Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds

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Washington Nationals

14-19, 5-12 Away

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Cincinnati Reds

18-15, 9-8 Home

Hunter Greene strikes out 12 as Reds beat Nationals 6-1

Tyler Stephenson hit a two-run double in his season debut after recovering from a left oblique strain sustained during spring training.

Greene (4-2) averaged 99 mph with his fastball and got 21 swings and misses among 114 pitches — four more than any other major league pitcher had thrown in a game this season.

He started 16 of 22 batters with strikes and threw 83 strikes in all, lowering his ERA to 2.53. He walked two.

Greene's only game with more strikeouts was when he fanned 14 against Minnesota on Sept. 20, 2023.

Reds pitchers matched their season high with 17 strikeouts, which set a season high for Nationals batters.

Santiago Espinal hit a two-run double in the first, Matt McLain grounded into a run-scoring forceout in the second and Stephenson doubled for a 5-0 lead in the third off Mitchell Parker (3-2), who allowed four hits and four walks in four innings. All four batters he walked came around to score.

Josh Bell homered on a fastball in the fifth, his fifth home run this season.

After a 1-hour, 51-minute rain delay at the start, Elly De La Cruz walked in the first and extended his on-base streak to 21 games.

Key moment CJ Abrams hit a line drive off of Greene for the Nationals' first hit in the third.

Key stat Greene struck out five of his last six batters and every Nationals' hitter at least once.

Up next Nationals RHP Trevor Williams (1-30, 5.70) and Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (3-2, 2.25) start Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crews struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rosario struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Rosario hit for Bell
	9th Inning	García Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ruiz walked.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan

Statistics

WSH		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	13
17	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
7	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	10
34	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.3	Runs Created	4.8
.133	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.333
.233	Secondary Average	.333
.235	On Base Percentage	.368
.469	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.702
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
12.0	Batter Rating	38.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.100	Isolated Power	.100
0.24	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.20
.118	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.158
.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.100
2.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
62.3	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0