Hays belts 2 HRs as Reds beat Rockies, 6-4

Published 7:39 pm Saturday, April 26, 2025

DENVER (AP) — Noel Marte hit a two-run homer, Austin Hays added a pair of solo drives and the Cincinnati Reds beat Colorado 6-4 on Saturday to send the Rockies to their 13th loss in 14 games.

Colorado lost its fifth game in a row and is 4-22, the worst 26-game start in franchise history. The Rockies have been outscored by 62 runs.

Hunter Greene (3-2) struck out eight, allowing three runs and seven hits in six innings.

Emilio Pagán got his second save of the series and seventh in eight chances. He allowed a two-out RBI double in the ninth to Adael Amador on a ball that skipped past center fielder TJ Friedl, then struck out Brenton Doyle.

Friedl had three hits for the Reds, who have won three in a row after losing five of seven. Marte has 12 hits and 12 RBIs in 27 at-bats since April 20.

Michael Toglia and Amador homered for Colorado. It was the first big league homer for the 22-year-old Amador, who had three hits and two RBIs.

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Antonio Senzatela (1-4) gave up four runs and eight hits in five five innings. Senzatela has given up a big league-high 50 hits this season.

Key moment

Hays’ second home run of the day, a 429-foot solo shot in the sixth, broke a 3-3 tie.

Key stat

Hays is hitting .386 since making his Reds debut on April 15.

Up next

Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (0-1, 3.86 ERA) and Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (2-2, 2.79) start Sunday.

Reds 6, Rockies 4

Cincinnati Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Friedl cf 5 1 3 0 Doyle cf 5 0 0 0
McLain 2b 5 0 0 0 Beck lf 4 0 0 0
De La Cruz ss 4 0 2 1 McMahon 3b 4 0 0 0
Hays dh 4 2 2 2 Goodman c 4 1 2 0
Lux lf 4 1 2 0 Toglia 1b 4 1 2 2
Dunn lf 1 0 0 0 Farmer ss 4 0 0 0
Steer 1b 5 0 2 1 Moniak rf 4 0 1 0
Marte 3b 5 1 1 2 Martini dh 3 1 0 0
Fraley rf 4 0 0 0 Amador 2b 4 1 3 2
Trevino c 3 1 1 0
Totals 40 6 13 6 Totals 36 4 8 4

Cincinnati 020 101 002 = 6
Colorado 020 010 001 = 4

E–Marte (2). LOB–Cincinnati 10, Colorado 6. 2B–Friedl (6), Amador (2). HR–Marte (3), Hays 2 (5), Toglia (2), Amador (1). SB–Amador (1), De La Cruz (11).

IP H R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
Greene W,3-2 6 7 3 3 0 8
Barlow H,4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Díaz H,2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pagán S,7-8 1 1 1 1 1 3
Colorado
Senzatela L,1-4 5 8 4 4 0 4
Bird 2 2 0 0 1 4
Halvorsen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kinley 2-3 3 2 2 2 0
Hill 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Senzatela pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

WP–Kinley.

Umpires–Home, Ramon De Jesus; First, Paul Clemons; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Quinn Wolcott.

T–2:47. A–34,040 (50,144).