With the two losses to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, the Cincinnati Reds have now dropped 6 straight games.
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In the first game, which was a completion of a game that was suspended by rain on Monday, the Reds lost 4-2 in 10 innings.
The game was suspended with the game tied 2-2 in the top of the eighth after a nearly two hour rain delay on Monday night.
When the game was resumed on Tuesday night, the Giants had runners on second and third with one out. Reds reliever Lucas Sims was able to get out of the jam without giving up a run.
The game would remain tied at 2 until the 10th inning when Joc Pederson’s double scored courtesy runner Brett Wisely from second to give San Francisco a one run advantage. Pederson would just a few at-bats later on a Michael Conforto fielder’s choice to second, making it a 4-2 game.
Cincinnati would not be able to answer as Giants closer Camilo Doval would retire the side in order to hand the Reds their 5th straight loss.
Jonathan India was a triple away from the cycle, batting 3-4 with a single, a double, a home run, and an RBI.
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The offenses came to play in the second game of the evening, with the Giants coming out on top 11-10 in a back-and-forth contest.
The Reds took an early 4-1 lead with two-run home runs by Jake Fraley and Will Benson in the 1st and 2nd innings, respectively.
San Francisco tied it up in the 3rd with a 3-run home run by Wilmer Flores.
The Giants gained a two run lead in the 5th before Cincinnati took the lead on Christian Encarnacion-Strand’s pinch-hit home run, knocking in Elly De La Cruz and Matt McClain, to give the Reds an 8-7 advantage.
It would be short lived, as the Giants scored 3 runs in the span of two innings to take their largest lead of the game 11-8, after 6.5 innings. Cincinnati would make it a 1-run deficit thanks to a Joey Votto two run blast in the bottom of the seventh.
The Reds weren’t able to complete the comeback, as Spencer Steer would ground into a double play in the bottom of 9th, giving San Francisco the 11-10 win.
In just his second big league game, Encarnacion Strand went 2-3 with the aforementioned home run and 3 RBI.
With the two losses, the Reds’ record drops to 50-46. Game 3 of the series is tonight. Coverage on 103.9 WRBI begins at 6:40.