San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds

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San Francisco Giants

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
6 - 4

Cincinnati Reds

0-1, 0-1 Home

Wilmer Flores' 3-run homer in the 9th inning propels Giants to 6-4 victory over Reds

Heliot Ramos goes the other way for a 2-run HR

The Giants scored four runs in the ninth off Ian Gibaut (0-1). Patrick Bailey's base hit to right-center tied it at 3-all before Flores drove a hanging sweeper into the left-field stands.

Heliot Ramos had a two-run homer for San Francisco in the fourth. Tyler Rogers got the win after pitching a scoreless eighth and Ryan Walker picked up the save.

After TJ Friedl's RBI single got the Reds within two runs in the ninth, Matt McLain flew out to Ramos to end the game.

Cincinnati's Jeimer Candelario drove in three runs. Starter Hunter Greene struck out eight in five innings.

Candelario got the Reds on the board in the first with an RBI single and then drove in a pair with the bases loaded in the third.

Cincinnati pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts. It is the second-most the Reds have had on Opening Day, with 17 against the Los Angeles Angels in 2013 being record.

Key moment Gibuat started the ninth by striking out Willy Adames, but Jung Hoo Lee drew a walk and Matt Chapman had a single to right to start the rally.

Key stat Ramos' home run came on the 11th pitch of the at bat. It was the most pitchers in an at bat that ended in a homer for a Giants batter since Michael Conforto had a solo shot against Arizona on May 12, 2023.

Up next Right-hander Justin Verlander will make his San Francisco debut on Saturday. Lefty Nick Lodolo will go for the Reds.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McLain flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Friedl singled to center, Hurtubise scored.
	9th Inning	Hurtubise to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Hurtubise hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Hurtubise hit for Trevino
	9th Inning	Fraley popped out to shortstop.

Statistics

SF		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
4	Ground Balls	13
17	Strikeouts	8
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	135
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
12	Total Bases	9
35	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.7	Runs Created	3.2
.182	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.273
.242	Secondary Average	.152
.229	On Base Percentage	.342
.592	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.615
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
36.0	Batter Rating	26.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.55
.182	Isolated Power	.030
0.12	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.091
12.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.5	MLB Rating	77.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0