
He retired the side with runners on second and third after Jonathan India reached on Machado's fielding error and Friedl blooped a single to left.Ĭincinnati's Graham Ashcraft allowed one run and six hits in six innings to lower his ERA from 2.10 to 2.00. Wacha got in and out of trouble in the first.

He returned April 20 from an 80-game PED suspension. Tatis went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts to end his nine-game hitting streak. He has four extra-base hits in his last four games - three doubles and a homer - after having none in his previous seven games. He had a two-run double in Monday night's 8-3 win. He doubled again in the sixth, his third straight multi-hit game and ninth this season. Soto hustled into third on the throw home and was stranded. Soto scorched a ball just fair down the line and and into the right field corner to bring in Machado, who was aboard on a two-out single. Soto, heating up after a slow start, doubled in Manny Machado with two outs in the third. TJ Friedl singled with one out, stole second and scored on Jake Fraley's two-out base hit to right. Michael Wacha held the Reds to two hits in six shutout innings and Nick Martinez pitched a perfect seventh before Cincinnati tied it 1-1 with two singles in the eighth. I was enjoying seeing that level of those hitters, great hitters, but Alexis believes in himself, he had to make pitches, he challenged them, threw some great sliders, some great fastballs and came out on top tonight.”ĭerek Law (1-4) pitched the ninth for the win. "As a fan of baseball, it was hard for me to watch it that way, but I was. Manager David Bell said it was enjoyable watching Díaz blow through the heart of the order of the team with baseball's third-highest payroll. “I had to come up big for my team in that situation. Once I find my swing again, it's going to be really hard to get me out.

You've got to keep going, you've got to keep fighting. India said he hasn't been swinging the bat well the last week.
