BREAKING ; David Bell reportedly breaks silence On Reds offense sputters in a 3-1 loss to the Mariners and sends a strong message to Reds.

Neither team was able to do a whole lot in the first two innings of the game, but Seattle got things going in the bottom of the third inning as they put together three singles and a walk, but had a runner erased by a caught stealing in the middle to load the bases with two outs. Hunter Greene was able to buckle down and strike out Mitch Haniger to strand everyone and keep the game scoreless.

The next inning wasn’t as lucky. Mitch Garver took first base when he was hit by a pitch and he came around to score on a double by Jonatan Clase. The relay throw from Elly De La Cruz beat Garver home ever so slightly but Luke Maile couldn’t come up with it cleanly as the ball trickled out of his glove as he tried to make the tag and Seattle went up 1-0. Greene’s pitch count continued to climb as the inning went along, but he got out of the 4th with no more damage as he headed to the dugout with 98 pitches.

hat was all for Greene, who seemed to try and convince manager David Bell between innings to return to the mound, but he lost that discussion and Emilio Pagan took over in the 5th. He gave up two singles and walked two batters while recording one out – with the last of those walks bringing in the go-ahead run. That led to Bell making a mound visit and pitching change to bring in Justin Wilson with the bases loaded. He got out of the jam with a strikeout followed up by a fly out and kept it a 2-1 ballgame.

Wilson couldn’t do the same thing when he returned for the 6th, though it wasn’t entirely on him. He gave up a 1-out single before being replaced by Fernando Cruz. He threw a wild pitch, gave up a walk, then a 2-out RBI single that extended the Seattle lead to 3-1.

The Reds would get something brewing in the top of the 7th with back-to-back 2-out walks to Jake Fraley and Elly De La Cruz. Nick Martini then came off of the bench to pinch hit for Stuart Fairchild and he came through with a single, but Julio Rodriguez came up firing a 90 MPH laser to third base to get De La Cruz to end the inning. The tag happened prior to Fraley reaching the plate, so Cincinnati didn’t even manage to score a run on the play.

Will Benson led off the top of the 9th inning with a walk to bring the tying run to the plate. After back-to-back fly outs, Jake Fraley hit a chopper to first base and beat the diving tag by the covering pitcher to reach base. Seattle challenged the play but the call on the field was correct. That brought Elly De La Cruz to the plate with the game on the line and he kept things alive with a walk to load the bases.

Seattle then opted to go to their bullpen to bring in a lefty to face Nick Martini. The Reds countered by bringing Tyler Stephenson in to pinch hit and get righty-on-lefty matchup. It didn’t work as Stephenson hit a shallow fly to center to end the game.

Key Moment of the Game

Julio Rodriguez ended the seventh inning by throwing out Elly De La Cruz at third base. That kept a run off the board, and if it hadn’t happened, De La Cruz would have scored in a one-run game.