CINCINNATI – Afforded one other alternative to maybe get fats on the expense of the hapless Cincinnati Reds, the Milwaukee Brewers as a substitute had the tables turned on them Monday night time.
Brandon Woodruff was rocked and the bullpen fared no higher behind him because the Brewers fell, 10-5, at Nice American Ball Park for his or her their third straight loss.
The ten runs and 14 hits put up by the Reds tied season highs allowed by Milwaukee pitching, and the three consecutive losses characterize a brand new excessive.
Field rating:Reds 10, Brewers 5
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It was a shocking turnaround from what transpired final week at American Household Area, when the Brewers annihilated the injury-ravaged Reds by a mixed rating of 34-12 to comb them in a three-game sequence.
Rowdy Tellez drove in a pair of runs with a double and Omar Narváez hit a solo dwelling run to place Milwaukee forward, 3-1, within the fifth.
Cincinnati outscored Milwaukee, 9-2, the remainder of the best way.
Luis Castillo, who’s historically been robust on the Brewers, made his first begin of 2022 after recovering from a shoulder harm.
The development continued early, as he confronted the minimal via three earlier than a pair walks set the stage for Tellez – named the National League’s player of the week earlier than the sport – to line a two-run double to middle.
That shifted the result in Milwaukee after Colin Moran’s homer within the second received the Reds out entrance in opposition to Woodruff, who additionally labored his method out of a two-out, bases-loaded scenario within the third by getting Moran to floor out.
Narváez led off the fifth by homering to proper, and Castillo wasn’t capable of end the inning and was pulled after an 87-pitch outing.
Woodruff in the end would not final for much longer, both.
The underside of the fifth proved to be his undoing, as every of the primary 5 batters he confronted reached base. Brandon Drury’s three-run homer to middle put Cincinnati again in entrance, 5-3, and three batters later Woodruff was out of the sport in favor of Trevor Gott.
Cincinnati tacked one other run on in opposition to him after a Narváez handed ball allowed Tommy Pham to attain and closed the e book on Woodruff, who allowed eight hits, six runs (5 earned), two walks and the 2 homers.
Woodruff (3-2) additionally struck out six in his 92-pitch outing.
Milwaukee’s offense answered again with a pair of runs on 4 singles within the sixth to slim the deficit to 6-5.
Tyrone Taylor and Jace Peterson – celebrating his thirty second birthday – every drove within the runs because the Nos. 8 and 9 hitters to flip the lineup over.
Kolten Wong then turned in a nine-pitch at-bat, solely to have his drive to left run down by Pham.
Cincinnati once more answered within the backside of the body by scoring a run off Jandel Gustave as Albert Almora led off with a sizzling shot off the glove of Luis Urías at third and was pushed in by Pham on a two-out single.
The ultimate nail within the coffin was offered by Kyle Farmer within the seventh, as he snapped an 0-for-34 hunch with a three-run homer – his first of the season – off Hoby Milner.
Cincinnati, which nonetheless sports activities the worst file within the majors at 6-23, has gained consecutive video games for the primary time this 12 months.