Aaron Judge, who was on base five times with four hits and three RBI, got a day off but the remaining New York Yankees used two home runs to best the Reds, 4-1 to complete the sweep.
Again the Reds got off to a fast start against Luis Severino, who missed the Yankees first 48 games with a right lat strain. Jonathan India walked to open the first inning. Two outs later Spencer Steer hit a soft liner down the right field line that Jake Bauers slid to get a glove on it but couldn't make the catch. Firstbase umpire, Nestor Ceja, signaled foul ball but India and Steer kept running. The Reds appealed and the call was overturned. Steer had reached third on the play but was sent back to second. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected by crew chief Brian O'Nora.
Hunter Greene allowed a single and a walk in the first three innings but faced the minimum nine batters. Willie Calhoun singled but Harrison Bader hit into a double play in the second inning. Isiah Kiner-Falefa walked but Luke Maile threw him out on a steal attempt.
.Greene retired the side in order in the fourth but the Yankees took the lead in the fifth. Calhoun walked but this time Bader lined his fourth home run of the season to give the visitors the lead. It was the seventh allowed by Greene in his 10th start. Torres hit his seventh of the season in the sixth.
"It was a step in the right direction for Hunter," David Bell said. "He worked his fastball up and down. I thought he made it uncomfortable with his fastball. He used his change up a lot. Which increased the effectiveness of his fastball. The Bader home run was a change up but we encourage him to throw it, so you have to live with that. It will help him in the long run."
The Yankees added a run against Greene in the seventh inning. Jake Bauer walked. Greg Allen pinch ran for him and stole second. He went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a double by Anthony Volpe.
"I've been working on a lot of things," Greene said. "It came through in a lot of ways. I made a couple pitches when I think about it. Bader hit a change up. Everyone knows I'm working on it but still had a lot of success with it in a lot of situations. That's just part of the game."
Greene had his longest outing of the season, completing seven innings. He allowed just four hits, but two were homers. He walked three and two of them scored. Greene matched his season high with 10 strikeouts, the third time this season he fanned 10.
"I really wanted Hunter to finish the seventh. It is going to be important for him to experience," Bell said.
Bell was ejected for the second time this series in the bottom of the eighth inning. He felt that Wandy Peralta was quick pitching before the batter was ready. Max Scherzer was ejected for trying this early in the season.
"Yes, I was arguing a quick pitch," Bell said. "I wasn't able to get an explanation."
Kevin Herget pitched two scoreless innings for the Reds. Albert Abreu, Jimmy Cordero and Wandy Peralta shut out the Reds until the ninth. Clay Holmes started the ninth but the Reds loaded the bases with two outs on singles by Jake Fraley and Steer plus a walk to Stuart Fairchild. Wil Benson came to the plate with a .048 batting average. Holmes fielded a comeback grounder to earn his fifth save.
"Severino was really good. We weren't able to string anything together," Bell said "Typically, that's what we do. That's how we score runs without the home run.
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