The Reds’ winning run has now reached 11 games, which is the longest since 1957.
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-3 at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday, extending the franchise’s winning streak to 11 games, the longest since 1957.
Elly De La Cruz hit a one-out bloop to left against Daniel Bard (3-1), and Fraley followed by hitting the next ball over the wall in right, giving the Reds their majors-best 12th comeback win of the season and the Rockies their season-worst eighth straight defeat. After four innings, Cincinnati was down 3-0.
The Reds (40-35) have won five consecutive series and have swept three straight three-game series. Their winning streak is the club’s longest since it won 12 consecutive games in 1957.
Read More:
Brenton Doyle homered to start the game, giving Andrew Abbott his first run of the season. However, the rookie left-hander pitched well after that, striking out a career-high 10 batters in six innings while allowing three runs, all on solo home drives. In the sixth inning, Abbott struck out the side.
Abbott and his teammates Lucas Sims, Ian Gibaut, and Buck Farmer combined to keep the Rockies scoreless after the fourth inning. Farmer worked the ninth for his second save in five tries after Gibaut (8-1) threw around a leadoff single in the eighth.
The Rockies had 15 strikeouts.
Great American Ball Park
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rookie Taj Bradley pitched a career-high six innings, Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes homered, and Tampa Bay defeated Baltimore to split a two-game series between the AL East’s top two clubs. Bradley (5-3) allowed three hits and struck out eight batters.
Arozarena and Paredes launched successive home runs off Tyler Wells (6-3), who also committed two mistakes in the inning.
Arozarena drove in two runs in the eighth inning to help Tampa Bay improve to 32-8 at home and snap a three-game losing streak overall.
The Orioles, who are five games behind the first-place Rays, got home runs from Ramón Uras and Gunnar Henderson.
ADVERTISEMENT