Dateline: Cincinnati
Joey Ortiz picked a dramatic moment to belt the second home run of the season. The blast provided the margin in the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3 win.
The Brewers are 4-0 against the Reds after sweeping a three-game series in Cincinnati last week.
Nick Lodolo left the game with a 3-0 lead. He pitched five scoreless innings, allowing one hit. It gave him nine scoreless against the Brewers. In his last start he finished four innings even after Jackson Churio lined a ball of his left wrist.
Lodolo walked four and struck out four, including Churio on a 12-pitch dispute.
The Reds scored early against Brewer starter Robert Gasser. With two outs Spencer Steer singled. JJ Bleday walked. Dane Myers double to score Steer.
Elly De La Cruz hit his 13th home run of the season after Edwin Arroyo singled.
Myers had to leave the game on a cart after he robbed Andrew Vaughn of an extra base hit leading off the fourth.
“It was an amazing catch,” Terry Francona said. “He’s fearless. I’m surprised he held onto it but he paid a price.”
The Reds too x-rays but sent him to the hospital.
“They’re checking for a lot of things, shoulder, neck, ribs. He was really hurting and it wasn’t going away,” Francona said.
Chase Petty surrendered the lead.
Vaughn doubled off Sal Stewart’s glove with one out. Pinch hitter Christian Yelich walked. Pinch hitter Jake Bauers singled to score Vaughn. Petty threw a wild pitch on ball four to Sal Frelick. The inning ended on a fly out by pinch hitter, David Hamilton and strike out of Joey Ortiz to end the sixth.
Brice Turang hit his 12th home run to tie the game in the seventh.
Sam Moll struck out Yelich to end the seventh. He got Bauers to fly out. Hamilton bunted him to second. Tejay Antone gave up Ortiz’ second home run of the season on a 1-1 pitch.
“He threw three breaking balls in a row,” Francona said. “I don’t think he got it where he wanted to.”
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