Spencer Steer drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly as the visiting Cincinnati Reds avoided a sweep with a 4-3 comeback victory over Milwaukee on Sunday, snapping the Brewers’ five-game winning streak.
Steer put the Reds up 4-3 in the seventh with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off Joe Ross (2-6), following a single and two walks.
Milwaukee tied it at 3 with a run in the sixth. Gary Sanchez walked to open the inning and William Contreras doubled, chasing starter Nick Lodolo. Willy Adames greeted reliever Buck Farmer with an RBI single.
Farmer (2-0) got the win with two-thirds of an inning. Alexis Diaz tossed a perfect ninth for his 23rd save in 25 opportunities.
The Reds erased a 2-0 deficit against starter DL Hall with two runs in the fourth and Tyler Stephenson’s two-out solo homer to right-center, his 15th, in the fifth.
Steer opened the fourth with an infield single and Stuart Fairchild walked. TJ Friedl was hit by a pitch with two outs to load the bases. Santiago Espinal followed with a two-run single to center. But the Reds missed a chance to add on when Friedl was caught in an inning-ending rundown between second and third on the play.
Hall, activated earlier in the day off the 60-day injured list, was making his first big league start since April 20 due to a knee sprain. He allowed three runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out a career-high nine and walking three.
Joey Ortiz staked the Brewers to a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the second inning.
Willy Adames walked to open. After Blake Perkins flied to center, Ortiz sent a 1-2 pitch 375 feet to left for his eighth homer and first since June 25.
–Field Level Media
