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Emotions and momentum kept changing uniform on a Thursday afternoon.
Randy Arozarena homered to tie the game in the top of the ninth and hit a two-run double in the tenth to lead the Seattle Mariners to an 11-7 win to stop the Reds from winning their third straight series.
The Reds dropped back under .500 at 9-10. The Mariners go the other was at 10-9
The Reds made four errors in the game which allowed six unearned runs to score.
"We made a lot of mistakes. We played with heart which is good, but we made too many mistakes to win a game like that today," manager Terry Francona said.
Jake Fraley hit a grand slam off Eduard Bazardo in the eighth inning to put the Reds up 7-5.
"He is a big slider guy. He started me off with a slider. I thought he might come back with a fastball and he left it over the plate," Fraley said.
It was Fraley's first home run of the season and second grand slam of his career.
"It felt amazing," Fraley said. "Obviously to give my team a lead in the late innings and to do it with a team I used to play for makes it more cool."
"That was so good to see. The timing was about as good as it gets," Francona said about an emotional moment that could have been a happier moment if not for Cal Raleigh and Arozareno hitting back-to-back home runs off Emilio Pagan to open the ninth
Austin Hays drilled a two-run home run to right field in the first inning. Elly De La Cruz singled off J.P. Crawford's glove to set up the blast with two outs.
Brady Singer navigated a scoreless second inning when Blake Dunn dropped a catchable foul fly to left off the bat of Miles Mastrobuoni, who walked. Another foul pop up fell to earth in foul territory from Crawford's bat but Singer got him out on a fly to deep center to get out of the jam.
"There were plays that weren't errors that didn't get made," Francona pointed out. "It made it tough for Singer early on. He didn't have his fastball. We prolonged that inning that cost him an inning too."
Luke Raley tied the game with his second home run of the season with Randy Arozarena, on base.
The Mariners scored two unearned runs in the fifth inning. Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco singled. Polanco went to second base on Jake Fraley's throwing error. De La Cruz misplayed Cal Raleigh's ground ball, allowing Rodriguez to score. Donovan Solano's sacrifice fly gave Seattle a two-run lead.
Singer finished with 4 1/3 innings, allowing four run, two earned on five hits and three walks. Singer struck out six.
Emerson Hancock, the Mariners' starter pitched five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out four with no walks.
The Reds loaded the bases with a walk to Blake Dunn, a double by Fraley and a walk to pinch hitter, Matt McLain. TJ Friedl drove Dunn home with a fly to right. Santiago Espinal walked to reload the bases but Trent Thornton struck out De La Cruz, looking.
Seattle got the run back off Tony Santillan in his 11th game. Ben Williamson singled. Mastrobuoni walked and Crawford doubled.
Pagan gave up a lead off home run to Raleigh leading off the ninth. It was Raleigh's eighth home run of the season and third of the series.
It wasn't a terrible pitch to Raleigh it was the probably just the wrong pitch," said Pagan. "Hats of to him. He is on fire right now. He had a heck of a series. I think we should have gone to a splitter right there instead of fastball. It wasn't a good enough pitch. I didn't pitch terrible. That is something no one wants to hear right now. We lost the game. I blew the game. It stinks but you have to stay big picture on these things. I faced five hitters. I threw 13 pitches with two strikeouts. Most of the time that line will be a win."
This was the third time the Reds lost a game after taking a lead.
"It sucks," Fraley said. "Your going to have games like this throughout the year. It's inevitable. It's a tough game here. To be able to flush it. I feel like if you let one game get to you. It spirals."
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