Even equipped with a pitch clock, the seventh inning Tuesday turned into one of those innings that seemingly never ended for the Cincinnati Reds bullpen.
Pitching with a one-run lead, Reds relievers Buck Farmer and Reiver Sanmartin watched seven straight Chicago Cubs batters reach base to begin the seventh inning. There were two doubles, two singles, two walks and a fielding error from Jonathan India.
The Reds didn’t record an out in their nightmare seventh inning until Joel Kuhnel, the third reliever in the inning, took the mound and induced a double play. The rally doomed them to a 12-5 loss and snapped their three-game winning streak at Great American Ball Park in front of 13,399 fans.