With a tie game Wednesday night and the go-ahead run at second base, Paul Goldschmidt got ahead in the count 3-0 against Reds reliever Buck Farmer.
Limited to Nolan Arenado’s solo homer in the first 17 innings of this series, the Cardinals struck for their first lead in the eighth Wednesday.
Saggese played second base well, though he has noted how the view he’s had most often on the baseball field since his teenage years was at shortstop.
De La Cruz stung a pitch that left his bat at 112 mph.
Photos: Goldschmidt's RBI double in the 8th lifts Cardinals to 2-1 win over Reds

Paul Goldschmidt breaks taut tie in 8th, lifts Cardinals to 2-1 victory against Reds