Barrero’s grand slam lifts Reds to 9-8 win over Red Sox

BOSTON — Jose Barrero hit a grand slam to carry the Cincinnati Reds to a fourth straight win with a 9-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday evening.

Will Benson had three hits to again Ben Lively (3-2), who pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings. He struck out six for the Reds, who blew it open with a five-run seventh inning. During the four-game successful streak, Cincinnati has had 10 or extra hits and scored no less than eight runs.

“Everyone’s all excited. Everyone’s ready to play. Everyone’s excited to be here and it’s really cool,” Lively mentioned.

The Reds had been 0-for-14 with runners in scoring place till Barrero hit a homer off reliever Joely Rodríguez that was headed out of Fenway Park earlier than bouncing off one of many mild requirements above the Green Monster in left.

Raimel Tapia had three of Boston’s 14 hits and drove in a pair of runs. The Red Sox misplaced their second straight and have dropped six of eight.

“We started to make adjustments a little too late and the game got fast on us,” mentioned Rafael Devers, who picked up his five hundredth RBI with a single within the seventh inning.

PHOTOS: Barrero’s grand slam lifts Reds to 9-8 win over Red Sox

Boston scored all eight of its runs within the closing three innings, getting 5 within the ninth however couldn’t fairly catch the Reds, who clinched the win when reliever Alexis Diaz struck out Triston Casas for the ultimate out and his thirteenth save.

Barrero, who entered the sport within the fourth after TJ Friedl left with a decent hamstring, additionally made a giant defensive play with a pleasant throw from middle that helped hold Boston off the board within the fifth.

Benson mentioned Berrero was spectacular throughout, particularly coming off the bench within the fourth and delivering with the bases loaded within the seventh.

“That was dope. That was like a video game home run, too – he hit it off the pole,” Benson mentioned. “He didn’t miss it.”

Tapia hit a two-out double to left-center and Kiké Hernández tried to come back all the best way round from first, however got here up a couple of toes brief. There was a pleasant relay from Barrero to Matt McLain then residence to catcher Tyler Stephenson, who simply acquired the tag down on Hernández.

The Red Sox didn’t rating till placing up three within the seventh, when Rafael Devers delivered a single for his five hundredth profession RBI. Tapia and Reese McGuire additionally drove in a single run throughout the eighth and Devers added a second RBI single within the ninth, when Boston scored 5 however got here up a run brief.

Brayan Bello (2-2) threw 33 pitches within the first inning and left after the fourth with the Red Sox down 1-0. Bello allowed one run on 5 hits, struck out 4 and walked two.

“A lot of pitches,” supervisor Alex Cora mentioned. “He was inefficient. He was behind in the count. The slider wasn’t great. They fouled off a lot of pitches and put us in a bad spot. They did a good job offensively.”

BIG BENSON

Benson hadn’t scored a run for the Reds this season till Wednesday, when he crossed the plate thrice and hit his first profession triple. He additionally had his first three-hit recreation after getting into Tuesday with simply two hits thus far this season.

Benson had a .074 batting common coming into Tuesday and was hitting .156 by the point the sport ended.

Benson was recalled from Triple-A Louisville final week and mentioned the journey again all the way down to the minors helped him give attention to what he wanted to do to get again to the majors.

“You just play. You really just take the small wins and use those to get your groove and get your rhythm back,” Benson mentioned.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: CF TJ Friedl left the sport within the fourth with tightness in his left hamstring. He was changed in middle by Barrero. … RHP Tejay Antone will take a while off from throwing after experiencing ache in his proper elbow as he rehabilitates from Tommy John surgical procedure, supervisor David Bell mentioned. Bell mentioned an MRI revealed “no change” to the elbow, however the Reds will let the arm relaxation for per week earlier than he throws once more. … OF/1B Wil Myers (left-shoulder sprain, kidney stone) might have an MRI on his left shoulder due to some lingering soreness in response to Bell.

Red Sox: Placed RHP Corey Kluber on the paternity listing and recalled LHP Ryan Sheriff from Triple-A Worcester.

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