DENVER (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking, three-run home run in the fifth inning and the Colorado Rockies sent the Cincinnati Reds to their major league-worst 17th loss in 20 games with a 10-4 victory on Friday night.
Elias Diaz also went deep and Antonio Senzatela (2-1) pitched 6 1/3 strong innings for the Rockies, who had 14 hits and snapped a four-game skid hours after star Kris Bryant was placed on the 10-day injured list with a sore back.
“My fastball command was there all night,” Senzatela said. “I kept the ball on the ground and had good results.”
The Reds are off to their worst start since beginning 3-18 in 2018, and dropped their fourth straight.
Hunter Greene had an uneven start after regularly surpassing 100 mph in his first two outings. On Friday, his fastball was clocked in the 96-97 mph range for the second straight start, and McMahon pulled a 96-mph fastball into the second deck in right.
“Hunter actually pitched pretty well. (Velocity) down a little bit again, but you know what, that’s all right,” Reds manager David Bell said. “That home run to McMahon, a fastball that ran back over the plate. Other than that, he was pretty good.”
McMahon’s second homer of the season came after he committed four of Colorado’s seven errors in an ugly four-game sweep at Philadelphia.
“Yeah, it definitely helped me turn the page,” the third baseman said.
Greene (1-3) was charged with four runs and six hits with four walks and six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. He threw a career-high 95 pitches.
After Diaz’s wind-aided homer to right in the second on a blustery night at Coors Field, the Reds tied it in the fourth. Tommy Pham, who had four hits and drove in two, led off with a double and scored on Kyle Farmer’s sacrifice fly.
Jonathan India had three hits but grounded…
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