Cincinnati grabbed an early lead but it surely didn’t even final an inning earlier than the Brewers tied the sport up and finally took a lead that they might by no means relinquish as Milwaukee topped the Reds 5-3 on Friday night time and ship the house workforce to their 92nd lack of the yr.

The Offense

Cincinnati’s offense received the sport began proper as Jonathan India led off the underside of the first with a stroll, Spencer Steer adopted up with a single, after which they each scored when Kyle Farmer doubled on a line drive down the left discipline line to place the Reds on high 2-0. Cincinnati would get two walks after that within the inning, however a fly out would finish the inning with no extra harm finished. Within the third inning the Reds would get back-to-back 1-out singles however two strikeouts ended the inning.

Cincinnati didn’t get a lot going once more on offense till the underside of the eighth once they have been trailing 5-2. Aristides Aquino walked  and Stuart Fairchild adopted up with a single. Alejo Lopez grounded right into a pressure out at second, however the throw to first on the double play try was nowhere close to the bag and led to Aquino scoring from second and Lopez advancing to second base. That minimize the lead for Milwaukee to 5-3. Needing to attain two runs to tie the sport up or three for the win, the Reds needed to face Devin Williams within the backside of the ninth and he struck out the facet to finish any thought of a comeback on Friday night time.

The Pitching

Luis Cessa wasn’t scheduled to start out on Friday night time, however the Reds positioned Mike Minor on the injured record earlier within the day and Cessa returned to the rotation. He walked the leadoff batter, however was in a position to get three fly outs to finish the inning. After Cincinnati grabbed a 2-0 lead within the backside of the first, Cessa couldn’t maintain that lead within the subsequent inning as a 1-out stroll was adopted by a single and a double that plated two runs to tie the sport up. The Brewers would get again to it within the fifth after back-to-back singles led off the inning and a run crossed the plate on a pressure out on an tried double play that gave Milwaukee a 3-2 lead. That will be the ultimate pitch thrown for Cessa as Fernando Cruz entered the sport for the ultimate out of the fifth – a strikeout of Luis Urias.

Cruz returned and pitched a shutout sixth inning earlier than Buck Farmer took over for the Reds within the seventh. He bumped into hassle when the Brewers put collectively a 1-out rally with a stroll, single, after which a 2-run double by Andrew McCutchen that prolonged their result in 5-2. Ian Gibaut needed to work round two hits within the eighth, however he did simply that to maintain the rating the identical as when he entered the sport. After the Reds received one of many runs again to make it 5-3 it was Hunter Strickland’s flip to pitch and he tossed a shutout high of the ninth that ended on a strikeout of Victor Caratini on a slider that hit him within the knee. Cincinnati’s offense couldn’t get the job finished within the backside of the inning as they dropped their second in a row to the Brewers on this homestand.

Up Subsequent for the Cincinnati Reds

Milwaukee Brewers vs Cincinnati Reds

Saturday September twenty fourth, 6:40pm ET

Corbin Burnes (10-8, 3.12 ERA) vs Graham Ashcraft (5-3, 3.97 ERA)