CINCINNATI -- The Reds have finally started winning as trading time approaches.
Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer and barely missed another during one of Cincinnati's final home games before the non-waiver trade deadline, and the Reds beat the fading Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Saturday night for a modest breakthrough.
The last-place Reds have won three consecutive series for the first time, finding success against other struggling teams.
"I think we're starting to see some cohesiveness in the pitching," manager Bryan Price said. "We're just playing better baseball. That's good coming out of the break."
Bruce's 20th homer off Robbie Ray (5-9) gave him the team lead with 69 RBI. He also doubled off the top of the wall in left field and thought he might have gotten another homer, but the call of a double was upheld after a video review.
The Reds tried to trade Bruce in the offseason, but the deal fell through. He's Cincinnati's most attractive player for a deal before the Aug. 1 deadline. Cincinnati hits the road after concluding the series on Sunday. Bruce wasn't made available to talk to reporters after the game.
The Diamondbacks have lost 17 of 21, falling from third place into the basement of the NL West.
Michael Lorenzen (1-0) took over in the fourth inning for Keyvius Sampson, who made his first start of the season after seven relief appearances. A starter last year, Sampson hadn't gone more than four innings this season. He gave up four hits in 4 1/3 innings, throwing 88 pitches.
"I wanted to go on, but I got tired," Sampson said. "I hit a wall."
Arizona's Chris Owings was activated off the disabled list and singled home a run in the first inning. Owings had been sidelined by plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
The Reds got three unearned runs in the first, two of them on third baseman Jake Lamb's throwing error. Brandon Phillips doubled home a run to complete the inning, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. The Diamondbacks had a chance to get out of the inning when they got Billy Hamilton involved in a rundown, but they botched the play and allowed him to return safely to third.
"In the first inning, those three runs were on our defense," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "We had him in a rundown. Those are plays that have got to be made at this level."
The Diamondbacks were still fuming over leadoff hitter Jean Segura getting hit in the lower back by Dan Straily on Friday night. The plunking came on the first pitch of his next at-bat after a solo homer. Hale thought Straily hit him on purpose, and warned that "there's going to be some retribution at some point."
There were no issues on Saturday. Ray's first pitch to Joey Votto in the first inning was an 82 mph breaking ball that sailed over his head for a wild pitch. Nobody from either team got hit.
SLOW START
The first inning lasted 38 minutes and featured 61 combined pitches.
STATS
Ray fanned a career-high 10 batters in five innings. He's the second pitcher in team history to strike out at least 10 in five innings, joining Max Scherzer (Sept. 7, 2008 against the Dodgers). ... The Reds will try for their first three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks in Cincinnati since 2007. ... Joey Votto has hit safely in all eight games since the All-Star break.
YOU SHOULD BE DANCING
John Travolta and Kelly Preston watched the game from a suite. Travolta was shown on the videoboard while "Night Fever" played in the middle of the eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Placed INF Nick Ahmed on the 15-day DL with a sore right hip. He started at shortstop on Friday and went 0 for 2 with a walk during Cincinnati's 6-2 win. Hale said his hip has been bothering him and was especially sore during the game Friday.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (2-1) gave up four runs in five innings of a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays on July 19. He'll make his first career start against the Reds.
Reds: LHP Brandon Finnegan (5-7) got the win by going five innings in an 8-2 win over Atlanta on Monday. He hasn't gone more than five innings in any of his last three starts.
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer and barely missed another during one of Cincinnati's final home games before the non-waiver trade deadline, and the Reds beat the fading Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Saturday night for a modest breakthrough.
The last-place Reds have won three consecutive series for the first time, finding success against other struggling teams.
"I think we're starting to see some cohesiveness in the pitching," manager Bryan Price said. "We're just playing better baseball. That's good coming out of the break."
Bruce's 20th homer off Robbie Ray (5-9) gave him the team lead with 69 RBI. He also doubled off the top of the wall in left field and thought he might have gotten another homer, but the call of a double was upheld after a video review.
The Reds tried to trade Bruce in the offseason, but the deal fell through. He's Cincinnati's most attractive player for a deal before the Aug. 1 deadline. Cincinnati hits the road after concluding the series on Sunday. Bruce wasn't made available to talk to reporters after the game.
The Diamondbacks have lost 17 of 21, falling from third place into the basement of the NL West.
Michael Lorenzen (1-0) took over in the fourth inning for Keyvius Sampson, who made his first start of the season after seven relief appearances. A starter last year, Sampson hadn't gone more than four innings this season. He gave up four hits in 4 1/3 innings, throwing 88 pitches.
"I wanted to go on, but I got tired," Sampson said. "I hit a wall."
Arizona's Chris Owings was activated off the disabled list and singled home a run in the first inning. Owings had been sidelined by plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
The Reds got three unearned runs in the first, two of them on third baseman Jake Lamb's throwing error. Brandon Phillips doubled home a run to complete the inning, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. The Diamondbacks had a chance to get out of the inning when they got Billy Hamilton involved in a rundown, but they botched the play and allowed him to return safely to third.
"In the first inning, those three runs were on our defense," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "We had him in a rundown. Those are plays that have got to be made at this level."
The Diamondbacks were still fuming over leadoff hitter Jean Segura getting hit in the lower back by Dan Straily on Friday night. The plunking came on the first pitch of his next at-bat after a solo homer. Hale thought Straily hit him on purpose, and warned that "there's going to be some retribution at some point."
There were no issues on Saturday. Ray's first pitch to Joey Votto in the first inning was an 82 mph breaking ball that sailed over his head for a wild pitch. Nobody from either team got hit.
SLOW START
The first inning lasted 38 minutes and featured 61 combined pitches.
STATS
Ray fanned a career-high 10 batters in five innings. He's the second pitcher in team history to strike out at least 10 in five innings, joining Max Scherzer (Sept. 7, 2008 against the Dodgers). ... The Reds will try for their first three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks in Cincinnati since 2007. ... Joey Votto has hit safely in all eight games since the All-Star break.
YOU SHOULD BE DANCING
John Travolta and Kelly Preston watched the game from a suite. Travolta was shown on the videoboard while "Night Fever" played in the middle of the eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Placed INF Nick Ahmed on the 15-day DL with a sore right hip. He started at shortstop on Friday and went 0 for 2 with a walk during Cincinnati's 6-2 win. Hale said his hip has been bothering him and was especially sore during the game Friday.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (2-1) gave up four runs in five innings of a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays on July 19. He'll make his first career start against the Reds.
Reds: LHP Brandon Finnegan (5-7) got the win by going five innings in an 8-2 win over Atlanta on Monday. He hasn't gone more than five innings in any of his last three starts.
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Diamondbacks 1
(40-57, 23-22 away)
7:10PM,EDT,July 23,2016
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Keyvius Sampson pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Segura singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Bourn struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Segura stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings singled to right, Segura scored, Goldschmidt to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Owings stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Tomás grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Hamilton singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Cozart struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Hamilton to third on wild pitch by Ray. | 1 | 0 |
| Votto walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce struck out swinging, Votto stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Duvall safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Lamb, Hamilton and Votto scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Phillips doubled to right, Duvall scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Suárez flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Keyvius Sampson pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Gosewisch grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Barnhart struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Sampson struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| Hamilton struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Keyvius Sampson pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Segura grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Bourn singled to right. | 1 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Cozart singled to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Votto singled to center, Cozart to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Bruce homered to right center (385 feet), Cozart and Votto scored. | 1 | 6 |
| Duvall grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Phillips lined out to left. | 1 | 6 |
| Suárez struck out looking. | 1 | 6 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Keyvius Sampson pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Owings grounded out to third. | 1 | 6 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Drury singled to center. | 1 | 6 |
| Drury to second on wild pitch by Sampson. | 1 | 6 |
| Gosewisch struck out looking. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Barnhart struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Sampson struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Hamilton struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Keyvius Sampson pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Ray grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 6 |
| Segura walked. | 1 | 6 |
| Lorenzen relieved Sampson. | 1 | 6 |
| Bourn struck out looking. | 1 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to right. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Cozart popped out to catcher. | 1 | 6 |
| Votto grounded out to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Bruce doubled to left. | 1 | 6 |
| Duvall struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Lamb grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Owings grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 6 |
| Tomás grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Dominic Leone pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Leone relieved Ray. | 1 | 6 |
| Phillips lined out to right. | 1 | 6 |
| Suárez singled to center. | 1 | 6 |
| Barnhart grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Suárez out at second. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Drury grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Gosewisch struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Gosselin hit for Leone. | 1 | 6 |
| Gosselin grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake Barrett pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Barrett relieved Leone. | 1 | 6 |
| Holt hit for Lorenzen. | 1 | 6 |
| Holt struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Hamilton grounded out to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Cozart singled to left. | 1 | 6 |
| Votto singled to right, Cozart to third. | 1 | 6 |
| Bruce struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jumbo Diaz pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Díaz relieved Lorenzen. | 1 | 6 |
| Segura struck out looking. | 1 | 6 |
| Bourn grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 1 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt to second on fielder's indifference. | 1 | 6 |
| Lamb grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | ARI | CIN |
| Hudson relieved Barrett. | 1 | 6 |
| Duvall doubled to left. | 1 | 6 |
| Phillips struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Suárez struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Barnhart grounded out to first. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Blake Wood pitching for Cincinnati | ARI | CIN |
| Wood relieved Díaz. | 1 | 6 |
| Owings grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 6 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Arizona Diamondbacks
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segura 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .314 | .361 | .450 |
| Bourn CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .270 | .314 | .383 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | .290 | .410 | .499 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .288 | .366 | .604 |
| Owings SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .284 | .338 | .415 |
| Tomás RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .252 | .297 | .437 |
| Drury LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .264 | .303 | .436 |
| Gosewisch C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .263 | .263 | .421 |
| Ray P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .235 | .235 | .353 |
Leone P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Gosselin PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .260 | .314 | .354 |
Barrett P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Hudson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 144 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for D Leone in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING RBI: Owings (19) 2-out RBI: Owings Diamondbacks RISP: 1-5 (Lamb 0-2, Tomás 0-1, Gosewisch 0-1, Owings 1-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Segura (17, 2nd base off Sampson/Barnhart); Owings (9, 2nd base off Sampson/Barnhart) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Lamb (16, throw) DP: 1 (Owings-Segura-Goldschmidt). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH |
| Attendance | 23,963 (56.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:00 |
| Weather | 92 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Sam Holbrook, Second Base - Gerry Davis, Third Base - Carlos Torres |
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