Reds 9 Diamondbacks 6

Major League Baseball
Home Team: Cincinnati Reds (Ben Lively)
Visiting Team: Arizona Diamondbacks (Tommy Henry)
Venue: Great American Ball Park
Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
Fellow Attendees: Brandi

Box Score

After being away from Great American Ball Park for six years, here I am attending two consecutive games. I worked from the hotel room during the day, and Brandi had the last part of her conference in the morning, and then we made our way over the bridge. We had plenty of time, so we stopped into Fishbowl at the Banks for a drink on the way.

On Thursday, Reds rookies (Abbott and De La Cruz) carried the day on the pitching and defensive side. Tonight, it was two different rookies (Matt McLain and Spencer Steer) doing it on offense. Steer went 2-5 with a double and 3 RBI; McLain hit a fifth-inning grand slam that put the game out of reach. And while the pitching was a totally different story from the day before, it was cool to see Alexis Diaz come in and dominate the ninth for the save.

And after being there by myself the day before, it was a lot of fun to be at this one with Brandi. We really enjoyed the postgame fireworks show, and then we went over to catch the end of the postgame show with Brian Giesenschlag and Sam LeCure. Then we headed back out to the Banks and had a quick beer while we wandered around and checked out everything that was going on. It definitely won't be six years before we make it back again.