ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Andre Pallante pitched seven shutout innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits, as the St. Louis Cardinals blanked the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on Saturday at Busch Stadium III.

Pallante improved to 11-6, while Reds starter Hunter Greene fell to 2-2. St. Louis scored one run in the first inning on a single by Alec Burleson. The Cardinals then broke the game open with six runs in the sixth, highlighted by Iván Herrera’s two-run double, a run-scoring single from Bryan Torres and a Blaze Jordan two-run single. Nathan Church added a sacrifice fly.

St. Louis outhit Cincinnati 10-3. Herrera went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, and Jordan Walker also had two hits. Gordon Graceffo tossed two scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts.

The Cardinals improved to 53-51, while the Reds dropped to 48-55. Attendance was 33,975. The game lasted 2 hours, 19 minutes.