PHOENIX -- Luis Castillo's blazing fastball and a changeup that befuddled the Arizona Diamondbacks were plenty enough to lead the Cincinnati Reds to victory.
The pitches, plus home runs from Joey Votto, Scooter Gennett and Tucker Barnhart helped Castillo to his first major league win in the Reds' 7-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday night.
Castillo (1-1) allowed three hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out eight with a walk in his longest outing of the season. In the Reds' clubhouse after the game, he was handed a game ball, held it aloft and beamed with pride.
"That mix -- the changeup and slider with the velocity on the fastball I had -- I was focused to get ahead in the count," Castillo said in Spanish. "I try to work in a game calmly and not work too fast so I don't get tired quickly, and have a good game."
Making his fourth career start, the rookie from the Dominican Republic held the Diamondbacks hitless for the game's first three innings, then after giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt retired the next nine Diamondbacks.
Votto drove in three runs.
The Diamondbacks managed only the three hits and lost their fourth game in the past five.
The Reds took control quickly, their first three batters of the game against Diamondbacks starter Taijuan Walker coming around to score. Billy Hamilton started the game with a walk, stole second base and scored on Zack Cozart's triple.
Votto's National League-leading 26th home run of the year gave the Reds a 3-0 lead with an out yet to be recorded.
"Guys got to some of his better pitches," Votto said of Walker.
"I felt like I threw some good pitches and bad pitches," Walker said. "I just wasn't sharp. That's the bottom line.
Hamilton's two-out single in the fourth drove in Barnhart for a 4-0 lead, and Gennett's home run, a line drove over the right-field fence in the fifth, making it 5-0.
Gennett established a career high with his 15th homer of the season, and moved his hitting streak to seven games.
Walker (6-4) was done after five innings, allowing five runs and five hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
"Taijuan Walker was OK," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "He had some well-pitched moments and in spurts he was doing a nice job, but he fell behind early and we just never got a chance to pay catch-up baseball."
Castillo allowed two hits in the bottom of the seventh, the closest Arizona came to scoring. Wandy Peralta came on to get the final out of the inning.
"When you can create a separation like that of 8 or 10 miles an hour, 12 or 13 miles an hour with the breaking pitch, and you throw them all for strikes ... the hitter had to react to the breaking ball somewhat and respect the velocity inside," Reds manager Bryan Price said of Castillo. "More than anything, he exudes a confidence out there."
Barnhart's second home run of the season came in the ninth off the Diamondbacks' Jorge De La Rosa.
STEALS LEADER
Hamilton took over the major league lead in stolen bases with his second of the night Saturday, in the second inning. He finished with three for the game -- all in the first four innings -- and raised his total to 37. It was Hamilton's sixth career game with three or more steals.
ALUMNI ACTION
The Diamondbacks held their annual alumni game before Saturday's game, with the red-jerseyed Diamondbacks defeating the team clad in throwback purple 3-0.
The Red Diamondbacks featured 1999 All-Star Matt Williams. The Purple Diamondbacks were led by former stars Luis Gonzalez, Mark Grace and Steve Finley.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF Yasmany Tomas is still dealing with issues related to his strained right groin, and the injury has worsened. It could be some time before he is cleared for baseball activities. ... RHP J.J. Hoover (right shoulder) threw in a simulated game Saturday at the team's Salt River Fields at Talking Stick facility.
UP NEXT
Reds: RHP Homer Bailey (1-2) brings a 12.66 ERA over his first three starts of the season into Sunday against Arizona. He's 2-2 in his career against the Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks: LHP Patrick Corbin (6-8) is 1-1 with a 3.48 career ERA in six games against the Reds.
The pitches, plus home runs from Joey Votto, Scooter Gennett and Tucker Barnhart helped Castillo to his first major league win in the Reds' 7-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday night.
Castillo (1-1) allowed three hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out eight with a walk in his longest outing of the season. In the Reds' clubhouse after the game, he was handed a game ball, held it aloft and beamed with pride.
"That mix -- the changeup and slider with the velocity on the fastball I had -- I was focused to get ahead in the count," Castillo said in Spanish. "I try to work in a game calmly and not work too fast so I don't get tired quickly, and have a good game."
Making his fourth career start, the rookie from the Dominican Republic held the Diamondbacks hitless for the game's first three innings, then after giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt retired the next nine Diamondbacks.
Votto drove in three runs.
The Diamondbacks managed only the three hits and lost their fourth game in the past five.
The Reds took control quickly, their first three batters of the game against Diamondbacks starter Taijuan Walker coming around to score. Billy Hamilton started the game with a walk, stole second base and scored on Zack Cozart's triple.
Votto's National League-leading 26th home run of the year gave the Reds a 3-0 lead with an out yet to be recorded.
"Guys got to some of his better pitches," Votto said of Walker.
"I felt like I threw some good pitches and bad pitches," Walker said. "I just wasn't sharp. That's the bottom line.
Hamilton's two-out single in the fourth drove in Barnhart for a 4-0 lead, and Gennett's home run, a line drove over the right-field fence in the fifth, making it 5-0.
Gennett established a career high with his 15th homer of the season, and moved his hitting streak to seven games.
Walker (6-4) was done after five innings, allowing five runs and five hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
"Taijuan Walker was OK," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "He had some well-pitched moments and in spurts he was doing a nice job, but he fell behind early and we just never got a chance to pay catch-up baseball."
Castillo allowed two hits in the bottom of the seventh, the closest Arizona came to scoring. Wandy Peralta came on to get the final out of the inning.
"When you can create a separation like that of 8 or 10 miles an hour, 12 or 13 miles an hour with the breaking pitch, and you throw them all for strikes ... the hitter had to react to the breaking ball somewhat and respect the velocity inside," Reds manager Bryan Price said of Castillo. "More than anything, he exudes a confidence out there."
Barnhart's second home run of the season came in the ninth off the Diamondbacks' Jorge De La Rosa.
STEALS LEADER
Hamilton took over the major league lead in stolen bases with his second of the night Saturday, in the second inning. He finished with three for the game -- all in the first four innings -- and raised his total to 37. It was Hamilton's sixth career game with three or more steals.
ALUMNI ACTION
The Diamondbacks held their annual alumni game before Saturday's game, with the red-jerseyed Diamondbacks defeating the team clad in throwback purple 3-0.
The Red Diamondbacks featured 1999 All-Star Matt Williams. The Purple Diamondbacks were led by former stars Luis Gonzalez, Mark Grace and Steve Finley.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF Yasmany Tomas is still dealing with issues related to his strained right groin, and the injury has worsened. It could be some time before he is cleared for baseball activities. ... RHP J.J. Hoover (right shoulder) threw in a simulated game Saturday at the team's Salt River Fields at Talking Stick facility.
UP NEXT
Reds: RHP Homer Bailey (1-2) brings a 12.66 ERA over his first three starts of the season into Sunday against Arizona. He's 2-2 in his career against the Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks: LHP Patrick Corbin (6-8) is 1-1 with a 3.48 career ERA in six games against the Reds.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Hamilton walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Cozart tripled to deep center, Hamilton scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Votto homered to left (374 feet), Cozart scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Duvall flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Gennett hit by pitch. | 3 | 0 |
| Schebler struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Peraza lined out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Luis Castillo pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Descalso flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt popped out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Barnhart grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Hamilton walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 3 | 0 |
| Cozart grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Luis Castillo pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Lamb flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Owings safe at first on error by third baseman Gennett. | 3 | 0 |
| Drury walked, Owings to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Marte struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Fuentes popped out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Votto walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Duvall flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Gennett flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Schebler grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Luis Castillo pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Walker struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Descalso struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Herrmann grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Peraza grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Barnhart doubled to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Hamilton singled to left, Barnhart scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Hamilton stole second. | 4 | 0 |
| Cozart flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Luis Castillo pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Goldschmidt singled to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Owings flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Drury popped out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Votto flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Duvall grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| Gennett homered to right (393 feet). | 5 | 0 |
| Schebler struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Luis Castillo pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Marte struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Fuentes flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Blanco hit for Walker. | 5 | 0 |
| Blanco grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jake Barrett pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Barrett relieved Walker. | 5 | 0 |
| Peraza struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Barnhart lined out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Castillo grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Luis Castillo pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Descalso grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Herrmann grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Randall Delgado pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Delgado relieved Barrett. | 5 | 0 |
| Hamilton struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Cozart grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Votto flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Luis Castillo pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Lamb reached on infield single to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Marte singled to right, Lamb to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Peralta relieved Castillo. | 5 | 0 |
| Pollock hit for Fuentes. | 5 | 0 |
| Pollock fouled out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Randall Delgado pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| Pollock in center field. | 5 | 0 |
| Duvall struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Gennett grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Schebler struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Wandy Peralta pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Iannetta hit for Delgado. | 5 | 0 |
| Iannetta struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Descalso grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | CIN | ARI |
| J. De La Rosa relieved Delgado. | 5 | 0 |
| Peraza flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Barnhart homered to left center (409 feet). | 6 | 0 |
| Kivlehan hit for Peralta. | 6 | 0 |
| Kivlehan walked. | 6 | 0 |
| Hamilton singled to center, Kivlehan to second. | 6 | 0 |
| Cozart walked, Kivlehan to third, Hamilton to second. | 6 | 0 |
| Votto hit sacrifice fly to center, Kivlehan scored. | 7 | 0 |
| Duvall struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Ariel Hernandez pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | ARI |
| Hernández relieved Peralta. | 7 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt to second on fielder's indifference. | 7 | 0 |
| Lamb fouled out to third. | 7 | 0 |
| Owings grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| Drury walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Marte fouled out to third. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Hamilton CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | .246 | .301 | .325 |
| Cozart SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | .316 | .394 | .547 |
| Votto 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .315 | .426 | .633 |
| Duvall LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .279 | .322 | .557 |
| Gennett 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .317 | .369 | .615 |
| Schebler RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .254 | .328 | .529 |
| Peraza 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .251 | .275 | .332 |
| Barnhart C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .277 | .338 | .408 |
| Castillo P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Peralta P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Kivlehan PH
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .215 | .298 | .387 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 166 | |||
| a-walked for W Peralta in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Barnhart (16, Walker) 3B: Cozart (6, Walker) HR: Votto (26, 1st inning off Walker 1 on, 0 Out); Gennett (15, 5th inning off Walker 0 on, 2 Out); Barnhart (2, 9th inning off J. De La Rosa 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Cozart (35), Votto 3 (67), Hamilton (23), Gennett (47), Barnhart (13) SF: Votto 2-out RBI: Hamilton, Gennett Reds RISP: 3-7 (Duvall 0-1, Castillo 0-1, Cozart 1-3, Hamilton 1-1, Votto 1-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Hamilton 3 (37, 2nd base off Walker/Herrmann 3) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Gennett (4, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 29,806 (61.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:00 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Paul Emmel, First Base - Brian O'Nora, Second Base - Scott Barry, Third Base - Quinn Wolco |
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