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Simon (9-3), who lasted a season-low 3 2/3 innings in his
most recent loss against the Dodgers on May 27, yielded a run on
seven hits and fanned five to move into a tie with the St. Louis
Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright for the National League lead in
victories. Aroldis Chapman worked around a leadoff walk and
one-out single to strike out the side in the ninth inning and
record his 10th save.
Zack Greinke (8-3) took the hard-luck loss, giving up two runs
on four hits and a walk over six frames. Matt Kemp drove in
Justin Turner with an RBI single to account for Los Angeles’
lone run – the only offense the Dodgers could muster over the
final two games of the series after scoring 12 in back-to-back
wins.
Los Angeles generated its only offense in the opening frame,
getting back-to-back one-out singles from Turner and Yasiel Puig
before Kemp’s flare to right-center plated Turner. Cincinnati
countered with two runs in the bottom half as Skip Schumaker led
off with a single and Frazier lifted the first pitch he saw from
Greinke just over the fence in right.
Simon retired 11 batters in a row following Kemp’s single and
managed to wiggle out of trouble in the seventh after placing
runners on the corners with no outs when Tim Federowicz flied
out to shallow right, Miguel Rojas grounded into a fielder’s
choice and Scott Van Slyke struck out. The Reds added a couple
of insurance runs in the eighth off reliever Brandon League when
Zack Cozart scored on a wild pitch and pinch hitter Ryan Ludwick
singled in Schumaker.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Frazier, who trails only the Pittsburgh Pirates’
Andrew McCutchen (six) in the majors with five home runs in the
month of June, has belted 12 of his team-leading 14 homers at
home. … Greinke is 0-2 with a 4.26 ERA this month after going
8-1 with a 2.18 ERA in April and May combined. … Cincinnati
leadoff hitter Billy Hamilton did not start, but came on as a
pinch hitter for Simon in the eighth and sacrificed Cozart to
third after he doubled, setting the stage for the Reds’ two-run
inning.
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