Eugenio Suarez s homer in 9th lifts Reds past Brewers
Field Level Media
11 Jul 2021, 13:05 GMT+10
Eugenio Suarez opened the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer off Josh Hader as the visiting Cincinnati Reds survived blowing a late lead and edged the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Saturday night in a game that featured three ejections.
Suarez gave the Reds a 4-3 lead when he opened the ninth by hammering a 2-0 96 mph fastball from Hader (3-1) well over the right-center field fence. It was the third baseman s 18th homer and first against Milwaukee this season.
Suarez s homer occurred shortly after Tyrone Taylor hit a two-run tying homer in the eighth off Brad Brach. Josh Osich (2-0) fanned Jace Peterson with two on to end the eighth and Heath Hembree pitched a scoreless ninth to convert his sixth save in seven chances.
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