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Cincinnati now has a franchise-record 63 runs
through its first seven games of the season, one better than the
1976 World Series championship club.
The Reds led 5-0 after six innings, with the help of Naquin's
major-league-leading fifth home run, but the Cincinnati bullpen
coughed up the advantage. Arizona's Eduardo Escobar hit a
game-tying, two-run home run in the eighth inning off
right-hander Lucas Sims.
Reds left-hander Cionel Perez (1-0) pitched two-thirds of an
inning to earn his second career victory, while Amir Garrett
pitched the 10th inning for his second save of the season.
Arizona left-hander Alex Young (0-2) gave up the Reds' run in
the 10th inning to take the loss in the Diamondbacks' home
opener.
Barnhardt had an RBI double in the sixth and laced a single to
left-center with two outs in the 10th to score designated runner
Eugenio Suarez, who started the inning at second base.
Cincinnati's Jesse Winker had three hits with an RBI and a run
in his return following a week away because of a bout with
stomach flu.
Arizona had just one hit through six innings, an infield single
by Carson Kelly to open the bottom of the fifth.
Winker had an RBI single in the third inning for a 1-0 lead, and
Naquin homered to right-center in the fourth inning to double
the advantage. A Joey Votto's fielder's choice and Suarez
sacrifice fly in the fifth made it 4-0 Reds before Barnhardt's
RBI double an inning later.
The Diamondbacks rallied in the seventh on a sacrifice fly from
Kelly and a two-run double from Kole Calhoun to pull within 5-3.
Arizona tied it 5-5 on Escobar's second home run in two days.
It is the first time since 1994 a Reds team has opened the
season with six victories in its first seven games.
--Field Level Media
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