Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds

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Colorado Rockies

22-74, 12-38 Away

Final
2 - 4

Cincinnati Reds

50-47, 28-22 Home

Friedl homers and Francona gets 2,000th win as the Reds beat the Rockies 4-2

Matt McLain and Austin Hays each had two hits as Cincinnati won the rubber game of the weekend series. Nick Martinez (7-9) pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball.

The Reds are 50-47 at the All-Star break in their first season since Francona was hired in October. The 66-year-old Francona is 2,000-1,719 in 24 years as a big league skipper.

Mickey Moniak drove in two runs for Colorado, and Austin Gomber (0-3) allowed two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.

The Rockies go into the break with a major league-worst 22-74 record. They have dropped seven of nine.

Friedl hit his ninth home run on Gomber's fourth pitch of the game. It was the 70th first-inning run for Cincinnati — tops in the NL.

Friedl also walked and scored on Hays' two-out single in the third, tying it at 2. He singled and scored on a two-out error on Colorado shortstop Ryan Ritter in the fifth.

The Reds added an insurance run in the seventh when Elly De La Cruz doubled and scored on Spencer Steer's single.

Emilio Pagán pitched a perfect ninth to match his career high with 20 saves in 23 opportunities.

The Rockies got both of their runs on Moniak's two-run single with two down in the third.

Tyler Freeman went 0 for 5 for Colorado, ending his on-base streak at 25 games.

Cincinnati went 5-1 against Colorado this season. It went 6-1 against the Rockies last year.

Key moment Scott Barlow replaced Martinez with two on and one out in the sixth. He retired Brenton Doyle on a flyout to center before striking out Yanquiel Fernández.

Key stat Cincinnati was 3 for 15 with runners in scoring position, and Colorado went 1 for 7 in those situations.

Up next The Rockies host Minnesota on Friday night. The Reds visit the New York Mets on Friday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Freeman lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Ritter struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Nola flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan
	8th Inning	McLain flied out to center.
	8th Inning	Friedl hit by pitch.

Statistics

COL		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	16
37	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
2.0	Runs Created	6.2
.212	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.212	Slugging Percentage	.457
.091	Secondary Average	.229
.278	On Base Percentage	.368
.490	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.826
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
15.0	Batter Rating	33.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.000	Isolated Power	.143
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
-.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.086
4.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.8	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0