The Reds are 3-1 on their six-game road trip and have won nine of their 13 contests since the All-Star break.TV: 8:40 p.m. ET, FSN Ohio (Cincinnati), FSN San DiegoPITCHING MATCHUP: Reds RH Anthony DeSclafani (6-0, 3.09 ERA) vs. Padres LH Christian Friedrich (4-6, 5.00) DeSclafani remained ideal on the season by winning his fourth consecutive start Monday despite yielding five runs and six hits in five innings at San Francisco.
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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey made his 2016 debut on Sunday against the San Diego Padres, after undergoing Tommy John surgery in May of 2015.
San Diego’s Edwin Jackson (1-2) gave up six runs and 10 hits in five innings.
Alexi Amarista’s RBI single to right in the sixth tied it. The Padres had their National League record-tying 25-game home run streak snapped in the setback but began another one Saturday as Adam Rosales launched a leadoff shot in the bottom of the 10th to snap a 1-1 tie.
The Reds took the three-game series and completed their first winning road trip (4-2) since 2014. Eugenio Suarez drove in four runs with a pair of hits.
“I couldn’t believe it was Peraza hitting the ball to left field like that”, Price said. They added two runs in the fifth. This will be DeSclafani’s second career game against the Padres. Rookie left fielder Alex Dickerson, who had homered in four straight games, collided with centerfielder Travis Jankowski on Cozart’s drive into left-center and was forced to leave the game with a right hip contusion.
He then motioned to the San Diego dugout, and he was removed after a short visit by manager Andy Green.
“I saw that (Bailey) would turn his back on a lot of close calls”, Myers said.
Right-hander Blake Wood replaced Bailey and struck out Bethancourt to end the threat. Phillips followed with an RBI single and Suarez chased in two more with a double to left-center for a 4-0 advantage. While the steal of home left a bad taste in Reds fans’ mouths, it ultimately was a mere afterthought in the triumphant return of Bailey. OF Jay Bruce didn’t start for the Reds on Sunday amid speculation he was about to be traded.
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DeSclafini will be matched against Padres left-hander Christian Friedrich Saturday night, who overnight became the dean of the Padres rotation when right-handed starters Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea were both traded to Miami Thursday morning in a seven-player trade.
