Elly De La Cruz homered for the fourth consecutive game and drove in three runs and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the host Detroit Tigers, 8-4, on Sunday.
De La Cruz had three hits and scored three runs, while Gavin Lux drove in the go-ahead run during a four-run eighth inning.
Starting pitcher Wade Miley gave up two runs and four hits in five innings while striking out five.
Jahmai Jones and Wenceel Perez homered for the Tigers.
Jones put Detroit on the board leading off the third when he lofted a Miley cutter over the left field wall.
The Reds took the lead in the fourth. De La Cruz reached on an infield single and raced to second on a throwing error by Sawyer Gipson-Long. Tyler Stephenson, who hit a grand slam on Saturday, tied the game with a line single to right.
Stephenson moved to second on a wild pitch and advanced to third when shortstop Javier Baez bobbled Christian Encarnacion-Strand’s broken bat grounder. Connor Joe hit a sacrifice fly to score Stephenson.
Perez tied it with one out in the bottom of the inning with his solo shot over the left-center field wall.
The Tigers took a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh. Baez blooped a double to right off Graham Ashcraft (5-4). With two outs, Gleyber Torres slapped a single through the hole to knock in Baez. Riley Greene then ripped a cutter off the center field wall for a double as Torres scored.
Cincinnati grabbed a 6-4 lead in the eighth.
TJ Friedl reached second on an error and advanced to third on a Matt McLain single. De La Cruz smacked an RBI single and, one out later, Encarnacion-Strand reached on a fielder’s choice to load the bases.
Pinch hitter Will Benson hit a sacrifice fly to bring in McLain. Lux then delivered a go-ahead single. Will Vest (5-1) threw a wild pitch, allowing Encarnacion-Strand to score, before he was removed.
De La Cruz’s two-run homer, an opposite-field liner, came off Brenan Hanifee in the ninth.
–Field Level Media
