MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Derek Dietrich hit a tiebreaking homer off Adam Wainwright in the seventh inning and added a two-run triple as the Cincinnati Reds won their fourth straight game, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 Saturday night in the raucous Estadio de Beisbol de Monterrey.
St. Louis had won five in a row.
The start of the two-game series marked the first time either team had played in the regular season in Mexico.
Cincinnati had lost eight straight, including four shutouts, before sweeping Miami ahead of this trip.
“We came off a stretch when we lost a lot of games in a row, but we bounced back against the Marlins and now we did it against a good team. It was not easy and hopefully we can get that momentum going forward,” Reds manager David Bell said.
Wainwright hit an RBI single in the second off Tanner Roark for a 1-0 lead. Jesse Winker’s one-out homer in the sixth was the Reds’ first hit off Wainwright (1-1).
Dietrich connected to lead off the seventh, finishing Wainwright. Dietrich tripled to cap a three-run eighth that made it 5-1.
“Derek is great example, he has made the most of his opportunities and he is going to be a great part of this team,” Bell said. “He is already contributing both as a bench payer and as a starter. He’s going to be an important part of the team going forward.”
Kolten Wong hit a leadoff home run against Zach Duke to begin the Cardinals ninth. Raisel Iglesias relieved and, after St. Louis put two runners on base, retired Paul Goldschmidt and Paul DeJong for his second save.
Jared Hughes (1-0) got two outs for the win.
Mexico is hosting major league games for the second year in a row. Last year, the Los Angeles Dodgers combined for a no-hitter against San Diego at Monterrey. Next month, the Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros will play two games in this ballpark.
BACK HOME
Cardinals reliever Giovanny Gallegos, who earned his first career win last Thursday, is the only Mexican-born player in this series. Gallegos is from Ciudad Obregon, in the northern state of Sonora, but he lived in Monterrey over a decade ago while he was at the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol academy in El Carmen, Nuevo Leon.
“I’m so happy to be back here now playing for a big league team, I was here 11 years ago and I never thought that I was going to be coming back pitching for a team in the majors,” Gallegos said.
“I feel proud to represent Mexico abroad and to show all the Mexican kids that dreams can come true and that nothing is impossible,” he said.
Gallegos had several family members at the stadium but did not get a chance to play.
DEJONG GOES COLD
DeJong arrived in Mexico riding a career-best 12-game hitting streak, the longest active streak in the National League, but went 0 for 5.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (1-1, 6.19 ERA) pitched five innings, allowing five hits and three runs against the Dodgers to get his first win of the season.
Reds: RHP Anthony DeSclafani gets the ball on Sunday afternoon. DeSclafani (0-1, 6.75 ERA) allowed six earned runs against in a loss to the Pirates in his last outing.

Reds’ boxscore
SATURDAY’S GAME
Reds 5, Cardinals 2
St. Louis Cincinnati
ab r h bi ab r h bi
M.Crpntr 3b 4 0 2 0 Winker lf 3 1 1 1
Gldschmt 1b 5 0 2 0 Ervin ph-lf 1 1 1 0
DeJong ss 5 0 0 0 Votto 1b 3 1 1 0
Ozuna lf 4 0 1 0 Puig rf 4 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 1 0 E.Suarez 3b 2 0 0 0
De.Fowler rf 3 1 1 0 Schebler cf 3 1 1 1
J.Martin ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Detriech 2b 4 1 2 3
Mayers p 0 0 0 0 Barnhart c 4 0 0 0
Wong 2b 2 1 1 1 J.Iglesias ss 2 0 0 0
Bader cf 2 0 0 0 A.Garrett p 0 0 0 0
Wnwrght p 3 0 1 1 Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 M.Kemp ph 1 0 0 0
T.Webb p 0 0 0 0 Dav.Hrndz p 0 0 0 0
O’Neill rf 1 0 0 0 Duke p 0 0 0 0
R.Iglesias p 0 0 0 0
Roark p 1 0 0 0
Peraza ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 30 5 6 5

St. Louis 010 000 001 = 2
Cincinnati 000 001 13x = 5

DP—Cincinnati 2. LOB—St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 5. 2B—Ozuna (3), De.Fowler (2), Votto (5). 3B—M.Carpenter (1), Ervin (1), Dietrich (1). HR—Wong (4), Winker (3), Dietrich (4). SB—Wong (4).
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis
Wainwright L,1-1 6 3 2 2 2 4
Brebbia 1 0 0 0 0 0
Webb 0 1 2 2 1 0
Mayers 1 2 1 1 0 1
Cincinnati
Roark 5 1-3 6 1 1 1 5
Garrett 1 0 0 0 1 2
Hughes W,1-0 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
Hernandez H,1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0
Duke H,1 2-3 1 1 1 0 0
Iglesias S,2-2 1 1 0 0 1 1
Wainwright pitched to 1 batter in the 7th
T.Webb pitched to 2 batters in the 8th
Duke pitched to 1 batter in the 9th
HBP—by Roark (Wong), by Garrett (Wong), by Wainwright (Suarez).
Umpires—Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Chad Whitson; Third, Jim Wolf.
T—3:08. A—16,886 (26,999).