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- Updated: August 21, 2016
CINCINNATI — Brandon Finnegan took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the Reds’ offense pounded out 18 hits, including home runs by Adam Duvall, Jose Peraza and Scott Schebler as they won a season-high fifth straight, 11-1, over the Dodgers Saturday night at Great American Ball Park.
The game was delayed by rain for one hour, 19 minutes in the middle of the seventh inning.
Adrian Gonzalez broke up Finnegan’s no-hit bid with a single to center leading off the seventh. The GABP crowd of 29,735 gave Finnegan a standing ovation after the single. Finnegan struck out Justin Turner looking, got Rob Segedin to hit into a fielder’s choice and struck out Joc Pederson swinging to end the inning.
Finnegan (8-9) had a complete game against the Dodgers on May 23, allowing five hits and one run, but took the loss in a 1-0 defeat as Clayton Kershaw tossed a two-hit shutout in Los Angeles. He was better this time around, walking two batters and striking out eight. He threw 96 pitches, 63 for strikes. The win was the fifth in the last seven decisions for Finnegan and lowered his ERA to 2.85 over his last eight starts.
The Reds took a lead of at least 5-0 for the third straight game as they delivered eight hits among the first 12 batters against Dodgers starter Brett Anderson (0-2). Anderson left the game in the fourth inning with a …
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