Matt McLain hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning to help the Cincinnati Reds complete a three-game sweep of the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a 4-2 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Jose Trevino also homered for the Reds to wrap up their fourth sweep of the season.
Reds starter Brady Singer allowed two runs and five hits in five innings. He struck out three and walked three.
The game was delayed by rain for 30 minutes with no outs in the top of the sixth.
Scott Barlow was on the mound for the Reds when the game resumed and he retired the side in the sixth. Taylor Rogers (2-2) did the same in the seventh and eighth, and Tony Santillan pitched the ninth for his second save.
Arizona starter Zac Gallen (4-8) returned to the mound after the delay and departed after giving up the home run to McLain. He allowed four runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking three.
Eugenio Suarez homered for the second straight game for the Diamondbacks, who came into the series riding a four-game winning streak.
Suarez hit a high fly to right-center field that carried over the fence with one out in the second to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead.
Arizona’s Alek Thomas led off the third with a single up the middle, was sacrificed to second by Jose Herrera and scored on a line-drive single up the middle by Corbin Carroll to extend the lead to 2-0.
Encarnacion-Strand homered for the third straight game when he reached for a low curveball with one out in the fourth and lined it over the left field fence to cut the lead to 2-1.
Trevino led off the fifth by hitting the second pitch over the fence in left-center field to tie the score 2-2.
Gallen returned after the delay and he walked Elly De La Cruz with one out after getting ahead 0-2. He then gave up a single to Encarnacion-Strand, but De La Cruz was picked off second and Will Benson grounded into a fielder’s choice to end the inning.
Jake Fraley singled to right with two outs in the seventh before McLain clubbed an 0-1 slider deep over the fence in left for a 4-2 lead.
–Field Level Media
