The Reds and Milwaukee Brewers used 36 hits and nine home runs to change the lead five times before the Brewers persevered for a 13-12 win. Jesus Aguilar the last position player for the Brewers hit his 30th home run off Raisel Iglesias for the win.
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“Both clubs were really swinging the bats well," Riggleman said. "They kept putting pressure on each other. They kept coming back on each other.”
Matt Harvey got off to a bad start against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.
The Brew Crew opened the game with three straight hits. Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich singled. Travis Shaw doubled off the center field fence to score Cain. Yelich scored on a ground out by Mike Moustakas.
Freddy Peralta, who shut down the Reds in Milwaukee, gave up a home run to Billy Hamilton to open the Reds' half of the first. It was Hamilton's fourth of the year.
The Reds scored a run in the second after two outs to tie the game. Tucker Barnhart hit a double. Curt Casali's single sent Barnhart home.
Barnhart hit his ninth home run extending his career high int he fourth inning to put the Reds ahead, 3-2.
Yelich followed Cain's second hit of the game with his 26th home run to give the Brewers the lead back. They were the first two hits in a string of five that got Harvey removed from the game. Shaw, Ryan Braun and Moustakas singled to score a run. Sal Romano relieved Harvey and got the Reds out of trouble with no further damage.
Yelich's home run extended the Brewers' streak of 21 straight games with at least one home run.
The Reds fought back against Peralta. Dilson Herrara walked as a pinch hitter for Romano. Hamilton's second hit of the game was a solid single to center. Flame throwing All-Star Josh Hader came in to face former Brewer, Scooter Gennett, who sent a double rattling off the Reds' bullpen fence barely missing a home run. Eugenio Suarez put the Reds up by two with his 30th home run that also gave him 95 RBI on the year. Both are career highs. Suarez moved into a four-way tie for third in the National League in home runs. He trails Javier Baez by two RBI for the league lead.
Michael Lorenzen took the mound in the sixth for the Reds. Orlando Arcia hit a one-hopper back to Lorenzen but he short hopped a throw to Casali, who couldn't dig the throw from the dirt. Yelich doubled with one out. Shaw's fly to center scored the sixth run of the game for Milwaukee.
The Reds scored three in their sixth.
Barnhart walked against Hader. Casali singled. Taylor Williams relieved Hader. Lorenzen came up intending to bunt. He fouled off two and avoided two pitches close to hitting him. On a 2-2 pitch Lorenzen squared to bunt, the pitch came up and in again. The ball hit that bat and flew to the backstop. Brewers' manager Craig Counsell wanted the strike out because Lorenzen squared to bunt. He lost the argument with the umpires who let Lorenzen bat with two strikes. Lorenzen launched his fourth home run of the season to put the Reds ahead 10-6. Lorenzen flipped the bat and ran the bases with his hands in the air possibly rubbing it in Williams face.
“No, I’ve not seen that. I think they got the call right. If you try to bunt the ball there and bunt it foul, you’re out, but at that point, he wasn’t trying to bunt," Riggleman said.
Umpires Crew Chief, Bill Welke, had the official explanation.
"It was a very unusual play. I'm going to refer you to a couple rules that will clear this up. Rule 5.09 says a batter is out when he bunts foul on the third strike. Now we have to go to what is the definition of a bunt. The definition on page 141 a bunt is a batted ball, not swung at but intentionally met with the bat and tapped slowly in the infield."
"He was in full retreat. It was not intentionally met, non swinging attempt. He was not attempting to hit that. Therefore if he's not attempting to hit that it just becomes a foul ball. If you saw Tony (Randazzo) point down. Tony's responsibility was to make sure the first base umpire didn't have him attempting. That was just good umpiring on Tony's part. I know it's confusing for the people that weren't within it. He started squaring but when he bailed out he is no longer trying to meet the ball with the bat. When he pulled it back it is no difference than when a guy ducks down and the ball goes off the bat and goes to the backstop."
"We've scene other plays similar to that. We understand why Counsell was questioning it because it was unusual," Welke said.
It was unusual for Lorenzen too. He has been excellent at the plate and has had great success as a pinch hitter.
“I’ve never see that play. I’ve never had that rule come up. I was pulling my bat back, so at that point, I’m a hitter," Lorenzen said.
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Lorenzen wasn't as effective when he went to the mound. Moustakas singled for his third hit. Jonathan Schoop hit his fifth home run as a Brewer and 18th of the season. Jim Riggleman took Lorenzen out of the game, bringing on David Hernandez.
Hernandez hit Manny Pina in the jaw with a pitch. Pina had to leave the game. Cain's third hit was a double high off the left field wall. Yelich hit a triple to give him the cycle as Cain scored to tie the game. It was Yelich's second five hit game of the season.
The Reds threatened Corbin Burns in the seventh Suarez and Phillip Ervin walked. With two outs Casali hit his third single but Yelich, who moved from right field to left field before the inning started, threw Suarez out at home to end the inning.
Moustakas led off the eighth inning with his 25th home run of the season. Schoop singled but Jared Hughes came on and induced a double play and struck out Kratz.
Joakin Soria entered the game for Milwuakee. Hamilton singled for his fourth hit of the game. Jose Peraza was hit by a pitch. Gennett forced Peraza at second. Hamilton scored on a wild pitch that bounced off Kratz and toward the pitcher. Soria flipped to Kratz as Hamilton slid home. The home plate umpire Tony Randazzo ruled that Hamilton missed the plate and was tagged out. The Reds won the replay review and the game was tied. Suarez flied out to end the inning.
Raisel Iglesias started the ninth. Yelich had an infield single in the inning.
Jeremy Jeffress took the mound for the Brewers in the bottom of the ninth. He walked Ervin and Barnhart with one out. Casali struck out looking. Mason Williams flied to Yelich in left.
Aguilar led off the 10th with his 30th home run off Iglesias. Jackson Stephens replaced Iglesias. He struck out the first two batters he faced but Perez doubled and scored on a single by Kratz.
Brandon Dixon, the Reds' last player off the bench, hit his fourth home run off Jeffress to close to within a run. Suarez grounded out to end the game.
Hamilton left the game after scoring in the eighth.
“He’s a little banged up," Riggleman said. "We’ll see how he is. We’ll probably give him the day off tomorrow. Hopefully, it’s not too serious.”
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