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MILWAUKEE (AP) — d his lineup Victor Martinez Jersey , hoping for a spark. Yasmani Grandal certainly delivered it.Grandal led off for the first time in his career and homered in his opening at-bat to help the Milwaukee Brewers snap a season-high five-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.“We were down 3-0, and the home run just jolted us,” Counsell said, adding that Grandal will bat first again Sunday.Article continues below ...Grandal, who had never batted first in 795 career games, put the Brewers ahead 5-4 with an RBI double in the fourth. Two outs later, he scored on Lorenzo Cain’s bloop single that chased Reds starter Luis Castillo (7-2).“I knew I hit it pretty hard, but I didn’t think it would be a homer,” Grandal said. “I was more worried about not getting thrown out at second by (right fielder Yasiel) Puig.”The Reds tallied three times in the first for the third consecutive game of the series. This time, though, the Brewers answered in their half with four runs, highlighted by Grandal’s 17th home run on the second pitch of the game.“Momentum definitely changed,” Grandal said. “It got the offense going.”A fielding and throwing error by José Iglesias on Orlando Arcia’s roller with the bases loaded sent two more home. Travis Shaw’s RBI groundout capped the scoring.Derek Dietrich had an RBI triple and Puig hit his 16th home run of the season, a two-run shot, before a slick play and a successful challenge by the Brewers ended the Reds’ opening frame.Second baseman Mike Moustakas snared Iglesias’ grounder up the middle and flipped the ball from his glove to shortstop Arcia who fired to first. After a 61-second review http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , the safe call was overturned.Counsell said that defensive glove work also helped switch the momentum.“The play by Moose and Arcia changed the vibe coming into the dugout after the first inning,” Counsell said. “Then Yaz leads off with a homer. We put together some really good at-bats after that and got right back in it.”NL MVP Christian Yelich scored a run, but went 0 for 3 to end his career-high hitting streak and the longest in the majors at 18 games.Matt Albers (4-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Adrian Houser handled the seventh. Josh Hader struck out four of the final six outs for his 18th save.“Their bullpen pitched outstanding,” Reds manager David Bell said. “They had Hader there for two at the end.”Castillo had won seven straight decisions since a 1-0 loss to Milwaukee on April 3rd, but couldn’t get out of the fourth. He allowed six runs, four earned, on five hits with five walks and six strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.Bell felt that Castillo just couldn’t get comfortable.“It looked like he was struggling a little bit with his release point,” Bell said after the loss snapped the Reds’ season-high six-game winning streak . “He couldn’t quite find it. It happens.”Eugenio Suárez hit his 16th home run of the season in the third and added a run-scoring groundout in the fifth off Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacín.TRAINER’S ROOMReds: OF Nick Senzel left Friday night’s game with a headache after homering in the fourth. He struck out pinch-hitting in the seventh and stayed in the game in center.Brewers: Struggling RHP Jimmy Nelson (0-2, 9.75 ERA) has been dropped from the rotation after three dismal starts. The hope is that pitching out of the bullpen gets the burly right-hander on track after missing 21 months following a right shoulder injury. Nelson made four rehab starts and was recalled June 5 from Triple-A San Antonio.BREWERS ROSTER MOVESRHP Aaron Wilkerson (0-0, 7.36 ERA) returns for a third stint after being recalled Saturday from Triple-A San Antonio. RHP Corbin Burnes (1-3, 8.85 ERA) then was optioned to the team’s top affiliate.DIETRICH PLUNKED AGAINDietrich got plunked in the fifth by reliever Alex Claudio. It was his third straight game he’s been hit and sixth overall this series, which according to Elias Sports Bureau, makes him the first players in the modern era (since 1900) to be hit by a pitch six times in a series of any length.Friday night, he tied a major league record and became the first Reds player in the modern era (since 1900) to be hit by a pitch three times in one game, according to Elias.While Dietrich was with the Marlins from 2013-18 James McCann Jersey , he was hit a franchise record 93 times and the second-most in the majors over those six seasons, behind Anthony Rizzo of the Cubs (111).UP NEXTReds: RHP Anthony DeSclafani (4-3, 4.22 ERA) makes his 100th career appearance and 92nd career start when he faces the Brewers for the second time this season. He took a 4-3 loss on April 2 at Great American Ball Park.Brewers: RHP Brandon Woodruff (8-2, 4.02 ERA) makes his 16th start of the season and second ever against the Reds. He lost 6-0 in his first outing on Sept. 27, 2017 at Miller Park. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Robinson Chirinos woke up in his own bed and took his son to school, just the way he did during his first six seasons in the big leagues with the Texas Rangers.Houston’s new catcher finished a special day with two key plays that helped the Astros beat his former team for the ninth straight time in his old home ballpark.Chirinos looped a go-ahead double in his first game against Texas following an offseason trade, Brad Peacock allowed two hits while pitching into the seventh inning and the Astros beat the Rangers 2-1 on Monday night.“Today I feel more nervous to what I did when I debuted in the big leagues,” Chirinos said. “It just says a lot about all the feeling I had before the game, during the game. It’s good to be a key for this win tonight.”Houston’s George Springer connected for his 25th career leadoff homer against Drew Smyly, who was making his first major league start since the end of the 2016 season.Peacock (1-0) pitched without a baserunner through six innings, allowing only Ronald Guzman’s first homer leading off the third while striking out five in 6 2/3 innings. Rougned Odor reached on an infield single to start the seventh, but was thrown out trying to steal by Chirinos.“I knew he was going to go because he told me before the game,” Chirinos said. “He told me, ‘Get ready. I’m stealing two bases tonight.’ I said http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , ‘All right. Go ahead.'”Odor was the last Texas hitter to reach, with Ryan Pressly retiring four straight batters and closer Roberto Osuna pitching a perfect ninth for his first save. The Astros bounced back after the two-time defending AL West champions lost three of four at Tampa Bay to open the season.“There were some hard-hit balls, but we couldn’t get any baserunners,” Texas manager Chris Woodward said. “When we did, I didn’t mind (Odor) going right there, kind of forcing the issue. We put the pressure on him, and he made a perfect throw.”Chirinos put the Astros ahead 2-1 in the sixth. The catcher’s looping liner over third baseman Asdrubal Cabrera scored Carlos Correa, who had his first three hits in his second game after missing the first three with neck stiffness.Springer’s 412-foot drive to left made it two straight years of going deep in his first at-bat in Arlington. The 2017 World Series MVP did it on opening day last year against Cole Hamels. Springer had two more against the Rangers last season. All four were against lefties.Smyly threw 73 pitches in three innings in the left-hander’s Texas debut, allowing four hits and one run with two strikeouts and two walks. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2017 while with Seattle and was later signed by the Cubs. He never pitched for either team, and Chicago traded him to Texas in the offseason.“I wish I could have lasted longer, but results weren’t going to mean much to me today,” Smyly said. “Just being back out there, it’s been a long road of recovering and like I said it was just a special moment to get back.”FATHER’S WEEKChirinos will get almost a full week of rare dad duty now that the family’s house in the Dallas area is his offseason home. He had breakfast with his 11-year-old son before taking him to school. That was the 34-year-old’s routine during his time with the Rangers.Chirinos is planning to spend an extra day at home Thursday, when Houston is off before the home opener Friday.“It kind of hit me driving here today,” he said before the game. “During spring training Sparky Anderson Jersey , first four games in Tampa, I didn’t really even think about playing the Rangers and being in this situation right now.”BULLPEN RELIEFAdrian Sampson (0-1), called up from Triple-A Nashville earlier in the day to help a bullpen that was battered in a season-opening series win over the Cubs, allowed four hits and a run over the final six innings for the Rangers. He struck out three and walked two. “It’s just unfortunate that he ends up getting a loss for that because that was a win for him in so many ways,” Woodward said.TRAINER’S ROOMRangers: LHP Yohander Mendez, expected to be out until midseason with a left elbow ligament sprain, was moved to the 60-day injured list to make room for Sampson on the 40-man roster. Lefty reliever Kyle Bird was sent down.UP NEXTAstros: RHP Justin Verlander is scheduled for his second start after striking out nine in seven innings in Houston’s 5-1 win over Tampa Bay on opening day.Rangers: RHP Shelby Miller, a Texas native, is set to become the fourth straight starter to make his Rangers debut, following Edinson Volquez (second Texas stint), Lance Lynn and Smyly. Miller appeared in five games for Arizona last year coming off Tommy John surgery in 2017.