The Reds travel to Toronto Ontario, Canada to play a 3 game series against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Reds have yet to win a series in Toronto. Joey Votto announced his retirement from baseball on Wednesday afternoon, ending a 17 year career.
Game 1:
Julian Aguiar was promoted on Monday afternoon from AAA to make his Major League Debut for the Reds. Kevin Gausman would get the start for Toronto. The Blue Jays would get on the board first in the first on a solo home run by Vlad Guerrero Jr. Aguiar would settle down and get his first career strike out in the 2nd inning to end the inning. Reds trail 1-0 after 2. The Reds would tie the game in the 3rd on a sac fly by Elly De La Cruz. The Blue Jays would take the lead back in the 3rd on a Dalton Varsho RBI single. The Reds would retaliate in the 4th on a TJ Friedl solo shot, game tied at 2.
In the 6th, the Reds would play the left field gap, hitting 3 straight doubles and the Reds now lead 6-2 after 6. The Jays would get 1 back in the 9th on an Ernie Clement home run off Alexis Diaz, but the Reds would go on to win, 6-3.
Julian Aguiar pitched well in his big league debut. He would go 4 innings, allow 4 hits, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts and 2 earned runs. The Reds bullpen was great on Monday night, only allowing 2 hits with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS:
TJ Friedl: 3-4 HR(10) RBI, 2R
Ty France: 2-4 2B, 2RBI
Winning Pitcher: Tony Santillan (1-1 1.35 ERA)
Losing Pitcher: Kevin Gausman (11-9 4.24 ERA)
Tuesday Starters:
Carson Spiers
Jose Berrios
Game 2:
Carson Spiers gets the start for the Reds against the Jays ace Jose Berrios. The Blue Jays would get 1 run in the first, but a terrific defensive play by Santiago Espinal possibly saved more. The Reds would tie the game in the 2nd on a Noelvi Marte single.
The Blue Jays would get to Spiers in the bottom of the 2nd. Addison Barger crushed an RBI double off the wall, George Springer would follow Barger with a 2 run home run, Jays lead 4-1. In the 3rd, Alejandro Kirk crushed a solo home run on the first pitch, followed up by a Spencer Horwitz home run, Jays lead 6-1 after 3. In the 5th, Daulton Varsho would score on a Noelvi Marte error, and Leo Jimenez would make them pay with a 3 run home run. Later, George Springer would add on again with his 2nd homer of the game Blue Jays lead 9-1 after 5. The Reds would get 1 in the 6th and 1 in the 8th, as the Blue Jays would go on to win 10-3.
Carson Spiers has been struggling lately. Coming into Tuesday night, Spiers had an ERA of 8.78 in his last 3 games. Today he would allow 9 earned runs on 5 home runs. Jakob Junis and Luke Maile would pitch 3.2 no hit innings in relief.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS:
Jonathan India: 2-5
Noelvi Marte: 2-4 RBI
Ty France: 1-3 RBI
Winning Pitcher: Jose Berrios (12-9 3.79 ERA)
Losing Pitcher: Carson Spiers (4-5 5.43 ERA)
Wednesday Starters:
Yariel Rodriguez
Nick Martinez
The Reds are looking to win a series in Toronto for the first time. They are 9-17 all-time vs Toronto.
Game 3:
Nick Martinez gets the start on Wednesday vs Yariel Rodriguez. Bottom of the 1st, George Springer would hit his 3rd homer of the series, giving Toronto an early 1-0 lead. Later in the 1st, Spencer Horsitz would hit a 2 run home run off Martinez, Jays lead 3-0. Ernie Clement would hit a 3 run home run, giving Toronto a 6-0 lead. The Reds were being no hit through 3 until Elly De La Cruz would hit a single to center. In the 4th, Spencer Steer would launch a 2 run home run to left, cutting the Blue Jays lead down to 4.
The Rally Reds would break out in the 5th with the Reds batting around. Jonathan India would hit an RBI single, scoring Espinal. Elly De La Cruz would hit a 2 RBI single, scoring Marte and India. Tyler Stephenson would drive in Elly on a contact play to the short stop, and Santiago Espinal would complete the comeback in the 5th, scoring 6 in the inning as the Reds now lead 7-6. In the 6th, Noelvi Marte would make up for his defensive miscue the prior inning, crushing an opposite field home run, extending the Reds lead 8-6. Jonathan India would follow Marte with a bomb of his own, Reds lead 9-6. 9 unanswered runs after trailing 6-0.
After a De La Cruz walk and advancement for 3 disengagements, Tyler Stephenson would sneak a double just fair down the 3rd base line, De La Cruz scored. Reds lead 10-6. In the 8th, Elly De La Cruz would hit his team leading 22nd home run of the season, Reds lead 11-6.
The Reds win the series, their first series win ever in Toronto. The Reds scored 11 unanswered runs. Nick Martinez struggled. He would go 4.1 innings, 6 hits, 6 earned runs, 3 walks and 3 strikeouts.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS:
Noelvi Marte: 2-4 HR(4)
Elly De La Cruz: 3-4 HR(22) 3 RBI SB(60)
Jonathan India: 2-5 HR(12) 2RBI
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Winning Pitcher: Emilio Pagan (3-3 3.70 ERA)
Losing Pitcher: Brendon Little (1-2 4.06 ERA)
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The Reds travel to Pittsburgh to play the slumping Pirates. Elly De La Cruz is just the 5th player in MLB history to have 20+ home runs and 60+ stolen bases. Nick Lodolo is the probable starter for Cincinnati and Paul Skenes is scheduled to start for Pittsburgh. The Reds are still kicking the tires on a Wild Card spot, 5.5 games back with 35 games left this season.
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