Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell called them odd plays.
On Monday at Great American Ball Park, the San Francisco Giants scored two runs because the Reds middle infield bobbled a ground ball. The Giants scored a third as a runner scored from third on a pickoff throw to first. Add in two line drives that deflected off starting pitcher Sonny Gray and first baseman Kyle Farmer, respectively.
Those plays were the difference between winning and losing as San Francisco beat Cincinnati, 6-3.
“These guys are working all the time,” Bell said. “Obviously there’s always work to be done because that’s all we do. They work every day and continue to do that. Tonight was some odd plays.”
Gray allowed four runs in five innings, but a lot of his final line was impacted by the Reds defense.
In the first inning, second baseman Jonathan India bobbled a ground ball that could have led to an inning-ending double play. Then in the fourth, shortstop Eugenio Suárez dropped a routine ground ball to shortstop and didn’t get the out at first.
