Santiago Espinal's well-placed bloop single drove in two runs in the fifth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros 5-3 on Monday.
had two hits and three RBIs for the Astros in the opener of a three-game interleague series. Verlander was charged with five runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings., the third of five Cincinnati pitchers, worked 2 1/3 innings for the win. He was charged with one run and three hits.
“The bullpen through all of this, it's just unbelievable what they're doing," Bell said."We understand what's happening, and it means a lot."“I was all over the place in that first inning," Verlander said."The mechanics, not good. The location needed to be better. I made some decent pitches that weren’t called but it’s hard to get pitches when you’re all over the place.”Cincinnati went ahead to stay with a two-out rally in the fifth.
Cincinnati collected 13 hits, but it went 3 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left 14 runners on base.
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