Frazier’s HR gives Reds win

Published 3:30 am Thursday, September 17, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Todd Frazier made a celebratory hop as he rounded first base and gestured toward his dugout in delight.

Frazier hit his 34th home run leading off the 10th to make up for a costly throwing error an inning earlier, and the Cincinnati Reds held on for a wild 9-8 victory over the Giants on Tuesday night that snapped San Francisco’s four-game winning streak.

“I was a little more emotional just because I made that throwing error that was costly,” Frazier said. “Whenever you pick yourself up I think you’re going to be a little more emotional.”

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Frazier connected against Sergio Romo (0-5).

Aroldis Chapman (4-4) recorded five outs for the win despite his third blown save. Jumbo Diaz earned his first career save, finishing the 4-hour, 2-minute game.

“When I saw Frazier hitting the home run, I said, ‘I’m in the game, I’ve got to go out there and throw strikes,”’ Diaz said. “I got a lot of big saves in the minor leagues, but this one is so special because it’s the first one in the big leagues.”

Buster Posey hit a tying RBI single in the ninth as the Giants evened it up following Frazier’s wild throw to first after the third baseman made a diving stop on Matt Duffy’s infield single, allowing a run to score.

Defending World Series champion San Francisco lost for the first time in five games on this key nine-game homestand. The Giants began the night 7 1-2 games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and 6 1-2 games behind the Cubs for the second wild card.

Four starting pitchers had plate appearances.

Madison Bumgarner walked as a pinch-hitter against Chapman in the eighth to load the bases for Ehire Adrianza, who was hit by a pitch to force home a run. Chapman was checked on by a trainer with one out in the ninth but stayed in the game.

“You want me to tell you he throws hard? That’s pretty clear, he throws hard,” Bumgarner said.

In the seventh, San Francisco challenged when Skip Schumaker appeared to score when Jason Bourgeois reached on an error. The review of 2:04 was overturned and showed that right fielder Marlon Byrd made a perfect throw to Posey in time for the catcher to tag out a sliding Schumaker.

Jay Bruce followed with an RBI single to pull the Reds to 5-4 before Brandon Phillips’ RBI single against Hunter Strickland evened the game. Frazier was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Ivan De Jesus, who drew a nine-pitch walk to put the Reds ahead. He added to his earlier two-run triple.

Adam Duvall added a two-run single to cap the crazy seventh, when the Reds scored five runs despite having two runners thrown out at the plate.

“The seventh inning killed us,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.

Pinch-hitter Jarrett Parker hit his first career home run in the fifth to put the Giants ahead and Posey hit a tying three-run drive in the fourth. Brandon Belt added an RBI double in the sixth to make it 5-3 but the Giants’ typically reliable bullpen couldn’t hold it.

Belt smacked his head against shortstop De Jesus’ left leg trying to get back to second as he was picked off after his sixth-inning double. Belt walked off gingerly alongside athletic trainer Dave Groeschner and the first baseman returned for defense in the top of the seventh.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: CF Billy Hamilton is day to day after he left Monday’s game in the fifth inning with a sore shoulder. Hamilton just came off the DL on Sept. 8 after missing 21 games with a right shoulder injury. … The Reds plan to shuffle their rookie rotation around the time of next week’s series at St. Louis.

Giants: SS Brandon Crawford, who missed his sixth straight game with tightness in his calf and left side, is unlikely to play until Friday against Arizona. … RHP Tim Hudson is expected to make his next start Sunday after his hip flared up and forced him out early of Monday’s outing. … Bochy’s hope is OF Hunter Pence (strained left oblique) will be ready to return for the final homestand beginning Sept. 28. “I can’t wait to play again,” Pence said.

UP NEXT

Reds: RHP Michael Lorenzen (4-8) makes his 23rd major league start and second against San Francisco looking to win his second straight decision.

Giants: RHP Jake Peavy (6-6) tries to win his third straight start and fourth consecutive decision when he pitches the series finale.

TUESDAY’S GAME

Reds 9, Giants 8, 10 innings

Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Bourgeois cf-lf 4 2 0 0 1 2 .239

Bruce rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .232

Votto 1b 3 2 0 0 2 0 .311

Phillips 2b 5 2 3 2 0 1 .293

Frazier 3b 4 2 1 1 0 1 .259

De Jesus Jr. ss 4 0 2 3 1 1 .251

Duvall lf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .176

M.Parra p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

b-R.Cabrera ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .467

LeCure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

LaMarre cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

Barnhart c 5 0 1 0 0 2 .255

Jo.Lamb p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000

Mattheus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Schumaker lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .221

Hoover p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

A.Chapman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

d-Boesch ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .123

Ju.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Totals 37 9 9 9 6 12

 

San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Pagan cf 6 1 1 0 0 1 .265

Tomlinson 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .300

M.Duffy 3b 5 2 3 0 0 1 .304

Posey c 4 2 2 4 1 0 .329

Byrd rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .249

Belt 1b 5 0 2 1 0 2 .282

J.Perez lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .294

Kontos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

c-Bumgarner ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243

1-Noonan pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

e-Leake ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .123

Adrianza ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .168

Heston p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208

a-Jarre.Parker ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .273

Broadway p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Osich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Strickland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

De Aza lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .219

Totals 42 8 13 7 3 9

Cincinnati 300 000 500 1 — 9 9 2

San Francisco 000 311 012 0 — 8 13 3

 

a-homered for Heston in the 5th. b-singled for M.Parra in the 7th. c-walked for Affeldt in the 8th. d-grounded out for A.Chapman in the 10th. e-struck out for Romo in the 10th.

1-ran for Bumgarner in the 8th.

E—De Jesus Jr. (3), Frazier (17), Belt (5), Posey (2), Osich (1). LOB—Cincinnati 6, San Francisco 8. 2B—Pagan (17), Belt 2 (33), J.Perez (3), De Aza (1). 3B—De Jesus Jr. (1). HR—Frazier (34), off Romo; Posey (18), off Jo.Lamb; Jarre.Parker (1), off Mattheus. RBIs—Bruce (79), Phillips 2 (62), Frazier (85), De Jesus Jr. 3 (22), R.Cabrera 2 (3), Posey 4 (89), Belt (68), Adrianza (9), Jarre.Parker (2). SB—Bourgeois (3). S—LaMarre.

Runners left in scoring position—Cincinnati 3 (Duvall, Jo.Lamb, Boesch); San Francisco 7 (Posey, Adrianza 2, De Aza 2, Belt, Pagan). RISP—Cincinnati 5 for 11; San Francisco 3 for 13.

Runners moved up—Barnhart 2, J.Perez. GIDP—Schumaker, Posey.

DP—Cincinnati 1 (De Jesus Jr., Phillips, Votto); San Francisco 1 (Tomlinson, Adrianza, Belt).

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Jo.Lamb 4 6 3 3 0 3 77 5.35

Mattheus 1 1-3 1 2 1 0 0 21 4.82

M.Parra 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 9 2.93

LeCure H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 3.18

Hoover H, 17 1-3 0 1 1 2 1 17 2.35

A.Chapman W, 4-4 1-3 3 2 1 1 2 42 1.80

Ju.Diaz S, 1-4 1 1 0 0 0 2 20 4.15

San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Heston 5 3 3 3 4 8 91 3.61

Broadway H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 4.73

Osich H, 8 2-3 1 2 0 1 1 12 1.96

Lopez 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.46

Strickland BS, 2-2 0 1 2 2 1 0 17 2.38

Kontos 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 10 1.83

Affeldt 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 5.23

Hall 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 6.75

Romo L, 0-5 1 2 1 1 0 0 11 3.04

Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

Strickland pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

Inherited runners-scored—M.Parra 1-1, A.Chapman 2-1, Lopez 1-0, Strickland 2-2, Kontos 3-2. HBP—by A.Chapman (Adrianza), by Strickland (Frazier). WP—Hoover.

Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Clint Fagan; Second, Jordan Baker; Third, Paul Emmel.

T—4:02. A—41,044 (41,915).