One day after falling behind, 3-0, in the first inning against the Cardinals on Monday, Cincinnati struck first Tuesday night. On Milwaukee starter Junior Guerra's third pitch of the game, Billy Hamilton hit a solo home run to open the scoring. It was his first leadoff home run since June 15, 2014, which also came against the Brewers. Adam Duvall joined the party with a two-run homer three batters later, and Mesoraco picked up an RBI single to scratch across another to give the Reds a 4-0 lead after one inning.
The lead didn't last long, however, as Milwaukee stormed back with five runs of their own -- all of which came from home runs -- off Reds starter Tim Adleman over the next two innings.