Cincinnati Reds at Baltimore Orioles

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

10-10, 4-4 Away

Final
8 - 3

Baltimore Orioles

8-11, 4-5 Home

De La Cruz, McClain each hit a 3-run HR as Reds beat Orioles 8-3

Elly De La Cruz launches 400-foot HR to center

Jeimer Candelario also connected off Orioles left-hander Cade Povich (0-2), who allowed seven runs and six hits with five walks in 3 1/3 innings.

Andrew Abbott (2-0) struck out 11 over six innings, giving up one run and two hits, in his second start since returning from the injured list following a rotator cuff strain.

Jose Trevino had three hits and walked once, and Austin Hays had two hits in his first game in Baltimore since the Orioles traded him to Philadelphia last July.

Heston Kjerstad homered for a second consecutive night, and Cedric Mullins hit his team-leading fifth as the Orioles failed in their first bid for three straight wins.

Key moment After De La Cruz's homer in the third inning put Cincinnati in front, the Reds chased Povich in the fourth. Leading off the inning, Candelario homered 415 feet into the Orioles bullpen. Four batters later, McClain sent Povich's 0-1 offering about five rows deep into the seats in right center.

Key stat Reds batters finished 6 for 16 against Povich, raising their season batting average against left-handers more than 20 points to .167. Prior to Friday, they had only 16 RBI against lefties all season.

Up next The Orioles are calling up RHP Bandon Young to make his MLB debut against Reds RHP Hunter Greene (2-1, 0.98 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mullins struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mountcastle flied out to center.
	9th Inning	O'Neill grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Barlow
	9th Inning	Trevino grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	7
11	Strikeouts	15
7	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	31
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
177	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
22	Total Bases	10
44	Plate Appearances	32
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
8.5	Runs Created	1.3
.297	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.595	Slugging Percentage	.323
.486	Secondary Average	.226
.409	On Base Percentage	.156
1.004	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.479
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
8.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
54.0	Batter Rating	22.0
12.3	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.02	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.22
.297	Isolated Power	.194
0.64	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.07
.159	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.189	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.097
15.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
99.5	MLB Rating	68.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0