Noah Syndergaard Stays Perfect Against The Reds In Series Opener Nick Castellanos Returns

 

 

Edmudo Sosa drove in three runs to stake the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 win over the reeling Reds and back Noah Syndergaard's dominace over Reds' hitters.

Sosa put the Phillies in front in the third inning with two outs with a bases loaded single off Mike Minor, who is looking for his second win of the season.

The third inning two-out rally erased the Reds' 2-0 lead forged in the bottom of the second inning off Syndergaard.

Albert Almora Jr. hit an inning opening double.  Matt Reynolds, who was a replacement for late scratch Jonathan India, singled sharply to left field with Almora stopping at third.  Aristides Aquino lined out hard to Sosa at third base.  Jose Barrero struck out as Reynolds stole second.  Michael Papierski singled them both in.

The Phillies put together a two-out rally of their own.

Bryson Stott opened with his second single of the game in the third.  With one out Alex Bohm forced Stott at second.  J.T. Realmuto singled.  Former Red Nick Castellanos hit an RBI single on an 0-2 pitch.  After Jeas Segura walked Sosa's single put the Phillies on top.

"Mike got ahead 0-2 on Casty (Castellanos) and then just left one out over the middle.  It seems like a couple pitches a game make a difference for him," David Bell said.

In the fifth Segura doubled with two outs and Sosa doubled him home.

Syndergaard handled the Reds over the seven innings.  He came into the game 5-0 lifetime against the Reds with a 2.11 ERA. On May 2, 2019, Syndergarrd shut out the Reds 1-0 at Citifield.  His home run was the only run of the game.

The right hander allowed just three singles after Papierski's single until Jake Fraley belted his fourth home run of the season to the opposite field to open the eighth.  

The blow ended Syndergaard's night after seven plus innings, allowing three runs on eight hits.  He struck out six but insued no walks.

"Syndergaard threw strikes," Bell said. "He got a lot of first pitch outs.  It made it easier on him.  He really pounded the strike zone.  We hit some balls hard right at guys but that's not taking anything away from him."

David Robertson and Seranthony Dominguez finished up for the Phillies. 

Minor lost his 10th game against one win.  He pitched five innings and allowed 10 hits and four runs.  The bullpen threw four scoreless frames.

"I thought I made decent pitches tonight; a lot of broken bats, a lot of ground balls in the holes," Minor said.  "They have a good lineup, a good team.  They grinded out some at bats."

Bell believes that Minor is so close to coming all the way back from the injury that delayed his season.

"Minor used all four of his pitches.  He had a couple innings where he was pitching well.  He got a couple pitches in the middle part of the plate," Bell said.