Left-hander Nick Lodolo used six sturdy innings to select up a win in a fight of former first-round alternatives and the Cincinnati Reds defeated the host Miami Marlins 8-2 on Tuesday evening.
Tyler Stephenson and Ty France every hit a solo homer to guide Cincinnati’s offense.
Reds shortstop Elly De L. a. Cruz went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs. He’s 8-for-10 with two house runs and 5 RBIs during the first two video games of this four-game set.
Lodolo (9-4), the 7th general select within the 2019 draft, allowed two runs on two hits. He walked 3 and struck out seven.
Proper-hander Max Meyer (2-2) took the loss, permitting 8 hits and 6 runs whilst strolling 3 and fanning two in 4 innings. Meyer used to be the 3rd general variety within the 2020 draft.
Cincinnati opened the scoring in the second one inning, as Stephenson ambushed Meyer on his first pitch of the body and hammered a slider 418 ft to middle.
The Reds made it 2-0 within the 3rd when De L. a. Cruz doubled down the suitable box line, stole 3rd and scored on TJ Friedl’s double.
Cincinnati prolonged its result in 6-0 within the fourth.
De L. a. Cruz were given the rally going with a two-run double, then Friedl added a sacrifice fly and Stephenson adopted with an RBI unmarried.
The Marlins were given at the board within the backside of the fourth after Lodolo issued 3 walks to load the bases. With two outs, Derek Hill drove a two-run unmarried to middle to drag Miami inside 6-2, however Lodolo were given out of the jam when catcher Stephenson stuck Hill looking to thieve 2d.
France’s homer to right-center within the 5th stretched Cincinnati’s result in 7-2.
The Reds made it 8-2 within the 8th when Noelvi Marte doubled, complex to 3rd on a De L. a. Cruz unmarried and scored on a throwing error by means of Marlins shortstop Xavier Edwards.
Miami loaded the bases with one out within the backside of the 8th, however Otto Lopez grounded right into a double play to finish the danger.
–Box Stage Media
