“They’ve had a lot of injuries”.
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Seattle’s offense sputtered for six innings before erupting for seven runs in the final three frames.
In the fifth, Lamb walked with two outs and, again, Hamilton followed with a single and Holt walked, bringing up Votto. Wood walked Seth Smith to force in a run, and Tony Cingrani came on and hit Robinson Cano with his first pitch to tie it.
Cruz struck out swinging, and Seager took a third strike before Dae-Ho Lee delivered that big swing that Seager mentioned by serving a two-run pinch single into right field for a 5-3 lead.
Nelson Cruz and Lee homered in the ninth off Jumbo Diaz, the 35th and 36th homers allowed by Reds relievers this season. Today, I think, was the longest homer that I’ve ever hit in my career. Although he has never faced the Reds, Iwakuma has been fairly solid on the road with a 1-2 record and 3.38 ERA in five starts.Straily managed to hold Philadelphia scoreless over five innings in his last outing despite giving up six hits and walking three batters.
Junior became a star in Seattle and was later traded to his hometown team. He will be inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame this summer.
NOTES: Reds RHP Tim Adleman was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique which caused him to leave Thursday’s start in the fourth inning.
Seattle is 15-7 on the road after taking two of three in Baltimore to begin the road trip. They have been outscored 51-19 in the last five games.
Rain delayed the start of Friday’s game by 45 minutes. “We play well on the road”. I didn’t get as much time to get ready. “He threw me a fastball, and I hit it really good”.
Brandon Phillips snapped an 0-for-11 slump with an RBI double in the first inning.
Gutierrez’s homer came after a single that was literally off Lamb and an error by Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez, which was initially called a hit but later changed to an error. Poor starting pitching has led to an exhausted, overworked bullpen, a pen that ranks #29 in innings pitched this season. The 35-year-old from Japan remained stuck on one victory following a no-decision versus the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, when he was reached for four runs on nine hits over 6 1/3 innings. Reds pitchers have gone 46 innings in the last five games and retired the side in order only seven times. He had been sidelined by a sore shoulder. Lamb threw one practice pitch and stayed in the game. He’s expected to make at least three minor league rehab starts. The Mariners were down 3-0 before they rallied against the beleaguered Reds’ bullpen.
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Gutierrez sent his decisive homer 473 feet the other way in the fourth inning off John Lamb (0-2). The Reds lost all of his three starts this season.
