Tigers 6, Reds 0
DETROIT -- Anibal Sanchez tossed his first complete-game shutout in more than two years, and J.D. Martinez homered for the third consecutive game as the Detroit Tigers cruised to a 6-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night at Comerica Park.
Sanchez (5-7) allowed just two hits and didn't walk a batter while striking out seven for the Tigers (34-30). His last shutout was a one-hitter against Minnesota on May 24, 2013. He has not given up a run in his last 20 2/3 innings.
Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera had two hits and drove in two runs, and left fielder Yoenis Cespedes added two hits, scored a run and knocked in another.
Martinez's two-run shot capped a four-run outburst in the sixth that gave Detroit a 5-0 lead. Cabrera drove in the first two runs of the inning with a double into the left field corner. One out later, the Tigers' right fielder launched his 13th home run of the season into the right-center field stands off reliever Nate Adcock.
Cespedes made it 6-0 with an RBI single in the seventh. Cincinnati (28-35) has lost three straight.
The injury-riddled Reds sustained another blow when rookie starting pitcher Jon Moscot left the game in the first inning with a dislocated left shoulder. Moscot was hurt during a rundown play when he made a full-extension dive to tag out Tigers center fielder Anthony Gose at second base.
Moscot, a right-handed pitcher making his third career appearance, walked off the field slowly in obvious pain. He was replaced by Pedro Villarreal, who was called up from the minors earlier in the day.
The Tigers squeezed out an unearned run against Villarreal in the fourth to take the lead. Yoenis Cespedes reached on a two-out double and scored when Reds third baseman Todd Frazier bounced his throw past first base on J.D. Martinez's infield single.
NOTES: Reds LHP Tony Cingrani was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, with a strained left shoulder. The Reds recalled RHP Pedro Villarreal from Triple-A Louisville Bats. Cingrani, who is 0-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 24 relief outings, had an MRI on Monday that revealed shoulder inflammation. Villarreal appeared with the Reds for the 20th time this season when he entered Monday's game in the first inning. ... Cincinnati SS Zack Cozart had surgery Monday morning to repair tears of the anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments and the biceps tendon in his right knee. His rehab will take approximately seven to nine months. ... The Tigers reinstated RHP Bruce Rondon from the disabled list, then optioned him to Triple-A Toledo. ... Detroit CF Rajai Davis played the 1,000th game of his career by serving as the designated hitter.