MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (AP) – Jonathan Lucroy homered leading off the bottom of the ninth to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory over the Reds on Tuesday night.
It was the Reds’ fifth straight loss since the All-Star break.
It was Lucroy’s second homer of the game and 11th of the season. It was his second career walkoff homer and both were against the Reds. His first was last season off closer Aroldis Chapman and this one was off Sam LeCure.
Francisco Rodriguez (4-3) pitched the ninth to earn the victory.
Cincinnati brought in LeCure (1-2) to pitch the ninth. His outing lasted just three pitches as Lucroy hit a 1-1 offering for a line drive homer inside the left field foul pole.
Lucroy was batting just .200 (21 for 105) in his last 25 games. His first homer of the game was on a 3-2 pitch from starter Homer Bailey in the sixth.
Zack Cozart left the game after being hit in the right hand by a pitch while attempting to bunt. X-rays on the first two fingers of his hand were negative, and the team said he was day-to-day.
The club also placed right-handed reliever Logan Ondrusek on the 15-day disabled list with a strained shoulder before the game.