NewsSports

Naquin homers in his first two at-bats of Reds-Pirates game

Cincinnati Reds left fielder Tyler Naquin followed his 454-foot solo home run in the first inning Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park with a 413-foot three-run homer in the second inning, to give the Reds a 5-0 lead through two innings with his second and third blasts in just 12 at-bats this season.

Cincinnati Reds left fielder Tyler Naquin (12) is met at the plate by Nick Senzel, Jonathan India and Nick Castellanos after his second home run of the night in the second inning of the MLB National League game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. The Reds won 14-1.

"Wow, (Naquin's) got two home runs! This guy's not even supposed to be playing!" color analyst Jeff Brantley said during 700 WLW's radio broadcast of the Reds' 14-1 win.

Naquin added a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth to increase the Reds' lead to 12-0 and his RBI total to seven.

"I would imagine this will be a night he'll remember for a long time," radio play-by-play announcer Tommy Thrall said later in the broadcast.




Source link

Show More

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button