Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Cincinnati Reds

62-69, 30-33 Away

Final
3 - 5

Arizona Diamondbacks

69-62, 38-28 Home

Ildemaro Vargas' 2-run triple highlights rally that pushes the Diamondbacks past Reds 5-3

Cincinnati Reds vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

The D-backs remain two games behind the San Diego Padres for the final NL wild-card spot.

Trailing 3-1 in the seventh, Arizona loaded the bases with no outs against starter Andrew Abbott. Lars Nootbaar made it 3-2 with a fielder's choice off reliever Luis Mey and then Vargas followed with his two-run triple that rolled all the way to the right-center field wall.

Corbin Carroll's sacrifice fly brought home Vargas and made it 5-3.

Kevin Ginkel struck out Tyler Stephenson looking to end the game, stranding runners on first and second. It was his second save of the year.

It was a tough ending for Abbott (6-9), who pitched well through the first six innings. He gave up four runs and seven hits and two walks, striking out six.

The Reds jumped to a 3-0 lead in the third on Sal Stewart's RBI single and Eugenio Suarez's two-run single. Elly De La Cruz started the inning with a leadoff double into the left-field corner.

The D-backs cut the deficit to 3-1 in the sixth on Gabriel Moreno's sacrifice fly that brought home Carroll, who reached on a triple. His 16 triples this season are the most in the big leagues and his 59 career triples are the most among active MLB players.

Arizona left-hander Mitch Bratt lasted just three innings for a second straight outing. The rookie gave up three runs and five hits and three walks while striking out three.

Up next The D-backs send RHP Merrill Kelly (8-11, 5.37 ERA) on Monday to face Cubs RHP Kevin Gausman (6-11, 4.59).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stephenson struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Myers safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Vargas, Stewart to second.
	9th Inning	Ginkel relieved Garcia
	9th Inning	Stewart singled to right.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rodríguez struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	9
11	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
34	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	2
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	14
40	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
4.0	Runs Created	5.1
.235	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.324	Slugging Percentage	.500
.235	Secondary Average	.357
.350	On Base Percentage	.353
.674	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.853
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.8
26.0	Batter Rating	37.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.15	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.37
.088	Isolated Power	.214
0.45	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.071
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
76.3	MLB Rating	86.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0