San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

San Francisco Giants

1-1, 1-1 Away

Final
2 - 3

Cincinnati Reds

1-1, 1-1 Home

Reds spoil the San Francisco debut of 3-time Cy Young Award winner Verlander, beat Giants 3-2

McLain, who missed the entire 2024 season with a shoulder injury, got the Reds on the board with a solo homer in the third inning and scored from second base on an RBI single by Elly De La Cruz in the fifth, tying the game at 2.

Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He finished with one strikeout and settled in, forcing a number of groundouts.

Two days after losing the season opener due to shaky relief pitching, Tony Santillan, Graham Ashcraft and Emilio Pagán worked three scoreless innings to seal the win.

The 42-year-old Verlander, who signed a $15 million, one-year contract with the Giants in January, struck out five, walked one, allowed two runs and six hits in five innings. Aside from McLain’s solo homer, Verlander kept the Reds in check until the fifth inning, when McLain and De La Cruz had back-to-back hits and tied the score.

San Francisco's Spencer Bivens (0-1) took the loss.

Like McLain, Encarnacion-Strand’s 2024 season was defined by injuries. Encarnacion-Strand missed nearly all of last season with a wrist injury, but the first base slugger has four hits in eight at-bats in 2025.

Key moment A diving play by McLain forced a ground out for the first out in the sixth, and a slick double play by McLain and De La Cruz got Lodolo out of the inning.

Key stat In 90 MLB games, McLain has 17 homers.

Up next The Reds will start Nick Martinez, who posted a 3.10 ERA last season, against 2021 AL Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray in Sunday's series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Matos popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Flores flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Chapman popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Ashcraft
	9th Inning	Dunn in left field.
	8th Inning	Encarnacion-Strand popped out to first.

Statistics

SF		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	10
1	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
122	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	15
33	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
2.7	Runs Created	4.2
.250	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.406	Slugging Percentage	.469
.188	Secondary Average	.250
.273	On Base Percentage	.273
.679	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.741
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
24.0	Batter Rating	28.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.70	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.156	Isolated Power	.219
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.3	MLB Rating	80.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0