Finnegan finishes strong after taking liner off leg

MILWAUKEE — If this was indeed the final start of the season for Reds left-hander Brandon Finnegan, he certainly didn’t want it to end with a line drive off of his right leg.

Finnegan was drilled on the side of his right knee by a Hernan Perez liner to begin the bottom of the second and it didn’t feel good as he limped around the mound as Reds manager Bryan Price and head trainer Steve Baumann looked on with concern.

But Finnegan collected himself nicely, throwing five scoreless innings during the Reds’ 4-2 victory over the Brewers.

“You don’t want to come out, especially early in the game. There was no way I was going to let them take me out,” Finnegan said, as he wore a bandage wrapped over his knee. “It caught me pretty square. Luckily, I was able to kind of push through it the last four innings. It’s going to hurt a lot more tomorrow, I’m pretty sure. It’s already swollen. I’m just glad I made it through the start.”

Finnegan gave up three hits — two to Ryan Braun and Perez’s single off of his leg — …

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