The game was tied for exactly one at-bat. Then Spencer Steer sent it away. A two-run homer in the sixth put Cincinnati back in front for good, and the Reds kept adding until a 7-2 win at Coors Field was well in hand.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Steer went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI, the go-ahead shot in the sixth followed later by a solo blast to center in the eighth. Elly De La Cruz was even busier at the plate, finishing 4-for-5 with a run-scoring double in the first and a solo homer in the ninth. Eugenio Suarez also went deep, a 415-foot solo shot in the sixth that pushed the margin further. Brady Singer anchored the effort on the mound, working 7.0 innings and allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and no walks across 96 pitches.
Cincinnati opened the scoring in the first when Stewart doubled to left and De La Cruz came around to score. Colorado answered in the fifth, tying it at 1-1 on Johnston's sacrifice fly to center that brought home Karros. The tie lasted only until the sixth, when Steer's 404-foot homer to left scored Bleday ahead of him and put the Reds back in front 3-1 — the go-ahead swing that Cincinnati never surrendered. Suarez followed with his own homer two batters later to make it 4-1.
Colorado starter G. Hughes lasted 5.1 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. The Rockies got a solo homer from Willi Castro in the seventh to cut into the deficit, but Cincinnati answered with a sacrifice fly from Stewart that inning and continued to tack on runs in the eighth and ninth. Colorado's bullpen absorbed the bulk of the damage, with three relievers combining for 3.2 innings and 5 runs allowed.
Cincinnati improved to 44-52 with the win, snapping into a winning mark after an L3 skid for Colorado, which fell to 39-60. Suarez sits at 985 career RBI, 15 shy of the 1,000 milestone.