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New York strikes first, Reds strike more to halt Yankees win streak, spoil road trip and win 5-3

The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

This was a total team effort tonight; save for Eugenio Suarez, everyone in the starting eight got a hit. But, you know what, let’s give a trophy to Billy Hamilton.

It’s kind of a cliche thing to say, but this offense is different when Billy Hamilton is hitting, and we’ve seen that over the last few series. It’s cliche, because of course a team’s offense is going to be better when the lead off hitter is getting aboard. But it seems exponential with Hamilton.