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05/14 14:18 CDT Reds get six shutout innings from Chase Burns and JJ Bleday
homers twice in 15-1 rout of Nationals
Reds get six shutout innings from Chase Burns and JJ Bleday homers twice in
15-1 rout of Nationals
By JAY MORRISON
Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) --- Chase Burns threw six scoreless innings, JJ Bleday homered
twice and drove in six runs, and the Cincinnati Reds avoided being swept by the
Washington Nationals with a 15-1 victory Thursday afternoon at Great American
Ball Park.
Burns (5-1) allowed two hits while striking out seven and walking two to win
his fourth consecutive decision.
The 23-year-old right-hander worked around a three-error fifth inning --- one
of which was his after dropping a toss while covering first base --- to keep
the Nationals scoreless. He's allowed only one earned run in his last three
starts.
Matt McLain staked Burns to a 2-0 lead in the second inning with his fourth
home run of the year and the Reds' first of four on the day.
Bleday added a three-run blast in the fifth to make it 9-0, marking the end of
the day for Washington starter Foster Griffin (4-2).
Griffin had allowed only 11 earned runs in eight starts for a 2.12 ERA before
surrendering nine in 4 1/3 innings against the Reds.
Bleday's two-run homer in the seventh was his sixth of the season, upping the
lead to 11-0 and marking the third multi-homer game of his career. He added a
bloop single as part of a four-run eighth inning against Washington
outfielder-turned-pitcher Joey Wiemer, who also surrendered a three-run homer
to Dane Myers.
Burns received some highlight-reel help from his outfielders to help hold
Washington scoreless, with Spencer Steer making a sliding catch in left field
to strand a runner on second in the third inning. And Myers made a diving catch
in center to end the fifth with runners on the corners.
Steer went 2 for 3 with three runs scored, and Elly De La Cruz doubled and
singled for his sixth consecutive multi-hit game, which is tied for the longest
streak since 1900 by a Cincinnati switch hitter.
The Nationals' lone run came on a wild pitch by Lucas Mey in the eighth.
The victory extended the Reds' run of consecutive home series without being
swept to 39, their longest since setting a franchise record with 52 in a row
from 2011-13.
Up next Nationals: Zack Littell (1-4, 6.94) will face Baltimore on Friday in Washington. Reds: Andrew Abbott (2-2, 4.17) will pitch Friday in Cleveland. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
Up next Nationals: Zack Littell (1-4, 6.94) will face Baltimore on Friday in Washington. Reds: Andrew Abbott (2-2, 4.17) will pitch Friday in Cleveland. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
