Votto, Winker homer as Reds top giants 3-0
SANFRANCISCO— Beforethe fifirst pitch, Giants outfifielder La Monte Wade Jr. accompanied manager Gabe Kapler to home plate for the lineup card exchange with Reds manager David Bell.
Wade wanted to personally tell Bell how much his late brother Mike meant to him while he was with the Twins. Former Minnesota bench coach Mike Bell died last month of cancer at age 46.
“It was incredible. An unbelievable gesture by LaMonte and Gabe and the Giants,” Bell said. “All I can say is what it meant to me and my family, just another sign and example of people Mike touched. I was blown away.”
After the heartwarming exchange at the plate, Joey
Votto splashed a home run into McCovey Cove and Jesse Winker connected for a tworun shot, leading the Reds to a 3- 0 victory over the Giants on Monday night. Winker’s first home run of the year marked the fifi rs th it off ff Aaron Sanchez in the third and provided left-hander Wade Miley (2-0) with some early support.
“I felt really good, felt like I was cruising,” said Miley, who has started the season with 11 shutout innings.
Cincinnati bounced back after losing two straight — outscored 15- 3 — at Arizona following a six- gamewinning streak.
Miley allowed two hits in five innings. Tejay Antone then struck out fifi fifi fi five over 32/3 hitless innings before Lucas Sims recorded the fifinal out for his first career save in Cincinnati’s fifirst shutout of the season. The Giants were shut out for the second time.
“Overall we’ ve gotten some big hits but I don’t think this is the type of offffffffffffense that we are,” Kapler said.
The Reds snapped San Francisco’s four- game winning streak and maintained a one- game lead in the NL Central over Milwaukee.