The biggest issue throughout the Cincinnati Reds’ six-game losing streak was their inability to produce any offense, totaling six runs in those six games.
Who knew the secret to breaking out of a slump was to stop swinging?
The Reds came back from a two-run deficit in the eighth inning Monday by drawing four walks, including two with the bases loaded against Texas Rangers reliever José Leclerc, and TJ Friedl delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning for a 7-6 victory at Great American Ball Park to snap their losing streak.
Jonathan India opened the bottom of the ninth inning with a four-pitch walk – the Reds drew six walks and had one hit batsman – before Friedl’s heroics.