CINCINNATI (Interstat) — Andre Pallante pitched six strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals pounded out 12 hits to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 on Friday night at Great American Ball Park.

Pallante (5-4) allowed one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts. Chris Paddack (0-6) took the loss, surrendering three earned runs on seven hits over five innings.

Nathaniel Lowe put Cincinnati ahead with a solo homer in the second, but St. Louis responded with two runs in the third on Alec Burleson’s RBI single and a Jordan Walker forceout. JJ Wetherholt’s single made it 3-1 in the fourth.

Walker crushed a two-run homer in the seventh, Iván Herrera tripled home a run in the eighth and Bryan Torres homered for two more in the ninth. The Cardinals improved to 29-21; the Reds fell to 26-25. Attendance was 19,927. Time: 2:39.