Dateline: Cincinnati
The Milwaukee Brewers scored two runs in the 10th inning without a hit to edge the Reds 2-1 in a game where hits came at a premium.
The Brewers out hit the Reds 3-2 to take the first game of the three-game series. The Brewers are 6-2 in extra inning games. The Reds are 6-4.
Brady Singer and the Brewers, Brandon Woodruff, who came off the injured list before the game, traded zeroes through six innings.
"He's been working hard. He got a lot of swing and miss where they were just under it. Outside of the second inning when he lost the strike zone but he pitched out of it. Other than that he was terrific," Terry Francona said.
Singer walked two to start the second inning but pitched out of the jam. Brice Turang led off the fourth inning with a double but was stranded there. Singer threw 106 pitches, 69 for strikes.
"I'm thankful that he let me pitch into the seventh inning. I haven't done that in awhile," Singer said. His ERA fell below five at 4.81.
Woodruff mowed down the Reds, although a couple line drives were caught in the first five innings as he retired all 15 batters with eight strikeouts.
Woodruff struck out Noelvi Marte in the sixth but Tyler Stephenson singled to center for the Reds first hit. McLain became Woodruff's 10th strikeout victim.
Andy Ashby took over for Woodruff in the seventh inning. Woodruff pitched six innings in his first game back. He threw 79 pitches, 53 for strikes.
Ashby struck out two in a perfect inning.
Sam Moll relieved Singer in the top of the eighth. Singer pitched seven innings, his longest outing of the season and longest since July 27 last season where he pitched 7 1/3 innings in a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. He gave up two hits and two walks while notching seven strikeouts.
Moll retired the Brewers in order with the help of a play by McLain at shortstop. He bobbled Andrew Vaughn's ground ball up the middle but recovered to throw him out.
Abner Uribe started the bottom of the eighth for the Brewers.
Tejay Antone opened the ninth for the Reds. He struck out Jackson Churio then gave up the second hit of the game to Turang. After William Contreras flied out deep to center. Terry Francona brought in Brock Burke to face left hander Jake Bauer, who struck out looking.
Trevor Megill entered the game for the Brewers, trying to take the game to extra innings. Megill retired the Reds in order. The Reds had one base runner in nine innings.
Tony Santillan came into the game with Bauers as the ghost runner. Garrett Mitchell walked. Frelick sacrificed to put runners on second and third. Joey Ortiz flied out to right to score Bauers with the first run of the game. Mitchell scored on a wild pitch to give Milwaukee a two-run lead. The ball leaked into the right handers batter's box just far enough to let Mitchell score.
Former Red Joel Kuhnel took the mound in the bottom of the 10th. He was looking for his fifth save in six attempts. Dunn was the ghost runner. JJ Bleday grounded out to second base. Dunn took third. Sal Stewart grounded out to third as Dunn scored. Dane Myers singled off Kuhnel's glove to represent the tying run. It was the Reds' second hit. Steer grounded out to third to end the game.
"If you give up one, ok, we have a runner on second. The breaking ball that got away, it changes the game a lot. I wish we were up 10-0 but it was a fun game to be in," Francona said.
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