Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins
Final
Recap
MINNEAPOLIS -- Dane Myers had an RBI single in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds scored the game’s final three runs to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Saturday. Cincinnati’s bullpen tossed 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief with Kyle Nicolas (1-0) striking out the side in the eighth before Tony Santillan struck out two in a clean ninth for his first save. Pinch-hitter Spencer Steer opened the ninth by reaching on a single that deflected off the glove of Twins’ shortstop Brooks Lee. Sacrificed to second base, Steer scored on a bloop single by Myers off Cole Sands (0-1).
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteMIN -130 · 54% to win
UpsetRun LineMIN -1.5
CIN coveredTotalO/U 8 · 9 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
11Hits9
0Home runs0
2Walks5
7Strikeouts12
1Stolen bases1
178Pitches thrown146
12Pitching strikeouts7
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJ FriedlCF-LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rece HindsRF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sal Stewart2B-1B-3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dane MyersPH-CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugenio SuarezDH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer SteerPH-1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will BensonLF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler StephensonC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elly De La CruzSS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock BurkeP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pierce JohnsonP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony SantillanP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam MollP | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle NicolasP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew AbbottP | 4.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |