San Francisco Giants destroy Cincinnati Reds 19-4, sweep series

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Alex Blandino doubled, scored, and fired 1 (one) scoreless inning of relief for the Cincinnati Reds today against the San Francisco Giants.

Key Plays

A double to Darin Ruf got Tyler Mahle in trouble in an arduous Top of the 1st that required 28 pitches to get wrapped. Ruf eventually scored on an RBI-single up the gut by Evan Longoria, and the Reds trailed early, 1-0.

A leadoff walk to Mike Yastrzemski haunted Mahle in the Top of the 3rd, as he moved to 2B on a Ruf single and then scored on an RBI-single into RF by Brandon Crawford. Two more ribbie-singles chased Mahle with the bags still drunk and nary an out…