Cincinnati 7, Arizona 6
When: 12:35 PM ET, Thursday, July 19, 2012
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Larry Vanover, 1B -
Dan Bellino, 2B -
Jerry Layne, 3B -
Victor Carapazza
Attendance:
21620
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Reds 7, Diamondbacks 6: Brandon Phillips ended a long homerless drought with a three-run blast and added a pivotal two-run double as Cincinnati rallied to beat visiting Arizona.
Phillips put the brakes on a month-long swoon, establishing a season high in RBIs to help the Reds earn a split of the four-game series. His one-out hit in the seventh highlighted a spirited comeback by Cincinnati, which didn't record its first hit until the fifth inning and trailed 6-0 at one point.
Alfredo Simon (2-1) earned the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief while Aroldis Chapman, the Reds' fifth pitcher of the afternoon, struck out two in a perfect ninth inning to record his 15th save.
Bryan Shaw (1-4) absorbed the loss, charged with four runs - two earned - in just a third of an inning.
Down 6-3 entering the bottom of the seventh, the Reds trimmed the deficit after Paul Goldschmidt's fielding error at first base allowed Xavier Paul to score. Phillips tied things with a double to left-center field and scored the go-ahead run on Todd Frazier's single to nearly the exact same spot.
After the Diamondbacks broke out to an early 2-0 advantage, Aaron Hill added to the lead in the fifth inning with a two-out blast to left - his 13th of the season and fourth in 10 career games against the Reds.
Back-to-back doubles from Justin Upton and Chris Young made it a 4-0 game in the sixth, and Gregor Blanco followed with a two-run blast to left.
Phillips put Cincinnati on the board in the bottom half of the frame, launching a Saunders offering over the left-field wall to end a 20-game stretch without a home run.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The start of the game was delayed 46 minutes by rain. ... Phillips came into the game hitting .286 with only four RBIs in 16 July games. ... At least one home run has been hit in 72 consecutive games at Great American Ball Park, the longest streak since Colorado’s Coors Field had 80 consecutive games with a homer in 2002-03.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona |
|
Cincinnati |
Joe Saunders
|
Player |
Mike Leake
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
6.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
5 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
4 |
Hits |
11 |
4.50 |
ERA |
10.12 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Arizona
|
14 |
2 |
23 |
.359 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Cincinnati
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.194 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |