PHOENIX (AP) — Brandon Drury hit a tying three-run homer in the fifth inning, Mike Moustakas added a go-ahead single in the sixth and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 Monday night.
Drury’s 12th home run came off Merrill Kelly and tied it at 4. The next inning, Matt Reynolds beat out an infield hit, stole second and scored when Moustakas dropped a broken-bat blooper down the right-field line.
Mike Minor (1-2) withstood a rough start and completed 6 1/3 innings for Cincinnati. He allowed eight hits and four runs, striking out five. Hunter Strickland pitched a hitless ninth for his second save.
It was a pitching rematch of last Wednesday’s game in Cincinnati, when Kelly held the Reds to one hit over six innings and Christian Walker hit an early two-run homer to spark the Diamondbacks to a 7-0 win.
This one started the same way, when Walker connected for his 16th homer with Ketel Marte aboard in the third. Cincinnati got one back on Kyle Farmer’s double and a single by Reynolds, who was a late addition to the Reds’ lineup.
The Diamondbacks picked up two more in their half of the fourth. Carson Kelly led off with a single off Moustakas’ glove, and Alek Thomas beat out a slow roller to second for a hit when Reynolds couldn’t make the play cleanly. Geraldo Perdomo followed with an RBI single, and Jordan Luplow’s sacrifice fly made it 4-1 Arizona.
Then Drury homered in the fifth, just clearing the wall in left-center after Chris Okey’s single and a walk to Nick Senzel.
Kelly (5-4) went six innings again but gave up eight hits and five runs. He struck out seven, including a stretch of five straight.
AHMED TO HAVE SURGERY
SS Nick Ahmed will have surgery on his right shoulder Wednesday, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Monday. The operation will be performed by orthopedic surgeon Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles.
Ahmed, 32, will be sidelined indefinitely — he was moved to the 60-day injured list last week. Lovullo said there is no timetable for the two-time Gold Glove shortstop’s return but said he and Ahmed are hopeful he'll be back before the end of the season.
Ahmed has had throwing problems in each of the last two seasons. This year, he has been limited to 17 games; he hit .231 with three home runs.
CONGRATULATIONS
Okey’s single up the middle was the first hit of his major-league career. The catcher, a second-round pick from Clemson in 2016, was recalled last week to replace Tyler Stephenson, who broke his thumb.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: DH Aristedes Aquino (calf strain) was a late scratch from the starting lineup. RF Albert Almora Jr., originally batting sixth, moved down to eighth with Reynolds entering in the sixth spot at second base. Drury stayed in the No. 2 spot but moved from second base to DH.
GET WELL SOON
Greg Schulte, the Diamondbacks’ radio voice since the franchise began in 1998, said he is going to miss some home broadcasts due to a medical condition that requires him to begin chemotherapy treatment.
Schulte, 69, has been doing home games only beginning this season.
“I’m staying positive and hoping for a full recovery,” Schulte said in a statement. “I look forward to the day I’m back in the radio booth once again calling D-backs games.”
NEXT
Cincinnati’s Tyler Mahle (2-5, 5.07 ERA) opposes Zach Davies (2-3, 4.21) of Arizona in the second of the three-game series.
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