SAN DIEGO -- Raisel Iglesias of the Cincinnati Reds had just given up a tying, three-run home run to Matt Kemp in the first inning when the rookie walked Justin Upton.
Pitching coach Jeff Pico and catcher Brayan Pena went out to the mound to try to calm Iglesias.
It worked. Upton broke early on a steal attempt, and Iglesias stepped off and easily threw him out.
Iglesias cruised from there, finishing six strong innings as the Reds beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
"That really helped settle that environment down, and from that point on, I mean, he was unflappable," manager Bryan Price said of the pickoff play.
"It was one of those defining moments in the first inning, he worked his way through it and gave us five scoreless afterward and the opportunity to get back and take the lead and then hold it with the bullpen."
Joey Votto scored the go-ahead run on a balk by James Shields and later hit a two-run homer.
Iglesias (3-4) retired his final 16 batters. He allowed three runs and six hits while striking out eight and walking one. He had lost four of his previous five decisions.
"After I gave up that home run I actually got really disappointed with myself and I lost control of my emotions," he said through an interpreter. "I cannot explain how bad I was. Pena came in, the pitching coach came in, and they both started to tell me, `Hey, calm down and don't let emotions come in and start to screw up your game. Concentrate, do what you have to do,' and you saw what happened."
Said Padres interim manager Pat Murphy: "This kid's got a ways to go but from what I saw, wow, he was impressive after that first inning. Matty made him pay."
Votto hit his 20th homer off Frank Garces with one out in the ninth. Votto had three hits and drove in three runs.
Shields (8-5), who signed a $75 million, four-year contract as a free agent in February, has just one win in his last 13 starts.
With the game tied at 3 and one out in the third, Shields allowed a one-out single by Votto followed by a double by Todd Frazier that moved Votto to third. The next at-bat, it appeared Shields faked a pickoff throw to third and was called for a balk, allowing Votto to score the go-ahead run. It turned out that third baseman Yangervis Solarte missed a sign and was playing back, so Shields didn't make the throw.
After walking the bases loaded and then getting out of the inning, Shields glared at plate umpire Gerry Davis as he walked to the dugout. He then raised both arms in a gesture to someone in the dugout.
"Votto wasn't really paying attention over there and I felt like in that situation we had him and now we got two outs," Shields said.
"He thought Soly had the sign and obviously that didn't happen," Murphy said.
"You give up a bunch of hits and that happens," Shields said. "Mental mistakes just can't happen. We've got to clean that up. I mean those are the things we can control on our side and we definitely have to clean that up."
Shields allowed five runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings, striking out seven and walking four. He left after loading the bases in the seventh. Shawn Kelley came on and allowed a sacrifice fly to Frazier.
The Padres were trying for just their second three-game sweep of the season. It was San Diego's seventh loss in nine games.
Shields fell behind 3-0 in the first, when four of the first five Reds batters reached base. Votto hit an RBI single and Jay Bruce hit a two-run triple off the top of the center field fence.
Kemp tied it in the bottom of the inning with his three-run homer to left, his 12th. Leadoff batter Solarte reached when he was hit in the ribs by a pitch and Yonder Alonso followed with a single to left before Kemp's homer.
UP NEXT:
Reds: Cincinnati heads up the freeway for a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers starting Thursday night when RHP Keyvius Sampson (1-1, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to start against Mat Latos (4-8, 4.67).
Padres: San Diego is off Thursday before beginning a three-game road trip at Colorado on Friday. RHP Tyson Ross (8-9, 3.39) is scheduled to start opposite LHP Yohan Flande (2-1, 3.86).



Final
Series: Game 3 of 3

Reds 7

(50-62, 22-36 away)

Padres 3

(54-61, 26-29 home)




3:40PM,EDT,August 12,2015
Petco Park, San Diego, California 

123456789 R H E
CIN 301000102 7 9 0
SD 300000000 3 5 0
W: R. Iglesias (3-4)
L: J. Shields (8-5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-PitchInning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Cincinnati - Top of 1stSCORE
James Shields pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Hamilton singled to left.00
Suárez hit by pitch, Hamilton to second.00
Votto singled to right, Hamilton to third, Suárez to second, Hamilton scored advancing on throw.10
Frazier struck out swinging.10
Bruce tripled to deep center, Suárez and Votto scored.30
Byrd struck out swinging.30
Peña grounded out to second.30
3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 1stSCORE
Raisel Iglesias pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Solarte hit by pitch.30
Alonso singled to center, Solarte to second.30
Kemp homered to left center (389 feet), Solarte and Alonso scored.33
J. Upton walked.33
Gyorko struck out swinging.33
J. Upton caught stealing second, pitcher to second.33
D. Norris doubled to deep right center.33
Venable grounded out to third.33
3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 2ndSCORE
James Shields pitching for San DiegoCINSD
De Jesús struck out swinging.33
Iglesias flied out to right.33
Hamilton struck out swinging.33
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 2ndSCORE
Raisel Iglesias pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Shields struck out looking.33
Amarista struck out looking.33
Solarte flied out to center.33
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 3rdSCORE
James Shields pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Suárez flied out to right.33
Votto singled to center.33
Frazier doubled to deep left, Votto to third.33
Votto scored, Frazier to third on balk by Shields.43
Bruce intentionally walked.43
Bruce stole second.43
Byrd struck out swinging.43
Peña walked.43
De Jesús struck out swinging.43
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 3rdSCORE
Raisel Iglesias pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Alonso struck out swinging.43
Kemp struck out looking.43
J. Upton struck out swinging.43
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 4thSCORE
James Shields pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Iglesias grounded out to third.43
Hamilton grounded out to second.43
Suárez grounded out to third.43
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 4thSCORE
Raisel Iglesias pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Gyorko struck out looking.43
D. Norris grounded out to pitcher.43
Venable grounded out to shortstop.43
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 5thSCORE
James Shields pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Votto flied out to left.43
Frazier grounded out to shortstop.43
Bruce flied out to right.43
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 5thSCORE
Raisel Iglesias pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Shields struck out swinging.43
Amarista grounded out to pitcher.43
Solarte grounded out to first.43
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 6thSCORE
James Shields pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Byrd struck out swinging.43
Peña lined out to right.43
De Jesús grounded out to shortstop.43
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 6thSCORE
Raisel Iglesias pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Alonso grounded out to second.43
Kemp grounded out to third.43
J. Upton popped out to shortstop.43
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 7thSCORE
James Shields pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Phillips hit for Iglesias.43
Phillips singled to center.43
Hamilton walked, Phillips to second.43
Suárez sacrificed to pitcher, Phillips to third, Hamilton to second.43
Votto intentionally walked.43
Kelley relieved Shields.43
Frazier hit sacrifice fly to center, Phillips scored, Hamilton to third.53
Rzepczynski relieved Kelley.53
Votto stole second.53
Bruce struck out looking.53
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 7thSCORE
Jumbo Diaz pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Díaz relieved Iglesias.53
Gyorko singled to center.53
D. Norris struck out swinging.53
Venable grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Gyorko out at second.53
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 8thSCORE
Kevin Quackenbush pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Quackenbush relieved Rzepczynski.53
Byrd singled to left.53
Peña flied out to right.53
De Jesús struck out looking.53
Schumaker hit for Díaz.53
Schumaker struck out swinging.53
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 8thSCORE
J.J. Hoover pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Hoover relieved Díaz.53
Wallace hit for Quackenbush.53
Wallace walked.53
Amarista fouled out to third.53
Solarte grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Wallace out at second.53
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Top of 9thSCORE
Frank Garces pitching for San DiegoCINSD
Garcés relieved Quackenbush.53
Hamilton flied out to left.53
Suárez singled to left center.53
Votto homered to center (417 feet), Suárez scored.73
Frazier struck out swinging.73
Bruce grounded out to third.73
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
San Diego - Bottom of 9thSCORE
Aroldis Chapman pitching for CincinnatiCINSD
Chapman relieved Hoover.73
Alonso struck out swinging.73
Kemp struck out swinging.73
J. Upton singled to center.73
J. Upton to second on fielder's indifference.73
Gyorko flied out to right.73
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors



Cincinnati Reds
HittersABRHRBIBBSO#PAVGOBPSLG
Hamilton CF41101120.222.269.281
Suárez SS32100022.299.332.462
Votto 1B43331019.304.434.526
Frazier 3B40110217.260.312.530
Bruce RF40121119.246.325.471
Byrd LF40100318.243.296.466
Peña C30001012.278.344.319
De Jesús 2B40000316.266.328.422
Iglesias P2000006.000.000.000
a-Phillips PH
1110002.288.327.380
0000000.000.000.000
b-Schumaker PH
1000013.212.294.285
0000000.000.000.000
0000000.000.000.000
Totals34796411154   
a-singled to center for R Iglesias in the 7th
b-struck out swinging for J Diaz in the 8th
BATTING
2B: Frazier (32, Shields)
3B: Bruce (4, Shields)
HR: Votto (20, 9th inning off Garcés 1 on, 1 Out)
RBI: Votto 3 (54), Bruce 2 (64), Frazier (71)
S: Suárez
SF: Frazier
Reds RISP: 2-8 (Frazier 0-1, Bruce 1-2, De Jesús 0-1, Votto 1-1, Peña 0-1, Byrd 0-2)
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING
SB: Bruce (7, 2nd base off Shields/D. Norris); Votto (7, 2nd base off Rzepczynski/D. Norris)
FIELDING
DP: 2 (Suárez-Votto, De Jesús-Suárez-Votto).

Game Information

StadiumPetco Park, San Diego, CA
Attendance21,397 (52% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time2:58
Weather76 degrees, sunny
Wind10 mph
UmpiresHome Plate - Gerry Davis, First Base - Will Little, Second Base - Tony Randazzo, Third Base - Phil Cuzzi