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Arizona Diamondbacks (6-10, fourth in NL West) versus Cincinnati Reds (9-6, first in NL Central) Cincinnati; Tuesday, 6:40 …

Arizona Diamondbacks (6-10, fourth in NL West) versus Cincinnati Reds (9-6, first in NL Central)

Cincinnati; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 8 strikeouts) Red: Luis Castillo (1-1, 7.04 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 12 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red -136, Diamondbacks +119; over / under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Eduardo Escobar and the Diamondbacks face the Reds on Tuesday.

The Reds are 7-2 at home games in 2020. Cincinnati occupies fourth place in the MLB with a batting average of 0.262, Jesse Winker leads the team with an average of 0.368.

The Diamondbacks left home 4-7. Arizona has completed 22 home races this season, the fifth in the MLB. Eduardo Escobar leads them with six, an average of all 9.7 for bats.

The Diamondbacks won the last meeting 7-0. Luke Weaver recorded his first win and David Peralta went 2-4 with a double, a home run and three RBIs for Arizona. Jose De Leon recorded his first loss for Cincinnati.

TOP PERFORMER: Tyler Naquin leads the Reds with seven additional base hits and beats .714.

Escobar leads the Diamondbacks with eight additional base hits and beats .586.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Red: 5-5, .235 batting average, 4.40 ERA

Diamondbacks: 4-6, .228 batting average, 4.48 ERA, outperformed opponents by four runs

INJURIES: Reds: Michael Lorenzen: (shoulder), Brandon Bailey: (elbow), Aristides Aquino: (hand), Shogo Akiyama: (thigh), Mike Moustakas: (illness), Alex Blandino: (unknown).

Diamondbacks: Joakim Soria: (calf), Tyler Clippard: (shoulder), Ketel Marte: (hamstring), Tim Locastro: (finger), Christian Walker: (oblique).

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