Reds Rally For Fourth Walk Off Win This Week In 10 Innings.

 

Nick Senzel slapped his second single of the game to right field in the the 10th inning off Calvin Faucher to send the Reds to a 5-4 walk off win.

After playing nearly half the season without a walk off win, the Reds have turned in four since Sunday against the Braves.  They got the NL East leading New York Mets once and the Rays on consecutive days to start the season.

"Our clubhouse is so excited," David Bell said.   "You'll take wins any way you can get it but when you can do it like that, it takes nine, 10 whatever it takes. It is definitely not easy and wasn't perfect. We're playing good teams.  We believe we can play with these teams but you have to go out and do it."

Jeff Hoffman, who started the second game on Tuesday, was tasked with keeping the Rays scoreless. Ramirez ruined his plans with a high chop down the line against a drawn in Reds infield after Yandy Diaz flied to right to move Lowe to third with one out. It was Ramirez third double of the game. Ji-Man Choi followed with his fourth walk but Hoffman got out of the inning without further damage.

Calvin Faucher, inherited ghost runner, Kyle Farmer to try to save the game after Matt Wisler pitched a scoreless ninth.  Matt Reynolds singled sharply to right to put runners on the corners with no outs.  Farmer scored on a wild pitch.  Donovan Solano's soft single to right put runners at the corner again it set up Senzel's winning hit.

"I just wanted to get a hit and go home," Senzel said.  "There have definitely better results.  Even when things weren't going the best I stayed level headed and tried to stay positive."

Senzel had a tough start and some injuries early in the year.  He's had a couple base running gaffs but has played a really good defensive center field.

"At the beginning of the year there was some unluckiness and some good at bats but there were not so good at bats," Senzel said.  "I'm stringing more good at bats together.  I'm trying to stay confident every day."

"Senzel is playing with confidence," Bell said.  He's still a young player. He's playing every day.  Everyone is a little banged up but he's playing through it.  He knows he can help us win.  Today he came up in a big way.  Right now he's enjoying playing and contributing to our team.

The Reds first pick in the 2016 draft the number two overall pick continues to work and strive for his potential.

Hunter Greene pitched one of his better games but the Reds couldn't come up with a big hit on offense as three runs were gift wrapped by walks and mental errore.

Greene retired eight of the first nine Rays batters with Ji-Man Choi reaching on an error by Jonathan India.  Isaac Paredes hit into a double play, allowing Greene to face nine batters in three innings.  Harold Ramirez doubled down the third base line for the Rays' first hit.  His nine strikeouts on the day give him 107 for the season.

Tampa Bay scored in the fifth.  Greene lost the strike zone, momentarily,  walking two batters in front of Francisco Mejia's RBI single.  Greene got a break when his wild pitch bounded back to Tyler Stephenson right at home plate, who fired to third to get Taylor Walls. Josh Lowe grounded out to end the inning.

The Reds squandered two golden scoring chances against Rays' starter Drew Rasmussen.  Brandon Drury hit his first double of the game in the first inning.  Tyler Naquin walked with two outs but Stephenson, playing in his first game since breaking his thumb on June 9,  struck out. 

The Reds loaded the bases with one out in the third but Naquin popped to third and Stephenson lined out to third.  Drury's third hit a double put a runner in scoring position against reliever Jalen Beeks but Tommy Pham and Naquin struck out.

Stephenson led off the sixth with a single.  He advanced to second on a wild pitch.  Kyle Farmer sent him to third with a ground out to the right side.  Mike Moustakas struck out for the third time.  Senzel hit a hard ground ball right to shortstop Walls and the Reds remained scoreless.

Buck Farmer, who was brought up from Louisville before the game, took over in the seventh and threw a scoreless inning.

Greene pitched six innings of one run, three hit baseball.  He walked four and struck out nine.  It was the walks that caused his problem.

A leadoff single by India went to waste against Jason Adam in the seventh.  Drury forced India a second.  Pham and Naquin struck out.

Ian Gibaut took in the eighth.  Moustakas, who is not normally a first baseman was late to the bag on a ground ball by Mejia to start the inning.  Josh Lowe walked. Yu Chang, who replaced Wander Franco, hit a slow ground ball to India but Moustakas chased it and wasn't there to cover first.  Gibaut couldn't get to first in time.  Ramirez doubled to drive in two.  Choi reached for the third tim via walk.  Randy Arozarena popped out to Moustakas at first.  Paredes hit into a double play.

The runs were officially earned because there were no physical misplays but two outs should have been recorded to keep the game closer. 

The Reds threatened again against Brooks Raley in the eighth.  Stephenson and Kyle Farmer singled.  Matt Reynolds pinch hit for Moustakas and sent Lowe to the wall to make the catch.  Raley hit Donovan Solano for the second time in as many at bats to load the bases.  Kevin Cash summoned Colin Poche to face Senzel. Senzel walked to force in the Reds first run.  India fouled out to Choi at first on a 3-1 pitch.  Drury tied the game with his fourth hit a single through the hole at short.  Poche fanned Pham to end the inning.

Hunter Strickland survived a leadoff single by Kiermaier to pitch a scoreless ninth.

The Reds were 1-13 with runners in scoring position before coming up with three of them in the 10th.