Diamondbacks aim to avoid series sweep against Reds
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Matt McClain's two-out, two-run home run off Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the seventh. It sent Arizona to a third straight loss.
Matt McLain broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer off Zac Gallen, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep with a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Reds won the series opener, which was completed Saturday after it was suspended Friday night due to rain. Cincinnati took the game in 10 innings, 4-3, and then took Saturday's originally-scheduled 4:10 p.m. matchup in a 13-1 rout.
Arizona Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez endured a brutal four-start stretch: 21 earned runs in 16 innings, then landed on the injured list.
Matt McLain hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and it proved to be the game-winner in a 4-2 Reds win.
Before Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds utilityman Spencer Steer marveled at his teammate Christian Encarnacion-Strand. “You just look at him,” Steer said, pointing across the clubhouse where the 25-year-old Encarnacion-Strand stood at his locker.
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The Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks game was suspended because of rain after six innings and will be resumed Saturday.
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Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered in the sixth inning to tie the game before it was suspended Friday night and then hit a walk-off double in the 10th on Saturday to help the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3.
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Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo speaks following the team's loss and three-game-sweep by the Cincinnati Reds.