Eugenio Suarez had a few near-miss swings early in this one, but looked as if he was seeing the ball almost well enough to resume the ball-busting he’d done throughout the first 90+ games of the season.
Fortunately for the Cincinnati Reds, that’s exactly what happened eventually on a night where the rest of their offense had been virtually nonexistent - and it came in the biggest of moments.
With 2-out in the Bottom of the 9th and the Reds down to the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0, Suarez ripped a Bud Norris meatball into the LF seats to tie the game, and a game that had the Reds nearly no-hit - more on that below - suddenly seemed to have momentum leaning in Cincinnati’s favor.