Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

42-36, 24-16 Away

Final
7 - 4

Cincinnati Reds

36-41, 19-21 Home

Encarnacion-Strand hits his 1st career grand slam to power Reds' rally to beat Red Sox 8-4

Elly De La Cruz, TJ Friedl and Santiago Espinal added RBI for the Reds.

Nick Martinez (6-8) pitched 6 2/3 innings, yielding four runs off nine hits to help Cincinnati avoid being swept in the three-game interleague series.

Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run home run for the Red Sox. Romy Gonzalez drove in two runs, including an RBI double in the seventh to pull Boston within 5-4.

Brennan Bernardino opened for Boston, pitching 1 1/3 innings before handing off to Jorge Alcala and then Chris Murphy. That trio held Cincinnati to three hits and no runs over 5 2/3 innings before Greg Weissert took over.

Weissert (2-3) got the final out of the sixth. But things fell apart in the seventh when Stephenson led off with a single, followed by Rece Hinds reaching on a fielder’s choice and Gavin Lux walking to load the bases for Encarnacion-Strand. Weissert was pulled after surrendering five runs off four hits.

Earlier Wednesday, Abreu hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth to help Boston earn a 5-3 win in the completion of a game suspended by rain on Tuesday.

Key moment Abreu jumped on Martinez’s changeup in the sixth, driving it over the right-field wall and into the Reds’ bullpen beyond the reach of Hinds. It came after Hinds had made a catch against the same wall in the fifth, robbing Jarren Duran of an extra-base hit.

Key stat Encarnacion-Strand’s grand slam was Cincinnati's sixth of the season.

Up next LHP Andrew Abbott (7-1, 1.79 ERA) will start for Cincinnati when it opens its three-game series at Philadelphia on Friday. RHP Lucas Giolito (4-1, 3.99) is scheduled to start for Boston at Washington.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Candelario flied out to right.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz singled to right.
	9th Inning	Friedl grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Fairchild popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved Slaten

Statistics

BOS		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
16	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	8
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	37
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	159
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	13
41	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
6.8	Runs Created	4.1
.270	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.514	Slugging Percentage	.351
.378	Secondary Average	.081
.341	On Base Percentage	.308
.855	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.659
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
6.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
49.0	Batter Rating	32.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.54	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.243	Isolated Power	.081
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.108	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.189
13.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
93.3	MLB Rating	81.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0