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Not enough in tank for Harrell to finish strong
- Updated: July 20, 2016
CINCINNATI — Through the first five innings of Wednesday’s series finale between the Reds and Braves at Great American Ball Park, Lucas Harrell didn’t have his best stuff. But he was good enough.
Harrell was admittedly rusty in the first, allowing the first two batters he faced to reach before striking out Joey Votto and Jay Bruce and inducing a grounder from Eugenio Suarez. He allowed three hits and three walks over those five frames, but he limited the damage and came out unscathed with a two-run lead.
When Harrell went out at the 79-pitch mark for the sixth, the wheels fell off. He gave up three singles and two runs to the first four batters he faced, and then he gave up a two-run homer Reds catcher to Tucker Barnhart to break the tie as the Braves went on to lose, 6-3.
“I made a lot of good pitches when I needed to,” Harrell said. “There in that last inning, I made a couple mistakes over the plate and the home run, [the] fastball was supposed to be in. Overall, I felt pretty good, I felt like I threw the ball pretty …
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