Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Elly De La Cruz had RBI doubles, Frankie Montas pitched 5 2/3 innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Wednesday night time after a protracted rain delay.
The sport was initially scheduled for the afternoon, however the begin was pushed again three hours due to heavy rain within the forecast. Then the groups waited out a further delay of three hours, 55-minutes — the second-longest stoppage within the 20-year historical past of Residents Financial institution Park.
“It was not nice situations, however I used to be actually pleased with how our crew stayed prepared,” Reds supervisor David Bell mentioned. “Each hour that handed, they did a very good job of staying prepared and got here out and performed a extremely good sport.
“Our pitching was excellent. Simply nice stuff all night time. Clearly beginning with Frankie, however then the bullpen got here in and so they had nice stuff too and completed it off in opposition to a extremely good crew.”
Montas (2-0) allowed one run on 5 hits. Alexis Diaz pitched the ninth for his first save.
“I am the kind of man who, till they name the sport, I keep locked in,” Montas mentioned. “I used to be simply getting forward within the depend. I really feel like I’ve carried out a extremely good job of that. I am making an attempt to get outs in three pitches or much less. That is my important focus and never making an attempt to strike everyone out. The faster I get outs, the longer I can keep within the sport.”
Cincinnati had six hits – 5 for additional bases. Encarnacion-Strand plated two runs with a double off Philadelphia starter Zack Wheeler within the third inning, and Jake Fraley and De La Cruz hit back-to-back doubles off Wheeler within the sixth inning to attain the third run. Nick Martini added an RBI single within the ninth.
Wheeler (0-1) allowed three runs, one earned, on three hits in six innings. He had 10 strikeouts, marking the twenty second time in his profession that he struck out at the least 10.
Kyle Schwarber hit a solo house run on a primary pitch four-seamer from Montas within the sixth inning for the Phillies. He prolonged his hitting streak to 5 video games along with his second homer of the yr.
“We’re a greater offensive membership than we’re displaying, clearly, and it will come,” Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “I’ve all the arrogance on this planet. However we’re off to slightly little bit of a sluggish begin. Robust hitting tonight, robust situations, however no excuses.”
TRAINING ROOM
Reds third baseman Jeimer Candelario left within the eighth inning with what Bell known as a minor hyperextension of his elbow. He injured it swinging the bat within the sixth inning. He stayed within the sport for some time and picked up a double within the eighth, however Bell mentioned he eliminated him as a result of the elbow bothered Candelario whereas throwing however not whereas swinging and so they needed to be cautious due to the climate situations.
UP NEXT
The Reds flip to RHP Hunter Greene (0-0, 3.86) within the opener of a three-game collection at house in opposition to LHP Jose Quintana (0-1, 3.86) and the New York Mets on Friday. Philadelphia is at Washington on Friday. RHP Aaron Nola (0-1, 14.54) will begin for the Phillies.
