The Diamondbacks hosted the Cincinnati Reds for game three of their series on Saturday night at Chase Field. The Reds starting pitcher Johnny Cueto, currently in line for the Cy Young award, who threw 106 pitches in his 7 1/3 innings. He racked up seven strikeouts and lowered his ERA from 1.83 to 1.68. Now Cueto is tied for the best ERA in the majors with Jeff Samardzija for the Cubs. The Diamondbacks had Brandon McCarthy on the hill to start. McCarthy threw 4 1/3 innings, and while he struck out four batters he gave up all of the Reds five runs of the game.
The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth when Phillips batted in Hamilton who had reached base on a single. Phillips was followed by Schumaker, and Phillips to end up the fourth. Hamilton and Shchumaker scored again in the top of the fifth. For at least six games the Reds were not able to bring in even three runs which led them to be in last place for runs scored in the major leagues. They brought in their five runs with eleven hits for the night.
The Diamondbacks struggled at the plate with only getting on base with six hits and two walks. The Diamondbacks were shutout, leaving 16 men on base. The Diamondbacks might have faced their biggest loss of the night when their center fielder A.J. Pollock was up to bat in the eighth inning. After a one and one count Pollock took a 92 mph fastball delivered by Cueto to his hand. This play was under review by the umpires and the initial call of him being out was over turned and it was ruled that he was hit by the pitch. He was not returned to the game and after the coach released that he was added to the disabled list. Being on the DL is major loss to the Diamondback line up for Pollock was leading the team in on base percentage, stolen bases, and batting average. This was Cueto's 106th pitch of the game and was his last of the night when he was relieved by Manny Parra. The rest of the game was scoreless and the Reds won 5-0.
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