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Joey Votto hit a grand slam and celebrated with a
flap
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Votto ended a long homer drought with his third career grand slam Tuesday
night, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-5 victory that ended the Detroit
Tigers‘ longest winning streak in two years.
Votto came to bat with the bases loaded in the third inning of a scoreless
game. A black bird wandered between the plate and the pitcher’s mound, prompting
Votto to call time so he could try to shoo it away. The bird stayed in the
middle of the infield.
”He was in the line of vision and I was going to try to swat it away,” Votto
said. ”I was thinking, `Make sure to hit the ball in the air’ and `Don’t hit it
on the ground up the middle.’ I was taking care of the bird.”
Votto’s high fly ball to right field off Matthew Boyd (4-5) had just enough
to avoid the outstretched glove of Nicholas Castellanos, who reached over the
wall and barely missed it. Votto flapped his arms in tribute to the bird when he
crossed the plate on his first homer since May 13, ending a 30-game drought.
Votto’s last homer at Great American Ball Park was May 6. He has seven homers
after hitting 36 last season, one shy of his career high.
”I would like to think it’s all part of the
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swinging the bat well.”
Sal Romano (4-7) had a second straight solid outing, limiting the Tigers to
four singles over seven shutout innings. Billy Hamilton also homered as the Reds
pulled away to a 9-0 lead.
The Tigers had won five straight and moved within a game of .500. They
haven’t been to the break-even mark since they were a season-best 4-4 on April
8. They’ve wasted five chances to get back.
Romano was coming off perhaps his best performance in the majors. He went a
career-high eight innings and gave up one run during a 5-1 win at Kansas City on
Tuesday.
Trailing 9-0, Detroit finally broke through in the ninth when Wandy Peralta
walked home a run and Leonys Martin followed with a double.
Boyd walked three batters in four innings – all of them scored – and gave up
a season-high five runs. He was most upset with the two walks that set up the
first grand slam he’s allowed in his career.
”Walks will kill you,” Boyd said. ”Things like that (grand slam) are going to
happen in this ballpark, especially when the wind is blowing out.”
INTERLEAGUE
The Reds are 12-11 against the Tigers all-time. This season, the Tigers are
1-6 in interleague play. The Reds are 5-1.
BIRD IS THE WORD
The bird that wandered onto the field during Votto’s at-bat didn’t go away.
It made a mound visit and later explored other parts of the field. Fans cheered
when it was shown on the video board.
INTERESTING DESIGN
The outfield grass showed the effects of a concert at Great American Ball
Park on Saturday, when high heat and the field covering left yellow patterns in
the stressed grass.
STATS
Martin reached in all five plate appearances, going 3 for 3 with two walks. …
Cincinnati’s Tucker Barnhart also reached in all five plate
appearances
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going 3 for 3 with a walk. He also was hit by a pitch. … Eugenio Suarez singled
to extend his hitting streak to nine games, the longest active streak on the
Reds and one shy of his career high.
REDS MOVE
The Reds called up RH reliever Jackson Stephens and optioned RH reliever
Austin Brice to Triple-A Louisville. Stephens was 0-0 with a 4.20 ERA in nine
appearances for the Reds earlier this season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: Reliever Drew VerHagen left the game in the seventh after getting hit
in the face with a throw while covering first base. He broke his nose and had it
reset. Manager Ron Gardenhire said the Tigers were working on bringing up
another reliever.
Reds: RH Homer Bailey will be re-examined on Tuesday. He’s been sidelined
since June 2 with a sore right knee.
UP NEXT
Tigers: Michael Fulmer (2-5) has gone seven innings and allowed one run in
each of his last two starts. He’s never faced the Reds.
Reds: Tyler Mahle (5-6) is 2-0 with a 1.10 ERA in three starts in June,
allowing two runs in 16 1/3 innings. He’s never faced the Tigers.
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