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2 days ago
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Here's what Barry Larkin said Elly De La Cruz, Reds did wrong on Dodgers' go-ahead run
National Baseball Hall of Famer, former Cincinnati Reds great and FanDuel Sports Network analyst Barry Larkin said the Reds would've had a chance to get Los Angeles Dodgers pinch-runner James Outman out at the plate on Will Smith's two-out, go-ahead RBI double in the top of the 9th inning of the Dodgers' 5-4 win in the second game of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park, if Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had fielded left fielder Gavin Lux's throw cleanly or allowed second baseman Matt McLain to be the relay man. "A clean glove and throw and I think De La Cruz has a chance at a play," play-by-play announcer John Sadak said during the broadcast. "Yeah, Will Smith with this (hit). I think Gavin Lux does a nice job of playing the rebound off the wall," Larkin said. "We gotta see this throw (from Lux to) De La Cruz. It's a short hop. But you can see right there Matt McLain is the second man in the double cut. You're trained if that ball is gonna handcuff you as that first cut-off man, you let it go. Matt McLain was definitely there." Outman pinch-ran for Michael Conforto, who walked earlier in the inning. He got the benefit of a questionable check-swing ball call as he rallied from an 0-2 count to draw the walk by Reds closer Emilio Pagan. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Barry Larkin: Elly De La Cruz misplayed Gavin Lux's Dodgers-Reds throw
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4 days ago
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Gavin Lux's RBI groundout
Matt McLain scores on Gavin Lux's groundout in the bottom of the 1st to give the Reds a 2-0 lead
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20-07-2025
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Spencer Steer's game-tying hit by pitch
Spencer Steer is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, scoring Matt McLain to tie the game at 2 in the top of the 8th inning
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19-07-2025
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Matt McLain's RBI single
Matt McLain singles to left field in the top of the 3rd inning to score Noelvi Marte to knot the game at 2
Reuters
19-07-2025
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Austin Hays' two homers power Reds past Mets
July 19 - Austin Hays hit two homers and finished with three RBIs Friday night for the visiting Cincinnati Reds, who beat the New York Mets 8-4 in the opener of a three-game series. Matt McLain and Tyler Stephenson each hit two-run homers for the Reds, who have won five of their last six games. The Mets, who have dropped four of six, took an early 2-0 lead, as Juan Soto homered in the first inning and Jeff McNeil had an RBI single in the second. New York also scored two runs in the ninth. Brandon Nimmo scored from second when right fielder Connor Joe dropped Ronny Mauricio's two-out liner and Luis Torrens had an RBI single. Mets starter Sean Manaea didn't allow a hit until Hays homered leading off the fourth. The Reds went ahead in the fifth off Alex Carrillo (0-1), who got two quick outs before plunking TJ Friedl and surrendering McLain's two-run homer. Hays hit another leadoff homer in the sixth to put the Reds up 4-2. The multi-homer game was his second of the season -- he also had two round-trippers in a 6-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on April 26 -- and the eighth of his career. Stephenson also went deep against Carrillo with one out in the sixth, then De La Cruz collected a run-scoring single in the seventh and Hays drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth. McLain and Stephenson finished with two hits apiece while Friedl was plunked three times. Nick Lodolo (7-6) allowed two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings. The left-hander retired 17 of the final 19 batters he faced following McNeil's run-scoring single. Manaea, making his first start and second appearance this season after battling a right oblique strain and a bone chip in his left elbow, gave up one hit and walked two while striking out six over four innings. Nimmo and Torrens had two hits each. --Field Level Media
