Rodriguez, Lawlar star as Diamondbacks blank Reds, 9‑0
PHOENIX (Interstat) — Eduardo Rodriguez threw 5.2 scoreless innings and Jordan Lawlar homered and drove in three runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-0 on Friday night at Chase Field.
Rodriguez (13-4) scattered four hits and struck out four. Nick Lodolo (3-3) took the loss for Cincinnati, which fell to 61-70. Julian Garcia provided 2.2 hitless innings of relief for the Reds.
Lawlar went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer in the second inning. Arizona scored once in the first on Gabriel Moreno’s RBI single, three times in the second, once in the third, once in the fourth and seventh, and twice in the eighth. Ildemaro Vargas added a sacrifice fly, Ryan Waldschmidt doubled in a run, and Nolan Arenado singled in a run. Tim Tawa had two hits and an RBI, and Geraldo Perdomo drove in a run with three hits.
The Diamondbacks totaled 15 hits to Cincinnati’s four. Arizona improved to 68-61. Attendance was 32,087. The game lasted 2 hours, 49 minutes.