Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies

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Cincinnati Reds

29-33, 15-16 Away

Final
12 - 7

Colorado Rockies

21-40, 13-17 Home

Jonathan India's grand slam caps a 6-run 9th inning as Reds rally past Rockies 12-7

With the Reds trailing 7-6, Spencer Steer slugged a two-run homer off Jalen Beeks (2-3), who hit TJ Friedl with a pitch leading off the ninth.

“Felt good,” Steer said. “I had a couple of at-bats earlier in the game where they were big RBI spots and I didn’t come through. I was pretty pumped up.”

Beeks was two strikes away from his seventh save when Steer took him deep.

“A heater low and away, hit my spot, then we went heater top zone and he put a really good swing on it,” Beeks said of pitching to Steer. “I’m confident in my fastball, been throwing it a lot this year, so that was a tough one to swallow.”

After two singles and a walk loaded the bases, India blasted a pitch from Angel Chivilli for his second slam this season.

Friedl and Jeimer Candelario also went deep, Elly De La Cruz had three hits and Fernando Cruz (3-5) pitched an inning in relief for Cincinnati, which has won four straight.

The Reds scored 29 runs in the three-game series at Coors Field.

Elias Díaz hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth to put Colorado ahead 5-4. He added a run-scoring single and Brendan Rodgers had a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Díaz and Rodgers had three RBI each for the Rockies.

Charlie Blackmon had three hits for Colorado, which has dropped five in a row.

The Rockies scored four times in the first against Reds starter Graham Ashcraft. Díaz drove in the first run with a bases-loaded groundout, Rodgers had a two-run single and Elehuris Montero made it 4-0 with a single.

Candelario’s two-run homer off Rockies starter Dakota Hudson in the third made it 4-2, and Friedl’s home run tied it. Hudson left after De La Cruz and Candelario followed with singles.

Jacob Hurtubise had an RBI triple in the eighth and scored on India’s sacrifice fly to make it 7-6.

“That just shows how much heart we have,” India said. “We never stop fighting, we’re in every game.”

Colorado outfielder Sean Bouchard left in the eighth inning with a sprained right ankle suffered running out a sacrifice bunt.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies: OF/INF Kris Bryant (back) was out of the lineup for the third straight game. Manager Bud Black said Bryant could land on the injured list if he doesn’t improve in the next “day or two.” ... OF Nolan Jones (knee) served as the DH for Triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday night and was slated to play in the field Wednesday night.

Guardians: RHP Hunter Greene (3-2, 3.44 ERA) will open a four-game home series against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.

Rockies: RHP Cal Quantrill (4-4, 3.84) starts the first of a four-game series at St. Louis on Thursday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 48.3%

Reds: 51.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stallings grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rodgers doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Díaz grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	McMahon struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Suter relieved Cruz
	9th Inning	Dunn in left field.

Statistics

CIN		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	18
10	Strikeouts	6
12	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
12	Hits	13
4	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	38
4	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
17	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	1
178	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
26	Total Bases	20
45	Plate Appearances	42
648.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
11.5	Runs Created	7.2
.333	Batting Average	.342
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.722	Slugging Percentage	.526
.639	Secondary Average	.211
.444	On Base Percentage	.366
1.167	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.892
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
12.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
78.5	Batter Rating	53.0
9.0	At Bats Per Home Run	38.0
0.80	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.96	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.389	Isolated Power	.184
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.133	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.024
.306	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.132
24.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
115.5	MLB Rating	99.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0