Reds beat Brewers 5‑3, break tie on McLain home run
CINCINNATI, Ohio (Interstat) — Matt McLain hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, and the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 on Saturday night at Great American Ball Park.
Elly De La Cruz and Tyler Stephenson also went deep for Cincinnati, which had 12 hits. Milwaukee had eight hits. The Reds broke a 3-3 tie on McLain’s homer to right in the seventh, and added another run in the eighth.
Milwaukee jumped ahead in the first when William Contreras homered, but De La Cruz answered with a solo shot in the bottom half. Luis Lara’s groundout scored David Hamilton in the third. Jose Trevino’s single tied it in the fourth, and Stephenson’s homer put Cincinnati ahead in the sixth. Jackson Chourio’s sacrifice fly tied it in the seventh before McLain answered.
Tony Santillan (3-3) earned the win, and Emilio Pagán picked up his 21st save. Aaron Ashby (13-3) took the loss. Andrew Abbott surrendered three hits and one earned run over four innings with five strikeouts. Cincinnati improved to 68-75, and Milwaukee dropped to 89-55.