Ranger Suarez stymied the Reds offense while his teammates chipped away to post a 7-0 win for the Philadelphia Phillies, opening the four-game series.
The Phillies won their seventh straight while snapping the Reds' three-game winning streak.Suarez came into the game with 18 straight scoreless innings, including a complete game shutout of Colorado in his last start. He extended his scoreless streak to 25 with seven shutout innings, allowing just two hits and a walk, while striking out five batters.
The Phillies built a lead inch by inch against Hunter Greene. They scored single runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings.
"Overall I thought I pitched well; did a better job of attacking the zone," Greene said. "I have to do a better job of getting the first guy out. I think that is what threw off those three or four innings."
Alec Bohm singled past the diving Elly De La Cruz at shortstop. Former Red Nick Castellanos dumped a flair into right field to send Bohm to third. Bryson Stott's fly to right allowed Bohm to score on a close play at home, beating the throw by Stuart Fairchild. Johan Rojas tripled to open the third inning. Middletown, Ohio native Kyle Schwarber hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the Phillie's second run."
The next inning, Bohm doubled and went to third base on a single by Castellanos. Stott forced Castellanos at second, allowing Bohm to score again.Greene walked Schwarber to open the fifth. He scored from first on a double into the left field corner by J.T. Realmuto.
Meanwhile, the Reds offense couldn't get untracked against Ranger Suarez. Fairchild opened the game with an infield hit. He was called out on batter interference as Spencer Steer struck out while Fairchild was running. Steer got in way of Realmuto's throw.
Suarez retired eight batters in a row before Steer walked. Christian Encarnacion-Strand singled to open the fifth but was forced at second. De La Cruz stole third with two outs but was stranded."Suarez has been great for them all year, going back to last year, obviously. He has good movement on his fastball and uses the whole plate," David Bell said. "He has several different pitches he can get you out with. We weren't able to get much going. We had a few good at bats mixed in there but give him a lot of credit."
Greene gave the Reds what they really needed by pitching seven innings to help save the bullpen which endured 8 2/3 innings on Sunday. He allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out six.
"Hunter established his fastball early in the game which I thought was a great sign. Over the course of the game, they hit a few balls hard off his fastball. That's going to happen. He had a good fastball. I really liked how he started the first inning, I think he threw all fastballs. I think there is a lot for him to build off his game," Bell said.
Casey Legumina was recalled from Louisville and made his first appearance for the Reds. Cody Clemens, the son of Roger Clemens hit a three-run home run in the ninth off Legumina.
Greg Soto relieved Suarez for the Phillies in the eighth inning. Former Reds' pitcher Jeff Hoffman finished the game with a scoreless ninth.
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