The Cincinnati Reds won on Tuesday afternoon over the Milwaukee Brewers, 10-4 as they utilized two big innings in the middle frames to put the game away.
Michael Lorenzen got the start for the club, still battling for a spot in the rotation. He had a rough first inning as he allowed a run and walked a batter. The right hander was getting ahead of hitters all inning but he struggled to put them away and was giving up some hard contact in the first.
That all changed once the first inning was over. Over the next three innings Lorenzen allowed just two hits and a walk without any runs and he struck out two batters. He used his breaking ball early in counts to get ahead of hitters most of the afternoon. After throwing 70 pitches he is on pace to handle a full starters workload for his next start.
Here are the highlights from other minor leaguers who played in the game:
- Steve Selsky went 1-1 with an RBI.
- Marquez Smith went 2-2 with an RBI.
- Chad Rogers threw 0.2 perfect innings with a strikeout.
There was a scar moment when Aroldis Chapman left the game with an apparent injury, but it later came out that there was some miscommunication along the way when the manager and trainers visited the mound and he was ok.