CINCINNATI — Rain pressured suspension of Monday’s series-opener between the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds with the rating tied at 2 and one out within the high of the eighth inning after a one-hour, 55-minute delay.
The recreation is scheduled to be resumed at 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday earlier than the scheduled 7:10 p.m. recreation. The Giants, who’ve received 5 straight and 6 of seven, have runners on second and third.
San Francisco supervisor Gabe Kapler declined to disclose his pitching plan.
Reds supervisor David Bell, attempting to inject life into an offense that had scored three runs throughout a four-game dropping streak that value them first place within the NL Central, barely shook up his batting order. Electrifying rookie Elly De La Cruz, 0-for-12 because the All-Star Game, led off after batting cleanup over his first 33 begins and was 0-for-3. TJ Friedl dropped from leadoff to second whereas extremely regarded prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand was promoted from Triple-A Louisville and began because the designated hitter.
“I think we (the starters) have been doing a decent job keeping us in games,” mentioned Reds’ left-hander Brandon Williamson, certainly one of 4 rookies in Bell’s beginning lineup. “I think all our guys kind of attack. We all have good enough stuff that if we throw the ball over the plate usually good things happen. I don’t think it is a mindset if we get deep or not. We keep setting ourselves up. The result is we go deep into games.”
Giants‘ starting pitcher Logan Webb enjoyed watching Encarnacion-Strand’s debut.
PHOTOS: Rain forces suspension of Giants-Reds with recreation tied at 2
“You could tell the crowd was excited,” Webb mentioned. “I threw a ball out to give him some extra time. It was cool to see the crowd get excited.”
Austin Slater and Wilmer Flores reached Williamson for 2 solo residence runs over six innings, his longest outing in his final seven begins since going 6 2/3 on June 2 towards Milwaukee. Williamson allowed 4 hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
“I felt good,” Williamson mentioned. “I was throwing pretty solid. I just left a few over the plate that were hard hit. Other than that it was a good outing.”
Webb gave up solo homers to Matt McLain and Jonathan India amongst 4 hits over seven innings. Webb struck out seven with no walks.
“This is one of the better hitters’ parks, but if you make pitches, you can pitch anywhere,” Webb mentioned. “If you make pitches, you give yourself a chance. I made pitches – all but two.”
McLain gave Cincinnati a 1-0 lead with a 382-foot drive into the best discipline seats with two outs within the first inning – the Reds’ first run off Webb in 13 2/3 innings over 4 profession begins.
Slater tied it along with his 442-foot shot to heart discipline on a Williamson cutter with two outs within the third inning. Flores gave San Francisco a 2-1 lead with387-foot homer to left discipline on a 2-2 slider within the sixth earlier than India tied it within the seventh with a 371-foot opposite-field drive to proper on Webb’s 0-1 sinker – the third of three hits for India, who went into the sport batting .174 in his earlier 24 video games.
HEADS UP I
San Francisco‘s Brett Wisely misplaced his bat whereas hitting a third-inning double play, sending it pinwheeling into the Reds dugout, the place it disappeared into the opening to the tunnel resulting in the clubhouse. Nobody was harm.
HEADS UP II
The Reds additionally averted harm within the fourth when proper fielder Jake Fraley made a sliding catch of J.D. Davis’s quick fly ball with second baseman India and first baseman Joey Votto converging. India needed to skip out of Fraley’s method.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: RHP Luke Jackson (low again pressure) was scheduled to a different throwing session in Arizona on Monday. He’s been on the 15-day injured listing since June 25. … SS Brandon Crawford obtained Monday off.
Reds: Encarnacion-Strand changed on the roster INF Kevin Newman, who was positioned on the 10-day injured listing with gastritis, retroactive to Friday. … Bell was too ailing to attend his every day pre-game media session, however he recovered nicely sufficient to handle the sport.
UP NEXT
Giants RHP Anthony DeSclafani (4-8) is scheduled to be activated from the injured listing in time to start out on Tuesday towards his former group. RHP Luke Weaver (2-2) is because of begin for Cincinnati. DeSclafani (proper shoulder fatigue) has been on the IL since July 3.
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