Lance McAlister

Lance McAlister

Lance McAlister covers everything in Cincinnati sports! Host of sports talk on Cincinnati News Radio 700WLW and ESPN 1530!Full Bio

 

Montas exits early, bullpen stars, Reds win, sweep Angels

Reds 3 Angels 0 

Quick Cap:

A day that started with chaos, turned into one of the finest Reds bullpen performances….EVER…,and a huuuuuge win. Frankie Montas was forced to leave three batters into the game when he took a liner (101 mph) off his right forearm. Five Reds relievers then combined to allow 0 runs over the final 8.1 innings. How about David Bell piecing that one together? 

The Reds were no-hit into a scoreless 6th inning before an error opened the door to a CES 2-out double. That’s a series sweep and eight straight wins vs the Angels. The Reds are now 12-9. 

Notes:

India and Fraley were not in the lineup because of illnesses.

Elly: 2 H, BB, R. His infield single with one out in the 6th broke up Jose Soriano’s no-hit bid. The adjustments he continues to make are pretty impressive. Not just game to game, but pitch to pitch.

CES 2-RBI 2B and two nice D picks: one took a hit away from Mike Trout, another started a 3-6-3 DP. 

Candelario: 2 H, HBP. He started a heck of an around the horn DP w/ Santiago Espinal. 

Mike Trout 1 for 12 in the series. Sims got him to pop up in 11 pitch AB. He entered the series as AL HR leader (8). 

Frankie Montas: 0.2. X-rays revealed NO fracture. Aaron Hicks (.152) drew a 10 pitch BB to open the game. 

Bullpen: 8.1 innings. 0 runs. Wow. 
Suter: The emergency call with 2 outs in the 1st. 2.2 IN, 51 pitches. 
Pagan: 2 IN, 22 pitches. 
Cruz: 1 IN
Sims: 1 IN. 29 pitches. 
Diaz: 1 IN

That’s two shutouts over the last eight days.

How they scored:
6th: CES 2-out, 2-run double on 0 and 2 pitch, 2-0 Reds 
6th: Candelario RBI 2B, 3-0 Reds 

Espinal struck out attempting to bunt w/ two outs in the 6th. A .128 hitting backup middle infielder that can’t bunt.

Benson: 0-4, 3 K. He’s 0 for his last 16. Team high 30 K in 80 PA. 

Tomorrow: Reds open four game series vs Phillies at GABP. The Reds will need some innings from Hunter Greene. They won’t have Martinez, Suter or Sims to use.


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