Final
Reds hold off Brewers
Apr 28, 2015 - 4:27 AM Cincinnati, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Jason Marquis turned back the clock and delivered eight solid innings to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series.The 15-year-veteran, who did not pitch in the majors in 2014, went eight innings for the first time since May 8, 2013. Marquis (2-1) scattered two runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
Jay Bruce supported his pitcher with a two-run homer and later drove in a third run. Bruce, Todd Frazier and Brayan Pena all reached base four times.
Jimmy Nelson (1-2) allowed seven runs on six hits and a career-high five walks in 2 1/3 innings for the Brewers, who have yet to win back-to-back games this season.
"He wasn't commanding the ball like he has the other outings. He started out OK, then Frazier came up and for whatever reason he just lost his command," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Nelson.
Milwaukee mounted a ninth-inning rally that came up short. With four runs already on the board in the frame, Ryan Braun represented the tying run as a pinch hitter against Aroldis Chapman, but he struck out against 100 mph heat to end the game.
Jean Segura was 2-for-5 with three runs batted in for the Brewers.
After a 1-2-3 first inning, the game quickly went south for Nelson. He walked Frazier to start the second, and Bruce, mired in an 0-for-14 slump with nine strikeouts, hit a towering home run to right field to put the Reds up 2-0.
"It's nice for Jay to have good at-bats," said Reds manager Bryan Price. "He took some tough pitches. He just looked very comfortable at the plate."
Nelson's woes, though, did not end there. With Marlon Byrd on second and one out, the Brewers opted to put Pena on base to go after Marquis. The plan backfired when Marquis, owner of five career home runs, singled off Aramis Ramirez's glove to score another run. Billy Hamilton followed with a single, and the inning finally ended when Joey Votto hit into a double play.
Segura's two-out single in the third got a run back for the Brewers, but Nelson never settled in. He walked the first two batters and uncorked a pair of wild pitches to give that run right back. Byrd drove in a run and a wild pitch by Rob Wooten put the Reds up 7-1 through three.
Rob Wooten was able to keep Cincinnati off the board for a couple innings, but he was charged with two more runs in the seventh. He departed with runners on the corners and one out, and Neal Cotts allowed both inherited runners to score on Bruce's sacrifice fly and Brandon Phillips' double, his first extra-base hit of the season.
Burke Badenhop was called on to record three outs in a 9-2 game but failed. He loaded the bases before striking out Elian Herrera, but Maldonado followed with an RBI single. The Reds summoned Chapman, who promptly hit Hector Gomez to allow a run to score and gave up a single that scored two.
After Luis Jimenez struck out, Braun got a pinch-hit appearance but could not come through.
Game Notes
Bruce tied Vada Pinson for 10th all-time in Reds history with 186 home runs ... Badenhop was charged with four runs in one-third of an inning ... Frazier stole two bases ... The Brewers were 5-for-10 with runners in scoring position ... Prior to the game, Cincinnati placed starter Homer Bailey on the 15-day DL and recalled Carlos Contreras.
- MILWAUKEE: 6
CINCINNATI: 9
Final
Apr 27 10:14 PM - Segura singled to center, Ar.Ramirez scored, Maldonado scored, H.Gomez to second.
Brewers 6, Reds 9 Top 9, 1 OutApr 27 10:10 PM - Jean Segura singles to shallow center field. Hector Gomez to second. Martin Maldonado scores. Aramis Ramirez scores.
Brewers 6, Reds 9 Top 9, 1 OutApr 27 10:09 PM - Hector Gomez hit by pitch. Martin Maldonado to second. Aramis Ramirez to third. Jason Rogers scores.
Brewers 4, Reds 9 Top 9, 1 OutApr 27 10:07 PM - Maldonado singled to right, Lind scored, J.Rogers to third, Ar.Ramirez to second.
Brewers 3, Reds 9 Top 9, 1 OutApr 27 10:04 PM - Martin Maldonado singles to right field. Aramis Ramirez to second. Jason Rogers to third. Adam Lind scores.
Brewers 3, Reds 9 Top 9, 1 OutApr 27 10:04 PM - Brandon Phillips doubles to center field. Todd Frazier scores.
Brewers 2, Reds 9 Bot 6, 2 OutsApr 27 9:16 PM - Jay Bruce out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Logan Schafer. Zack Cozart scores.
Brewers 2, Reds 8 Bot 6, 1 OutApr 27 9:15 PM - Bruce hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Schafer, Cozart scored.
Brewers 2, Reds 8 Bot 6, 2 OutsApr 27 9:15 PM - Adam Lind singles to right field. Gerardo Parra scores.
Brewers 2, Reds 7 Top 6, 2 OutsApr 27 8:59 PM - On passed ball by Maldonado, Byrd scored, Pena to third.
Brewers 1, Reds 7 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 27 8:19 PM - Marquis sacrificed, pitcher Wooten to first baseman Lind, Pena to second.
Brewers 1, Reds 6 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 27 8:19 PM - Billy Hamilton grounds out to first base, Adam Lind to Rob Wooten.
Brewers 1, Reds 7 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 27 8:19 PM - On passed ball by Maldonado, Byrd scored, Pena to third.
Brewers 1, Reds 7 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 27 8:18 PM - On wild pitch by Nelson, Frazier scored, Bruce to third.
Brewers 1, Reds 5 Bot 3, 1 OutApr 27 8:08 PM - Jean Segura singles to right field. Martin Maldonado scores.
Brewers 1, Reds 4 Top 3, 2 OutsApr 27 7:57 PM - Cozart walked, Pena scored, Marquis to third, Hamilton to second.
Brewers 0, Reds 4 Bot 2, 1 OutApr 27 7:44 PM - Billy Hamilton to second. Jason Marquis to third. Brayan Pena scores.
Brewers 0, Reds 4 Bot 2, 1 OutApr 27 7:44 PM - Jason Marquis singles to shallow left field. Brayan Pena to second. Marlon Byrd scores.
Brewers 0, Reds 3 Bot 2, 1 OutApr 27 7:41 PM - Jean Segura grounds out to first base to Joey Votto.
Apr 27 7:12 PM - MILWAUKEE: 0
CINCINNATI: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 27 7:11 PM
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