Reds clip Angels’ wings, 8-4

Published 12:04 am Wednesday, August 7, 2019

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tucker Barnhart hit two of Cincinnati’s five home runs, Aristides Aquino included one among his three hits and came up with a clutch catch as the Reds beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-4 on Tuesday night to complete a sweep of their two-game interleague series.
Jose Iglesias hit a two-run homer and Eugenio Suarez added a solo shot, helping Cincinnati overcome home runs by Justin Upton and Mike Trout and send the Angels to their sixth consecutive loss, matching their season-worst losing streak.
Barnhart hit solo shots into the right field seats in the sixth and eighth innings for his first career multi-homer game, giving him eight homers this season and three in the last three games.
Anthony DeSclafani (7-6) allowed five hits and four runs with three walks and five strikeouts in 5 1-3 innings to collect the win, the Reds’ third straight and fourth in five games.
Amir Garrett had three strikeouts in 1 2-3 innings of relief. Michael Lorenzen, Robert Stephenson and Lucas Sims each recorded an out in an eighth inning delayed 54 minutes by rain.
Aquino went deep into right-center field to make a backhand catch of pinch-hitter Kole Calhoun’s bases-loaded two-out bid for extra bases in the eighth.
Upton hit a three-run homer in the first. The Reds answered against Jose Suarez with Eugenio Suarez’s solo homer and Iglesias’s game-tying two-run drive.
Aquino started Cincinnati’s three-run fifth with a shot to center field for his second homer since being called up from Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. DeSclafani and Nick Senzel added RBI singles for a 6-3 lead.
Suarez (2-3) set season highs by giving up six runs and 10 hits with one walk and three strikeouts in five innings. The Angels rookie left-hander is winless in seven starts since his last win on June 15.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: RHP Noe Ramirez (viral infection) threw a bullpen on Tuesday and could be sent on a rehab assignment this weekend.
Reds: Aquino hit the padded wall in foul territory down the right-field line fielding Fletcher’s first-inning leadoff single, but he made the play and came up firing to second. Aquino stayed in the game.
UP NEXT
Angels: LHP Dillon Peters (2-0) is coming off pitching 7 2-3 innings at Cleveland on Friday, the longest outing of his career and the longest by a Los Angeles pitcher this season.
Reds: LHP Alex Wood (1-0) is 3-2 with a 2.86 earned-run average in six career starts and three relief appearances against the Cubs.

Reds’ boxscore
TUESDAY’S GAME
Reds 8, Angels 4
Los Angeles Cincinnati
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Fltcher ss-2b 5 1 2 0 Senzel cf 5 0 2 1
Trout cf 3 2 1 1 Votto 1b 4 0 0 0
Goodwin rf 4 0 1 0 E.Suarez 3b 4 1 1 1
Upton lf 2 1 1 3 Aquino rf 4 2 3 1
Pujols 1b-3b 4 0 1 0 J.Iglesias ss 4 1 2 2
Thaiss 3b 3 0 0 0 Ervin lf 3 1 1 0
Ohtani ph 0 0 0 0 Garrett p 0 0 0 0
Tovar ss 0 0 0 0 Winker ph 1 0 0 0
Rengifo 2b 2 0 0 0 Lorenzen p 0 0 0 0
K.Clhun ph 1 0 0 0 Stephnsn p 0 0 0 0
Buttrey p 0 0 0 0 Sims p 0 0 0 0
Stassi c 4 0 0 0 R.Iglesias p 0 0 0 0
J.Sarez p 2 0 0 0 Peraza 2b 4 0 1 0
J.Andrs p 0 0 0 0 Barnhart c 3 3 2 2
K.Smith ph 1 0 0 0 DeSclafani p 2 0 1 1
Bdrosian p 0 0 0 0 VanMeter lf 2 0 0 0
Walsh 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 4 7 4 Totals 36 8 13 8

Los Angeles 300 010 000 = 4
Cincinnati 300 301 01x = 8

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E—Upton (3). DP—Los Angeles 1, Cincinnati 2. LOB—Los Angeles 6, Cincinnati 7. 2B—Goodwin (21). HR—Trout (38), Upton (6), E.Suarez (30), Aquino (2), J.Iglesias (8), Barnhart 2 (8). CS—J.Iglesias (5).
IP H R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
J.Suarez L,2-3 5 10 6 6 1 3
J.Anderson 1 1 1 1 0 1
Bedrosian 1 0 0 0 0 0
Buttrey 1 2 1 1 1 2
Cincinnati
DeSclafani W,7-6 5 1-3 5 4 4 3 5
Garrett H,17 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 3
Lorenzen H,13 1-3 1 0 0 0 1
Stephenson H,3 1-3 0 0 0 1 1
Sims H,2 1-3 0 0 0 1 0
R.Iglesias 1 1 0 0 0 1
HBP—by Bedrosian (E.Suarez). WP—J.Suarez.
Umpires—Home, John Tumpane; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, John Bacon; Third, Ted Barrett.
T—3:08. A—19,288 (42,319).