Looking to avoid their first sweep of the season, the Reds send out Brady Singer. (11-9 4.18 ERA) Arizona counters with veteran righty Zac Gallen. (9-13 5.13 ERA)
Arizona 1-0 (Bottom 1st)
For the third straight game, Arizona got an early run off the Reds starter. Luis Perdomo led off the inning with a triple to RF, and two batters later Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a sac fly to CF to draw an early lead for the D-Backs.
Singer would settle down and retire the last 10 batters he faced, finishing the game with 6 IP, allowing one hit and three walks while striking out nine. He gave the Reds a chance to get back in the game, and in the 6th they did just that.
Tie 1-1 (Top 6th)
Noelvi Marte hit a one out triple, and came in from third on a throwing error by Perdomo. It was his second little league HR of the season and deadlocked the game at 1.
Cincinnati 6-1 (Top 8th)
Marte would be part of the next run scored as well in the 8th. He led off the inning with a single off Perdomo’s glove at SS, and would advance to 2B on a flyout to deep RF. Austin Hays would then single to CF, driving Marte in and giving the Reds their first lead of the afternoon.
Gavin Lux followed with a single of his own before Spencer Steer came up and hit a blast to LF for a 3-run HR. It was Steers 16th of the season and gave the Reds a 5-1 lead.
The scoring in the 8th didn’t stop there though. After a Matt McLain single and Jose Trevino walk, TJ Friedl shot a single to RF to score McLain and extend the lead to five.
Graham Ashcraft, Tony Santillan and Emilio Pagan came in and delivered three scoreless innings to close out the game and salvage a game for Cincinnati. The Reds remain the only team in baseball to not be swept this year. They now head back to Los Angeles, this time to face the Dodgers for three. Hunter Greene will go for Cincinnati tomorrow night at 10:10 eastern.
Win: Graham Ashcraft (8-5)
Loss: Kyle Backhus (0-3)
