Reds 6 Phillies 1
Brady Singer bounced back from a rough outing last week vs the Pirates to cruise through six shutout innings.
The offense banged out 10 hits, scoring twice in the 3rd and then playing add-on with a run in the 4th and three more in the 6th.
Miguel Andujar clubbed a homer vs LHP Ranger Suarez, Spencer Steer drove in three runs, Jose Trevino and Santiago Espinal each collected two hits.
The Reds (63-58) will attempt to take the series Wednesday afternoon with Hunter Greene on the mound.
Make it 40 straight series without being swept to being the season.
A 28-minute rain delay hit heading to the 7th. Play resumed, but so did the rain. Bryce Harper's two-out 9th inning homer spoiled the shutout.
The Mets beat the Braves, to keep the Reds two games back of the 3rd Wild Card.
Singer: 6 IN, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 71 pitches. ERA 4.31.
Total 19 pitches 1st two innings. Faced minimum until 2 outs 6th.
33 pitch 1st vs Pirates (3.2 IN, 4 BB, 4 R, HR)
Rafael Marchan’s clean 2-out single in 6th erased “no-hit” storyline after questionable “hit” ruling in 5th.
Offense: 10 H, 2 BB, 4 K. 8 Reds collected hits.
5 pitch 1st, 7 pitch 2nd vs Suarez
Steer: 2B, 3 RBI
Andujar: HR. Entered .417 vs LHP (No. 1 MLB).
Trevino: 2 H
Espinal: 2 H, BB
How they scored:
3rd Steer 2-out, 2-R 2B, 2-0
4th Andujar HR, 3-0
6th Trevino 2-R 1B, Steer SF RBI, 6-0
The first two innings required a combined 31 pitches: 19 by Brady Singer, 12 by Ranger Suarez.
Bullpen:
Ashcraft 1.0, Suter 1.0, Moll 1.0, HR
Defense:
-Elly misplay on Castellanos grounder ruled a hit in 5th. The Cowboy: “That is a straight error.” I’m telling you, just let the hitter and fielder do Rock-Paper-Scissors to decide those plays. Why even pay an official scorer? Hell, just ask Chat GPT. It’s embarrassing.
-Marte barehanded double off wall/kept runner at 3rd.