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- Updated: August 28, 2016
PHOENIX — The Reds were homerless in their last five games entering Saturday night. That changed in a hurry as Scott Schebler swatted a home run in each of the first two innings for two of Cincinnati’s five long balls in a 13-0 drubbing of the D-backs at Chase Field. Meanwhile, Anthony DeSclafani threw his first career shutout.
Schebler had the first multi-homer game of his career, driving in a career-high five runs. He and Brandon Phillips each collected three hits, while Joey Votto, Zack Cozart and Adam Duvall also went deep. The Reds’ 13 runs matched a season high for the second time.
DeSclafani (8-2) allowed just four hits, walking one and striking out nine. The right-hander threw 108 pitches as Cincinnati won for just the second time in six games.
D-backs starter Zack Godley (4-3) endured the worst outing of his young career. The right-hander lasted just two innings, surrendering a career-high nine runs on nine hits and losing for the first time since Aug. 3. Arizona has alternated wins and losses in the first six games of this homestand, going 3-3.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDVotto gets it started: Three batters into the game, Votto made it a 2-0 lead when he pulled a 2-0 Godley pitch into the right-field seats for his 21st homer of the season. According to Statcast™, …
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