Rookie Rece Hinds belted a 458-foot residence run and fell a single shy of the cycle in his second profession recreation to energy the Cincinnati Reds previous the visiting Colorado Rockies, 12-6, Tuesday evening.
After making his main league debut on Monday and drilling a 449-foot homer to the higher deck in left, Hinds mashed his second tape-measure homer in as many days — a drive to the higher portion of the higher deck in proper in a four-run seventh for Cincinnati.
Hinds added a triple and a double and have become the primary participant in MLB historical past to file 5 extra-base hits in his first two profession video games. With an opportunity at historical past and a cycle, Hinds struck out to finish the eighth.
Tyler Stephenson homered and picked up three hits, Will Benson clubbed a three-run residence run and Spencer Steer added his 14th for the Reds, who’ve claimed all 5 conferences with the Rockies this season.
Brenton Doyle linked for a pair of homers, together with a 442-foot blast off reliever Buck Farmer within the eighth. The Rockies fell to 0-2 on their seven-game highway journey and 12-33 on the highway for the season, the worst such mark within the Nationwide League.
Cincinnati lefty starter Nick Lodolo returned from a two-week stint on the injured checklist resulting from a blister on his left hand and appeared in a groove early, putting out the facet within the first earlier than a 44-minute rain delay appeared to disrupt his rhythm.
Nick Martinez (3-5) allowed one hit and no runs whereas putting out three over 1 1/3 innings to file the win in reduction.
The Reds did large harm earlier than heavy rains fell after they plated 5 runs within the second off Colorado starter and loser Cal Quantrill (6-7).
Stephenson solo homer and Benson’s three-run homer highlighted a five-run second. Jeimer Candelario drove a ball into the stands in proper that was initially dominated a two-run homer and would’ve given Cincinnati a 7-0 lead however was reviewed and altered to a foul ball.
Following the delay, Hunter Goodman doubled to left-center for Colorado’s first hit off Lodolo, who then hit Ezequiel Tovar with a pitch earlier than Brendan Rodgers flew out to proper to finish the inning.
Lodolo retired the primary two batters of the fourth however the inning rapidly unraveled. Doyle clubbed a solo homer to right-center, his twelfth, and Michael Toglia added a two-run lengthy ball, his eleventh, to chop Cincinnati’s result in 5-3.
–Discipline Degree Media