CINCINNATI – Pablo López allowed two hits and tied his profession excessive with 11 strikeouts over seven dominant innings and the Miami Marlins edged the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 Tuesday night time.
Joey Wendle hit a two-run single off Hunter Greene as Miami for the third time in 9 video games.
A day after Cincinnati piled up 11 runs in a romp, López turned in a stopper-like efficiency for the Marlins. He overcame Mike Moustakas’s solo homer to complete with a flourish, retiring his last 9 batters and hanging out the facet in the sixth. He did not stroll anyone whereas retiring 21 of his final 22 Cincinnati batters.
“That was really fun,” López stated. “It has been a while since I felt that good. That’s one of those starts I really needed. It’s a good start to build on.”
The Reds had gained 9 of their earlier 13 video games.
“López had as good a stuff as we’ve seen all year,” Reds supervisor David Bell stated. “He had a good fastball. You didn’t know which way he was going to cut it. He had a good sinker and great changeup.”
López (7-5), the National League April Pitcher of the Month after going 3-0, allowed a single to the primary batter he confronted, Jonathan India, earlier than retiring the subsequent 12. Moustakas snapped that run, main off the fifth together with his sixth homer of the season.
López was comfortable to have the ability to shake off the homer.
“Giving up a homer is not ideal, but solo shots aren’t going to hurt you that much,” he stated. “I was able to turn the page.”
He was even prouder about issuing no walks.
“I wasn’t shying away from the strike zone,” he identified.
López admitted to a little bit of lobbying yet one more inning.
“You never want the ball taken out of your hand,” he stated. “Those are decisions that are out of my hands. I’ll just be proud of the start.”
“He did a good job,” Miami supervisor Don Mattingly stated. “We’re going to need him in the second half. We’re going to take care of him. We want him to stay on a good track.”
Anthony Bass stored the streak alive with an ideal eighth. Tanner Scott closed it out with a 1-2-3 ninth for his thirteenth save.
Greene nearly matched López out-for-out, permitting three hits by means of the primary 4 scoreless innings earlier than the Marlins broke by means of in the fifth when Jesús Sánchez singled with one out and went to 3rd on Luke Williams’ single. Williams stole second whereas Jacob Stallings was hanging out, however Wendle drove in each runners with a single to proper – the primary of his three straight hits.
The Marlins collected 9 hits and two runs in 6 1/3 innings in opposition to Greene (3-12), who struck out six and walked one. The rookie right-hander is 0-5 over his final eight begins since his final win on June 6 in opposition to Arizona.
“I just simply challenged them and kept going after them,” Greene stated. “If they got a little hit here or hit there, I kept going after them. I kept competing. That’s my biggest takeaway.”