Giants 6 Reds 4
A Reds bullpen that lost 37 games a season ago, snatched defeat from the jaws of Opening Day victory. Ian Gibaut couldn’t close out a 3-2 lead, allowing four runs in the 9th, including a tiebreaking 2-out, 3-run jack by Wilmer Flores.
The Reds plated a 9th inning run, and brought the tying run to the plate with two outs, but Matt McLain lined out to left field to end the game.
Jeimer Candelario drove in three runs. Hunter Greene punched out eight over five innings of two run baseball. Reds pitching struck out 17, walked two.
How they scored:
1st: Candelario 2-out RBI 1B, 1-0 Reds
2nd: Candelario 2-RBI 1B, 3-0 Reds
9th: Friedl RBI 1B, 6-4 Giants
Hunter Greene: 5 IN, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 8 K, 84 pitches/59 strikes. Retired first seven batters, with five K. Cruised through three on 46 pitches. 4th inning trouble: 28 pitches, Heliot Ramos 2-R HR on 11th pitch of AB. The 4th cost him an inning of work.
Bullpen:
6th Scott Barlow 1.0 IN/0 R
7th Emilio Pagan 1.0 IN/0 R
8th Tony Santillan 1.0 IN/0 R
9th Ian Gibaut 0.2 IN, 4 R, 3 H, BB, 2 K
Jeimer Candelario: 2 H, 3 RBI, BB.
Defensive gem: Jake Fraley made a running stab of a Lamonte Wade rocket to take away extra bases in 8th.
Elly: H. BB, R. Drew BB after 0-2 count. Lined opposite field 1B.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand: 2 H, 2B. He could really change the trajectory of this season.
McLain: 0-5, 2 K 1st regular season game since August 27, 2023.....span of 579 days.
Spencer Steer: 0-4, 3 K. DH. Had seven official spring training plate appearances.
Gavin Lux: BB, H, out from here to there trying to go 1st to 3rd. Hit cleanup for the 2nd time in his MLB career. 35th career start in LF, first since 2022.
Attendance: 43,876.