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

 

Reds chase Red Sox behind Anderson for 5-1 win

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Reds 5 Red Sox 1

The Reds snapped an eight game losing streak to the Red Sox at GABP. They move to 59-90 with 13 games remaining.

Beast of the East: The Reds finish 10-6 vs Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles and Blue Jays......3-1-2 in six series

Not bad, at all: Chase Anderson 5 iN, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 89 pitches/55 strikes.....last two starts combined 10 IN, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 K.

Twice is nice: Jonathan India entered the game 4 for his last 40. He delivered two hits, each plating a run. He added a stolen base.

Snapped: Kyle Farmer's two-run single, a jam shot at 52.7 mph off the bat, snapping his 0 for 18 streak.

Plunked, again: Anderson hit Tommy Pham with a 1st inning pitch. The Reds become the first pitching staff in MLB history to hit 100 batters in a season.

Long ball: Donovan Solano, who had three hits last night, jacked his 4th HR of the year to extend the Reds lead to 5-1 in the 8th. It left the bat at 104 mph and traveled 404 feet.

Wild thing: Boston starter Connor Seabold threw four wild pitches.

Taking advantage: Stuart Fairchild had his third consecutive two hit night. Since August 24: He's 15 for 33 with 3 2B, 4 RBI in 17 games.

Struggle bus: Aristides Aquino is now 0-19.

Bullpen: Cruz 1.0, 0 R.....Sanmartin 1.0, 0 R....Law 1.1 IN, 0 R.......Diaz 0.2, DP for the save (8).

Man of the people: Joey Votto walked around the stands in a Barry Larkin jersey throughout the game and took selfies with fans.

Hat Trick: Pham struck out three times.

Attendance: 13,074


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