Cardinals Rally Again To Beat Reds

Albert Pujols hit his 698th home run, a tying two-run drive in the sixth inning that sparked the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Friday night.

Ryan Helsley struck out the side on nine pitches for his 18th save in 22 chances.

Chris Stratton (9-4) got the final out of the seventh. Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty allowed four runs, six hits, two walks and two hit batters in five innings.

Goldschmidt doubled twice and got his 111th RBI.

A split doubleheader on Saturday, 11:20 with the pregame for the first game, with a 5:20 pregame start for game two on KIRX.

The Brewers beat the Yankees 7-6 to keep the Cardinal’s lead at 7 1/2.