Cincinnati Reds at Texas Rangers
Final
Recap
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Tyler Stephenson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds won in their first road game this season, a 5-3 victory to spoil the home opener for the Texas Rangers on Friday. Spencer Steer and Elly Del La Cruz also homered for the Reds. Steer opened the ninth with a double off reliever Chris Martin (1-1) before Stephenson lined a full-count pitch into the Rangers' bullpen in right-center for his first homer.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteTEX -167 · 60% to win
UpsetRun LineTEX -1.5
CIN coveredTotalO/U 8 · 8 scored
PushAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
10Hits8
3Home runs0
0Walks2
11Strikeouts9
0Stolen bases0
139Pitches thrown140
9Pitching strikeouts11
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer SteerLF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sal Stewart1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eugenio SuarezDH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt McLain2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elly De La CruzSS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Will BensonPH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler StephensonC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Noelvi MarteRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dane MyersCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham AshcraftP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brady SingerP | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam MollP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony SantillanP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio PaganP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |