With its spacious dimensions, AT&T Park will never be mistaken for Cincinnati’s cozier and homer-abundant Great American Ball Park. But it certainly felt like its Midwest counterpart Monday as the teams combined for five home runs. It was Jay Bruce’s two homers, however, that propelled the Reds to a 7-5 victory over the Giants.
“We didn’t have those prevailing winds and the mist and all that other stuff that make it difficult to hit a ball out of a ballpark,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “It seemed to play pretty fair tonight.”
The Giants had taken a 5-4 lead in the fifth inning on Angel Pagan’s two-run homer against Anthony DeSclafani. But the Reds answered in the sixth against Jake Peavy with a Joey Votto leadoff double, followed by Bruce’s two-run homer to right field.
“Jake had a good fifth, just made a couple mistakes there,” said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. “The long ball is hurting us right now, there’s no getting around that.”
That long ball finished Peavy’s night with six runs, four hits, two walks, five strikeouts and three homers allowed over five-plus innings. Peavy has allowed seven of his 15 home runs this season to the Reds. Even though DeSclafani’s six-game quality-start streak was snapped, he emerged with the victory. He allowed five runs and six hits over five innings with two walks, six strikeouts and two home runs.
“I fell behind some guys, walked some guys and gave up the long ball,” said DeSclafani, now 6-0 with a 3.09 ERA in nine starts this season. “I had to battle. Luckily, we put up a lot of runs and did great offensively. I’m just glad we got the win.”
Cincinnati has won seven of its last 10 games while San Francisco has dropped eight of its last nine.
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