Fraley homers twice, hits tiebreaking shot as Reds beat Marlins to spoil Pérez’s debut
MIAMI (AP) — Jake Fraley homered twice, together with a tiebreaking three-run shot within the ninth inning that despatched the Cincinnati Reds previous the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Friday night time.
Eury Pérez struck out seven over 4 2/3 innings in his extremely anticipated main league debut for Miami. The Marlins promoted the 20-year-old right-hander, the highest prospect of their group, from Double-A Pensacola to begin the sequence opener.
Cincinnati erased a 4-2 deficit on Spencer Steer’s two-run double within the seventh.
“It wasn’t a perfect game, far from it, and when you can win those kinds of games, that’s all that matters,” Reds supervisor David Bell mentioned. “You don’t get down. You keep playing and waiting for an opportunity.”
Stuart Fairchild hit a leadoff single in opposition to reliever Dylan Floro (2-2) within the ninth and superior two bases on José Barrero’s single to proper area. Floro struck out Jonathan India earlier than Fraley homered to proper.
“I used to be simply attempting to see a ball up and put it within the outfield,” Fraley mentioned.
It was Fraley’s first profession multi-homer sport. Fraley averted a severe damage within the fifth when he made a clumsy slide close to a wall in left area whereas trying to catch Joey Wendle’s foul ball.
“I knew as soon as I got up that I was good,” Fraley mentioned. “It didn’t feel good but I knew I was fine. I almost had it.”
Ian Gibaut (2-0) threw 1 1/3 innings of scoreless reduction and Alexis Díaz closed with an ideal ninth for his eighth save.
“It’s nice when the effort leads to a win and in a lot of ways tonight it did,” Bell mentioned. “We just stayed after it.”
Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s solo homer in opposition to Reds starter Graham Ashcraft within the fifth snapped a 2-all tie. Chisholm was on the plate when Wendle scored from third on catcher Tyler Stephenson’s handed ball.
Wendle, who tripled after proper fielder Wil Myers misplaced his drive within the lights, initially was known as out on the plate however the Marlins efficiently challenged that Wendle beat Ashcraft’s tag as he caught Stephenson’s throw from the backstop.
Peyton Burdick’s solo homer within the sixth padded Miami’s lead.
Pérez’s outing ended after he allowed Fraley’s two-out solo shot that gave Cincinnati a 2-1 lead within the fifth. Pérez scattered 4 hits and walked two on 88 pitches, together with his fastball topping out at 99 mph.
“Going out there was an unbelievable experience to play against veteran players,” Pérez mentioned by a translator. “The emotions were all over the place, to be honest. I was able to control it.”
Pérez, who turned 20 on April 15, grew to become the youngest pitcher in Marlins historical past and the primary main league participant born in 2003. José Fernández made his Miami debut 250 days after his twentieth birthday in 2013.
Ashcraft allowed 4 runs, six hits and two walks whereas putting out three in 5 2/3 innings.
Stephenson put the Reds forward together with his leadoff homer within the fourth, however Miami tied it within the backside half on Bryan De La Cruz’s run-scoring double.
SURPRISE GREETING
Instead of a Marlins staffer, NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara picked up Pérez on the airport when he arrived in Miami. Alcantara and Pérez, who share the identical agent, shaped an in depth bond within the offseason whereas figuring out within the Dominican Republic.
“This sport is all about learning,” Alcantara mentioned. “All the knowledge I’ve gained, it is only right that I can share it with the younger players who are coming up.”
ROSTER MOVE
To make room for Pérez, the Marlins designated RHP Chi Chi González for task.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: OF TJ Friedl (left indirect soreness) didn’t play and is day-to-day. Friedl exited within the sixth inning of Cincinnati’s victory over the New York Mets on Thursday.
Marlins: OF Jesús Sánchez (proper hamstring soreness) struck out as a pinch hitter main off the ninth. Sánchez felt discomfort after his ninth-inning double Wednesday in Arizona. … LHP Trevor Rogers (left biceps pressure) will throw a 20-pitch bullpen Saturday.
UP NEXT
Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (2-1, 3.82 ERA) had been Saturday’s scheduled starter however was scratched for the second time this week. The workforce had not introduced a alternative. Alcantara (1-3, 4.53) is on the mound for Miami.
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