Bauer strikes out 12 as Reds defeat Brewers 8-3

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Trevor Bauer turned in another stellar outing, and Matt Davidson and Nick Castellanos homered to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 on Friday night.

Bauer (2-0) gave up three hits and one run in six innings while striking out 12. The strong performance comes on the heels of a two-hit shutout over seven innings Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit.

The Reds scored six runs in the second off Milwaukee starter Eric Lauer (0-1), ending a 24-inning scoring drought. Cincinnati had pushed across three runs before Davidson’s three-run homer, his first of the season, which barely cleared the wall in center field.

The Reds (6-8) lost 13-0 to Cleveland on Thursday night, failing to score in the last 23 innings of the home-and-home series.

Bauer fanned six of the first seven batters he faced and had 11 strikeouts through five innings. He allowed a solo homer to Logan Morrison with two outs in the fourth.

The Reds extended the lead by two runs in the sixth on Castellanos’ seventh homer of the season.

Struggling Christian Yelich hit a two-run, opposite field blast in the eighth off Reds reliever Lucas Sims to cut the margin to 8-3.

Lauer, making his first start for Milwaukee, gave up five hits and six runs in three innings.

ROSTER MOVES

LHP Brandon Finnegan, INF Rece Hinds and OF TJ Friedl have been added to the Reds’s 60-man player pool and assigned to the alternate site in Mason, Ohio. The Reds also re-acquired non-roster OF Mark Payton from the A’s for cash.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: OF Nick Senzel left in the fourth inning with left groin tightness. ... Reliever Pedro Strop exited in the eighth with an apparent leg injury. ... 2B Mike Moustakas (left quadriceps bruise) missed a third consecutive game after being...

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