Minnesota Twins at Cincinnati Reds

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Minnesota Twins

36-36, 16-24 Away

Final
5 - 6

Cincinnati Reds

38-35, 19-16 Home

Friedl drives in a pair and Reds rally for 3rd straight win, 6-5 over Twins

Buxton crushes a solo shot to center field

Cincinnati has won eight of its last 11 games to climb within two games of the third NL wild-card spot.

Byron Buxton's solo homer off Andrew Abbott put the Twins ahead 1-0 in the third.

David Festa held Cincinnati hitless until the fourth when Will Benson's two-run double put the Reds ahead 2-1.

Festa left the game in the fourth with a right hand contusion after allowing four runs, two earned.

Jake Fraley drove in two more runs with a single to make the score 4-1.

A throwing error by Reds third baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand opened the door for a Twins rally in the sixth. Harrison Bader's three-run homer caromed over the wall off Fraley's glove to put them ahead 5-4.

Abbott allowed five runs, but only one earned, dropping his ERA to 1.84. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.

Friedl's double in the sixth off Brock Stewart (1-1) drove home the go-ahead runs.

Emilio Pagán pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 17th save. Scott Barlow (2-0) earned the victory for Cincinnati with 1 1/3 innings, striking out two.

Key moment Buxton reached over the center field wall to rob Benson of a solo home run to end the second then came to bat with one out in the third and hit a solo homer just over Friedl's glove in nearly the same spot.

Key stat Abbott has allowed a run in the first inning just once in his past 24 starts. He allowed five runs in the first on Aug. 7, 2024 against the Marlins.

Up next Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (4-5, 3.76 ERA) faces Twins RHP Bailey Ober (4-3, 4.40) on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vázquez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Buxton walked, Bader to second.
	9th Inning	Wallner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bader walked.
	9th Inning	Larnach popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan

Statistics

MIN		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	8
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	163
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	7
38	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.1	Runs Created	3.9
.229	Batting Average	.167
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.233
.229	Secondary Average	.400
.289	On Base Percentage	.359
.718	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.592
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
36.0	Batter Rating	35.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.200	Isolated Power	.067
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.205
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.233
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
83.0	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0