The ledger of positives for the Cincinnati Reds from Friday’s epic 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres is protracted.
- Graham Ashcraft turned in his best performance in months, firing 6.2 IP of lone ER ball reminiscent of his jet-fueled start of the season
- Tyler Stephenson hit a big go-ahead homer in the 7th inning
- Elly De La Cruz had a 2-hit night (including a double) and did not K
- Lucas Sims looked devilish again
- Matt McLain homered, because Matt McLain does everything
It took the perfect combination of those events to even get to Spencer Steer’s 2-run walk-off homer in the Bottom of the 11th inning, in part because Alexis Diaz stumbled in a save situation for the first time all season in the Top of the 9th and Ian Gibaut, then tasked with the Top of the 10th, stumbled a bit, too.