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Lucroy delivers go-ahead homer, big final out
- Updated: May 8, 2016
CINCINNATI — On the same day Jonathan Lucroy reinforced the fact he has rediscovered his “slug,” the Brewers’ catcher also helped win a game with his arm.
Lucroy finished a triple shy of the cycle, including a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, then threw out Billy Hamilton trying to steal second base in the ninth to end a thriller of a 5-4 win over the Reds at Great American Ball Park on Sunday. It gave the Brewers their second straight come-from-behind win.
“I was just trying to be like Maldy over there,” Lucroy said, referring to backup catcher Martin Maldonado. “Maldy is the only guy who’s ever thrown him out that I can remember.”
The Reds challenged the call on the field, but it stood upon replay review, giving the Brewers a split of the four-game series.
Lucroy shared credit with closer Jeremy Jeffress, who had kept Hamilton at bay during the previous at-bat after Hamilton entered the game as the ultimate pinch-runner, and with second baseman Aaron Hill, who caught Lucroy’s one-hop throw and applied a quick …
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