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Good recall: Peraza HRs in return from Triple-A
- Updated: August 21, 2016
CINCINNATI — The Reds recalled shortstop Jose Peraza from Triple-A Louisville prior to Saturday’s 11-1 win over the Dodgers at Great American Ball Park and paid immediate dividends.
Peraza was immediately placed in the starting lineup, batting second, as Zack Cozart remained out with an Achilles injury. The shortstop went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored in the Reds’ fifth straight win.
Peraza singled and scored in the first, drove in a run with a single in the second and hit a two-run homer in the fourth to back up the one-hit pitching of Brandon Finnegan and do damage against his former organization. “I feel happy. I thank God for this day and I feel real happy to be back and I feel really happy to contribute to the team win,” Peraza through an interpreter. “I feel real happy now knowing that I’m going to have a little more time to play until it stops. I’m just going to do my job and do the best that I can do in order to help the team to win, in order to be better every day.”
Right-handed pitcher Keyvius Sampson was optioned to Louisville to make room for Peraza. Zack Cozart remained out of the lineup and has not played since Wednesday against the Marlins.
“I’m not going to want to put [Cozart] on the field for a couple of days …
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