Senzel’s clutch catch, homer lift Reds to four-game sweep

WASHINGTON — The Reds had no intention of trying previous the last-place Nationals this week, regardless of there being a collection of a lot better consequence towards the division rival Brewers simply forward. That hasn’t been their mode of working all season.

That confirmed as Cincinnati accomplished a four-game collection sweep of Washington with a 5-4 victory in 10 innings that additionally featured a one-hour, 43-minute rain delay. On the heels of a game-saving catch within the backside of the ninth, Nick Senzel slugged a two-run house run within the prime of the tenth for the Reds’ fifth consecutive win — their eighth prior to now 9 video games and twentieth of 24.

First-place Cincinnati, now 10 video games over .500 at 49-39, secured its Major League-leading thirty second come-from-behind win. The membership was trailing, 3-2, within the eighth inning when Will Benson led off with a double down the left-field line. Pinch-hitting with one out, Joey Votto lined a game-tying RBI single to proper area.

In the underside of the ninth towards Reds reliever Tony Santillan with a runner on second base and one out, Senzel made a leaping catch on the right-field fence to rob CJ Abrams of a possible game-winning RBI hit.

Leading off the tenth towards Hunter Harvey, Senzel attacked the primary pitch for a two-run homer to left area, his seventh of the season, to raise the Reds to their first four-game collection sweep since Aug. 2021.