CHICAGO -- Before this year, the only experience that Reds rookie center fielder
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\n\n \n\n“If he doesn't throw him out, the inning gets extended. It's 3-1,” Bell said. “It's a completely different game. He charged it, attacked the ball and made a good, strong throw.\"\n\nAccording to Statcast, Senzel’s throw clocked in at 96 mph and was the hardest throw tracked by a Reds player this year.
\"That was a great throw -- a perfect throw,” Roark said. “I threw up a fist up in the air. I was pretty pumped up. It was a great throw, a great tag to get out of the inning with no runs.\"\n\nFor Senzel, it was a bit of redemption. In the eighth inning of Friday’s 6-5 Reds win, Senzel briefly bobbled the ball and made a rushed throw after fielding a Contreras single. It allowed Rizzo to score what was at the time the go-ahead run for Chicago.\n\n“I tried to flip my glove and just try to catch it on an in-between hop and I didn’t catch it,” Senzel said of Friday’s play. “My momentum was carrying me forward and I had to throw it on the run. It wasn’t a terrible throw, but I needed more arm.”\n\nThat was not an issue on Sunday.\n\n“I think I put my body in a better position to throw. Just transferring to the outfield after I played the infield my whole life, so I have that natural run on the ball. I’ve been working on staying on top of the baseball now.”\n\nThe game broke open in a four-run top of the sixth inning. After a
\n\nIn the eighth inning, Senzel sent a hit into center field and hustled ahead of