Cincinnati Reds at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

63-71, 31-35 Away

Final
10 - 9

San Francisco Giants

54-79, 31-34 Home

Eugenio Suarez's grand slam highlights 7-run 9th inning as the Reds rally past Giants 10-9

Reds complete an improbable rally down 6 runs in the 9th

The Reds have a record of 3-1,917 when trailing by six or more runs in the ninth inning. Besides Wednesday's comeback, Cincinnati rallied from six-or-more runs down in May 1958 against the Chicago Cubs and May 1918 against St. Louis, according to the Elias Sport Bureau.

The six-run lead was the largest ever squandered in the ninth inning by the Giants since at least 1901, according to Sportradar. The Giants twice had blown five-run leads in the ninth, against the Athletics on Aug. 14, 2020, and versus the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 25, 1929.

Cincinnati's comeback prevented the Giants from completing their first three-game sweep of the season. San Francisco is the only MLB team that has not swept a three-game set this season.

Facing a 9-3 deficit at the start of the ninth, rookie Hector Rodriguez opened the inning by hitting his second homer of the game. After a single by Elly De La Cruz and two walks, Dylan Smith replaced reliever Spencer Bivens.

Suarez hit the slam off Smith (0-5). Suarez’s 19th home run of the season cut the Giants’ lead to 9-8. Dane Myers and Matt McLain reached on bunt singles before Jose Trevino’s sacrifice fly plated the tying run. Pinch-hitter Tyler Stephenson put the Reds in front with a single that scored McLain.

The Giants got three two-run homers in the game. Jonah Cox went deep in the second inning, Rafael Devers hit his 29th in the fifth, and Shay Whitcomb hit his third in the sixth. Devers homered all three games of the series.

Pinch-hitter Drew Gilbert hit a three-run double to right-center with two outs in the eighth to extend San Francisco's lead to 9-3.

Cincinnati’s Sal Stewart hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. He leads the majors with 100 RBI and tied Jim Greengrass (1953) for the Reds’ franchise record for RBI by a rookie.

Up next Reds RHP Rhett Lowder (5-8, 5.13 ERA) will face Cubs LHP David Peterson (7-7, 5.17) at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon.

Giants RHP Landen Roupp (7-13, 4.34) will face visiting Arizona on Thursday night. The Diamondbacks have not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Koss struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cavanaugh struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cavanaugh hit for Knizner
	9th Inning	Hill singled to right.
	9th Inning	Kennedy popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan

Statistics

CIN		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
16	Ground Balls	7
8	Strikeouts	12
10	Runs Batted In	9
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
15	Hits	12
3	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	9
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	36
3	Home Runs	3
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	2
1	Doubles	4
18	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	1
184	Pitches	172
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	3
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
25	Total Bases	25
47	Plate Appearances	43
486.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	7
10.8	Runs Created	9.7
.385	Batting Average	.333
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.641	Slugging Percentage	.694
.436	Secondary Average	.444
.435	On Base Percentage	.429
1.076	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.123
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
10.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.0
69.0	Batter Rating	65.0
13.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.256	Isolated Power	.361
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.085	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.093
.051	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.111
20.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
113.8	MLB Rating	106.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0