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Tomas leads HR parade as D-backs top Reds
- Updated: July 24, 2016
CINCINNATI — Normally, Friday night is reserved for fireworks at Great American Ball Park. But the D-backs brought their own on Sunday.
With a four-homer performance, Arizona salvaged the third game of the series by topping the Reds, 9-8, and ending a four-game losing streak. Yasmany Tomas delivered the first one — a solo shot in the second. Welington Castillo followed in the third with a three-run shot, Paul Goldschmidt delivered a leadoff solo homer in the fifth, which broke a 5-5 tie, and Tomas delivered the final blow in the eighth, another solo shot.
The Reds nearly mounted a ninth-inning comeback after two walks set Jay Bruce up for a three-run homer to bring the game within one. Although the game ultimately didn’t fall the Reds’ way, they still managed to finish their homestand 6-3 and won all three series. Reds starter Brandon Finnegan, who went five innings, allowed six of the nine runs on seven hits, including three of the four homers. It’s the fourth straight outing for Finnegan in which he was unable to get an out in the sixth.
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