Cleveland Guardians at Cincinnati Reds

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Cleveland Guardians

25-20, 11-12 Away

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Cincinnati Reds

23-24, 12-12 Home

Benson and Hinds homer, Reds win third straight, 4-1 over Guardians

Brent Suter allowed four hits in three innings before five relievers combined to allow a run on four hits for the Reds, including a 1-2-3 sixth inning by Luis Mey (1-0).

Lyon Richardson relieved Suter and allowed Daniel Schneemann's solo homer, his sixth, leading off the fifth to put the Guardians ahead 1-0.

Slade Cecconi (0-1) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list to start Saturday for the Guardians after recovering from a left oblique strain he suffered during spring training.

Cecconi allowed just two hits through four innings, but Benson tied the score 1-1 with his third homer leading off the fifth. Benson has homered in three straight games for the first time in his career.

In the sixth, TJ Friedl doubled and scored on Santiago Espinal's single to put the Reds ahead. Espinal scored on Austin Hays' double off Cade Smith to make it 3-1.

Cecconi gave up three runs on five hits in five innings, tying a career-high with eight Ks and no walks.

Hinds made the score 4-1 with his second homer in the seventh off Jakob Junis.

Emilio Pagán retired the Guardians in order in the ninth for his 11th save.

Key moment With Friedl on second base with no outs in the sixth, Espinal showed bunt, then pulled the bat back and lined an RBI single to right to put the Reds ahead 2-1.

Key stat Cecconi is one of three Cleveland pitchers to record eight or more strikeouts with no walks in their Guardians debut, joining Tanner Bibee in 2023 and Floyd Weaver in 1962.

Up next Luis Ortiz (2-4, 4.78) is scheduled to start Sunday for the Guardians against Andrew Abbott (2-0, 2.10) in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arias lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Santana grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Manzardo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan
	8th Inning	Benson struck out looking.
	8th Inning	Cantillo relieved Clase

Statistics

CLE		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	15
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	11
1	Caught Stealing	0
135	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	18
32	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
1.9	Runs Created	5.2
.250	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.563
.063	Secondary Average	.344
.250	On Base Percentage	.303
.594	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.866
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.8
15.0	Batter Rating	38.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.094	Isolated Power	.281
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.07
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.188	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
72.3	MLB Rating	85.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0