Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds

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Boston Red Sox

1-2, 1-2 Away

Final
2 - 3

Cincinnati Reds

2-1, 2-1 Home

Eugenio Suarez hits a 3-run homer and Reds beat Red Sox 3-2 to win season-opening series

Boston Red Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

Suarez’s homer, his first since rejoining the Reds this offseason, came on an 0-2 pitch from Greg Weissert with two runners aboard in the sixth to put Cincinnati ahead 3-2.

It was his 190th homer in a Reds uniform, one shy of Brandon Phillips for 12th on the franchise’s all-time list.

Wilyer Abreu went 6 for 13 for Boston in the three-game series with two home runs, two doubles, and four RBI.

Connelly Early, 23, was the youngest pitcher to start one of the Red Sox’ first three games in a season since Jeff Sellers in 1987 and the youngest left-hander to do so since Billy Rohr in 1967.

Early pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts over 96 pitches.

Reds rookie Rhett Lowder made his first appearance since Sept. 28, 2024, after missing the entire 2025 season with both a right forearm strain and left oblique strain.

Abreu, who tied the score in the ninth on Saturday with a two-out solo homer, hit a two-run homer off Lowder in the fourth to put Boston ahead 2-0.

Lowder allowed two runs on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts on 86 pitches through five innings.

The Red Sox had runners on first and third in the eighth but Tony Santillan struck out Caleb Durbin to end the inning.

They had the tying and go-ahead runners aboard in the ninth but Emilio Pagan got Trevor Story to fly out to center for the final out.

Reds designated hitter Sal Stewart, who went 7 for 10 in the series, went 2 for 2 with a double and two walks.

Up next Red Sox: Left-hander Ranger Suarez is scheduled to start Monday's series opener in Houston.

Reds: Right-hander Chase Burns is scheduled to start Monday's series opener in Pittsburgh.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Story flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Anthony intentionally walked.
	9th Inning	Rafaela lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Rafaela hit for Wong
	9th Inning	Monasterio doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Yoshida flied out to left.

Statistics

BOS		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	11
38	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
4.5	Runs Created	3.2
.219	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.406	Slugging Percentage	.379
.375	Secondary Average	.276
.342	On Base Percentage	.333
.748	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.713
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.6
24.0	Batter Rating	24.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.34	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.12
.188	Isolated Power	.138
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.158	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.156	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.5	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0