ATLANTA — Sean Murphy's two-run homer in the 10th inning helped the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night and avoid blowing a two-run lead in the ninth inning.
Atlanta also snapped a three-game skid.
Braves fill-in closer A.J. Minter blew a 3-1 lead in the ninth, wasting a strong outing by rookie Bryce Elder.
Elder allowed just six hits, struck out seven, and allowed one walk in 6 1/3 innings. He exited the game with the Braves leading 1-0.
Murphy drove in the game's first run with a double in the sixth inning to give the Braves an early lead.
Reds right-hander Graham Ashcraft was pulled after walking Orlando Arcia to open the seventh. Ashcraft surrendered two runs on six hits and three walks.
A two-out single by Ronald Acuña Jr. off of Buck Farmer moved Arcia to third, then left-hander Reiver Sanmartin walked Matt Olson to load the bases, and then proceeded to throw a wild pitch during the next at bat to allow Arcia to score with a head-first slide across the plate.
Arcia moved to third on a two-out single by Ronald Acuña Jr., who had three hits, off Buck Farmer. Left-hander Reiver Sanmartin walked Matt Olson to load the bases before throwing a wild pitch that allowed Arcia to score with a head-first slide across the plate.
The Reds finally got on the board in the eighth, when Jonathan India doubled and scored on Jake Fraley’s two-out single to right field.
The Braves got an insurance run off of Sanmartin in the eighth on a single by Arcia that drove in Ozzie Albies.
In the top of the ninth, Minter allowed three straight hits and two runs before recording an out. Wil Myers reached on a single, then pinch-hitter Stuart Fairchild lined a hit to left field that was deflected by a leaping Kevin Pillar, who knocked the ball back to the warning track. Myers scored as Fairchild raced to third.
Spencer Steer’s single drove in Fairchild to tie the game.
Jonathan India kept the momentum going for the Reds in the 10th inning, with a single to right field off Dylan Lee, driving in designated runner Jose Barrero from second base for a 4-3 lead.
But in the bottom of the 10th, Murphy blasted the first pitch from Derek Law (0-2) to center field for his third hit of the game and drive in designated runner Austin Riley.
Cincinnati Atlanta
ab r h bi ab r h bi
India 2b 5 1 3 1 Acuña Jr. rf 5 0 3 0
Friedl cf 3 0 0 0 Olson 1b 2 0 0 0
Fraley rf 5 0 2 1 Riley 3b 5 2 1 0
Stephenson c 5 0 0 0 Murphy c 5 1 3 3
Myers dh 4 1 2 0 Albies 2b 4 1 1 0
Vosler 1b 3 0 0 0 Rosario dh 2 0 0 0
Fairchild ph-lf 1 1 1 1 Ozuna ph-dh 1 0 0 0
Steer 3b-1b 4 0 2 1 Arcia ss 3 1 2 1
Benson lf 3 0 0 0 Pillar lf 4 0 0 0
Newman ph-3b 1 0 0 0 White cf 3 0 0 0
Barrero ss 4 1 2 0 Hilliard ph-cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4 Totals 35 5 10 4
Cincinnati 000 000 012 1 — 4
Atlanta 000 001 110 2 — 5
DP–Cincinnati 2, Atlanta 3. LOB–Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 9. 2B–Steer (3), India (3), Murphy 2 (3). 3B–Fairchild (1). HR–Murphy (1). S–Friedl (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
Ashcraft 6 6 2 2 3 7
Farmer 2/3 1 0 0 0 2
Sanmartin 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 2
Díaz 1 0 0 0 1 2
Law L,0-2 BS,1-2 0 1 2 1 0 0
Atlanta
Elder 6 1/3 6 0 0 1 7
Chavez H,3 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
Anderson H,2 1 2 1 1 0 1
Minter BS,1-2 1 3 2 2 0 0
Lee W,1-0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Ashcraft pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, Law pitched to 1 batter in the 10th. WP–Sanmartin. Umpires–Home, John Tumpane; First, Ryan Blakney; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt.
T–2:47. A–30,237 (41,149).
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