VIDEO: Watch Reds Complete Sweep of Astros After Roberto Osuna Blows Save
By Michael Luciano
The Houston Astros, towering over everyone else in the AL West, figured they would waltz into Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and push the Reds aside as if they were nothing. Despite the fact they dropped their first two games, at least Game 3 with star closer Roberto Osuna on to close it out was going to be a win, right? Well, not exactly. Thanks to some timely hitting from Nick Senzel and Jesse Winker, the Reds pulled off the sweep.
And the Reds have swept the Astros
— SI MLB (@si_mlb) June 19, 2019
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Senzel, whom the Reds finally called up after marinating in the minors for a couple years, roped a game-tying hit off of Osuna to level the score at 2.
Winker, in the middle of the best season of his career, slapped a walkoff single up the middle that bailed out Tyler Mahle and gave the Reds the win.
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— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 19, 2019
As the old saying goes, you can't predict baseball. Even when you're the best team in the league, a last place Reds squad can take three in a row.