Milwaukee Brewers vs Cincinnati Reds Match Player Stats On Sep 04, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 4, 2017

CINCINNATI -- Billy Hamilton's solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series Monday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.

Milwaukee (72-66) trailed the first-place Chicago Cubs by 3 1/2 games in the National League Central standings to start the day.

The Brewers rallied to tie the score in the seventh inning on a solo home run by Ryan Braun and a two-out, three-run blast by Orlando Arcia.

But, Hamilton's solo shot to left-center on a 1-1 pitch from Josh Hader (1-3) handed the Reds (59-79) a walk-off win.

It was just the fourth home run of the season by Hamilton.

Raisel Iglesias (3-2) pitched a perfect ninth to earn the victory.

Brewers' right-hander Chase Anderson returned to the scene of the crime on Monday. The last time he pitched at Great American Ball Park on June 28, Anderson suffered a strained left oblique while batting and missed almost two months.

Anderson allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits through 5 1/3 innings.

The Brewers were denied a run in the first inning when Neil Walker was thrown out at home trying to score from third on a fly ball to center.

Hamilton's throw skipped over the mound and Tucker Barnhart held on to the ball despite colliding with Walker to end the inning.

Cincinnati starter Homer Bailey singled on the ninth pitch of his at-bat against Anderson in the third and later scored from third on a bases-loaded walk to Joey Votto, putting Cincinnati ahead 1-0.

Anderson escaped further damage when Adam Duvall grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Bailey found his groove in the middle innings, retiring 14 straight batters and 16 of 17. From the final

Cincinnati greeted Anderson with three consecutive singles to begin the sixth. Anderson issued his second bases-loaded walk of the game to make the score 2-0.

Barnhart's double to center drove home two more runs, giving Cincinnati a 4-0 advantage.

Bailey had set down 14 straight when Braun launched a solo homer, his 14th of the season.

It was Braun's 25th home run at Great American Ball Park -- most of any opposing player -- and the first of three straight hits by Milwaukee to begin the seventh.

With two outs, following a meeting at the mound with pitching coach Mack Jenkins, Michael Lorenzen hung a slider to Arcia who crushed a three-run homer, his 14th of the season, to tie the score.

NOTES: As first reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer on Saturday, Reds manager Bryan Price will return in 2018. Price confirmed the reports on Monday. ... RHP Matt Garza will start for Milwaukee on Wednesday. ... Reds OF Jesse Winker was eligible to come off the disabled list Monday but needs a few more days to recover from a left hip flexor. ... Reds CF Billy Hamilton has 12 assists, one behind Reds LF Adam Duvall for the major-league lead among outfielders.