Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds
Final
Recap
CINCINNATI -- Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run home run and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Sunday to win their season-opening series. Suarez’s homer, his first since rejoining the Reds this offseason, came on an 0-2 pitch from Greg Weissert with two runners aboard in the sixth to put Cincinnati ahead 3-2. It was his 190th homer in a Reds uniform, one shy of Brandon Phillips for 12th on the franchise’s all-time list.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteBOS -133 · 55% to win
UpsetRun LineBOS -1.5
CIN coveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 5 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
7Hits7
1Home runs1
6Walks4
7Strikeouts9
0Stolen bases0
136Pitches thrown165
9Pitching strikeouts7
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masataka YoshidaLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andruw MonasterioPH-2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilyer AbreuRF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcelo Mayer2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ceddanne RafaelaPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Durbin3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Connor WongC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor StorySS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jarren DuranCF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Roman AnthonyDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connelly EarlyP | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Greg WeissertP | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jovani MoranP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |