Reds score TEN runs in their biggest first inning since 1989
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HOUSTON -- After scuffling for the past week, the Reds’ offense broke out in a big way Saturday night.
Cincinnati scored 10 runs in the first inning against Houston en route to a 13-9 win at Daikin Park.
The Reds sent 14 batters to the plate and scored as many runs in the first inning off Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. and reliever Logan VanWey as they had in the previous six games combined.
It was the first time the Reds scored 10 runs in the first inning since they plated 14 in the first in an 18-2 win against the Astros on Aug. 3, 1989, in Cincinnati. The Reds’ last 10-run inning overall was the second inning of an 11-6 win over the Pirates on July 29, 2019, also in Cincinnati.
Elly De La Cruz hit a three-run home run and an RBI groundout, Tyler Stephenson and TJ Friedl had RBI singles, Will Benson had an RBI double, Matt McLain worked an RBI walk and Gavin Lux capped the first inning with a two-run single.
McLain added a two-run homer in the third as Cincinnati built a 12-1 lead, and the newly-acquired Connor Joe had an RBI single in the sixth.
The Astros scored six runs in the third, including a two-run triple by Christian Walker and a two-run homer by Victor Caratini.
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