Game 21
Cincinnati Reds 3, Padres 2 (11 innings)
Winning pitcher: Jared Hughes (2-0, 6.23)
Losing pitcher: Craig Stammen (2-1, 1.59)
Save: Michael Lorenzen (1)
The Padres (11-10) scored fewer runs – 3-2 in 11 innings – than the Cincinnati Reds (7-12) in the second of four game at Petco Park. Matt Strahm (0-2, 3.05) had the longest outing by a Padres starting pitcher so far in 2019, pitching eight innings while allowing one run on two hits and no walk with five strikeouts. Eugenio Suarez hit a solo home run in the first inning. Derek Dietrich hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eleventh inning off of Craig Stammen.
Anthony DeSclafani (0-1, 5.59) gave up one run on two hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a solo home run in the third inning. Tatis Jr. scored the Padres’ second run on Eric Hosmer’s ground out in the eleventh inning.
Media
Dietrich’s HR lifts Reds over Padres in 11 innings – Jay Paris, Associated Press
Strahm sheds ‘training wheels’ in 8-frame gem – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com
Reds reward DeSclafani, down Padres in 11 – Shaun O’Neill, MLB.com
