It was Lauer against Bauer at Great American Ball Park on Monday night. The San Diego Padres held on to claim a 3-1 win.
Eric Lauer of the San Diego Padres, a left-hander was up against Trevor Bauer of the Reds.
The Padres first three hitters reached base and one scored. Greg Garcia singled. Josh Naylor walked. Manny Machado, who was 9-for-14 with four home runs against Bauer lined a run-scoring single to center field.
Bauer claimed bad luck in the first inning.
"The hit by Garcia hit the base," Bauer said. "An obvious strike was called a ball to make the count 3-2 to Naylor and I walk him."
Freddy Galvis lined his first home run as a Red off the base of the batter's eye in center off Lauer. It was his 20th of the season, hitting 19 while he was with Toronto this season.
Francisco Mejia hit his seventh home run of the season off Bauer to put the Padres up a run in the fourth. The Padres scored an unearned run in the fifth. Garcia singled with two outs. Jose Peraza, playing left field with Nick Senzel out, dropped Josh Naylor's catch-able fly for a two-base error. Garcia scored the third run for San Diego.
"If there was five more feet that would have been foul," Bauer said.
Nick Senzel was out because he was hit on the elbow on Sunday. Peraza was the right-handed bat. He has played left and center before.
"We knew what we had before the game started," Bell said. "It is a tough play for anyone who doesn't play left field a lot."
Naylor threw Eugenio Suarez out at the plate to end the third inning. Peraza singled sharply right at Naylor. The play at home wasn't close.
"With two outs you have to be aggressive," Bell said. "They still have to make a good throw. It is hard to come up with that two-out hit."
Lauer left after the fourth inning. Bauer pitched seven, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and one walk. He struck out 11.
Aristedes Aquino was 0-for-3 but was hit by a pitch.
Kirby Yates was attempting his league leading 36th save for San Diego. The Reds put the tying run on second with one out. Galvis singled and Tucker Barnhart doubled. Josh VanMeter singled to score Galvis and put the tying run on third. Nick Senzel hit into a fielder's choice with Barnhart out at home while VanMeter took third with two outs. Jose Iglesias was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Suarez came up for the second straight game with two outs and the game on the line. Suarez struck out swinging.
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