It was a comeback, and then some, for the Reds on Monday as they scored 12 unanswered runs — 10 in the sixth inning — for a 12-5 victory over the Tigers in their makeup game at Great American Ball Park. With its biggest rally of the year, Cincinnati avoided setting a season-high losing streak after it had lost the previous nine in a row.
Detroit had a 5-0 lead through four innings against Reds starter Keyvius Sampson, including a four-run first inning where nine men batted. J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer and Nick Castellanos added a solo shot in the nine-batter inning vs. Sampson, who lasted only four innings while throwing 100 pitches.
Tigers starter Buck Farmer kept the Reds hitless for 4 1/3 innings before it all came apart in the sixth. Eugenio Suarez and Brandon Phillips each hit home runs as 14 batters came to the plate and faced three different pitchers as seven straight batters reached safely after the first out. Jay Bruce added an RBI double and Skip Schumaker delivered a two-strike, two-out, two-run single to center field for the go-ahead runs to keep the rally alive. Collin Balester was credited with the victory after he pitched two scoreless innings behind Sampson.
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