Bronson Arroyo shines as Cincinnati Reds defeat Milwaukee Brewers by 9-5 – MLB Update
Bronson Arroyo crushed the Milwaukee Brewers’ offence to secure an emphatic 9-5 victory for the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
The Milwaukee crowd was seething with anger and the ground was abuzz with yells largely because the Brewers’ fans wanted a different result this time. Milwaukee has lost 7 out of 11 games it has played on the home ground.
It was Arroyo who spoiled the fun for the Milwaukee fans and not to mention the team. He allowed six hits with only two runs in the seven innings that he pitched. The game saw its’ share of sensation in the third inning when there was a free flow of runs
for the Reds. The inning proved a nightmare for Chris Narveson who was pitching for the Brewers.
The Reds got the massive six runs lead in the third inning off of eight hits they had. Jay Bruce opened the account for the Reds, as he homered to right where Drew Stubbs scored. Soon after, Brandon Phillips went for a homer and Ryan Hanigan was next. It
was Bruce who added a two-run homer that gave a valuable six runs lead to the Reds, which paved the way for the win.
Arroyo played his part well, as he was not only exceptionally good with his unplayable fast-balls, but also with the bat.
"It's always fun to get that many runs early. It makes it that much easier for you to pitch it [with] less effort," Arroyo said. "I went out there in some of the middle innings and was just cutting a bunch of balls at 80 miles an hour just to preserve energy."
The Brewers did not want to come across as a weak rival, as they occasionally did something that would bring them back in the game. The six run lead that Cincinnati had attained was to be gradually reduced by the Brewers’ batters who scored with a slow pace.
Erick Almonte was the first for the Brewers to score. Then came Carlos Gomez followed by Jonathan Lucroy.
The score was 7-3 when Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce did the task, as they scored two runs in the inning, making it 9-3 for Reds. "We're coming together, it's about that time," Phillips said. "Good teams are going to go through things like that."
The Brewers had their last attempt in the ninth inning when Jordan Smith was pitching for Cincinnati. Ryan Braun homered to centre where Rickie Weeks scored.
"Getting those two runs ended up being a big, big difference because Braun hit that two-run homer and then it would've been a two-run game," team manager Dusty Baker said. "It shows you how important every run you score is on the outcome."
The runs were not sufficient enough to deny the Reds a splendid 9-5 victory.
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