The Philadelphia Phillies took out the frustration on a 13-0 loss on Saturday on Luis Cessa pounding and pinging him for nine runs in the first inning and finished with a series tying, 14-3 win.
Bryson Stott wasted no time extending his hitting streak to 16 games with a drive that reached the right field seats. It was his first of the season and first career leadoff home run.
Cessa gave up an infield single to Trea Turner, then walked Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos in front of a single by Brandon Marsh. Alec Bohm singled down the third base line. Third baseman Spencer Steer knocked it down but had no play. Jake Cave cleared the bases with a double and Josh Harrison plated Cave with a single to put the Phillies up 7-0 with one out. Turner collected the third infield hit of the inning and the Phills added one more in the first. Schwarber's run scoring double continued the nightmare. Castellano flied out to mercifully end the inning.
Phillies starter Aaron Nola must have thought he won the lottery when he took the mound in the bottom of the inning.
Three infield hits stretched the Phillies lead to 10 in the third inning before the Reds scored on a double by Jonathan India and a triple by Jake Fraley. The triple that went under the glove of Bohm at first base was later ruled a three-base error.
Cessa took a beating to save the bullpen. He allowed another run to score on a double by Bohm and single by Cave before hitting Harrison with a pitch in the fourth. Fernando Cruz came in to mop up.
Luke Maile had two hits which on a normal day would be something to celebrate in his home town.
"Not today. I'm a defense first catcher," Maile said. "It is my job to keep the other team from scoring."
He was proud of Cessa even with the beating.
"Obviously the first guy hits a home run into the first row," Maile said. "The pitch was up but it was just one thing after another. Anything that could go wrong did. I was really proud of the way he handled it. He covered as many innings as he possibly could. He didn't quit. He gave us as much as he had."
Once the game got out of hand the Reds could only hope to prevent the carnage from affecting future games.
"It was just a tough inning" David Bell said. "Nothing went right. Cess look like his stuff was down, definitely not his best stuff. To his credit he hung in there and gave us a few more innings which may not sound like a big deal but in the big picture it really is. We have a long stretch of consecutive games here. It is not easy but he did it for us to help save our bullpen for the next few days."
The Reds got a pair of sacrifice flies to score in the fourth off Nola to make it an 11-3 game.
Cruz allowed a run in the fifth. J. T. Realmuto hit his second home run of the season off Reiver Sanmatin. When he crossed the plate, all the Phillies starters scored at least one run.
Jason Vosler was summoned to pitch the ninth for the Reds, allowing a run on four singles, three more of the infield variety. Steer left the game in the ninth.
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