ST. LOUIS -- Matt Carpenter and Jhonny Peralta homered to back up a second straight dominant start by Jaime Garcia as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Wednesday night.Carpenters homer in the first inning was his second leadoff home run of the season and 11th of his career. It was also Carpenters second career homer against Reds starter Anthony DeScalfani.Peraltas solo homer in fourth was the 200th of his career. Peralta is hitting .345 in August.Garcia (9-8) needed just 85 pitches to get through 8-plus innings and 19 of his 24 outs were ground balls or strikeouts. He has given up two runs in his last 16 innings.Seung-Hwan Oh earned his 10th save.DeSclafani (6-1) took his first loss of the season and in his career in five appearances against St. Louis. The three runs he gave up in five innings equaled the three total he gave up in his three previous starts against the Cardinals spanning 19 innings.STILL STREAKINGYadier Molinas single in the sixth extended his reached base safely streak to 23 games. It is the longest streak by a Cardinals catcher since Gene Tenace reached in 35 straight games between 1981 and 1982.Eugenio Suarezs solo homer in the fourth for the Reds was his first since July 25.WEB GEMReds second baseman Tony Renda made a diving stop on Matt Hollidays hit up the middle. Renda was able to throw out Holliday at first saving a run.OMINOUS ANNIVERSARYSix years ago, the Cardinals and Reds got into an infamous brawl in Cincinnati sparked by comments made by Brandon Phillips about the St. Louis organization. Cardinals catcher Jason LaRue suffered a concussion during the melee and never played again.TRAINERS ROOMReds: RHP Alfredo Simon (trapezius) and RHP A.J. Morris (straight shoulder) were scheduled to make their second rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville.Cardinals: Matt Adams (left shoulder soreness) was a lineup scratch several hours before game-time. Peralta replaced him at sixth in the order playing third base and Carpenter moved to first base.UP NEXTReds: Homer Bailey has permitted seven runs in 8 2/3 innings his first two starts of the season.Cardinals: Carlos Martinez gets the call in the opener of a four-game series at Chicago. In two starts against the Cubs this year, both at home, hes 1-1 with a 5.25 ERA. Thomas Welsh Jersey . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. Jamal Murray Nuggets Jersey . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph. http://www.authenticnuggetsproshop.com/Paul-Millsap-Jersey/ . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Malik Beasley Jersey . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Malik Beasley Nuggets Jersey . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early.How do you trade the greatest player of a generation? At the end of the day, sometimes its not about talent, but about dollars and cents. TSN and TSN.ca continue to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the trade that sent Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings with a look at how the deal impacted the business of hockey. Tuesdays edition of SportsCentre presented “The Gretzky Gold Rush,” a special look at the effect the trade had on the economics of the NHL. TSN DRIVE host Dave Naylor told the story as SportsCentre took a look at how “The Trade” has affected boardrooms across the NHL to this very day. When then-Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall tore up Gretzkys 25-year, $25 million contract, it changed the game and the very definition of a players worth. "The minute that happened, we all knew nobody was worth Gretzky, but everybody knew that they could get a little bit higher," said Luc Robitaille, Gretzkys Kings teammate. McNall immediately raised the ire of fellow NHL owwners for what they perceived to be a complete overhaul of the marketplace.dddddddddddd "All I heard from the other owners is how I ruined their pay scale," explained McNall. "All of a sudden they have to pay [more for] all of these players. I said No, you dont. Do they draw? Do they draw like Wayne does?" TSN.ca will also be featuring a host of exclusive content all week long at www.tsn.ca/tradeat25. Visit the site now for videos from 1988, including Gretzkys famous farewell press conference as well as vintage SportsCentre clips from the day the trade broke as well as clips from Mondays SportsCentre feature, “Gretzkys Children.” TSN.ca will also be posting photo galleries all week long examining how “The Trade” has had a ripple effect through the NHL that is still being felt today. Interact with TSN on various social media platforms as well - including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - for vintage Gretzky photos, trivia questions and links to exclusive TSN.ca content all week long. ' ' '