Reds Sweep Cardinals

CINCINNATI — — TJ Friedl homered twice on his 29th birthday, Jonathan India also hit two home runs and drove in four runs and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 9-2 victory Wednesday night.

Tyler Stephenson also homered to help the Reds sweep a three-game series for the first time since July 2-4.

St. Louis starter Kyle Gibson (7-5) allowed seven runs and seven hits, including four homers, through 4 2/3 innings.

After an off day, the Cards return home to open a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Starting pitchers haven’t been named. 6:20 with the pregame and the first pitch at 7:15 on KIRX.