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Andrew Abbott became the latest Reds' rookie starter and showed why the Reds spent the second pick of 2021 on him. Abbott shut down the Milwaukee Brewers in a 2-0 win that helped the Reds avoid a sweep at the hands of NL Central leaders.
Former Atlanta Braves ace Julio Teheran was the Milwaukee starter. Stuart Fairchild led off the third inning with his second home run of the season. It was the second run alloed by Teheran in 13 innings since joining the Brewers' staff on May 25.
A struggling Tyler Stephenson hit his third home run of the season two outs into the fourth inning. The homer broke an 0-for-11 slump for Stephenson.
Abbott walked four and allowed one hit, a double to UC grad, Joey Wiemer in six scoreless innings. The left handed rookie walked Brian Anderson and Luis Urias to open the second inning but retired 10 batters in a row. He issued a leadoff walk to Andruw Monasterio to start the sixth. After a mound visit by catcher Luke Maile, Abbott struck out William Contreras and Christian Yelich, who was his first big league victim.
"Maile just said, hey calm down. Your stuff is really looking good," Abbott said. "If you try to get it over the plate, you're going to get guys out because it is hard to hit too. Just try to get ahead. I took that advice from a veteran."
The Brewers were trying to make Abbott work and were successful in driving up his pitch count.
""We did a nice job in the first inning making him work," Brewers' manager Craig Counsell said. "We did a nice job in the second inning making him work. The two strikeouts in the second inning were big and he was efficient after that. We didn't do enough to put more pressure on him. We didn't square enough balls to get anything done."
Buck Farmer relieved Abbott to start the seventh. He allowed Wiemer's second double. Lucas Sims allowed an infield single in a scoreless eighth.
Alexis Diaz faced the heart of the Brewers order to notch his 14th save in as many tries, striking out the side.
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