Reds Use Strong Pitching to Topple Favored Brewers

MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — The Cincinnati Reds used a collective pitching effort to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Friday night at American Family Field. Connor Phillips earned the win in relief and Emilio Pagán notched his 31st save as the Reds’ staff held the Brewers to just three hits before a crowd of 40,316.

Gavin Lux doubled twice and went 2-for-4 for Cincinnati, which scored single runs in the fourth and sixth innings. Brice Turang’s RBI single in the third accounted for Milwaukee’s only run. The loss went to Quinn Priester, who fell to 13-3 after allowing three runs on nine hits over five innings. The Reds improved to 82-78, while the NL Central champion Brewers dropped to 96-64.