Matt McClain's two-out, two-run home run off Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the seventh. It sent Arizona to a third straight loss.

Matt McLain broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer off Zac Gallen, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep with a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Matt McLain hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and it proved to be the game-winner in a 4-2 Reds win.

Before Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds utilityman Spencer Steer marveled at his teammate Christian Encarnacion-Strand. “You just look at him,” Steer said, pointing across the clubhouse where the 25-year-old Encarnacion-Strand stood at his locker.

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo speaks following the team's loss and three-game-sweep by the Cincinnati Reds.

Arizona Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez endured a brutal four-start stretch: 21 earned runs in 16 innings, then landed on the injured list.

The third home run Zac Gallen surrendered on Sunday was the difference in a loss that saw the Reds complete the sweep of the Diamondbacks.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered in the sixth inning to tie the game before it was suspended Friday night and then hit a walk-off double in the 10th on Saturday to help the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3.

The New York Yankees are getting mentioned as a possible trade partner with the Arizona Diamondbacks, ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

The Diamondbacks' offense disappeared, the starting pitching was mediocre at best, and the team struggled to weather through adversity.