The Reds took advantage of wildness from the Atlanta Braves pitchers to post a four-run sixth on the way to a 7-6 win. Atlanta pitchers walked nine batters in eight innings to help the Reds' cause.
For the first four innings Sonny Gray and the Reds had the game against the Atlanta Braves under control.
Gray struck out five of the first seven Braves batters until Ender Inciarte singled to right for their first hit in the third inning.
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There was a group of fans down the right field line, cheering on Puig, who is nicknamed "Wild Horse. They were chanting Puig is my friend.
"I was surprised to see the fans in right field cheering for me. I want to thank them for supporting me and my teammates. I saw the horses, the Cuban flag," Puig said. "There must be a lot of Cuban people in Cincinnati. I have to meet some of them to find a good Cuban restaurant. I love to eat rice and beans but my mother and girlfriend don't want me to eat a lot of them because they say I need to have a good body to play. The home run I just tried to do the best I can and have fun with my teammates. I need to work hard for my teammates. I think some more rice and beans will help me hit more."
Gray carried the scoreless game into the fifth inning until Dansby Swanson tripled into the left field corner leading off the inning. Puig caught Tyler Flower's fly ball to medium right field and threw home. Swanson scored when Inciarte flied out to Scott Schebler in center field.
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The Braves turned Sonny blue in the sixth inning Ozzie Albies singled for the Braves' third hit. Josh Donaldson hit a lazy fly down the left field line. Winker missed the sliding attempt to catch the ball and Albies scored with Donaldson reaching second base for a double. Freddie Freeman singled down the line for a game-tying single. Ronald Acuna reached on a ground ball to Eugenio Suarez who fumbled the ball out of his glove. It was ruled an error. Gray's wild pitch allowed the runners to move up a base. Freeman scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Nick Markakis. Bob Stephenson relieved Gray and struck out Swanson and Flowers. Those two outs earned Stephenson his second win.
"Unfortunately things happened there in that inning," Gray said. "But I also got myself in bad counts. I have to figure out a way to stay in the game longer."
The Reds regained the lead against Gausman in the bottom of the inning. Jose Iglesias or Joe Church as he called himself when he became a US citizen, hit a ball through Donaldson's legs at third base. Pinch hitter Derek Dietrich foiled the shift with a bunt single.
Two weeks ago his father suggested that he bunt on the shift. 'I said I don't know dad," Dietrich said. "You usually give me good tips but....."
On Tuesday Delino DeShields walked into the clubhouse and told players to meet him on the field to work on bunting.
"I said that's one less chance to hit a home run," Dietrich said in jest. "Then I put four or five on the line so when I got up I thought alright this is a good time. It was good to see Peraza get that big hit after it. It was good to see the look on Delino's face when I got to first base."
Former Braves farmhand, who Braves manager Brian Snitker managed in the minors, came to bat with just one RBI which came on a home run. Peraza, batting ninth in the order, faced Gausman with 10 hits on the season and a .154 average. The second baseman doubled down the line to drive in two runs and give the Reds the lead. Snitker brought in left hander to face the leadoff man, Joey Votto. Biddle walked Votto. He walked Suarez to load the bases. He walked Phil Ervin, who was recalled this afternoon to take over for the injured Matt Kemp, walked to drive in a run on a 3-2 pitch. Wes Parsons came in to face Puig. Puig skied high and deep to left for a sacrifice fly. Suarez and Ervin advanced a base. Schebler walked to reload the bases. Barnhart became the 10th batter in the inning. He struck out for the second time in the inning.
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Wandy Peralta was summoned to hold the lead.
Inciarte bunted for a single. Pinch hitter Charlie Culbertson doubled to drive Inciarte home with the Braves' fifth run. Albies hit into a fielder's choice as Iglesias cut down Culbertson at third. David Hernandez struck out Donaldson and Freeman to end the threat.
Jared Hughes entered the game in the eighth. Hughes walked Markakis with one out and Swanson doubled to send Markakis home. Flowers struck out as Swanson stole third. Amir Garrett relieved Hughes with a man on third and two outs.
Inciarte ended the threat with a ground out to Peraza.
The Reds loaded the bases on two walks and a single by Puig but didn't score in the bottom of the eighth.
The Reds put Michael Lorenzen in center field to start the ninth. Raisell Iglesias started the ninth looking for his fifth save in six tries. Matt Joyce opened the ninth with a double. Albies popped out on a bunt attempt. Josh Donaldson flied out deep to Lorenzen two steps from the wall. Joyce moved to third carrying the tying run. Iglesias had to face Freeman to make the save, getting him to ground out to Votto, who flipped to Iglesias.
After a tough eight game losing streak the Reds have won eight of the last 13 games.
"Sonny was outstanding. A couple of things happened unfortunately that extended the inning and made him work; a couple balls down the line," Bell said. "It wasn't easy but we did enough good things to get a win. We had a lot of good at bat. Dietrich's bunt was huge. I think we're getting better. It was a great play by Dietrich. He's had a lot of big hits for us, home runs but the bunt there was good timing. There are times when you'd rather see him hit away but that one came a great time."
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