Arizona 5, Cincinnati 4
When: 12:35 PM ET, Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Eric Cooper, 1B -
Tom Hallion, 2B -
Hal Gibson III, 3B -
Chris Guccione
Attendance:
26332
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Diamondbacks 5, Reds 4: Paul Goldschmidt homered and Wade Miley worked 6 2/3 scoreless innings as visiting Arizona took the rubber match of a three-game series from Cincinnati.
David Peralta tripled among two hits and scored while Didi Gregorius added a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks. Miley (7-7) scattered seven hits and four walks while striking out one before Addison Reed closed out a shaky effort from the bullpen by recording the final two outs for his 26th save.
Alfredo Simon (12-6) surrendered two runs and six hits in seven innings for the Reds, who dropped to 2-10 since the All-Star break. Devin Mesoraco hit a three-run homer in the ninth and Skip Schumaker drove in a run as the Cincinnati offense snapped an 11-game streak scoring three or fewer runs.
The Reds put two runners on in three of the first four innings but could not push across a run. Arizona snapped the scoreless draw in the sixth when Aaron Hill reached on an infield single in front of Goldschmidt, who lined a 0-1 changeup out to left for his 19th blast.
Cincinnati stranded runners in scoring position again in the sixth and seventh innings before Peralta tripled and scored on Mark Trumbo’s sacrifice fly in the eighth. The Reds finally got on the board with Schumaker’s double in the eighth but Gregorius made it a four-run cushion with his fourth homer in the ninth to provide just enough cushion.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati RF Jay Bruce (bereavement list) missed his second straight game but is expected to rejoin the team on Friday, when the Reds open up a six-game road trip at Miami. … The Diamondbacks return home to begin a 10-game stand on Thursday against Pittsburgh. … Goldschmidt snapped a nine-game homerless drought and matched his RBI total from that stretch.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Arizona
|
8 |
2 |
16 |
.242 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
Cincinnati
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.324 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |