Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins

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Cincinnati Reds

13-8, 7-2 Away

Final
5 - 4

Minnesota Twins

11-10, 7-5 Home

Myers' RBI single in 9th and strong bullpen outing lift Reds past Twins 5-4

Reds take the lead with Dane Myers' RBI single

Cincinnati’s bullpen tossed 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief with Kyle Nicolas (1-0) striking out the side in the eighth before Tony Santillan struck out two in a clean ninth for his first save.

Pinch-hitter Spencer Steer opened the ninth by reaching on a single that deflected off the glove of Twins’ shortstop Brooks Lee. Sacrificed to second base, Steer scored on a bloop single by Myers off Cole Sands (0-1).

Cincinnati is 10-0 in games decided by fewer than three runs, tied for the second-longest stretch (Boston 1946, Cleveland 1966) to open an MLB season. Milwaukee was 12-0 in 1987. The Reds are 6-0 in one-run games.

The Reds' bullpen, which tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings in Friday’s 2-1 win, has a MLB-leading 2.31 ERA.

Eugenio Suárez scored on a sacrifice fly by Rece Hinds to tie the game at 4 in the eighth.

A Ryan Jeffers two-run triple, his first three-base hit since Sept. 24, 2023, gave the Twins an 2-0 first-inning lead and Brooks Lee’s RBI single made it 4-2 Twins in the fifth, but Sam Moll struck out Tristan Gray with the bases loaded.

Minnesota, which entered the game second in the majors hitting .306 with runners in scoring position, finished 3 for 15. Of its 11 runners left on base, eight were in scoring position.

Minnesota starter Taj Bradley allowed two earned runs in six innings and struck out five. Cincinnati starter Andrew Abbott allowed six hits and four runs, three earned, in 4 2/3 innings after allowing 13 earned runs in 14 innings over his prior three outings.

Up next Reds RHP Brady Singer (1-1, 5.60) is scheduled to face Twins righty Bailey Ober (2-0, 5.49) on Sunday afternoon.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wallner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wallner hit for Outman
	9th Inning	Keaschall struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jeffers flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Santillan relieved Nicolas
	9th Inning	Steer at first base.

Statistics

CIN		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	12
5	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	24
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	178
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	13
40	Plate Appearances	42
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
5.5	Runs Created	4.9
.324	Batting Average	.243
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.382	Slugging Percentage	.351
.147	Secondary Average	.270
.359	On Base Percentage	.333
.741	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.685
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
36.0	Batter Rating	32.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.65	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.24
.059	Isolated Power	.108
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.42
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.119
-.176	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.027
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
87.3	MLB Rating	80.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0