Freddy Galvis was knocked down but got up to deliver the knockout blow to the San Diego Padres in a 3-2 Reds' win.
His two-run homer was the difference in the game.
"Freddie Galvis just likes to play. He shows you that in a number of ways. He is a guy that always wants the ball hit to him. He always wants to be the one at the plate in important situations," David Bell said.
Galvis was in the trainers room 20 minutes after the game.
Cal Quantrill, the Padres first draft pick in 2016, came in as a hot pitcher. Since the All-Star break, he had a 1.31 ERA and a 4-1 record.
Sonny Gray, an All-Star, is taking an 18 inning scoreless streak into the game. Since the All-Star break, Gray is 3-1 with a 1.70 ERA.
Something had to give.
The Reds struck first.
Josh VanMeter leading off for the first time, singled to open the bottom of the first. As getsGalvis struck out, VanMeter stole second and continued to third on catcher Austin Hedges throwing error. With two outs Aristides Aquino dumped an RBI single into right field.
Gray allowed two singles in the first inning and a one-out walk in the third before he retired nine straight until Josh Naylor nailed a pitch and sent it onto the grassy knoll in center field for his seventh home run. It snapped Gray's scoreless inning streak at 23. It is the longest streak by a Reds' starter since Tom Browning had 23 in 1990. Manny Machado followed Naylor with a bloop single that put three Reds' fielders on the ground. Galvis was checked for a concussion but stayed in the game. Gray walked Eric Hosmer on a 3-2 pitch. Pitching coach Derek Johnson visited Gray. Francisco Mejia took Gray to a full count before drawing a walk to load the bases. Gray fell behind Manuel Margot, 2-0, before Margot lined out to Nick Senzel in center field.
"Sonny is a really good pitcher. He was tired at the end but I wanted to give him every opportunity to get out of that inning. Margot was going to be his last batter," Bell said. "It wasn't so much his velocity tonight. He had a lot of late movement."
Galvis proved he had his wits about him in the bottom of the inning. After VanMeter's second hit of the game, Galvis hit an opposite field home run. It was his third as a Red and 21st of the season. That is a new career high.
Robert Stephenson took over to start the seventh. Gray pitched six innings, allowing one run on four hits and three walks. He struck out 10.
"My fastball had a lot of life early on," Gray said.. " I have to do a better job doing that longer. In the last inning, I started pulling my fastball a little bit, trying to make the perfect pitch. That's why I had those two walks in that inning."
Trevor Bauer struck out 11 batters on Monday. Gray had 10 on Tuesday. It was the first time two Reds' starters had consecutive games of 10 or more strikeouts in back-to-back games since Gary Nolan struck out 10 in Houston on September 20, 1968 and Jim Maloney struck out 10 Houston batters the next night.
Amir Garrett inherited the lead when he took the mound for the first time in eight games after serving a suspension for charging the Pittsburgh Pirates' dugout on July 30. He walked the first two batters in the eighth to put the tying runs on base. David Bell brought in Michael Lorenzen to face Machado.
Lorenzen got Machado to fly out harmlessly to left field. Hosmer grounded to Galvis, who threw to second go force Naylor but Jose Iglesias relay throw was wide and out of play. Greg Garcia scored. Hosmer went to second on the error. Mejia flied out to center.
"Amir was a little rusty after being suspended for eight games," Bell said. "We expect him to be better next time. Lorenzen did a great job, so that the walks didn't cost us the game."
Raisel Iglesias came in to close for the Reds looking for his 25th save in 28 chances. Iglesias struck out Hunter Renfroe to complete a perfect ninth.
Gray is now 9-6 on the season and has won his last seven starts at Great American Ball Park.
"I love pitching here," Gray said.
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