Reds Rally Late, Tie the Diamondbacks 3-3

The Reds overcame a three-run deficit to tie the Diamondbacks on Thursday afternoon.

Here are our postgame takeaways:

Mixed Results for Graham Ashcraft

Ashcraft started the game with a 1-2-3 first inning, retiring the Diamondbacks' top three hitters on two groundouts and a strikeout.

In the second, the defense didn't help him. Matt McLain and Ashcraft himself both had errors in the inning. The 27-year-old would give up a run on one hit and two walks in the inning. He struck out three in his two innings of work.

A Quiet Day for the Reds' Regulars on Offense

It was a quiet day offensively for the Reds' regulars. TJ Friedl, Matt McLain, Elly De La Cruz, Austin Hays, Jake Fraley, Jeimer Candelario, and Spencer Steer combined for just three hits on the day. Candelario's double was the only extra-base hit out of those three hits.

The Rally Reds

Trailing 3-0 in the eighth, the Reds rallied back, starting with a triple off the bat of Will Banfield. After a Cooper Bowman walk, Cam Collier grounded out to bring the Reds' deficit to just two. Edwin Arroyo, Hector Rodriguez, and Blake Dunn hit back-to-back-to-back singles to get Cincinnati back within one before Tyler Callihan hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game up at three.

In the ninth, Banfield and Bowman both reached base, but Collier struck out and Arroyo popped out to shortstop to end the game in a tie.

News and Notes

Reds' prospect Chase Petty gave up one hit and walked a batter in his two scoreless innings of work. He has yet to allow a run this spring.
Sam Moll gave up two runs on two hits in his one inning of work.
Scott Barlow allowed a hit, but pitched a scoreless inning.
Prospect Zach Maxwell bounced back from a rough outing his last time out with a scoreless inning. He did walk a batter.
Spencer Steer got his first hit of the spring.
No Reds player had more than one hit.
Elly De La Cruz walked twice.

Up Next

The Reds face the Oakland Athletics at 3:05 ET at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona, on Friday.

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