Tejay Antone's inning sparked Reds' rally vs Cubs | Jeff Brantley

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tejay Antone made his first MLB appearance since April 2024.

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.

"I think Friedl was gonna run through that wall to get to that baseball," Brantley said after Friedl's catch. "He never broke stride, never stopped, not even for a second. Nice play. That's a great play by Friedl."

"The emotions that must be going through Tejay Antone," Sadak said.

"I can't even imagine," Brantley said. "You work so hard for so long, and have so much disappointment. And now here I am again, on the mound. … His teammates know the physical, emotional … mental struggles just to get back on the mound. They know."

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tejay Antone pitches a scoreless eighth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

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