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Indians clobbered by Cincinnati, 10-3

CINCINNATI — Joey Votto hit a two-run homer to cap a seven-run third inning and the Cincinnati Reds cruised to a 10-3 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.

Jeff Hoffman (2-1) gave the Reds another solid start, surrendering just a run and seven hits through six innings and helping himself with a looping RBI single in the third. Hoffman loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the third but got out of it with no damage.

Seven of the Reds starters scored in the bottom of the inning. Eugenio Suarez doubled down the third base line to drive in two, and Votto followed with his shot off the top of the left field wall.

“That inning was huge and set the tone for the rest of the game,” Hoffman said.

Tyler Stephenson had a two-run single in the fifth inning.

Amed Rosario and Jordan Luplow homered for Cleveland, and Josh Naylor had three hits.

Indians starter Logan Allen (1-2) didn’t make it out of the third inning. He gave up five runs on three hits, but reliever Phil Maton surrendered the big hits to Suarez and Votto before getting out of the inning.

“Allen didn’t have a good fastball early,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “I thought we were swinging the bats well enough. I was hoping they wouldn’t get to him but that’s what ended up happening.”

BULLPEN ISSUES

Francona was clearly frustrated with the Indians bullpen. Three relievers gave up five earned runs on eight hits in five innings after Allen departed.

“We are going to meet about the bullpen later,” he said. “We may have to change things around.”

UP NEXT

Right-hander Sonny Gray makes his first appearance for the Reds after starting the season on the injured list with a muscle strain in his back. Going for the Indians will be right-hander Triston McKenzie (0-0), who gave up three runs in four innings in a 4-3 loss to the White Sox on Monday.

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