Reds’ rally to beat Purple Sox 8-4

BOSTON (AP) — Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit his first profession grand slam throughout a five-run seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Boston Purple Sox 8-4 on Wednesday night time.

Elly De La Cruz, TJ Friedl and Santiago Espinal added RBIs for the Reds.

Nick Martinez (6-8) pitched 6 2/3 innings, yielding 4 runs off 9 hits to assist Cincinnati keep away from being swept within the three-game interleague sequence.

Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run house run for the Purple Sox. Romy Gonzalez drove in two runs, together with an RBI double within the seventh to tug Boston inside 5-4.

Brennan Bernardino opened for Boston, pitching 1 1/3 innings earlier than handing off to Jorge Alcala after which Chris Murphy. That trio held Cincinnati to 3 hits and no runs over 5 2/3 innings earlier than Greg Weissert took over.

Weissert (2-3) obtained the ultimate out of the sixth. However issues fell aside within the seventh when Stephenson led off with a single, adopted by Rece Hinds reaching on a fielder’s selection and Gavin Lux strolling to load the bases for Encarnacion-Strand. Weissert was pulled after surrendering 5 runs off 4 hits.

Earlier Wednesday, Abreu hit a tiebreaking RBI single within the eighth to assist the Purple Sox earn a 5-3 win within the completion of a recreation suspended by rain on Tuesday.

Abreu jumped on Martinez’s changeup within the sixth, driving it over the right-field wall and into the Reds’ bullpen past the attain of Hinds. It got here after Hinds had made a catch towards the identical wall within the fifth, robbing Jarren Duran of an extra-base hit.

Encarnacion-Strand’s grand slam was Cincinnati’s sixth of the season.

LHP Andrew Abbott (7-1, 1.79 ERA) will begin for Cincinnati when it opens its three-game sequence at Philadelphia on Friday. RHP Lucas Giolito (4-1, 3.99) is scheduled to begin for the Purple Sox at Washington.