Cincinnati Reds at Tampa Bay Rays

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Cincinnati Reds

50-55, 25-27 Away

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Tampa Bay Rays

54-52, 29-28 Home

Rays score twice in the 8th for 2-1 victory over the Reds

The Rays loaded the bases with two outs against the Reds. With one out, Reds reliever Fernando Cruz walked Yandy Diaz, Brandon Lowe reached on an infield single and Isaac Paredes walked.

Cruz struck out Amed Rosario, but catcher Austin Wynns could not handle the pitch and pinch runner Jose Caballero scored to tie the game. Lucas Sims came in to replace Cruz and walked Richie Palacios to score Lowe and give the Rays the 2-1 lead.

"Good at-bat by Yandy. Great job by (Caballero) by putting pressure on him,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.

"Cruz is nasty, tough to lay off some of those, but when you’re nasty sometimes you’ve got to go out of the zone significantly. Great at-bat by Richie as well.”

Garrett Cleavinger (7-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Pete Fairbanks earned his 20th save of the season.

"It’s nice that we play nine,” Lowe said. “Unusual way to win, but 11:35 a.m. start time. I’ll take any kind of win.”

Reds starter Hunter Greene gave up just two hits in seven scoreless innings. He had a no-hitter through 5 2/3 innings before Lowe hit a single to right field. Greene struck out five, walked one and hit two batters.

"Tough loss, but I’ve got to keep just going out there and doing my job,” Greene said. “Hopefully we’re able to get some more momentum going back home.”

Wynns had an RBI single in the second inning that scored Stuart Fairchild after he reached on one of the Rays’ three errors. On the play, Wynns got caught up trying to extend the single into a double and Santiago Espinal was thrown out at home to end the inning.

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had three hits and four stolen bases, giving him 55 this season. He also reached base on an error in the eighth inning and made a spectacular sliding catch in short left field to rob Rays shortstop Taylor Walls of a hit in the sixth inning.

“That was fantastic, it definitely gave me an extra boost,” Greene said. “It’s pretty fantastic when he makes plays like that. It’s not the first time he’s done it.”

TRADES

The Rays also made a deal prior to the game when they sent reliever Jason Adam to the San Diego Padres for right-hander Dylan Lesko, outfielder Homer Bush Jr. and catcher J.D. Gonzalez.

“This was an extremely tough morning saying goodbye to Jason, who has meant so much to our organization on and off the field,” Rays president Erik Neander said. “But we are excited to see these three guys we obtained from San Diego grow in our system."

Also on Sunday, the Chicago Cubs acquired infielder Paredes from the Rays for third baseman Christopher Morel and two minor leaguers.

Paredes is batting .245 with 16 homers and 55 RBI in 101 games this season. He signed with Chicago as an amateur free agent in 2015, but he was traded to Detroit two years later and made his big league debut with the Tigers in 2020.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: Left-hander Jeffrey Springs (Tommy John surgery) has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list and is expected to start Tuesday against the Miami Marlins. ... Right-hander Drew Rasmussen (right flexor strain) pitched two scoreless innings in Triple-A Durham on Saturday and could return to the Rays as a reliever in August.

Right-hander Carson Spiers (3-2, 3.83 ERA) will start for the Reds against the Chicago Cubs on Monday. Springs will make his season debut against the Marlins on Tuesday.

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 48.7%

Reds: 51.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benson struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Benson hit for Slater
	9th Inning	Fraley singled to center.
	9th Inning	Fraley hit for Espinal
	9th Inning	Friedl grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Candelario flied out to left.

Statistics

CIN		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
12	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	3
5	Stolen Bases	4
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	3
35	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
1.9	Runs Created	1.6
.182	Batting Average	.107
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.182	Slugging Percentage	.107
.182	Secondary Average	.286
.229	On Base Percentage	.265
.410	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.372
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
15.0	Batter Rating	13.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.24
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.179
2.0	Runs Produced	3.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
65.5	MLB Rating	62.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0