Joey Votto drove in three runs, and Elly De La Cruz stole home to lead the visiting Cincinnati Reds to a key 8-5 win over the host Milwaukee Brewers.
This was a back-and-forth affair, with both offenses dealing big blows. The scoring started with Willy Adames hitting a solo home run in the first.
Will Benson then answered that solo shot with one of his own in the top of the third for Cincinnati, but Milwaukee did some damage in the bottom of the third as well.
Christian Yelich drove in a run with a double and then Adames went deep again, this time driving in Yelich. Adames has 16 home runs on the season and led Milwaukee on the day with three runs batted in.
That lead didn’t last long however, as Joey Votto drove in three runs with a deep fly to right field in the top of the fourth, knotting the game up at four. It was Votto’s seventh of the year.
After each team scored once in the bottom of the fourth and the top of the fifth respectively, the bottom of the sixth would begin the key sequence of the loss for Milwaukee.
The Brewers loaded the bases in the sixth and with two outs, Christian Yelich was up at the plate but grounded out to end the inning, resulting in no runs scoring.
Then in the next frame, Cincinnati was down to their final out when De La Cruz drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single and proceeded to steal second base. He then stole third base and before another pitch was thrown by Elvis Peguero, De La Cruz stole home as well on the same play.
Cincinnati tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on a Jonathan India sacrifice fly after Brewers manager Craig Counsell was ejected for arguing a balk call which allowed the runner TJ Friedl to score.
Peguero (1-2) got the loss for Milwaukee, allowing two earned runs and three hits.
Lucas Sims (3-1) picked up the win for the Reds, after coming in in the sixth inning. He picked up two strikeouts and allowed no hits in his 1 1/3 innings pitched.
–Field Level Media
