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Todd Frazier changed his 'walk-up" music. He kept Sinatra but switched "Fly Me To The Moon" with "The Best Is Yet To Come." The thirdbaseman is evidently trying to inspire teammates and keep fans from jumping ship.
Sinatra's classic may have turned the tide for the Reds, who broke its losing streak at seven games with a 1-0 win.
Johnny Cueto was back in ace mode and needed to be.
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"Johnny had a little bit of a head cold," Price said. "Early it looked like he was going to struggle but once he got the lead, he was throwing a lot better."
Cueto started out throwing in the 90's but by the seventh inning he was throwing 95.
"It was hot and I was having trouble breathing but I was still throwing the ball where I wanted to," Cueto said.
Both allowed four hits. But Gonzalez was nicked for a run in the fifth, thanks to some risk taking by Chris Heisey.
Heisey doubled to open the fifth. Skip Schumaker couldn't advance Heisey, so he ignored his caught stealing in the second inning. He stole third for his eighth stolen base of the year. Brayan Pena singled to left to put the Reds in the lead for just the third time in eight games.
"I sensed earlier in the game that things were going to go our way," Heisey said. "You can't play this game scared and you have to try to turn the momentum around when you haven't been having it. It had pretty much screeched to a halt. We haven't been getting the breaks and when that starts happening, guys start expecting bad things to happen. You can stand around or you can start trying to make good things happen. I think that's what we need to do."
Pena had a chance to get the Reds back in the game in the ninth on Friday as the tying run but popped up to end the game.
"I'm a positive guy," Pena said. "The baseball gods gave me another opportunity. It is not easy to stay positive. It doesn't matter what level you play, everybody wants to get the job done. That guy over there that your facing. He wants to get the job done also. He's going to bring you the best he's got against the best you've got. I try my best to keep it simple; not trying to do too much and take advantage of what the pitcher gives me. It is going to happen. You have to understand that sometimes you're going to fail. At the same time you can't let that carry on and learn from it."
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Jonathan Broxton started the eighth for the Reds. After retiring the first two batters, Broxton walked Anthony Rendon and hit Jayson Werth.
Bryan Price brought in Aroldis Chapman to face left-handed batting Adam LaRoche. LaRoche grounded out to Zack Cozart to preserve the lead.
"We knew that LaRoche was the fifth batter in the inning and in order to get to him there had to be runners on," Price said. "It just seemed that match up left on left was the right move to make, where a bloop could hurt us."
Chapman walked Ian Desmond to start the ninth but Harper missed two bunts before Pena threw Desmond out stealing.
Pena brought up the last game in New York when Jacoby Ellsbury singled to open the bottom of the ninth. Chapman, concentrating on the batter, allowed Ellsbury to steal second uncontested. Ellsbury went to third on a pitch in the dirt that squirted away from Devin Mesoraco and scored when an easy fly ball fell in between Frazier, Schumaker and Bruce.
"I talked to him about that and told him from now on, whoever is running at first, we need to give him a couple looks," Pena said. "It was one of those that he gave me a quick step and gave me a chance to throw him out."
Chapman struck out Harper for the second out It was the 43rd straight appearance in which Chapman recorded at least one strike
out.
Chapman caught Ramos looking at strike three for his 22nd save.
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