Reds vs. Cubs Game Highlights (4/12/21) | MLB Highlights

Albert Azulay gets the start and he is coming off a really nice effort against the Cardinals. He was a tough luck loser in terms of getting bitten by the home run late in the game against St. Louis. Overall he's pitched well this year. Jesse Winker leads it off in there got him looking. He put himself in an O2 spot Winker and Bruce Dreckman having a chat and on three pitches Jesse Winker is gone one down. Nobody on the batter Nicholas Castellanos. He swings the first pitch and lines one to left that'll fall at the feet of Jack Peterson for a one out single and make it a 14 game hit streak for Nick Castellanos and the batter is Tyler Nick one outside corner and Dreckman rings him up. Reds hitters haven't been so happy at least thus far and two down Azulay though throwing babies so far two outs. Here's Tyler Stevenson shot the opposite way falling fast and it slips on past Ortega Castellanos through second stop sign at third a slide in the second base and a hustle bloop double by Tyler Stevenson. The Reds have two in scoring position Tucker Barnhart coming to the plate hits a high pop fly should be playable for Baez and shallow center the short stop will make the catch and the inning is over. Welcome to the show. Vladimir Gutierrez signed by the Reds out of his native Cuba. Gutierrez is twenty five years old now. So you know it's not like he's a young kid around 19 20 years old making his major league debut. You've got to figure that heart is pumping right now. John Peterson to lead it off breaking ball is lifted high into the air short left center field Winker coming on he will actually take it in front of Naquin or out number one. Chris Bryant the batter hits one of the air not the center field Naquin will come in as he moves toward right to make the catch or two down here in the bottom of the first inning. No score the batter is Javier Baez Baez lifts up that breaking ball well out of the zone. Winker makes the squeeze three fly outs for Vladimir Gutierrez his first major league inning of work. So the rare walk for Adbert Al's alive gone 90 straight batters without a walk and issues the free pass with one out and the batter now will be Jonathan India runner goes and the pitch is slugged to right. That's going to get down Schrock in the hit run easily has third perfect timing to ignite Schrock and men at the corners with one out. So the young pitcher now the chance to help his cause no score in the second and a swing and a miss struck him out. Strikeout for Adbert Al's alive. Now there are two down but you're not out of the woods by any means with Jesse Winker standing in and that one drilled out towards center half on the move in Beckett makes the catch. Reds don't score they leave a pair. So a threat again for the Reds Al's allies when pitching into and then out of trouble. I'll Farmer the batter and this one popped up. He's going to get out of it again. So guard gives way to Ortega makes the grab and that is the first time through the order for Vladimir Gutierrez. No hits allowed just the one base runner on the walk batter is John Peterson to left field Winker sliding. Did he make the grab. He did Jesse Winker Winker slides into the wall a sensational catch in the at first with one away no score fourth inning. The batter is Vladimir Gutierrez. Oh he gets that one down and he has got second lob goes over to first sacrifice complete. You know what you don't ask how you don't ask why sometimes you're just glad that it happened on a day of first the big league debut. There's the first sacrifice for Gutierrez in the show. And it's a big sacrifice because now two outs you've got one of the best hitters in baseball just a base hit to get a run here swinging a high fly ball should be playable for Ian happens center coming in and calling Ian Happ is there makes the catch. He slid at the very end no runs for the Reds. The Cubs have two on with one out and the batter is Wilson Contreras. Go away and he nips the edge strike three the first career big league strikeout for Vladimir Gutierrez. And it's a big one with two men aboard. You get out of this inning you can feel invincible swing and a miss back to back case for Vladimir Gutierrez Vladimir Gutierrez has been awfully good for the Reds in his big league debut at Wrigley Field today. He up here at one drill down the left field network towards the corner for it also Lane has been very good. It'll be Tucker Barnhart to lead things off on the inside corner. Got him great pitch. He ran it back over the inside edge. That's the old front hip Maddox special right. That's six of them now for Al's Aliyah Kyle Farmer. Here's a ground ball to short fielded by Baez in a running throw to first in time. And that's out number two two two down nobody on Max Schrock the batter center field surprising carry half streaks back it's over his head into the Ivy and Schrock goes into second standing as he hammers a two out double Jonathan India waits three to Al's Aliyah walks India on a pitch just off the outside edge. That is going to be all I believe for Albert Al's Aliyah the last eleven games not a single earned run has been allowed by any member of the Cub bullpen Andrew Chafin the new man on the mound and this is a Eugenio Suarez to perform as a pinch hitter swang and a miss strike three Suarez came up empty and the inning comes to an end joined by Joey Votto and Joey and you were saying it you've had a desire to try to do a little play by play are you are you ready for your big league play by play debut I can't wait I do this in bed by myself at night while I'm on. Oh yeah it's all I think about. Yeah right. All right well Chris Bryant's up there Joey take it away middle slider base hit to left field by Chris Bryant man on first good swing Chris he's been working with his dad for his entire life and we talked about hitting a little bit at first base and he has he's very very sharp. Have your bias at the plate dangerous bat great pitch great throw by Barnhart looks like we got a double play right there and I'm down and away slider and a throw by Barnhart great throw by Barnhart excellent strike him out throw him out to four with India covering in second base another dangerous hitter. Have can make this a two nothing game slider strike three and that is a great comeback by Henry after the inning inning beginning single so a threat for the Reds first and second and one out. It brings up the number four hitter Tyler Stevenson and that one to the right side. So guard. And it gets out of it. Craig Kimball to take over. Happy birthday Craig Kimball is thirty third. Coming down to their last chance. Jesse Winker at the plate out in front of the mound.