Nathaniel Lowe hits 2nd homer of the game for Reds walk-off win CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Reds secured a thrilling 9-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday, with Nathaniel Lowe delivering the game-winning home run in the ninth inning. Lowe, who entered the game as the designated hitter after Eugenio Suárez was scratched with a left oblique injury, hit his first two home runs as a Red during the contest. His second homer was a walk-off shot against Kenley Jansen, sealing the win for the Reds. The Reds, who had won six of their last seven games and eight of their last 10, extended their winning streak. Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz had driven much of the team’s success in the first month of the season, but contributions from other players emerged during a recent 5-1 road trip through Minnesota and Tampa Bay. Manager Terry Francona praised the team’s depth, stating, “If we start getting contributions from all over the map, that’ll really help us.” Lowe’s first two home runs came after the Reds trailed 5-0 through four innings. Matt McLain, who had struggled earlier in the season, sparked a comeback with a two-run homer in the fifth inning against Tigers starter Framber Valdez. In the sixth, Lowe hit a 2-1 cutter into the right-field seats for a Statcast-projected 438-foot shot, making it a two-run game. Showers forced a one-hour, 49-minute rain delay after the third out of the sixth inning. Instead of the planned postgame fireworks show, the Reds set them off during the delay to fill the time. The long break did not stop Cincinnati’s momentum. In the seventh, reliever Will Vest walked the leadoff batter, Dane Myers. In a full count, McLain jumped on a fastball that was up over the inner-half of the plate for the game-tying two-run homer.#cincinnati_reds #terry_francona #nathaniel_lowe #detriot_tigers #kenley_jansen
