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With Cincinnati's Tucker Barnhart placed on
second to start the 10th, Nick Senzel singled to left off
Chicago right-hander Liam Hendriks. Winker, who worked the count
to 2-2, followed with a laser to right-center field that allowed
the Reds to split the two-game set.
Cincinnati, shut down in Tuesday's 9-0 loss, managed just seven
hits in the series.
Reds right-hander Gray (who lowered his ERA to 3.92) and Chicago
left-hander Keuchel (3.79) more than held their own. Each
allowed two hits and both set season highs by completing seven
innings.
Gray struck out eight with two walks while Keuchel fanned just
one and overcame three bases on balls.
Cincinnati's Tejay Antone didn't allow a hit in two innings of
relief, but with a runner placed on second in the 10th, Lucas
Sims walked Chicago's Yasmani Grandal. Leury Garcia's fielder's
choice left runners on first and third, but he was thrown out
trying to steal second. Sims followed with a strikeout of ex-Red
Billy Hamilton.
The Reds had runners at second and third with nobody out in the
first, but failed to score when Senzel was thrown out at the
plate by Jose Abreu on a ground ball to first base. They loaded
the bags in the ninth, but Hendriks got Barnhart to ground into
a force out at third base to end the inning.
Cincinnati played without star Nick Castellanos, batting .324
with nine homers and 20 RBIs, who was scratched from the lineup
due to back tightness. Fellow Reds star Joey Votto was hit on
the left thumb by a pitch in the fourth inning and departed
after the fifth inning.
--Field Level Media
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