Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Cincinnati Reds

62-68, 30-32 Away

Final
11 - 5

Arizona Diamondbacks

68-62, 37-28 Home

Bleday hits for cycle, De La Cruz also has 4 hits as Reds rout Diamondbacks 11-5

JJ Bleday hits for the cycle in his first four at-bats

Bleday doubled in a run off Arizona starter Michael Soroka in the first inning, tripled to score another in the third and greeted reliever Zach Littell with a single in the fourth. He led off the sixth with a line drive over the fence in right field for the fourth cycle of the season and the eighth in Reds history dating to 1890.

Bleday also hit a deep drive that Arizona center fielder Ryan Waldschmidt ran down at the wall in the seventh and struck out in the ninth The 28-year-old left fielder topped his career high with the homer, his 21st of the season. He hit 20 for the Athletics in 2024.

De La Cruz needed a triple to join Bleday with a cycle, but settled for a four-hit game that included a 450-foot home run to right field in the fifth inning, his 21st of the season.

De La Cruz had the previous Cincinnati cycle, against Atlanta in 2023. Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, the Phillies' Bryce Harper and Tristan Peters of the White Sox also have cycles this season.

Rookie Héctor Rodríguez added his first career homer in the seventh for the Reds, who finished with 16 hits to back starter Rhett Lowder (5-8), who gave up four runs in six innings. Matt McLain also homered for Cincinnati, his 13th.

Nolan Arenado hit his 21st homer and Tim Tawa his eighth for the Diamondbacks. Soroka (8-4) gave up six hits and six runs in 3 1/3 innings.

Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a ninth-inning double.

Up next Cincinnati’s Andrew Abbott (6-8, 4.07 ERA) faces fellow left-hander Mitch Bratt (1-2, 4.17) of Arizona on Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arenado struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Perdomo grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Moreno doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Carroll grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Antone relieved Santillan
	9th Inning	Stephenson struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	4
11	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
16	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	1
11	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	37
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	20
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
26	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
177	Pitches	148
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	0
33	Total Bases	18
49	Plate Appearances	41
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
8	Extra Base Hits	4
13.6	Runs Created	6.0
.390	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.805	Slugging Percentage	.486
.537	Secondary Average	.297
.449	On Base Percentage	.325
1.254	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.811
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
13.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.0
80.5	Batter Rating	40.0
10.3	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.415	Isolated Power	.216
0.63	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.102	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.073
.146	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.027
22.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
123.8	MLB Rating	90.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0