Cincinnati Reds rally to edge Milwaukee Brewers, 6-5
MILWAUKEE — Eugenio Suarez hit a pair of home runs, including a two-run, go-ahead shot in the ninth inning off Jeremy Jeffress as the Reds rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Suarez had given Cincinnati a 4-1 lead when he took Adrian Houser deep with two out in the seventh.
The Brewers took the lead right back an inning later when Tyler Saladino connected on a first-pitch fastball from Rasiel Iglesias for his second grand slam in as many days, snapping an 0-for-8 drought with runners in scoring position for Milwaukee.
With Josh Hader unavailable after working in each of Milwaukee’s last two contests, Jeffress (3-3) got the call for the ninth. He struck out pinch-hitter Derek Dietrich to open the inning before giving up a single to Nick Senzel, putting the tying run aboard.
Senzel moved to second on Joey Votto’s groundout to bring up Suarez, who sent Jeffress’ second offering, a fastball right down the middle, to left for his ninth home run of the month and 26th of the season.
Right-hander Chase Anderson struck out six over 5 2/3 innings for Milwaukee. He was charged with two runs on seven hits and two walks.