TJ Friedl capped Cincinnati’s three-run ninth inning with a two-run single, and the Reds beat Lawrence Butler, his 3 home runs and the Oakland Athletics 10-9 on Thursday to avoid the sweep.
Tyler Stephenson and Will Benson homered for Cincinnati, which had lost five of six games.
The Reds are now 64-70, 13.5 games behind the Brewers in the NL Central and 9 games back in the NL Wild Card race.
The Reds will play the NL central leading Milwaukee Brewers with a 4 game series over 3 days this weekend.
Today will be a day night doubleheader for the Reds and Brewers.
Game one today is at 12:40pm. Game two will be tonight at 6:40pm.
For the Reds and Brewers, Saturday’s game time will be 7:15pm and Sunday’s game time at 12:10pm.
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