Led by Will Benson, Elly De La Cruz and others, the Reds snapped out of their latest offensive funk. Even if they hadn't, starting pitcher Nick Martinez had their backs against the White Sox.

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Will Benson went 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Cincinnati Reds, who snapped a three-game skid with a 7-1 win against the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday.

During a 2-5 road trip to Atlanta and Houston, the Cincinnati Reds bullpen pitched 30 1/3 of the staff's 61 2/3 innings, 11 2/3 of 17 the last 2 days.

Take last night, for instance. The Reds, according to the box score, got smoked late by a terrible Chicago White Sox club and lost yet another home game - this time by the score of 5-1. The box score is ugly, aside from Andrew Abbott’s rock solid start and a 2-hit night from Elly De La Cruz that featured the below dinger:

Think about Tuesday night alone. Elly De La Cruz hits a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth. Finally, Elly gets a clutch hit. The Reds' biggest superstar gets the biggest hit of the game, but it could have been a walk-off home run had the same base running mistakes we've seen all season not occurred again on Tuesday night.

"Our infielders are taught to go get the ball until they're called off. From where I called I'm sure he didn't hear me," said Friedl, who paid for it.