No matter how the Cincinnati Reds tried to stop Freddie Freeman from beating them, all their moves backfired Wednesday as they extended their losing streak to six games.
Reds starter Luis Castillo, who hit Freeman with a pitch before he gave up a run in the third inning, surrendered an RBI single on a first-pitch changeup in the fifth inning that dropped below the strike zone and past the outside corner.
With the score tied in the seventh inning, the Reds used lefthanded reliever Ross Detwiler to face Freeman in a lefty-lefty matchup. Freeman launched a 417-foot, solo homer for the go-ahead run in the Reds’ 8-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a crowd of 17,344.