Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

31-34, 15-18 Away

Final
2 - 6

San Diego Padres

34-31, 18-18 Home

Padres rally for 6-2 win after the Reds botch 3 straight bunts in the 7th inning

Cincinnati Reds vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Freddy Fermin homered in his third consecutive game and drove in two runs for the Padres, who were struggling offensively for yet another night until they found a highly unorthodox way out of their slump and into just their third win in 14 games.

After Sheets doubled in Xander Bogaerts to chase starter Andrew Abbott (4-4), the next three San Diego batters bunted against Tejay Antone — and the Reds couldn’t field any of them.

Jase Bowen and Samad Taylor got credit for singles when Antone and his infielders failed to play their bunts cleanly, with Sheets scoring the tiebreaking run on what appeared to be a safety squeeze attempt by Taylor.

Antone was then charged with a fielding error on Fermin’s bunt, although the reliever shook it off and escaped the bases-loaded, nobody-out jam.

Bowen and Taylor, the Padres’ two recent outfield callups, contributed more than just big bunts.

Taylor added a two-run single in the Padres' three-run eighth, while Bowen had two hits and stole the first two bases of his major league career. Taylor also threw out Matt McLain at home to end the second.

Abbott pitched four-hit ball into the seventh with six strikeouts for the Reds, who have lost five straight and nine of 11.

Walker Buehler held the Reds to one run despite giving up eight hits over 4 2/3 rocky innings.

Fermin homered in the third to extend an improbable power streak for a catcher who had only 20 homers in his five-year major league career.

The Reds went ahead in the sixth when Noelvi Marte singled and scored on Edwin Arroyo's sacrifice fly against winner Adrian Morejon (5-1).

Up next Lucas Giolito (2-1, 4.86 ERA) makes his second home start for the Padres on Tuesday night against the Reds' Chase Burns (7-1, 2.05 ERA), who hasn't allowed more than two runs in any of his nine starts while going 6-0 since April 10.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bleday struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Dunn struck out looking. Cincinnati Reds challenged call on the field was upheld
	9th Inning	Arroyo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Adam
	8th Inning	Tatis Jr. grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Fermin singled to center, Taylor scored.

Statistics

CIN		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
11	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	2
9	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	3
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	146
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	1
11	Total Bases	14
38	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
4.5	Runs Created	5.2
.273	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.424
.212	Secondary Average	.303
.342	On Base Percentage	.314
.675	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.739
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
22.0	Batter Rating	43.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.061	Isolated Power	.152
0.36	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.8	MLB Rating	88.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0