Reds pitching falters late in an 11-6 loss to the Nationals

The competition between the Reds and Nationals was all tied up heading into the sixth inning, however that’s the place issues started to disintegrate for the house group as Washington put collectively a 4-run inning and by no means seemed again of their 11-6 win over Cincinnati that evened up the sequence at one recreation apiece.

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Cincinnati Reds (18-16)
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W: Williams (2-3) L: Lodolo (3-3)

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For the second day in a row there was rain that delayed the beginning of the sport. On Saturday it was only a 22-minute rain delay. Washington didn’t take a lot time to get issues going. They loaded the bases with one out after which received an RBI single from Alex Name and a sacrifice fly by Luis Garcia Jr. as they constructed a 2-0 lead. Cincinnati matched them within the backside of the inning when Spencer Steer doubled in TJ Friedl and Elly De La Cruz.

Within the subsequent inning Jake Fraley walked to guide off the inning then moved as much as third on a single by Santiago Espinal. That introduced Tyler Callihan to the plate and he got here by together with his first huge league hit – a line drive single into middle to herald a run and provides the Reds the lead.

Washington was in a position to tie the sport up within the prime of the 4th inning, and the sport stayed 3-3 till the sixth inning. However then the Nationals received some assist from the Reds. A 1-out error was adopted up by successful batter, which put two males on base. Amed Rosario then got here by with a 3-run residence run that broke up the tie. They’d tack on one other run later within the inning on a single by Nathaniel Lowe that prolonged the result in 7-3. That spelled the tip of the day for Nick Lodolo. Yosver Zulueta entered the sport and recorded the ultimate two outs of the inning. Jake Fraley received a kind of runs again with a solo residence run within the backside of the inning.

Zulueta returned for the seventh inning and led issues off with a stroll to Dylan Crews. He would steal second base after which take third on a fly out to the warning observe in middle. Jacob Younger then laid down a bunt as Crews broke for the plate and Zulueta fielded it and didn’t appear to consider throwing residence and as a substitute turned and fired to first base to concede the run and get the out as Washington added one other run.

The 2 groups would every rating a run within the eighth inning. Cincinnati then despatched Luis Mey to the mound within the ninth inning , trailing 10-5. He would stroll CJ Abrams in a 9-pitch battle to begin the inning earlier than giving up two singles within the inning that introduced within the eleventh run of the day for the Nationals. Mey recorded all three outs of the inning through the strikeout.

Within the backside of the ninth the Reds confronted former Cincinnati reliever Eduardo Salazar. He needed to face the highest of the lineup and discover a method to keep away from giving up not less than six runs. After getting TJ Friedl to fly out to begin the inning he would stroll Matt McLain. Elly De La Cruz then got here by and laced a bullet to the wall in left-center for an RBI double. That was as shut because the Reds would get on the night time as De La Cruz was stranded at second to finish the sport in a Washington 11-6 win.