The Cincinnati Reds had no answers for Ranger Suarez as he continued hit shutout streak. The Philadelphia hitters had enough answers for the Reds pitchers, though, as the Phillies scored seven runs in a shutout victory to start the 4-game series at Great American Ball Park.
Final | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia Phillies (15-8) |
7 | 9 | 0 |
Cincinnati Reds (12-10) |
0 | 2 | 1 |
W: Suarez (4-0) L: Greene (0-2) | |||
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Hunter Greene came out firing fastballs in the 1st inning and he needed 12 pitches to get through the inning unscathed. The next inning, though, the Phillies would get things going as back-to-back 1-out singles led to a sacrifice fly from Bryson Stott that scored Alex Bohm on a bang-bang play at the plate to put Philadelphia up 1-0.
They went right back to it in the 3rd inning when Johan Rojas tripled to lead off the inning and then scored on a Kyle Schwarber sacrifice fly. In the 4th inning they scored another run on a ‘productive out’ when Bryson Stott grounded out to bring in Alec Bohm, who doubled earlier in the inning. The 5th inning saw similar results, but they got it differently this time as Kyle Schwarber walked to lead off the inning and came in to score on a double by J.T. Realmuto as Philadelphia extended their lead to 4-0.
Hunter Greene kept the Phillies off the board in the 6th inning. He did the same thing in the 7th, too, but as the Reds headed to the bottom of the 7th they were still searching for a 3rd hit of the night after getting a single in the 1st inning and another one in the 5th. They’d still be searching for it until after Suarez exited the game after the 7th as he kept his shutout streak alive, reaching 25 straight innings.
Casey Legumina took over for Cincinnati in the 8th and tossed a 1-2-3 inning, but the 9th inning didn’t work out the same way. An error allowed Nick Castellanos to reach base to begin the inning and then Legumina followed up with a walk. Kody Clemens then emptied the bases with 3-run homer that landed six rows deep into the right field stands to make it a 7-0 ballgame.
Former Reds pitcher Jeff Hoffman took over for the Phillies in the bottom of the 9th and he made quick and easy work as he sandwiched strikeouts around a lineout to give Philadelphia the win.
Key Moment of the Game
It’s tough to truly pinpoint one as the Phillies slowly built their lead up one run at a time, but the Reds offense never got anything going at all so let’s go with the Bryson Stott RBI ground out in the 4th that took Cincinnati out of bloop and a blast range.
Notes Worth Noting
Cincinnati had two hits and one walk on the day.
The time of the game was two hours and two minutes. Only 11, 263 tickets were sold.
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