Might 19, 2025
Cleveland Guardians’ Bo Naylor scores on a single hit by Carlos Santana through the seventh inning of a baseball recreation in opposition to the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, Might 18, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Picture/Jeff Dean)
CINCINNATI — Will Benson had his first two-homer recreation, going deep for the fourth straight day to guide the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory on Sunday and their first three-game sweep of the Cleveland Guardians since 2012.
Benson adopted Tyler Stephenson’s fourth-inning single with a 399-foot drive to proper off L.L. Ortiz (2-5) then added a sixth-inning shot off Hunter Gaddis for his fifth residence run this season. The Reds received their fourth straight and received again to .500 at 24-24.
Cleveland (25-21) has misplaced 4 in a row and the primary three of a 10-game journey.
Andrew Abbott (3-0) allowed 4 hits and three walks in 5 shutout innings for his first win in 5 begins — regardless of giving up one earned run over 20 innings.
Emilio Pagán received a save for the third day in a row and twelfth time in 14 possibilities. He gave up a leadoff double to Bo Naylor and a one-out infield hit to José Ramírez, then struck out Carlos Santana on a splitter on the tenth pitch of the at-bat and Will Brennan on three pitches, the final a splitter.
Carlos Santana hit a two-out RBI single within the seventh in opposition to Luis Mey.
Ortiz allowed six hits in 5 innings with seven strikeouts.
Ramírez went 2 for five and increasing his hitting streak to 12 video games.
Key second
Abbott hit a batter and walked two, loading the bases with one out within the first, then struck out Jhonkensy Noel and retired Angel Martínez on a lineout. He grew to become the primary Reds starter to not enable successful within the first inning of his first 9 begins since Jim Maloney in 1969.
Key stat
Benson’s streak of video games with residence runs is the longest for the Reds since Joey Votto homered in seven straight video games in 2021.
Up subsequent
Guardians LHP Logan Allen (2-2, 3.70) begins right now’s opener of a three-game sequence with the Twins in opposition to RHP Bailey Ober (4-1, 3.72).
Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (3-4, 3.42) begins right now on the Pirates and RHP Mitch Keller (1-5, 4.15 ERA).
SATURDAY
Benson and Hinds homer, Reds win third straight, 4-1 over Guardians
CINCINNATI (AP) — Will Benson and Rece Hinds hit solo residence runs because the Cincinnati Reds received their third straight recreation, 4-1 over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday evening.
Brent Suter allowed 4 hits in three innings earlier than 5 relievers mixed to permit a run on 4 hits for the Reds, together with a 1-2-3 sixth inning by Luis Mey (1-0).
Lyon Richardson relieved Suter and allowed Daniel Schneemann’s solo homer, his sixth, main off the fifth to place the Guardians forward 1-0.
Slade Cecconi (0-1) was reinstated from the 15-day injured listing to start out Saturday for the Guardians after recovering from a left indirect pressure he suffered throughout spring coaching.
Cecconi allowed simply two hits by way of 4 innings, however Benson tied the rating 1-1 along with his third homer main off the fifth. Benson has homered in three straight video games for the primary time in his profession.
Within the sixth, TJ Friedl doubled and scored on Santiago Espinal’s single to place the Reds forward. Espinal scored on Austin Hays’ double off Cade Smith to make it 3-1.
Cecconi gave up three runs on 5 hits in 5 innings, tying a career-high with eight Ks and no walks.
Hinds made the rating 4-1 along with his second homer within the seventh off Jakob Junis.
Emilio Pagán retired the Guardians so as within the ninth for his eleventh save.
Key second
With Friedl on second base with no outs within the sixth, Espinal confirmed bunt, then pulled the bat again and lined an RBI single to proper to place the Reds forward 2-1.
Key stat
Cecconi is one in every of three Cleveland pitchers to document eight or extra strikeouts with no walks of their Guardians debut, becoming a member of Tanner Bibee in 2023 and Floyd Weaver in 1962.
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