Hunter Greene struck out 6 and allowed only 3 hits in 6.0 sparkling, scoreless frames in his first outing in a Cincinnati Reds uniform in a pair of months, and the Cincinnati Reds breezed past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-0 to win yet another vital series in their chase for the playoffs.
Despite the end score, this game was tight early. Cristopher Sánchez was his typically elite self until the Bottom of the 6th, having allowed only a lone earned run before the heart of the Cincinnati batting order smacked a series of hard liners and Philadelphia's defense fell completely apart - at one point, Noelvi Marte turned a single into LF into a Little League dinger after a pair of errant throws on Philly's part.
The Bottom of the 7th saw the Reds play add-on against Jordan Romano and the Phillies bullpen, with Miguel Andujar's moonshot grand slam ultimately breaking the game wide open and giving the scoreboard the score it would take into the night.
The Reds won, 8-0, and took the series over the best of the best in the NL East. They welcomed back their ace, moved back to a season-high 6 games over the .500 mark, and inched ever closer to the final National League Wild Card spot in the process.
(For the record, the New York Mets are hosting the Atlanta Braves this evening while being a pair of games up on Cincinnati, though that game is in a rain delay.)
The Reds welcome the white-hot Milwaukee Brewers to town after Thursday's off-day, with Milwaukee's victory today pushing their active win streak to an absurd 12 games.