Athletics at Cincinnati Reds

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Athletics

45-70, 24-34 Away

Final
5 - 6

Cincinnati Reds

56-58, 29-31 Home

Reds homer four times to back Andrew Abbott, beat the Athletics 6-5 to complete sweep

Athletics vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

The Reds (56-58) improved to 13-6 since the All-Star break. The A's (45-70) have lost eight straight games and 12 straight series.

Brian Serven hit a two-run homer off Brock Burke to get the A's within a run in the ninth. It was Serven's second homer. Burke retired the next two batters for his second save.

De La Cruz led off the game with his 19th home run of the season off A's left-hander Mason Barnett.

Barnett (1-2) made his second straight start after 14 relief appearances. He allowed five earned runs in 4 1/3 innings with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Reds left-hander Andrew Abbott retired seven straight before singles by Henry Bolte and Tommy White and a walk to Jonah Heim loaded the bases in the fourth.

Tyler Soderstrom's two-run single then put the A's ahead 2-1. Heim scored a third run on a double-play grounder.

Abbott (6-7) allowed three earned runs on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

Sal Stewart led off the fourth with his 25th home run, moving him into second place on the franchise's single-season list for homers by a rookie. Stewart was tied with Joey Votto, who hit 24 in 2008.

Two batters later, Tyler Stephenson hit his 10th homer to tie the score 3-3.

A's right-hander Elvis Alvarado issued consecutive bases-loaded walks in the fifth to put the Reds ahead 5-3. Alvarado hadn't allowed a run in 13 of 15 appearances.

JJ Bleday hit his 20th home run off Seth Johnson, who made his A's debut, to increase the Reds' lead to 6-3 in the seventh.

Up next Athletics: RHP Jack Perkins (2-7, 6.72 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday at Boston.

Reds: Have not announced the opener for Friday's game at Washington.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ornelas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Williams grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Serven homered to left center (391 feet), Butler scored.
	9th Inning	Butler reached on infield single to shortstop, Butler safe at second on throwing error by shortstop De La Cruz.
	9th Inning	Muncy flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Burke relieved Moll

Statistics

ATH		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
17	Ground Balls	7
6	Strikeouts	13
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
134	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	21
36	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
3.0	Runs Created	7.6
.265	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.353	Slugging Percentage	.677
.147	Secondary Average	.581
.306	On Base Percentage	.378
.658	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.056
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.6
30.0	Batter Rating	47.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	7.8
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.72	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.088	Isolated Power	.419
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.323
9.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.8	MLB Rating	92.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0