San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds Match Player Stats On Aug 09, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 9, 2017

CINCINNATI -- Stuart Turner and Eugenio Suarez hit two-run homers, and Jose Peraza went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park.

With a victory on Thursday, Cincinnati (47-67) would earn its first series victory over San Diego since 2012. The Reds have won two of the first three in the four-game set.

Reds rookie Asher Wojciechowski (3-1) allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings with no walks and six strikeouts. He also singled in the fourth inning for his first career hit.

San Diego (50-63) homered twice off Wojciechowski but couldn't complete the comeback from a 6-0 deficit.

Manuel Margot led off the sixth with his 10th home run of the season, and Wil Myers snapped an 0-for-11 skid later in the inning with his 22nd home run, a two-run shot to make the score 6-3.

Yangervis Solarte went 2-for-4 with a double for the Padres in the loss.

San Diego starter Travis Wood (2-4) couldn't overcome a shaky start against his former team. He wound up allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits, including a pair of homers, in five innings.

Wood needed 32 pitches to get through the first inning. He was one strike away from getting out of a bases-loaded jam when Peraza delivered a clutch two-run single on a 3-2 pitch to put Cincinnati ahead 2-0.

Again, with two outs in the third, Wood couldn't finish off the inning. Adam Duvall doubled and Suarez followed with his 19th home run of the season to make the score 4-0. The two-out rallies pushed Wood's pitch count to 67 through three innings.

Hunter Renfroe's sliding catch on Duvall's pop fly to right in the fourth prevented more two-out Reds damage, leaving the bases loaded.

Turner, making his eighth start of the season, launched his first homer into the upper deck of the left field bleachers with a runner on, making it 6-0 in the fifth.

NOTES: Reds 1B Joey Votto went 2-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to a team-high 14 games. He is batting .477 during the streak. ... The Reds claimed RHP Luke Farrell from the Dodgers and optioned him to Triple-A Louisville. Farrell, a graduate of St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, is the son of Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell. ... Per STATS, the Reds have had 39 innings in which they allowed four or more runs and the Padres have had 38 such innings, ranking as most and second most in major leagues.