The St. Louis Cardinals opened up their weekend three-game set against the Reds with a 4-2 win on Friday night.

Paul Goldschmidt had 3 hits and 2RBI and Lars Nootbaar had 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored for the Cardinals. The Cardinals pounded out 10 hits in the game.

Steven Matz went 5 innings on the mound with 6 strikeouts and allowing just 1 earned run. The Cardinals improve to 9-4 this season.

The Cards and Reds will meet again on Saturday for a 3:10 p.m. first pitch. We’ll have the pregame starting at 2:15 p.m. on KJAN.