San Diego Padres at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

45-38, 20-24 Away

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Cincinnati Reds

44-40, 24-19 Home

Reds rally to beat Padres 3-2 on Will Benson's bases-loaded single in the 9th

Will Benson drills a walk-off winner for the Reds

Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz led off the ninth with an infield single that originally was scored an error by Padres third baseman Tyler Wade.

De La Cruz scored the tying run on a one-out RBI single by Spencer Steer, and after Jose Trevino singled to load the bases, Benson ripped a single down the right-field line for his third hit of the game to score Gavin Lux and lift the Reds to the victory in the rubber match of the three-game series.

It was the third walk-off win of the year for the Reds and the second of their six-game homestand.

It was just the third blown save of the season for Suarez (2-4), who entered the game as MLB’s save leader with 23.

De La Cruz tied the game in the sixth inning with an RBI single, but San Diego reclaimed the lead in the seventh on Jose Iglesias’ RBI fielder’s choice with the bases loaded.

It was a rare late-inning comeback for the Reds, who came into the game with a 1-34 record when trailing after seven innings.

Cincinnati closer Emilio Pagan (1-2) earned the win after working the ninth inning.

San Diego had been 37-2 when leading after eight.

Xander Bogaerts had a homer and two doubles for the Padres.

Key moment Trailing 1-0 in the sixth inning, Reds reliever Scott Barlow got Manny Machado to foul out with the bases loaded.

Key stat The Padres stranded 13 runners and went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.

Up next Reds RHP Chase Burns (0-0, 5.40 ERA) opposes Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet (7-4, 2.06). Padres RHP Matt Waldron (0-0, 0.00) will face Phillies RHP Zack Wheeler (7-3, 2.45) in Philadelphia.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benson singled to right, Lux scored, Trevino to second, Steer to third.
	9th Inning	Trevino singled to right, Steer to second, Lux to third.
	9th Inning	Steer singled to center, De La Cruz scored, Lux to second.
	9th Inning	Lux walked, De La Cruz to second.
	9th Inning	Hays flied out to left.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz reached on infield single to third.

Statistics

SD		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	13
5	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
26	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
167	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	10
42	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
6.0	Runs Created	2.9
.235	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.412	Slugging Percentage	.303
.382	Secondary Average	.091
.366	On Base Percentage	.314
.778	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.617
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
26.0	Batter Rating	23.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.60
.176	Isolated Power	.030
1.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.182
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
79.5	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0