TJ Friedl, Matt McLain and Jake Fraley hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.
TJ Friedl, Matt McLain and Jake Fraley hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the ArizonaCincinnati pulled within one game of first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.
"It's a tip your cap situation," Pfaadt said. "I thought they were good pitches. We stuck with our game plan. There's a lot of takeaways." Reds rookie left-hander Brandon Williamson had another strong outing, allowing one run and three hits. Williamson has allowed just five runs in his last 20 innings, and has a 2.25 ERA in that span."On the third home run, my jaw just dropped," Williamson said. "It was so sick. Three bombs in a row is special."Williamson, making his 12th career start, retired the first nine batters before walking Marte to begin the fourth.
Elly De La Cruz scored an insurance run for Cincinnati in the eighth when he entered the game as a pinch-runner and scored from third on a groundball to make it 4-1.
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