Reds 11 Jays 7
Down 6-0 after three innings, the Reds proceeded to reel off 11 unanswered runs over the next five innings.
It's the Reds first ever series win vs Toronto in nine matchups.
Offense: 11 H, 4 HR, 5 BB, 13 K, 4 SB. They sent 11 batters to the plate and scored five times in the 5th to take the lead.
Elly: 3 H, HR, 3 RBI, SB. 5th player w/ 20 HR/60 SB, Morgan, Henderson, Davis, Acuna.. Per Sarah Langs, MLB.com, there have been 8 individual 20+ HR, 60+ SB seasons in MLB history, four by Reds. It was his first steal in 11 games. 18th game this year w/ at least a one SB and EXBH.
Spencer Steer: 400-foot HR (19), 2 RBI, BB. One HR away from 20/20.
Noelvi Marte 2 H, HR
Jonathan India: 2 H, HR, RBI, SB, R
Tyler Stephenson: 2 H, 2 R, 2 RBI
Santiago Espinal: H, BB, RBI, R
Marte/India double steal snapped streak of six straight games w/o SB for Reds.
Will Benson (0-4) certainly won’t be able to look back and say he didn’t get a fair shot. That’s 341 PA to hit .189 this year. Reds sent 11 to the plate in the 5th inning, and he made 2 outs. Poor guy.
Martinez: 4.1 IN, 6 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 3 HR, 86 pitches. Streak of 24.1 innings w/o a walk snapped, longest since Dan Straily 26.1 (2016).
George Springer led off game w/ HR. Jays hit 2 HR in 1st and have hit 8 in the last two games.
Bullpen: Santillan 0.2 , Farmer 1.0, Moll 0.2, Pagan 1.1, Cruz 1.0/R
Last five games: 23.0 bullpen innings. 20.0 by starters. (Lodolo 2.1, Abbott 5.0, Aguiar 4.0, Spiers 4.1, Martinez 4.1). .
How they scored:
4th Steer 2-R HR (19), 6-2 Jays
5th India RBI 1B, 6-3 Jays
5th Elly 2 RBI 1B, 6-5 Jays
5th Elly scores on Stephenson RBI fielder’s choice/contact play, 6-6
5th Espinal RBI BB, 7-6 Reds
6th Marte HR (4), 8-6 Reds
6th India HR (12), 9-6 Reds
6th Stephenson RBI 2B, 10-6 Reds
8th Elly HR (22), 11-6 Reds