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Reds 8 Rockies 6
Insert default line: It wasn't easy. It never is.
But for the first time since 2012, the Reds have won 10 straight games, beating the Rockies 8-6 Tuesday night in front of 28,291 fans at GABP.
The Reds trailed 1-0 two batters into the game when Rockies RF Nolan Jones homered off Ben Lively. But then the Reds went to work, belting three homers of their own, one each by TJ Friedl, Elly De La Cruz and Will Benson.
The Reds led 8-2 until a Jorge Alfaro three-run homer vs Casey Legumina in the 8th. That forced Alexis Diaz into the game in the 9th. He allowed a run and loaded the bases but got a strikeout to end it.
It was one of those nights at GABP. Each team homered three times.
It's a fifth consecutive series secured and a 25th comeback win of the season, equaling their 2022 season total.
The Reds move to 39-35 on the season. They were 26-48 through 74 games a year ago.
The Brewers also won, so the Reds stay 0.5 games up in the NL Central. The Pirates drop four back after their 8th straight loss.
The Reds are four games games over .500 for the first time since finishing 2021 season 83-79.
They haven’t won more than 10 straight games since a 12-game win streak in 1957.
Quotes of note:
"This is the most fun I've seen fans have at the ballpark in a long time." The Cowboy, 700 WLW
"You kind of get the sense that GABP is the place to be right now," Tommy Thrall, 700 WLW
Walks will in fact haunt: 2 two out walks by Rockies pitcher Noah Davis in the 2nd opened the door for a TJ Friedl....3 run laser beam HR and a 3-1 lead.
Speed and pressure: Rockies pitcher Peter Lambert committed three throwing errors that led to two runs in the 5th inning as the Reds forced the action on the bases.
Friedl: 4 for 5, HR, 3 RBI, 3 1B....1st four hit game of his career.
Elly: 3 for 4, 2B, HR, 2 R
Joey: FO, PO, K, K
Ben Lively: 4 IN, 3 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, 80 pitches/45 strikes. He walked four batters having walked just 9 in 42 innings coming into the game.
Bullpen: Alex Young 1.0 IN, 0 R.....Fernando Cruz 1.0 IN, 0 R.....Daniel Duarte 1.0 IN, 1 R.....Legumina 1.0 IN, 3 R......Diaz save No. 20 and his 25th consecutive
How the Reds scored their runs:
2nd: Friedl three-run HR (382 feet), 3-1 Reds
3rd: De La Cruz HR (350 feet), 4-1 Reds
3rd: Steer 2-out RBI 2B, 5-1 Reds
5th: Fraley RBI 2B, 6-2 Reds
5th: Fraley scored from 2nd on a wild pickoff attempt, 7-2 Reds
6th: Benson HR (403 feet), 8-2