Joey Votto belted a 3-run homer in the 1st inning, Graham Ashcraft put up another 6 innings worth of zeros, and not even The Cincinnati Reds Bullpen [TM] could put the spoil on the offensive outburst that happened in Great American Ball Park on Tuesday evening.
The Reds socked 5 homers on the night - Votto was joined by Brandon Drury, Matt Reynolds, Tyler Stephenson, and Tommy Pham - and put up 14 runs, and while the Cincinnati relief corps managed to hurl up 8 runs to the Arizona Diamondbacks late, it was the kind of emphatic victory that I think all parties involved here desperately needed to both witness and be a part of.