Braves 5 Reds 4 (11) innings.
Drake Baldwin singled in the winning run in the 11th inning as the Braves walked off the Reds for yet another gut punch loss.
The Reds (19-20) lose the series, and fall to 0-4 in extra innings and 4-7 in one run games.
Rece Hinds had smacked a tie breaking two-run 9th inning HR off Raisel Iglesias to give the Reds a 4-2 lead. But multiple defensive breakdowns by the Reds allowed the Braves to score twice and tie the game in the bottom of the 9th.
Offense: 10 H, 4 BB, 11 K
Hinds: 407-ft HR (0 & 2 3rd straight slider), 2B, BB. Snapped 0 for 20 July 19.
Trevino: 3 2B, RBI. 9 doubles in 29 games/5 in 73 games last year.
Elly: BB. 1 EXBT, 1 RBI last 10 games. HR drought 69 plate appearances.
Lux: H. There’s not a better guy on the team at knowing what to do w/ a pitch.
Steer: Snapped 0 for 14. Killer DP w/ runners corners in 6th. Killer K 10th. 3 K.
Chances:
5th: 2nd & 3rd, 1 out. Hinds K, Friedl line out.
6th: 1st & 3rd, 1 out. Steer DP.
7th: 2nd & 3rd, 1 out. Hinds BB. Friedl game-tying RBI 1B. Loaded: McLain K. Elly K.
10th: Lux groundout moved Elly to 3rd w/ one out. Steer K. Espinal FO.
11th: Dunn bunted into out at 3rd of Ghost Runner to leadoff. Dunn caught stealing to end the inning. Colin Cowgill tossed. Reds challenged and lost. Tito tossed.
Lodolo: 6 IN, 5 H,2 R, 0 BB, 7 K, 93 pitches. ERA 3.23. 5th QS this year.
1st inning hard contact: 2 H, R. Retired 12 in row, 4 K row. 55th career start/1st vs Braves.
Bullpen: 5 IN, 3 R
Richardson 2.0. Big outs for taxed bullpen.
Ashcraft: 2 R 9th. Leadoff BB. Stranded winning run at 3rd w/ 1 out.
Mey: 10th inning escape 2nd/3rd. B-B nights answer high leverage challenges.
Rogers: Loss
How they scored:
5th Trevino RBI 2B, 1-1……7th Friedl RBI 1B, 2-2…..9th Hinds 2-R HR, 4-2
Defense:
Espinal backhand play at 3B
Steer nice pick/toss 1B. 2nd in defensive runs saved among 1B. Sliding grab foul territory 11th
RF Hinds got turned around on single over head/off glove in 9th. Eventual run.
LF Lux throw to plate (108 feet out) bounced past catcher (error) as tying run scored.
McLain smothered a grounder and threw home to save the game in 10th.