DENVER -- A game that featured 28 hits and seven home runs turned on a walk to a pitcher.
Chad Bettis walked Dan Straily on a full-count slider in the dirt in the fourth inning and what was a four-run Colorado lead evaporated in an 11-8 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
"I'm not even joking. It turned out to be a game-changer for us," Straily said after picking up with win despite allowing five earned runs and eight hits over six innings.
"It's no secret that my at-bats haven't exactly been competitive. And I've been working really hard at trying to go up there and offer more to the team in that aspect."
Once he saw a couple of balls, Straily fought off some pitches in hopes of drawing a two-out walk, "and it worked out in my favor," he said.
Straily later scored during the five-run inning as the Reds erased an early 5-1 deficit in winning for just the fifth time in 24 road games.
They did it behind a season-best 17 hits, including five home runs -- two from Adam Duvall in his first career multi-homer game, Joey Votto's 200th career long ball, Zack Cozart's shot leading off the game and a home run from Eugenio Suarez, who entered the game mired in an 0-for-28 skid.
Three scoreless innings from Straily (3-2) after a four-run blip in the third helped the Reds win for the third time in their last five games away from Great American Ballpark.
Reds manager Bryan Price praised Straily's work at the plate as much as he did his dogged determination on the mound.
"He took an at-bat with two outs there and drew a walk, fouled off a bunch of pitches by Bettis, who was throwing hard, and eventually went to a 3-2 slider and Straily was able to lay off of it," Price said. "And it extended the inning. And then Cozart puts the ball into play and then all of a sudden things are happening and we score a couple more runs there in a situation where I'm thinking maybe I should (pinch) hit here.
"But then you fry your bullpen your first game at Coors Field and you're paying the price the next three games and I felt like Dan could rebound and go out there and give us good innings, which he did."
The Rockies gave up five homers after entering the game having allowed a major league-low 15 in the month of May. Bettis (4-4) lasted just 3 2/3 innings and his walk to Straily really gnawed at him.
"You can't have that happen at that point," Bettis said. "It's an at-bat that swings the whole game."
Cozart followed with a single, Votto hit a ground-rule double and Brandon Phillips put the Reds ahead for good with a run-scoring single.
NOTHING'S EASY
Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run shot off Tony Cingrani in the ninth and came around to score on Daniel Descalso's two-out single on Cingrani's 32nd pitch of the inning. Right-hander C.J. Ramirez came in and retired Dustin Garneau on a fly out for his first major league save.
LEADING OFF: Cozart led off the game with his sixth homer and Charlie Blackmon responded with a leadoff homer, his fourth, in the bottom of the inning.
The only other time that had happened in Rockies history was Aug. 25, 1995, when Bernard Gilkey did it for St. Louis and Trenidad Hubbard homered for the Rockies at Coors Field. The last time it happened in Reds history was July 2, 2005, against the Astros when Orlando Palmeiro homered leading off for the Astros and Felipe Lopez did it for the Reds.
TRAINERS ROOM:
Reds: The Reds had Louisville C Raffy Lopez at the ready in case they had to put C Ramon Cabrera on the DL with a sore left ring finger. But Cabrera, who traveled to Cincinnati following Sunday's game in Milwaukee, was cleared after an MRI and rejoined the team in Denver. Lopez returned to Louisville on Monday.
Rockies: Slugger Nolan Arenado got the day off much to the disappointment of the large Memorial Day crowd at Coors Field. Manager Walt Weiss said he took that into account but figured Arenado needed the break mentally.
UP NEXT:
Reds RHP Jon Mascot (0-2, 4.02) faces Rockies RHP Jon Gray (2-2, 5.95) in Game 2 of the four-game series Tuesday night.
Chad Bettis walked Dan Straily on a full-count slider in the dirt in the fourth inning and what was a four-run Colorado lead evaporated in an 11-8 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
"I'm not even joking. It turned out to be a game-changer for us," Straily said after picking up with win despite allowing five earned runs and eight hits over six innings.
"It's no secret that my at-bats haven't exactly been competitive. And I've been working really hard at trying to go up there and offer more to the team in that aspect."
Once he saw a couple of balls, Straily fought off some pitches in hopes of drawing a two-out walk, "and it worked out in my favor," he said.
Straily later scored during the five-run inning as the Reds erased an early 5-1 deficit in winning for just the fifth time in 24 road games.
They did it behind a season-best 17 hits, including five home runs -- two from Adam Duvall in his first career multi-homer game, Joey Votto's 200th career long ball, Zack Cozart's shot leading off the game and a home run from Eugenio Suarez, who entered the game mired in an 0-for-28 skid.
Three scoreless innings from Straily (3-2) after a four-run blip in the third helped the Reds win for the third time in their last five games away from Great American Ballpark.
Reds manager Bryan Price praised Straily's work at the plate as much as he did his dogged determination on the mound.
"He took an at-bat with two outs there and drew a walk, fouled off a bunch of pitches by Bettis, who was throwing hard, and eventually went to a 3-2 slider and Straily was able to lay off of it," Price said. "And it extended the inning. And then Cozart puts the ball into play and then all of a sudden things are happening and we score a couple more runs there in a situation where I'm thinking maybe I should (pinch) hit here.
"But then you fry your bullpen your first game at Coors Field and you're paying the price the next three games and I felt like Dan could rebound and go out there and give us good innings, which he did."
The Rockies gave up five homers after entering the game having allowed a major league-low 15 in the month of May. Bettis (4-4) lasted just 3 2/3 innings and his walk to Straily really gnawed at him.
"You can't have that happen at that point," Bettis said. "It's an at-bat that swings the whole game."
Cozart followed with a single, Votto hit a ground-rule double and Brandon Phillips put the Reds ahead for good with a run-scoring single.
NOTHING'S EASY
Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run shot off Tony Cingrani in the ninth and came around to score on Daniel Descalso's two-out single on Cingrani's 32nd pitch of the inning. Right-hander C.J. Ramirez came in and retired Dustin Garneau on a fly out for his first major league save.
LEADING OFF: Cozart led off the game with his sixth homer and Charlie Blackmon responded with a leadoff homer, his fourth, in the bottom of the inning.
The only other time that had happened in Rockies history was Aug. 25, 1995, when Bernard Gilkey did it for St. Louis and Trenidad Hubbard homered for the Rockies at Coors Field. The last time it happened in Reds history was July 2, 2005, against the Astros when Orlando Palmeiro homered leading off for the Astros and Felipe Lopez did it for the Reds.
TRAINERS ROOM:
Reds: The Reds had Louisville C Raffy Lopez at the ready in case they had to put C Ramon Cabrera on the DL with a sore left ring finger. But Cabrera, who traveled to Cincinnati following Sunday's game in Milwaukee, was cleared after an MRI and rejoined the team in Denver. Lopez returned to Louisville on Monday.
Rockies: Slugger Nolan Arenado got the day off much to the disappointment of the large Memorial Day crowd at Coors Field. Manager Walt Weiss said he took that into account but figured Arenado needed the break mentally.
UP NEXT:
Reds RHP Jon Mascot (0-2, 4.02) faces Rockies RHP Jon Gray (2-2, 5.95) in Game 2 of the four-game series Tuesday night.
4:10PM,EDT,May 30,2016
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Cozart homered to left (432 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Votto grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Phillips grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce popped out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Blackmon homered to right center (419 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| González walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Reynolds flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Parra grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Duvall flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Suárez grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Hamilton reached on bunt single to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Barnhart intentionally walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Straily struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Descalso singled to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Garneau singled to left, Descalso to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettis grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Garneau out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Cozart flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Votto struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Phillips grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Blackmon grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 1 |
| LeMahieu lined out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| González walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Reynolds singled to right, González to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Parra singled to deep right, González scored, Reynolds to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Story walked, Parra to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Descalso doubled to deep right, Reynolds, Parra and Story scored. | 1 | 5 |
| Garneau flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Bruce doubled to deep right. | 1 | 5 |
| Duvall homered to right center (398 feet), Bruce scored. | 3 | 5 |
| Suárez singled to left. | 3 | 5 |
| Hamilton singled to left, Suárez to second. | 3 | 5 |
| Barnhart flied out to left. | 3 | 5 |
| Suárez caught stealing third, catcher to shortstop to third, Hamilton to second on runner's fielder's choice. | 3 | 5 |
| Straily walked. | 3 | 5 |
| Cozart reached on infield single to shortstop, Hamilton to third, Straily to second. | 3 | 5 |
| Votto hit a ground rule double to deep center, Hamilton and Straily scored, Cozart to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Germen relieved Bettis. | 5 | 5 |
| Phillips reached on infield single to shortstop, Cozart scored, Votto to third. | 6 | 5 |
| Bruce grounded out to second. | 6 | 5 |
| 5 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Germen grounded out to second. | 6 | 5 |
| Blackmon lined out to center. | 6 | 5 |
| LeMahieu doubled to deep left. | 6 | 5 |
| González popped out to shortstop. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Duvall struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| Hamilton flied out to right. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Reynolds grounded out to third. | 6 | 5 |
| Parra lined out to shortstop. | 6 | 5 |
| Story grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Barnhart grounded out to first. | 6 | 5 |
| Straily lined out to right. | 6 | 5 |
| Cozart struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Dan Straily pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Descalso lined out to center. | 6 | 5 |
| Garneau struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| Adames hit for Germen. | 6 | 5 |
| Adames singled to right. | 6 | 5 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jason Motte pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Motte relieved Germen. | 6 | 5 |
| Votto homered to right (380 feet). | 7 | 5 |
| De Jesús hit for Phillips. | 7 | 5 |
| De Jesús grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 5 |
| Bruce fouled out to third. | 7 | 5 |
| Duvall grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Blake Wood pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| De Jesús at second base. | 7 | 5 |
| Wood relieved Straily. | 7 | 5 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 7 | 5 |
| González doubled to deep center, LeMahieu to third. | 7 | 5 |
| Reynolds grounded out to third. | 7 | 5 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 7 | 5 |
| Story walked. | 7 | 5 |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 7 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Miguel Castro pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| Castro relieved Motte. | 7 | 5 |
| Suárez homered to left center (445 feet). | 8 | 5 |
| Hamilton doubled to right. | 8 | 5 |
| Barnhart walked. | 8 | 5 |
| Finnegan hit for Wood. | 8 | 5 |
| Finnegan sacrificed to first, Hamilton to third, Barnhart to second. | 8 | 5 |
| Cozart singled to shallow left, Hamilton scored, Barnhart to third. | 9 | 5 |
| Votto struck out swinging. | 9 | 5 |
| De Jesús singled to left, Barnhart scored, Cozart to second. | 10 | 5 |
| Bruce popped out to shortstop. | 10 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ross Ohlendorf pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Ohlendorf relieved Wood. | 10 | 5 |
| Garneau struck out swinging. | 10 | 5 |
| Raburn hit for Castro. | 10 | 5 |
| Raburn struck out swinging. | 10 | 5 |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 10 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | CIN | COL |
| McGee relieved Castro. | 10 | 5 |
| Duvall homered to right (380 feet). | 11 | 5 |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 11 | 5 |
| Hamilton grounded out to first. | 11 | 5 |
| Barnhart reached on infield single to second. | 11 | 5 |
| Holt hit for Ohlendorf. | 11 | 5 |
| Holt singled to left center, Barnhart to second. | 11 | 5 |
| Cozart grounded out to second. | 11 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tony Cingrani pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | COL |
| Cingrani relieved Ohlendorf. | 11 | 5 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 11 | 5 |
| González homered to center (469 feet), LeMahieu scored. | 11 | 7 |
| Reynolds walked. | 11 | 7 |
| Reynolds to second on fielder's indifference. | 11 | 7 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 11 | 7 |
| Story flied out to center, Reynolds to third. | 11 | 7 |
| Descalso singled to center, Reynolds scored. | 11 | 8 |
| Ramírez relieved Cingrani. | 11 | 8 |
| Descalso to second on fielder's indifference. | 11 | 8 |
| Garneau flied out to right. | 11 | 8 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Cozart SS | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .297 | .320 | .500 |
| Votto 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .213 | .332 | .391 |
| Phillips 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .256 | .295 | .420 |
a-De Jesús PH-2B
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .284 | .283 |
| Bruce RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .260 | .314 | .509 |
| Duvall LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .271 | .305 | .606 |
| Suárez 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .223 | .274 | .408 |
| Hamilton CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .241 | .284 | .353 |
| Barnhart C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .239 | .294 | .342 |
| Straily P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .000 | .118 | .000 |
Wood P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Finnegan PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .227 | .261 | .273 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
c-Holt PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .279 | .348 | .344 |
Cingrani P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 |
Ramírez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 42 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 178 | |||
| a-grounded to pitcher for B Phillips in the 7th b-sacrificed to first for B Wood in the 8th c-singled to left center for R Ohlendorf in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Bruce (9, Bettis); Votto (7, Bettis); Hamilton (10, Castro) HR: Cozart (6, 1st inning off Bettis 0 on, 0 Out); Duvall 2 (13, 4th inning off Bettis 1 on, 0 Out; 9th inning off McGee 0 on, 0 Out); Votto (8, 7th inning off Motte 0 on, 0 Out); Suárez (10, 8th inning off Castro 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Cozart 2 (18), Duvall 3 (29), Votto 3 (29), Phillips (23), Suárez (27), De Jesús (7) S: Finnegan 2-out RBI: Votto 2, Phillips, De Jesús Reds RISP: 6-12 (Barnhart 0-1, Duvall 1-1, Straily 0-1, De Jesús 1-1, Phillips 1-1, Cozart 2-3, Bruce 0-2, Votto 1-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Hamilton (10, 2nd base off Bettis/Garneau) CS: Suárez (2, 3rd base by Bettis/Garneau) Picked Off: Suárez (2nd base by Garneau) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Cozart-Votto). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 30,608 (60.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:25 |
| Weather | 80 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Winters, First Base - Mark Wegner, Second Base - Ryan Blakney, Third Base - Marty Foster |
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