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The White Sox fell to 2-13 on the season, the
worst 15-game start in their 124-year history. The previous
worst was set by the 1968 White Sox, who also started 2-12 but
won their 15th game.
Graham Ashcraft (2-1) earned the win, allowing five hits and two
runs -- one earned -- over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out eight
and walked two.
Encarnacion-Strand, who drove in four runs, opened the scoring
with a two-run homer off Chicago's Michael Soroka (0-2) in a
four-run third. Soroka struggled with his control all day,
issuing a career-high six walks, two more than his previous
high.
Soroka allowed five hits on five runs with four strikeouts.
Martini, who had three hits, belted his first career homer
against a lefty in the fifth as the Reds took a commanding 6-2
lead.
For the second straight game, the Reds displayed brilliant
outfield defense, with Will Benson robbing Lenyn Sosa of extra
bases on a sliding catch of a fly deep to the gap in
right-center in the second inning.
Ironically, two innings later, Sosa lifted a routine fly to
right field that Jake Fraley dropped along the line for a
two-base error, allowing Dominic Fletcher to score the second
run of the inning as the White Sox drew with two, 4-2.
Fletcher drove home Chicago's first run with a two-out single to
center to score Andrew Vaughn, who opened the fourth with a walk
off Ashcraft.
Lucas Sims was called on to get the final out in the sixth when
the White Sox put two runners on against Ashcraft with a pair of
soft singles.
The White Sox were booed loudly in the seventh during
Cincinnati's four-run seventh, an inning that featured dropped
fly balls in the outfield by Robbie Grossman and Dominic
Fletcher.
Tyler Stephenson was awarded a two-run double on Fletcher's
missed catch on the warning track that sparked the disapproval
from the fans.
--Field Level Media
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