WBAL · Aug 1, 2022
Drury's 20th homer gives Red 3-2 win over Os
Brandon Drury reached 20 homers for the first time in his big league career when he hit a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning to give the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Drury broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth with his homer on a splitter off Felix Bautista (3-3).
″I was trying to stay on the fastball,” Drury said. “I was a little bit late on one. I was trying to cover for the split. He threw the split and I barreled it.”
Drury, whose previous high was 16 homers for Arizona in 2016. entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning.
“Really good players, great players want to be up in that spot,” Reds manager David Bell said.