Gray tosses 6-shutout innings, India homers as Reds avoid a sweep

Jonathan India’s 3-run home run was enough offense behind a 6-shutout inning start by Sonny Gray as the Cincinnati Reds avoided being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers with a 5-1 win on Thursday afternoon.

Cincinnati Reds (70-59)

5 7 1 Milwaukee Brewers (78-50)

1 6 1 W: Gray (6-6) L: Anderson (4-8) The Offense

It didn’t take long for Cincinnati to get things rolling on offense. Jonathan India broke up Brett Anderson’s no-hitter with a single to lead off the game. Tyler Stephenson followed with a walk, and an out later India scored the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Joey Votto.

In the top of the 5th inning the Reds offense got back to work. Back-to-back singles by Eugenio Suárez and…