Eugenio Suarez homers twice, but Reds fall to Diamondbacks 12-2

The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

Eugenio Suarez had cooled off mightily after his red hot start to the 2017 season. The Cincinnati Reds 3B sported a pristine 1.200 OPS on April 23rd, but watched that slip all the way down to .785 after July 16th’s 0 for 4 outing against the Washington Nationals, a 71 game stretch in which he hit just .221/.331/.348 in 287 PAs.

Of course, he’d still managed an impressive walk rate during that span, and entered play on Thursday still sporting a solid .356 OBP for the year. And since he’s made a habit of crushing LHP for much of his career, it was nice to finally see him hit 2nd in the batting order with regular #2 hitter Zack Cozart getting a…