CINCINNATI – For much of Saturday it appeared the Braves would waste the precious commodity of an effective outing from their starting pitcher. Then it looked as if Matt Adams changed everything with his first career grand slam.
But that wasn’t enough for the Braves, who gave back another late lead, so Adams delivered another big hit.
Adams homered in the 12th inning to lift the Braves to a 6-5 victory over the Reds. Adams, who bats lefty, launched right-hander Blake Wood’s 2-1 slider into the seats in left-center field to finally finish off the Reds.
The Braves (23-30) are 3-6 on a trip that ends with a series finale against the Reds on Sunday. They had to work hard to earn the latest victory.
The Reds trailed 5-1 after Adams’ grand slam in the fifth inning, but came back to tie the score in the sixth. The Braves stayed in the game by stranding two Reds base runners in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings and then won when Adams homered again.