Spencer Steer and the cincinnati reds will look for a rare series to win against the visitors St. Louis Cardinals when they wrap up a four-game set on Thursday afternoon
Steer had a career-high four hits and scored twice to raise his average to .273 in Wednesday’s 10-3 victory over the cardinals
“There is a hardness in him”, reds said manager David Bell. “Where it’s like she knows who he is. He knows what to do, he doesn’t let it affect his confidence too much.”
He reds they have claimed two of the first three games and Steer, called up in 2022 after being acquired from Minnesota in the Tyler Mahle trade, has been at the center of both victories. He reds are looking for their first win of a four-game series against St. Louis since June 2021, when they swept four games in St. Louis
Steer has become a consistent force as Cincinnati’s No. 3 hitter while maintaining his first base duties with a team-leading six home runs.
“I started out as a ‘put the ball in play’ guy,” Steer said. “With the Twins, I made a big adjustment to my swing to hit with more power. I hit with more power, but I struck out more. I’m still in that transition of putting the two back together and finding the best of both worlds to put the ball in play and also produce some power. I’ve come full circle.”
He cardinalsdespite losing two of the first three in the series, has won 12 of 17 to escape the basement of the NL Central and a 10-24 start to the season
“We were in a rut where everything that could go wrong did go wrong,” cardinals general manager Mike Girsch said before Wednesday’s game at Cincinnati. “Every day we were waiting for the black jack to come out or whatever. Once things started to get better, the attitude and expectations that we can do this (created) a more positive direction and we started to play the way we we expected”. play all year.
He cardinals they have opened 1-2 in a 15-game streak in which they will play at home just twice
St. Louis sends right-hander Miles Mikolas (2-1, 4.77 ERA) to the mound in the finale of the four-game series.
Mikolas allowed a season-high three runs over seven innings in a no-decision game in last Saturday’s 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium. Mikolas will make his 17th career appearance – 15th start – against Cincinnati. Mikolas has just one win in his last 12 appearances against reds0-3 with a 7.94 ERA in his last six starts in Cincinnati
He reds will counter with right-hander Luke Weaver (1-2, 6.54), who is making his seventh start this season and first career appearance against the cardinals
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