June 5: St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 0
Cards starter Joe Magrane was surgical on the way to his first shutout. He faced just 30 Cincinnati batsmen and yielded zero extra base hits. The Cards hitters meanwhile bashed six extra-baggers and cruised to an easy victory.
R H BB CIN 000 000 000 - 0 4 1 STL 005 000 20x - 7 10 3 HR: R. Hornsby-STL (6) starters IP R ER HR BB SO J. Cueto 6.2 7 4 1 2 5 J. Magrane 9.0 0 0 0 1 2 CIN 22-27, STL 26-23
June 6: St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 0
Bob Gibson followed Magrane’s gem with a remarkably similar performance the next day. Gibson also collected his first shutout while facing just 30 batters and giving up no extra-base hits. The Reds offense was completely stalled and the team lost their eighth straight game.
Noodles Hahn was quite good for the Reds on the hill, but Ted Simmons laced a two-run triple to give the Cards the edge.
R H BB CIN 000 000 000 - 0 2 3 STL 000 000 20x - 2 4 3 HR: none starters IP R ER HR BB SO N. Hahn 8.0 2 2 0 3 1 B. Gibson 9.0 0 0 0 3 5 CIN 22-28, STL 27-23
June 7: Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 2
The Reds offense revved back to life in the finale to end the losing streak. Every Reds batter had a hit, including three for Joe Morgan and a triple and a dinger by Edd Roush. Their starter Bob Ewing gave up no earned runs and dropped his ERA to 2.60.
Cards hurler Harry Brecheen was torched in a third straight start after dominating in his first six starts of the year.
R H BB CIN 130 400 100 - 9 12 4 STL 200 000 000 - 2 9 0 HR: J. Votto-CIN (10), E. Roush-CIN (2) starters IP R ER HR BB SO B. Ewing 9.0 2 0 0 0 3 H. Brecheen 3.1 8 8 2 2 2 CIN 23-28, STL 27-24
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