitch ta 3:10 on KIRX.