CINCINNATI — While the collective musical preference of the Phillies and Cincinnati Reds isn’t known, the two teams played with a quickness Monday as if they were huge Snoop Dogg fans.

Fo shizzle.

The immensely popular entertainer performed following the game at Great American Ballpark, and you had to wonder if the players wanted to get to it as quick as possible. A quick game of two hours and 20 minutes and a concert are much better if a win is attached, and the Phillies got that with a 4-1 triumph over the Reds.

The only real delay in the game came in the top of the eighth when the Reds decided to challenge whether Kyle Schwarber’s monster two-run homer was fair or foul. The call stood as fair and Schwarber’s 42nd home run of the season gave the Phillies a 4-1 lead.

Phillies starter Taijuan Walker struggled in the first inning as he allowed a run on three hits while throwing 27 pitches. The big right-hander found a groove, however, and didn’t allow another run during his six innings of work in which he allowed six hits, just that run, a walk and struck out two while throwing a manageable 93 pitches in his duel with Reds starter Andrew Abbott.

“I started getting quick outs, a lot of ground ball outs today, which was key,” Walker, who now sports a 3.39 ERA this season, said. “The biggest thing is just keeping the team in the game. That first inning could have got away but only let up the one run and after that just kind of got into a little groove and started being aggressive and just started pounding the zone.

“I said before, I busted my butt in the offseason. I wanted to come back this year and show them that I worked hard and I was ready to get back into the rotation. I think I proved that and especially going back and forth staying calm and under control and within myself and going out to do whatever they want me to do. I’m comfortable as a starter and I’ve done it for a long time, so hopefully keep going.”

Abbott was lights out against the Phillies for seven innings and began the eighth by striking out Harrison Bader and Otto Kemp. As has been the norm for the Phillies on this road trip, the offense did what it needed to do to secure the team’s eighth win in the past 10 games. The Phillies are now 69-49, their first time to 20 games over .500 this season. They lead the idle New York Mets by six games in the National League East.

Edmundo Sosa got a two-out single in the eighth and then Weston Wilson, one of the plethora of platoon outfielders manager Rob Thomson has at his disposal, lined a double down the left-field line that bounced around for a bit, allowing Sosa to score from first and tie the game at one. Sosa then scored on a single by Trea Turner and then Schwarber hit that monster shot to right, just inside the foul pole.

It was the second game in a row that Wilson came up big at the plate. His single in the fifth Sunday gave the Phillies a 3-2 lead in an eventual 4-2 win over the Rangers. Monday, he did it again.

“It’s something I’ve been accustomed to the last couple of years,” Wilson said of platooning. “That’s my role, playing against lefties and just doing the same thing that I’ve been doing, getting prepared in the cage. Trying to simulate reaction time with heaters and everything. I think when game time rolls around you kind of just go compete.

“It’s huge. I have confidence in myself and I think everybody has confidence in each other. Just being able to come up big in those moments has been awesome. Being able to take some pressure off the top of the lineup and the bottom is doing it as well now.”

Trea Turner spoke after the Phillies’ win on Monday night on the bottom of the order’s performance in the win and during their four-game winning streak.

With the luxury of his bullpen pitching so well of late, the game seems to get shorter and shorter for Thomson. Although closing sensation Jhoan Duran was unavailable Monday after having had saves the previous two games against the Rangers, the trio of Jordan Romano, David Robertson and Orion Kerkering brought it home as they combined to allow just one hit, walked one and struck out three in their three innings. The bullpen has now allowed just one earned run over the last 23 2/3 innings.

“Romano hasn’t had a full inning in a long time. He came in and threw strikes,” Thomson said. “His stuff was really good, sharp slider. D-Rob getting his feet wet in pretty high-leverage, I guess. Walked the leadoff hitter on four pitches but then he settled in and pitched great and Kerkering was fantastic. Sometimes you’re forced into it (putting in pitchers in high-leverage situations) and you can’t do anything about it. I would have liked to put [Robertson] into a little easier spot.”

Before his collapse in the eighth, Abbott had allowed just three hits to the Phillies. Oddly, all three hits, including doubles by J.T. Realmuto and Bryce Harper, led off innings, but the left-hander worked out of trouble each time.

“His pitch count was getting up there so maybe he wasn’t quite as sharp,” Thomson said of Abbott. “I think this club is so resilient, they never believe they are out of a game, they just keep fighting and that’s what I love about them.”

Thomson ended the postgame talk yelling “Snoop.” Asked if he was going to watch the concert, the manager said, “No, I’m going home and watching TV.”

There was plenty of time for that, too.