An inning to forget from Reds reliever Alexis Diaz quashed reasonable hopes of a comeback. The St. Louis Cardinals tied the four-game series.

After the Tuesday game was rained out and a doubleheader played Wednesday, Thursday's 12:40 p.m. game entered a rain delay with the Reds leading 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning at Great American Ball Park. Andrew Abbott started the game for the Reds. Matthew Liberatore was the starter for the Cardinals.

The Cincinnati Reds (16-14) fell to the St. Louis Cardinals (13-17) 6-0 in game of the doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon. Here are our postgame takeaways: Singer's Quality Start Brady Singer had his second straight quality start on Wednesday,