Cincinnati Reds at Toronto Blue Jays

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Cincinnati Reds

62-65, 31-31 Away

Final
11 - 7

Toronto Blue Jays

60-68, 30-33 Home

Elly De La Cruz homers and steals 60th base, Reds rally to beat Blue Jays 11-7

“That’s us,” De La Cruz said. “We never give up. Down six, it doesn’t matter. We fight until the last out.”

Spencer Steer hit a two-run home run, and Noelvi Marte and Jonathan India also connected as the Reds took two of three from Toronto.

“Anytime you can score 11 unanswered is usually a good thing,” Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson said.

After striking out in his first at bat, De La Cruz reached base four times. He stole third base in the fifth inning, his majors-leading 60th. De La Cruz added his 22nd homer, a solo shot off Zach Pop in the eighth.

“It’s unbelievable what he can do day in and day out,” Stephenson said.

De La Cruz said he was happy about joining the exclusive 20-homer, 60-steal club.

“It means a lot,” he said. “That’s why I’m working in the offseason. I feel so proud and so happy.”

Toronto’s George Springer hit the 60th leadoff home run of his career and the Blue Jays added two more homers off right-hander Nick Martinez in the first three innings, but couldn’t hold on.

Spencer Horwitz hit a two-run drive in the first, his eighth. Ernie Clement made it 6-0 with a three-run blast in the third, his ninth.

Clement went 2 for 4. He also homered Monday.

“He’s turned into an everyday player for us for the first time in his career, and he’s handled it great,” manager John Schneider said.

Steer started the comeback by homering off Blue Jays right-hander Yariel Rodríguez in the fourth, his 19th, and the Reds grabbed the lead with a five-run fifth.

India chased Rodríguez with an RBI single and De La Cruz greeted left-hander Brendon Little (1-2) with a two-run single before scoring on Stephenson’s fielder’s choice grounder. Santiago Espinal capped the 11-batter inning with a bases-loaded walk against right-hander Erik Swanson.

Marte and India hit back-to-back homers off Swanson in the sixth, and Stephenson added an RBI double. Marte’s homer was his fourth, while India hit his 12th.

Emilio Pagán (3-3) pitched one inning for the win.

Rodríguez allowed five runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings. He is winless in seven starts.

Martinez allowed a season-high six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Springer’s leadoff homer was his third of the season. He ranks second to Hall of Famer Rickey Handerson (81) on the career list.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: OF Jake Fraley (right knee) was scratched from the lineup and replaced by Will Benson.

Reds: LHP Nick Lodolo (9-5, 4.55 ERA) is scheduled to start Thursday as Cincinnati visits Pittsburgh to begin a four-game series. The Pirates had not announced a starter.

Blue Jays: Toronto hosts the Los Angeles Angels Thursday in the opener of a four-game series. Neither team had announced a starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Blue Jays: 46.5%

Reds: 53.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Barger lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Jimenez doubled to right, Guerrero Jr. scored.
	9th Inning	Clement grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Horwitz out at second, Guerrero Jr. to third.
	9th Inning	Horwitz walked.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. singled to center.

Statistics

CIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	11
13	Strikeouts	8
11	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	10
4	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	36
4	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
17	Fly Balls	17
1	Caught Stealing	0
192	Pitches	171
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
24	Total Bases	23
44	Plate Appearances	43
648.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
5	Extra Base Hits	7
9.4	Runs Created	8.2
.289	Batting Average	.278
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.632	Slugging Percentage	.639
.553	Secondary Average	.528
.386	On Base Percentage	.395
1.018	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.034
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
9.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.9
73.0	Batter Rating	55.0
9.5	At Bats Per Home Run	12.0
0.80	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.36	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.98
.342	Isolated Power	.361
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.140
.263	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.250
22.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
108.3	MLB Rating	99.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0