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.
Friedl and Barry Larkin – on April 28, 1994 – are the only Reds since at least 1901 with multihomer games on their birthday.
With the sweep of the Cardinals and their 4th win in a row, the Reds are closing in on .500 at 60-61, 8.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers and now tied for 2nd place with the Cardinals in the NL central and 4.5 games back in the National League wild card race.
The Reds are off today before playing a 3 game weekend series against the Kansas City Royals starting Friday night at Great American Ball Park.