Cincinnati Reds at Boston Red Sox

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

45-42, 21-23 Away

Final
8 - 4

Boston Red Sox

43-45, 25-20 Home

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

Christian Encarnacion-Strand sends grand slam over Green Monster

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	Wong lined out to center.
	9th Inning	González struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mayer struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rafaela doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan
	9th Inning	Benson in right field.

Statistics

CIN		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
20	Ground Balls	9
6	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
41	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	5
15	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	1
149	Pitches	125
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	1
18	Total Bases	19
44	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	6
6.5	Runs Created	5.5
.293	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.439	Slugging Percentage	.543
.244	Secondary Average	.200
.341	On Base Percentage	.306
.780	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.848
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.7
50.0	Batter Rating	40.0
41.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.47
.146	Isolated Power	.229
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.068	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.049	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.114
14.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
95.3	MLB Rating	89.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0