00:01Just about the entire National
00:02League is in the wildcard chase
00:04that includes these teams who
00:06are running out of time.
00:07Wins are paramount and a rubber
00:09match awaits the Reds and
00:11Giants conclude their set on
00:13the mound is Carson Spires his
00:16second start since coming off a
00:17brief I.L.
00:18Stint that bridge the All-Star
00:19break forty five strikeouts to
00:21just eleven walks.
00:22He is going to attack the zone
00:24not going to overpower you with
00:25velocity and descent to first
00:28close nice backhand tie France
00:29flip to the cover.
00:31Expires one away now the red hot
00:33Tyler Fitzgerald there is a foul
00:36tip strikeout just a nice little
00:38breaking ball well executed down
00:40in a way if he has any trouble
00:42right now it's against those
00:43left handed hitters upstairs
00:46chase back to back K's part of a
00:49one two three and start three
00:51with the Giants for Robbie Ray
00:53working back but he's a former
00:54Cy Young Award winner and it's a
00:56guy that's going to grunt he's
00:57going to work quick India leads
00:58off look at and he knew it
01:02Giants have been doing that to
01:04India in this series fastballs
01:06in fastballs in it's he seems to
01:08dive out of the way he's not
01:09it's like he's not recognizing
01:10where that pitch is but that was
01:12over over the black for a strike
01:13great pitch L.A.
01:14De La Cruz the usual two hole
01:16hitter for the Reds looking for
01:18his first hit on this series he
01:20is 0 for 8.
01:21You come back from a Tommy John
01:22the pitchers always tell you it's
01:23it's the off speeds bounce to
01:25short Fitzgerald steps into it
01:28got him Spencer Steer three pitch
01:32strikeout of steer to both
01:34starters on point stay on the
01:36corners and stay down outside of
01:38the heart of plate that's what's
01:39making them successful they got
01:40that fly ball to Espinal who had
01:42only had six innings in left
01:45field this is a rip to right
01:46where Spencer Steer has only
01:48played twelve innings in the big
01:49leagues Conforto up to second he
01:51ambushes a double this also means
01:53opportunity for the power of
01:55Gerard Encarnacion swing and
01:58miss Spires command looks very
02:00sharp these first couple of
02:02innings yeah he's working ahead
02:03in the count he's doing a great
02:04job of controlling the zone so
02:05far Mike Ustremski popped him
02:09up time France from first but
02:13Conforto lines a double and gets
02:16stranded in second base it's
02:18been four up four down against
02:19Ray couple of backward K's now
02:21Stewart Fairchild check swing
02:24appeal he went strike three
02:26third strikeout for Ray Jamer
02:28Candelario he is the switch
02:30hitter when he bats right handed
02:32he gets on base a bit more he
02:33walks a bit more there's a high
02:36fly to left and that is only his
02:39second home run as a right
02:40handed hitter all year he ties
02:42Dela Cruz for the team lead give
02:44him eighteen overall well he got
02:46one fastball by in there ninety
02:48four Kirk of Sally calls it again
02:50and this time Candelario was ready
02:52and it's one nothing reds
02:54Santiago Espinal first pitch
02:57crushed to deep left center
03:00Ustremski way back and that is
03:02gone back to back Ray was
03:05dominant retiring the first five
03:07with three strikeouts and in
03:09rapid succession solo shots back
03:12to back that's been all gets the
03:14extension it gets that eighth homer
03:15on the year Noel B Marte gets the
03:19strikeout to finish but the Reds
03:21get his number a lot of speed at
03:23first base with the fifty five
03:24stolen bases Dela Cruz has taken
03:26more bags than the Giants as a
03:28team have attempted can be on
03:30Ray to hold him as long as
03:31possible Spencer Steer struck out
03:33looking first time Taylor Cruz goes
03:35great jump pitch tailed in throw
03:37down tails a bit and it skips to
03:39center and Aaron throw gets by
03:41Taylor Cruz to third base his
03:44baseball best fifty sixth steal and
03:47then he forces the throwing
03:48mistake by Casale he's ninety feet
03:51away but speed does right it just
03:53puts so much pressure on a defense
03:56grounded weakly right side handled
03:59by Wayne again early stranded at
04:02third base Logan Webb how are you
04:04Logan thanks for being with us
04:05doing good doing good it's a
04:06little warm out here but it's
04:07nice as this one gets looped over
04:09short Fitzgerald a base hit there
04:12you go Chad Chad center just shy of
04:19the batter's eye Chapman matches
04:21his mark of matches all of last
04:23year it ties this game to love
04:26that well Webby maybe that's what
04:28they needed they just needed you to
04:29get on yeah I'm gonna stand like
04:31I'm gonna stay on here all game
04:32now is he ignoring you is he
04:34ignoring your high five no he he
04:37gave me an air five air five
04:38Santiago Espinal Espinal fights it
04:42off little flair gets down past a
04:44nil and buys dive by your
04:46stremsky backing it up Michael
04:48Conforto holds Espinal to a
04:49single Noel V Marte is struck
04:51out today he goes again swing and
04:54miss throw down by Casale tails a
04:56bit toward third safe so Marte done
04:58at the plate but Espinal sets a new
05:00career high he is seven for seven
05:02in steel tries so Ray now with seven
05:05strikeouts it's one off his modest
05:08season high it's only his third
05:09start of the campaign Luke Mayley
05:11struck out his first time Espinal
05:13takes off pitch called a strike
05:15trouble on the transfer Santiago
05:17Espinal steals second and third his
05:20first career multi-steal game swing
05:24and miss Ray rears back and punches
05:27out Mailey on a heater two down
05:29yeah huge strikeout number eight
05:31on the game and he went ninety five
05:33top of the rail four seam cheese up
05:35there that is a huge out India has
05:38struck out and walked and Ray
05:42strikes him out after the lead off
05:44hit three straight K's tied to two
05:47Reds and Giants top of the Giants
05:49order Lamont Wade first pitch ripped
05:52out to right Stuart Fairchild now
05:54resides in right and that's gone and
05:56Wade punishes for his fourth homer
05:58and a Giants three to lead well
06:00that was one heck of a swing right
06:02there squares it up and just
06:03carries it out of here so all five
06:05runs in the game have come on
06:07homers Cruz given first base here
06:10by the new pitcher in the game
06:12Robbie Ray is done after five
06:14Ryan Walker a familiar face he's
06:16been on the mound more than any
06:17man in the majors this year quickens
06:21the tempo chop to third Chapman
06:22thought about second fire to first
06:24that was a good quick choice it
06:27would have been super close at
06:28second base so now De La Cruz in
06:30scoring position Ty France has
06:32flied to center softly line to
06:34first David Cruz takes off great
06:36jump no throw pitch called a
06:39strike because Sally had to eat
06:40it an incredible jump by De La
06:43Cruz his second steal of the day
06:45at sixteen career multi-steal games
06:49and a reaching swing at a nice
06:51slider away TJ Friedle left handed
06:54swinger stands in for Stuart
06:56Fairchild De La Cruz a much larger
06:58lead with two strikes Chapman backed
07:00up dribble De La Cruz breaks
07:02De La Cruz scores first base that
07:09gloves gold Matt Chapman on the
07:11charge the tough bear hand and he
07:14cuts down TJ Friedle what a time to
07:17come up with a big play hit it to
07:18your gold Glover he'll pick you up
07:20Sam Maul remains in as the lineup
07:23flips over to Wade that is lined and
07:26beyond the backhand of France he
07:28doesn't see lefties a lot in fact
07:30just 20 at bats left on left on the
07:32year but he's hitting over 400 left
07:34on left Fitzgerald has book and
07:36a strikeout surrounding a lead off
07:38single and a run scored high fly
07:42left center steer watches and that
07:46ball goes the power surge
07:48continues for Fitzgerald who
07:51launches his 11th of the year and
07:53home runs continue to thunder the
07:55Giants day it is five to get
07:58himself into a hitters count three
07:59one gets challenged with that and
08:01just drops barrels get some
08:03insurance runs here in the eighth
08:05innings and the kid continues to
08:06stay hot and now four straight
08:09Giants have reached three against
08:10Cruz they score that an error on
08:13Espinall it's two on one ounce a
08:15fifth different pitcher is in
08:17Josfer Zuluena first pitch
08:20Conforto the left and that finds
08:22gap that is runs Bailey around
08:25third he scores he waves on
08:27Chapman rips around third David
08:29Cruz eats it Conforto having
08:31himself a day that's his third
08:33knock and a second double as he
08:35goes to the gap a four spot of the
08:37eighth it is 72 and Encarnacion he's
08:390 for 3 crack to center that's over
08:45Friedel's head and off the wall
08:47Conforto around third he jogs home
08:49and a safe slide in the second for
08:51Encarnacion he clobbers a ribby
08:54double five runs in the eighth it's
08:56eight to two so the last man standing
08:58for the Reds is Santiago Espinall
09:01Friedel takes off not held on
09:02defensive indifference flying to
09:05left but the bullpen coming and
09:07give a one hit the Giants ride the
09:09thunder their best home run hitting
09:11series of the season and the apex in
09:15this rubber match finale as they
09:17clobber the Reds by final score eight
09:19to two
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