San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds Match Player Stats On May 05, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 6, 2017

CINCINNATI -- Jose Peraza went 3-for-4 with a triple and a career-high four RBIs and Eugenio Suarez added three hits, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 13-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series Friday night at Great American Ball Park.

The game was delayed 1 hour, 50 minutes because of steady rain.

Leadoff man Billy Hamilton reached base five times to help spark a big night for the Reds, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs, two walks and three runs.

The 13 runs were a season high for Cincinnati (15-14), which has won three straight to move above .500 for the first time since April 23.

The Reds collected 16 hits, the most allowed this season by Giants pitching, which also issued 13 walks, their most allowed since 2011. Six players had multi-hit games for Cincinnati.

Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (3-2) threw a season-high 95 pitches with one walk and four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Christian Arroyo homered for San Francisco (11-19), which collected seven hits, including three by Buster Posey.

Giants starter Matt Cain (2-1) endured his roughest outing in more than four years, allowing nine earned runs in 3 1/3 innings. He walked six and gave up 10 hits.

In the first inning, Hamilton walked and later scored on Joey Votto's sacrifice fly.

Suarez and Jose Peraza delivered RBI singles to make the score 3-0. Peraza's hit extended his career-high hitting streak to nine games.

Christian Arroyo got the best of Bronson Arroyo in baseball's first-ever matchup of players with that last name by homering to left center on the first pitch with one out in the second. It was Arroyo's third homer of the season.

The two Arroyos are friends. Both attended Hernando High School in Brooksville, Fla., but are not related.

Cain's struggles continued in the second when three straight walks loaded the bases for Cincinnati. Suarez delivered a two-run single to make the score 5-1. The inning ended with Votto being thrown out at home by center fielder Gorkys Hernandez.

Cain didn't make it out of the fourth as Peraza delivered another RBI hit for a 6-1 lead. Peraza's bases-loaded triple off Cory Gearrin gave him a career-high four RBIs and the Reds a commanding eight-run lead.

Five of Cain's six walks scored.

NOTES: Giants RHP Johnny Cueto still is dealing with a blister on his right middle finger but is expected to start Sunday as scheduled. ... Giants SS Brandon Crawford will not come off the disabled list Saturday, the first day he's eligible. Crawford still is recovering from a right groin strain. ... The Reds drew 12 walks, the most since walking 13 times on April 23, 2006, at Milwaukee. ... Since 2008, the Reds are 37-24 against the Giants, the highest winning percentage of any San Francisco opponent (minimum 50 games).