Cincinnati Reds at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

58-62, 29-31 Away

Final
9 - 8

Chicago White Sox

62-58, 37-24 Home

Sal Stewart homers as Reds hold off Chicago White Sox for a 9-8 win

Tempers flare after Sal Stewart nearly gets plunked in the face

Stewart scored four times and Suárez drove in four runs as Cincinnati took the rubber game in the three-game series. Tejay Antone (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win, and Julian Garcia worked a shaky ninth for his second save.

Randal Grichuk had three RBI for Chicago, which had won three of four. Chase Meidroth and Sam Antonacci each had two hits and scored two runs.

Edgar Quero hit an RBI single for the AL Central leaders in the ninth, but Antonacci bounced to shortstop for the final out.

White Sox right-hander Davis Martin was ejected after threw up and in on Stewart on consecutive pitches leading off the third, hitting the rookie slugger with the second one. Both benches and bullpens cleared, but order was quickly restored.

Stewart hit a 419-foot solo shot in the first for his 26th homer. Stephenson was hit by a pitch with two outs, and Suárez made it 3-0 with a two-run drive to left for his 18th of the season.

Grichuk hit a two-run double in Chicago's three-run second, but Suárez hit a tying sacrifice fly in the third and Cincinnati added four more in the fourth.

Stewart singled in Ke’Bryan Hayes, giving the Reds a 5-4 lead. One batter later, Stephenson connected for a three-run shot off Erick Fedde (6-8).

Cincinnati tacked on another run in the sixth when Tanner McDougal walked the bases loaded before hitting Suárez with a 3-0 pitch in his major league debut.

Chicago closed to 9-7 on Andrew Benintendi's two-run single in the eighth. But Miguel Vargas struck out swinging on a full-count curveball from Pierce Johnson, stranding runners on the corners.

Up next Reds: RHP Chase Burns (13-2, 2.61 ERA) starts Friday night against Miami in the opener of an eight-game homestand. RHP Sandy Alcantara (13-6, 3.52 ERA) takes the mound for the Marlins.

White Sox: Open a weekend series at Detroit on Friday night. RHP Jackson Jobe (1-0, 0.00 ERA) starts for the Tigers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Antonacci grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Romo ran for Quero
	9th Inning	Quero singled to right, B. Montgomery scored.
	9th Inning	B. Montgomery to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	C. Montgomery flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Murakami struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	12
9	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	39
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
21	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	191
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	16
44	Plate Appearances	44
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
7.6	Runs Created	6.5
.235	Batting Average	.308
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.410
.471	Secondary Average	.231
.386	On Base Percentage	.386
.886	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.797
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
7.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.5
54.0	Batter Rating	52.0
11.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.45	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.34
.265	Isolated Power	.103
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.42
.136	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.235	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.077
18.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
96.8	MLB Rating	94.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0