The Reds had been tied with the 2013 Colorado Rockies for what was the major league record since 1900.
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Jake Peavy (1-3) was roughed up for the second straight outing, allowing seven runs on eight hits, including four home runs over six innings Wednesday afternoon against the Reds. Cingrani also pitched the eighth and after allowing a hit to lead off the inning, got out of it with an inning-ending double play.
“My conversations with him have been more, ‘How’re you doing?” We should be able to win games, 8-5, instead of losing them, 8-5. “There’s no wiggle room for the bullpen to make a mistake”.
Starting pitching report: The four-homer game was the third of Peavy’s career. Santiago Casilla got the last three outs for his sixth save in eight chances. All six runs were scored in the third inning, which ended up being a 12-run frame for NY.
After missing two games with tendinitis in his surgically repaired knee, Zack Cozart picked up where he left off going 1-for-4 with a two-run home run.
Lamb began the season on the disabled list as he recovered from back surgery performed in December. He battled and ended up giving us some needed innings.
“I think we all were stunned”, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “I’d like to go out there and be textbook”.
Cubs 7, Pirates 2 • Jason Hammel raised his record to 4-0 and Anthony Rizzo hit two doubles as Chicago won at Pittsburgh. Giants C Buster Posey received a customary day off on Wednesday but did pinch hit in the seventh.
The Reds don’t want to rush any of their young pitchers from the minors, leaving them with few options for improving the bullpen.
Cincinnati slugger Joey Votto hasn’t homered in back-to-back games since September 1-2 last season. Giants LF Angel Pagan missed his second game in a row due to a mild hamstring strain.
Lincecum told friends in September that he wanted to return to the Giants, and believed in his heart that he would be back.
Right-hander George Kontos (flexor tendon strain near his right elbow) threw 40 pitches separated into two “innings” off the bullpen mound. Reds CF Billy Hamilton was out of the lineup Wednesday after leaving Tuesday’s game with a jammed left thumb but entered the game in center field in the ninth.
Samardzija, who signed a five-year $90 million contract with San Francisco in the offseason, is 4-1 with a 3.32 ERA in six starts this season. He’s 7-0 career against the Reds in 12 starts.
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Gregor Blanco followed with a single that scored Crawford, then promptly stole second base – the fourth steal of the game and the Giants’ ninth in three games in May. He’s 0-1 as a starter with a 3.52 ERA.
