Left-hander DL Hall tossed seven shutout innings as an emergency starter and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers belted four homers Friday night in a 14-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, completing a sweep of the day-night doubleheader.
William Contreras and Willy Adames homered in a 10-run ninth inning to blow open the game and lead Milwaukee to its fourth straight win. Garrett Mitchell and Rhys Hoskins also homered in the lopsided victory.
Position player Luke Maile was called on with one out in the ninth to record the final two outs and surrendered six runs on six hits as boos rained down on manager David Bell and the Reds.
Adames and Contreras homered in the first game to help the Brewers to a 5-4 win in 10 innings. With the two wins Friday, Milwaukee has claimed eight of the 11 meetings between the two clubs this season.
Hall (1-1), promoted earlier in the day from Triple-A Nashville as the 27th man on the roster for the doubleheader, held the Reds to just three singles and a double over seven innings, striking out five and walking just one in his sixth start of the season.
With three starters on the injured list, Cincinnati turned to its top pitching prospect, right-hander Rhett Lowder, to make his major league debut. Lowder struggled with command and control at times but showed the tenacity to work out of a couple of early jams.
Lowder (0-1) walked the first two batters he faced, Brice Turang and Blake Perkins. But Contreras grounded into a fielder’s choice, Jake Bauers popped a bunt to Lowder and Adames flied out to right to end the inning without a run scoring.
Lowder was charged with one run on two hits in four innings, walking four and striking out six. He threw 77 pitches, but just 47 for strikes.
The Brewers didn’t break through against the rookie until the fourth inning when Sal Frelick’s infield liner wasn’t handled cleanly. The ball bounced into shallow left and Mitchell beat Elly De La Cruz’s throw home with a head-first slide.
The Brewers were without star rookie outfielder Jackson Chourio, who was held out as a precaution after turning his right ankle trying to beat out a grounder in the first game.
–Field Level Media
