Trevino's Three-Run Blast Breaks Milwaukee Open, Reds Win 7-2
Jose Trevino went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and three RBI as Cincinnati dismantled Milwaukee 7-2 on Thursday. Three different Reds went deep, and the game was effectively over before the fifth inning started.
Cincinnati wasted no time. Sal Stewart launched a 402-foot shot to right center in the first inning to put the Reds on top immediately. The game stayed 1-0 through three, but the fourth inning is where Milwaukee's night fell apart. Noelvi Marte singled to center to score Bleday and push the lead to 2-0, and then Trevino crushed a 358-foot homer to left that scored both Suárez and Marte — a three-run shot that ballooned the deficit to 5-0. That swing was the moment Milwaukee's win probability collapsed from 39% to 13%, a 26-point drop that effectively served as the final verdict.
The story of the night was the gap between what Jacob Misiorowski deserved and what he got. Milwaukee's starter struck out 10 batters over 5.0 innings, walked nobody, and allowed just 1 earned run — a line that on most nights earns you a win. Instead, he ran into a Cincinnati offense that bunched its damage into one catastrophic inning. Chase Burns, meanwhile, went 6.0 innings for the Reds, giving up 2 earned runs on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts. It wasn't dominant, but it was enough. Sam Moll and Brock Burke each threw scoreless innings in relief — Moll going 1.1 frames, Burke a clean 1.0 — to close it out without drama.
Milwaukee did show some life. Garrett Mitchell hit a 366-foot solo shot to left in the fifth to make it 5-1, and Brice Turang doubled to left in the sixth to score Chourio and cut it to 5-2. But that's as close as it got. TJ Friedl put the game away with a 395-foot homer to center in the seventh to make it 6-2, then added a single to right in the eighth that scored McLain for the final margin. Friedl finished 2-for-3 with a homer, 2 RBI, and a run scored — the kind of quiet, efficient performance that looks like exactly what a winning team needs from its supporting cast when the big blow has already landed. Cincinnati's offense spread the damage across three home runs from three different players, and that depth appears to be what separates these two clubs on this particular Thursday.