ATLANTA – The final score may not indicate the pitcher’s duel that transpired between Graham Ashcraft and Bryce Elder at Truist Park on Monday, but that underscored the wacky final innings.
The Cincinnati Reds erased a two-run deficit in the top of the ninth inning, took their first lead of the night in the 10th inning and then lost to Atlanta on a walk-off homer from Sean Murphy, a painful 5-4 defeat in front of 30,237 fans.
Murphy homered on the first pitch from Reds reliever Derek Law in the bottom of the 10th inning, the rare leadoff two-run homer, which carried over the center field wall.