CINCINNATI -- Hey Mike Trout and Pete Alonso, Eugenio Suarez is nipping at your heels right now -- and maybe not for long.

Michael Lorenzen¡¯s pinch-hit double may have given the Reds a thrilling walk-off win in the ninth inning over the D-backs on Sunday. But the 4-3 victory would not have been possible without Suarez, who slugged two home runs, including the game-tying solo shot in the eighth inning.?

Suarez has 44 homers in 2019, which puts him one behind the Major League co-leaders, Trout from the Angels and Alonso for the Mets.?

¡°I¡¯m close to the big guys,¡± Suarez said. ¡°Big homers, big names. I¡¯m happy for that. I¡¯m proud of myself and what I do and who I am right now.¡±

Trout is the favorite to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award and Alonso seems a lock for National League Rookie of the Year. Suarez has gotten little national recognition for the fourth-place Reds.

¡°He does it quietly,¡± Reds manager David Bell said. ¡°We certainly recognize it and are really grateful for it. We know how great of a player he is. He¡¯s just quietly snuck up and is close to leading the league in home runs. It¡¯s not something that gets mentioned as much as maybe it should.¡±

Suarez could soon be the first Red with 45 homers in a year since Adam Dunn hit 46 in 2004. The single-season franchise record is 52 homers, owned by George Foster in 1977.

Cincinnati was trailing, 1-0, in the third inning when Joey Votto hit a one-out single against former Reds starter Mike Leake. On a 2-0 pitch from Leake, Suarez lifted a two-run home run to right-center field.

But Ketel Marte put Arizona ahead by one run with a two-run homer in the fifth inning against Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani.

With one out in the eighth inning, Suarez pulled a 2-1 slider from Jimmie Sherfy inside the left-field foul pole to make it a 3-3 game. He has seven multi-homer games in his career and three this season.

Suarez has hit four of the Reds¡¯ last five home runs and has 10 homers in his last 14 games.

¡°Dreams come true, you know? I try to do my best and today was a good example,¡± Suarez said.

In the ninth inning of Saturday's 2-0 loss, Suarez had a chance to win the game against Sherfy, as he represented the go-ahead run with two men on and one out. He struck out on three pitches -- all sliders -- and didn¡¯t look good while doing it.

¡°It was tough yesterday. He struck me out with three breaking balls in the dirt,¡± Suarez said. ¡°Today, when I saw him come into the game, I was ready. I¡¯m always ready for a fastball, but I was looking for that breaking ball. He¡¯s got a really good one. He put it right in my power strike zone and I hit it really good.¡±