Tejay Antone's inning sparked Reds' rally vs Cubs | Jeff Brantley
Reds pitcher Tejay Antone's first MLB appearance since April 2024, after his third Tommy John surgery, featured two strikeouts in a scoreless inning.
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Tejay Antone's first MLB appearance since April 2024, after recovering from his third Tommy John surgery, featured two strikeouts in a scoreless eighth inning during a 7-6, 10-inning loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Antone understandably was very fired up after striking out Alex Bregman looking, getting a flyout by Ian Happ on an impressive catch by center fielder TJ Friedl, and striking out Seiya Suzuki looking. Reds.
TV play-by-play announcer John Sadak and analyst Jeff Brantley were very impressed with Antone's outing. And as the Reds rallied for four runs in the top of the ninth, Brantley credited the spark Antone's inning gave the team. "Let's be honest," Brantley said during the broadcast.
"The emotion that the Reds got from seeing Antone back on the mound , come off screaming into the dugout. That's the emotion we saw this club play with early in this season. … They've got to figure out a way to find it every single night.
" In the ninth, Elly De La Cruz scored two runs with a sacrifice fly to deep right field to give the Reds a 6-4 lead. "You don't see a sac fly with two RBIs very often! " Brantley added.