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Finnegan, 3 HRs lead Reds over Nats
- Updated: June 4, 2016
CINCINNATI — The Reds spent Thursday night traveling home from Colorado and didn’t take batting practice on Friday afternoon. The Nationals were well-rested from an off-day on Thursday. But it was the Reds that perked to life for a 7-2 victory over Washington at Great American Ball Park in manager Dusty Baker’s return to Cincinnati.
Winners of three games in a row, Cincinnati supported a strong start from Brandon Finnegan with a four-run second inning. Nine men batted against Nationals lefty Gio Gonzalez in the frame, collecting six hits. Part of his second straight three-hit night, Eugenio Suarez’s RBI single scored the first run before Zack Cozart hit a one-out RBI single and Brandon Phillips added a two-out, two-run single. Suarez returned in the third inning with a one-out solo homer.
Snapping an eight-start winless streak, Finnegan completed 6 1/3 innings with one run on five hits and three walks with two strikeouts. His lone blemish was Jayson …
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