Cleveland Guardians at Cincinnati Reds

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Cleveland Guardians

25-19, 11-11 Away

Final
4 - 5

Cincinnati Reds

22-24, 11-12 Home

Will Benson's 3-run homer helps Reds beat Guardians 5-4

Austin Hays also homered for the Reds, who have won two in a row after dropping three straight.

Singer (5-2) allowed three runs and three hits in five innings, struck out four and walked one to win his second start in a row. Emilio Pagán, the Reds' fourth reliever of the game, retired the Guardians in order in the ninth for his 10th save.

Bo Naylor and José Ramírez homered for the Guardians.

Benson lined a three-run homer off Tanner Bibee (3-4) to put Cincinnati ahead 3-0 in the second inning. It was his second home run in as many games.

Hays' fifth homer of the season on Bibee's first pitch in the third made it 5-0. It was the 11th homer allowed this season by Bibee (3-4) who gave up five runs — four earned — and 10 hits in six innings.

Carlos Santana extended his on-base streak to 18 games with a two-out, two-run single off Singer in the fourth to make it 5-2.

Naylor led off the fifth with his sixth homer of the season off Singer.

Ramírez cut the Guardians' deficit to one with a solo homer off Graham Ashcraft in the eighth.

Key moment The Reds were denied a sixth run when Guardians right fielder Will Brennan threw out Gavin Lux trying to score from third on Tyler Stephenson's fly ball to end the third and keep the score close.

Key stat The Guardians have won the season series against the in-state rival Reds — and with it, the coveted “Ohio Cup” the past 10 seasons.

Up next RHP Chase Petty (0-2, 21.94) starts for the Reds on Saturday, while RHP Slade Cecconi will be reinstated from the 15-day injured list to start for the Guardians.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arias struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Schneemann grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Santana flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan
	8th Inning	McLain struck out looking.
	8th Inning	Benson grounded out to first.

Statistics

CLE		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	19
34	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
2.7	Runs Created	7.1
.167	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.400	Slugging Percentage	.559
.333	Secondary Average	.353
.242	On Base Percentage	.361
.642	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.920
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.3
29.0	Batter Rating	41.0
15.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.69
.233	Isolated Power	.235
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.167	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
8.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
77.5	MLB Rating	91.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0