DETROIT -- The Cincinnati Reds still aren't clicking on all cylinders an offense, but their latest win was a step in the right direction.
Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce ended an 18-inning scoreless streak with back-to-back homers in the fifth inning and Frazier homered again in the seventh to help the Reds beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Frazier's second homer was impressive, landing 425 feet away in the Reds' center-field bullpen.
"I just squared them up," Frazier said. "Not to be cocky about it, but I know I can hit a ball out of any park."
The Reds had totaled only four runs in a three-game losing streak, and didn't get on the board until the fifth against Detroit, but Michael Lorenzen and the Reds' bullpen made the homers stand up.
Lorenzen (2-2) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and six hits with three walks in six innings, only striking out one.
"He had some notable hitters in that lineup, but he made the pitches he had to make," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "I thought he used his curveball very well and managed his fastball around the zone."
Three relievers finished, with Aroldis Chapman striking out the side in the ninth -- getting James McCann to end it on a 103-mph fastball -- for his 14th save.
"There aren't a lot of guys out there who can throw 103," said McCann. "You really don't get much chance to practice hitting it."
Kyle Ryan (1-1) took his first major-league loss, giving up four runs in 6 1/3 innings. Ryan only surrendered five hits, but three were homers.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first. Anthony Gose led off with a bloop double to left, took third on Ian Kinsler's long fly to right-center and scored when Miguel Cabrera singled through the hole vacated by Cincinnati's shifted second baseman, Brandon Phillips.
For the second day in a row, the Reds didn't have any early offensive success. After being shut out by Anibal Sanchez on Monday, Cincinnati only managed one hit in the first four innings against Ryan.
Frazier and Jay Bruce, though, led off the fifth with back-to-back homers.
Detroit immediately tied the score on a strange play in the bottom of the inning. The Tigers had loaded the bases with two out on a single, an error by left fielder Ivan De Jesus Jr. and an intentional walk to Cabrera. Yoenis Cespedes hit a hard grounder off Lorenzen's leg, allowing James McCann to score, but Joey Votto scooped up the loose ball and threw Gose out at the plate.
The Tigers challenged the call, but it stood after a delay of 3:38, a decision that frustrated Ausmus.
"I definitely think that instant replay has regressed this season," he said. "I thought for the most part, they changed calls in order to get the play right, and they did that on a regular basis.
"I'm not seeing that this year."
An MLB spokesman said that the replay official wasn't able to tell if Brayan Pena's tag was on time or not.
"After viewing all relevant angles, the replay official felt that he could not definitively determine that the runner touched home prior to being tagged," Mike Teevan said in an email to the Associated Press.
Frazier led off the seventh with a homer, this time a 425-foot shot that landed in the Cincinnati bullpen in center. Billy Hamilton made it 4-2 later in the inning with a bloop single that scored Bruce.
"Billy coming up and getting that two-out hit -- that's big for us," Price said. "For whatever reason, when he gets up there with runners in scoring position, he gets them in."
Cincinnati added a run in the ninth on a throwing error by Jose Iglesias.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: RHP Jon Moscot went on the 15-day disabled list with a dislocated left shoulder while the team optioned OF Brennan Boesch to Triple-A Louisville. To reinforce a bullpen depleted by Moscot's seven-pitch start Monday, they brought up two pitchers from Louisville -- righties Donovan Hand and Carlos Contreras.
Tigers: DH Victor Martinez (knee) went 1 for 4 with an RBI double for Triple-A Toledo, and is now hitting .333 in three games of a rehab stint. Martinez, who underwent surgery for a torn meniscus this spring, was hitting .216 with minimal power when he went on the disabled list May 19.
UP NEXT
The teams move to Cincinnati for the second half of their home-and-home series, with aces David Price (6-2, 2.44) for Detroit and Johnny Cueto (4-4, 2.85) for the Reds. Cueto, an oft-mentioned trade target for the Tigers, will be facing Detroit for the first time, while Price is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in two career starts against Cincinnati.
Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce ended an 18-inning scoreless streak with back-to-back homers in the fifth inning and Frazier homered again in the seventh to help the Reds beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Frazier's second homer was impressive, landing 425 feet away in the Reds' center-field bullpen.
"I just squared them up," Frazier said. "Not to be cocky about it, but I know I can hit a ball out of any park."
The Reds had totaled only four runs in a three-game losing streak, and didn't get on the board until the fifth against Detroit, but Michael Lorenzen and the Reds' bullpen made the homers stand up.
Lorenzen (2-2) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and six hits with three walks in six innings, only striking out one.
"He had some notable hitters in that lineup, but he made the pitches he had to make," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "I thought he used his curveball very well and managed his fastball around the zone."
Three relievers finished, with Aroldis Chapman striking out the side in the ninth -- getting James McCann to end it on a 103-mph fastball -- for his 14th save.
"There aren't a lot of guys out there who can throw 103," said McCann. "You really don't get much chance to practice hitting it."
Kyle Ryan (1-1) took his first major-league loss, giving up four runs in 6 1/3 innings. Ryan only surrendered five hits, but three were homers.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first. Anthony Gose led off with a bloop double to left, took third on Ian Kinsler's long fly to right-center and scored when Miguel Cabrera singled through the hole vacated by Cincinnati's shifted second baseman, Brandon Phillips.
For the second day in a row, the Reds didn't have any early offensive success. After being shut out by Anibal Sanchez on Monday, Cincinnati only managed one hit in the first four innings against Ryan.
Frazier and Jay Bruce, though, led off the fifth with back-to-back homers.
Detroit immediately tied the score on a strange play in the bottom of the inning. The Tigers had loaded the bases with two out on a single, an error by left fielder Ivan De Jesus Jr. and an intentional walk to Cabrera. Yoenis Cespedes hit a hard grounder off Lorenzen's leg, allowing James McCann to score, but Joey Votto scooped up the loose ball and threw Gose out at the plate.
The Tigers challenged the call, but it stood after a delay of 3:38, a decision that frustrated Ausmus.
"I definitely think that instant replay has regressed this season," he said. "I thought for the most part, they changed calls in order to get the play right, and they did that on a regular basis.
"I'm not seeing that this year."
An MLB spokesman said that the replay official wasn't able to tell if Brayan Pena's tag was on time or not.
"After viewing all relevant angles, the replay official felt that he could not definitively determine that the runner touched home prior to being tagged," Mike Teevan said in an email to the Associated Press.
Frazier led off the seventh with a homer, this time a 425-foot shot that landed in the Cincinnati bullpen in center. Billy Hamilton made it 4-2 later in the inning with a bloop single that scored Bruce.
"Billy coming up and getting that two-out hit -- that's big for us," Price said. "For whatever reason, when he gets up there with runners in scoring position, he gets them in."
Cincinnati added a run in the ninth on a throwing error by Jose Iglesias.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: RHP Jon Moscot went on the 15-day disabled list with a dislocated left shoulder while the team optioned OF Brennan Boesch to Triple-A Louisville. To reinforce a bullpen depleted by Moscot's seven-pitch start Monday, they brought up two pitchers from Louisville -- righties Donovan Hand and Carlos Contreras.
Tigers: DH Victor Martinez (knee) went 1 for 4 with an RBI double for Triple-A Toledo, and is now hitting .333 in three games of a rehab stint. Martinez, who underwent surgery for a torn meniscus this spring, was hitting .216 with minimal power when he went on the disabled list May 19.
UP NEXT
The teams move to Cincinnati for the second half of their home-and-home series, with aces David Price (6-2, 2.44) for Detroit and Johnny Cueto (4-4, 2.85) for the Reds. Cueto, an oft-mentioned trade target for the Tigers, will be facing Detroit for the first time, while Price is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in two career starts against Cincinnati.
7:08PM,EDT,June 16,2015
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Phillips grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| De Jesús struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Votto flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| Gose doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Kinsler flied out to center, Gose to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera singled to right, Gose scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Céspedes lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| J.D. Martinez lined out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Frazier flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Peña grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Bruce out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| Collins popped out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Castellanos flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| McCann walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Iglesias grounded into fielder's choice to third, McCann out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Dominguez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Hamilton lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Negron grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| Gose singled to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Kinsler grounded into fielder's choice to second, Gose out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| Cabrera walked, Kinsler to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Céspedes grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Cabrera out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Phillips lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| De Jesús lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Votto struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| J.D. Martinez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Collins fouled out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Castellanos struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Frazier homered to left center (395 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce homered to right (346 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| Peña grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| Dominguez struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Hamilton bunt grounded out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| McCann singled to left. | 2 | 1 |
| Iglesias sacrificed to third, McCann to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Gose safe at second on error by left fielder De Jesús, McCann to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Kinsler popped out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Cabrera intentionally walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Céspedes reached on infield single to first, McCann scored, Gose tagged out at home, Cabrera to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Negron grounded out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Phillips singled to left center. | 2 | 2 |
| De Jesús struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Votto fouled out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Lorenzen pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| J.D. Martinez reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| Collins bunted into fielder's choice to first, J.D. Martinez out at second. | 2 | 2 |
| Castellanos grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Collins out at second. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Frazier homered to lef center (422 feet). | 3 | 2 |
| Bruce walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Peña sacrificed to catcher, Bruce to second. | 3 | 2 |
| A. Wilson relieved Ryan. | 3 | 2 |
| Dominguez grounded out to shortstop, Bruce to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Hamilton singled to left center, Bruce scored. | 4 | 2 |
| Hamilton caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 4 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ryan Mattheus pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| Mattheus relieved Lorenzen. | 4 | 2 |
| McCann grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 2 |
| Iglesias grounded out to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Gose bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wilson pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Negron struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Phillips singled to left. | 4 | 2 |
| De Jesús singled to center, Phillips to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Krol relieved A. Wilson. | 4 | 2 |
| Votto walked, Phillips to third, De Jesús to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Alburquerque relieved Krol. | 4 | 2 |
| Frazier struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Bruce grounded out to second. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| J.J. Hoover pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| Hoover relieved Mattheus. | 4 | 2 |
| Kinsler lined out to left. | 4 | 2 |
| Cabrera flied out to center. | 4 | 2 |
| Céspedes flied out to left. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joba Chamberlain pitching for Detroit | CIN | DET |
| Chamberlain relieved Alburquerque. | 4 | 2 |
| Peña grounded out to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Dominguez doubled to shallow left. | 4 | 2 |
| Hamilton grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Dominguez scored, Hamilton to second on throwing error by shortstop Iglesias. | 5 | 2 |
| Hamilton picked off second. | 5 | 2 |
| Negron bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | DET |
| Chapman relieved Hoover. | 5 | 2 |
| J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Davis hit for Collins. | 5 | 2 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Castellanos singled to left. | 5 | 2 |
| Castellanos to second on fielder's indifference. | 5 | 2 |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Phillips 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .300 | .339 | .371 |
| De Jesús LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .280 | .308 | .600 |
| Votto 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .295 | .396 | .547 |
| Frazier 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .293 | .359 | .622 |
| Bruce DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .215 | .327 | .407 |
| Peña C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .288 | .360 | .333 |
| Dominguez RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .250 | .250 | .583 |
| Hamilton CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .221 | .263 | .304 |
| Negron SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .148 | .250 | .170 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 122 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Dominguez (1, Chamberlain) HR: Frazier 2 (20, 5th inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 Out; 7th inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 Out); Bruce (10, 5th inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Frazier 2 (41), Bruce (30), Hamilton (18) S: Peña 2-out RBI: Hamilton GIDP: Peña Reds RISP: 1-5 (Bruce 0-1, Frazier 0-1, Hamilton 1-2, Dominguez 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Hamilton (5, 2nd base by A. Wilson/McCann) Picked Off: Hamilton (2nd base by Chamberlain) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: De Jesús (1, fly ball) DP: 2 (Negron-Phillips-Votto 2). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
| Attendance | 33,774 (81.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:57 |
| Weather | 82 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 11 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Todd Tichenor, Third Base - Tim Welke |
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