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CINCINNATI (AP) — Former St. Louis catcher Austin Romine hit a two-run homer as the Cincinnati Reds roughed up Dakota Hudson and beat the Cardinals 5-1 Tuesday night, ending their three-game winning streak.

Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols went 0 for 2 and was hit by pitch from Justin Dunn that caromed off his chest and caught his right forearm in the second inning. Pujols stayed in the game for the NL Central leaders and remained at 694 home runs, two behind Alex Rodriguez for fourth on the all-time list.

Hudson (7-7), who had been 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA in three career starts at Great American Ball Park, gave up five straight hits to start a four-run burst in the third. Romine’s go-ahead liner that reached the front row of the seats in deep right-center field made it 2-1.

“Hudson has a really good sinker and throws sliders away, so you have to really choose what side of the plate you need to own," Romine said. I was trying to hang over the plate. He threw a good slider on the pitch before that I laid off. He threw a pitch over the plate, and I tried not to do too much with it and stay with a right center approach.”

Romine, who was with the Cardinals on their last visit to Cincinnati right after All-Star break, snapped a 0-for-12 slump. The Reds purchased his contract at the trade deadline.

Hudson went 4 2/3 innings, giving up nine hits and five runs with one walk.

“I felt all right,” Hudson said. “I kept the ball on the ground. They just hit a lot of shift-beaters. I felt like I was in control for the most part. I was putting it where I wanted.”

“At the end of the day, their lineup was better,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. “Overall, he threw strikes and got beat. At the end of the day, he executed pitches and got beat.”

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