Cincinnati Reds at Tampa Bay Rays

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Cincinnati Reds

50-54, 25-26 Away

Final
0 - 4

Tampa Bay Rays

53-52, 28-28 Home

Jackson, Díaz hit consecutive 5th-inning homers and Rays beat Reds 4-0

Jackson, who was 10 for 100 this season going into the plate appearance, hit a 407-foot homer to left on an 0-1 sweeper from Andrew Abbott (9-7) at the bottom of the strike zone, his third home run this season.

“I got something offspeed the pitch before and I felt like I saw it pretty good,” Jackson said. “So, I kind of told myself to be ready for it. I was able to catch it out in front and when I saw it leave the infield I was like: I think I got that one.”

Díaz drove an 0-2 fastball to right-center for his ninth home run. Díaz returned Friday after missing seven games for personal reasons and went 1 for 5 with a single.

Amed Rosario and Brandon Lowe followed with consecutive doubles that chased Abbott, who gave up four runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.

“I made some good pitches, two of them were pretty spot on to where I wanted to go with them, they just put pretty good swings on those,” Abbott said. “You always want to go deep into games, save the bullpen, give the team a chance to win. Unfortunately, the hits just kept on coming in this one.”

Littell (4-7) allowed three hits and matched his season high of seven innings, striking out five and walking one. He had been 0-2 in his previous three starts.

"Nice to see him kind of rebound, bounce back for us,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “He’s been so solid for us all season long, today you can argue maybe one of his better, if not his best outing.”

Tampa Bay has been dispersing players ahead of the trade deadline, sending outfielder Randy Arozarena to Seattle and starting pitcher Zach Eflin to Baltimore. “I haven’t thought about it. Obviously, I know it’s a possibility,” Littell said. “It hasn’t crossed my mind."

Jose Siri hit into a run-scoring forceout in the second. With runners on second and third and one out, shortstop Elly De La Cruz threw to third baseman Noelvi Marte, who tagged Jonny DeLuca. Umpire Edwin Moscoso called DeLuca safe, but the call was overturned in a video review.

A crowd of 23,464 was announced at Tropicana Field, the second-highest this season after 25,025 sellout crowd for opening day.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: RHP Emilio Pagan (right lat strain) threw a bullpen session Friday and is scheduled to throw to hitters Tuesday. He could be scheduled for a rehab start in the first week of August. Rays: LHP Jeffrey Springs (Tommy John surgery) is to make his season debut Tuesday against Miami. ... RHP Ryan Pepiot (right knee infection) threw off the mound Saturday and will be evaluated Sunday.

RHP Hunter Greene (7-4, 3.14 ERA) will start for the Reds in Sunday’s series finale. The Rays will send out RHP Shawn Armstrong as an opener.

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 44.9%

Reds: 55.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Candelario grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Steer to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Friedl flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Steer walked.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Poché relieved Kelly

Statistics

CIN		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	8
5	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
4	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
15	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	1
126	Pitches	150
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	1
4	Total Bases	18
32	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	6
0.0	Runs Created	6.0
.138	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.138	Slugging Percentage	.600
.069	Secondary Average	.433
.219	On Base Percentage	.353
.357	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.953
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
0.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.8
5.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.29
.000	Isolated Power	.333
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.069	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
0.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
60.3	MLB Rating	87.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0