Reliever Justin Grimm walked Todd Frazier before he gave up the long ball to right field by Bruce. Ryan Mattheus pitched a scoreless sixth inning for the victory before the Reds bullpen survived some late threats. Brandon Phillips saved the tying run with a nice defensive play in the seventh. In the eighth, J.J. Hoover had a runner on third base and one out before escaping. And coming off a 44-pitch outing on Sunday, Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth inning for his 19th save.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Frazier ends homer drought: With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Frazier ended a season-long 15-game stretch without a homer when he took Richard deep and cleared the center-field fence to make it a 1-1 game.