Final: Red Sox 4, Reds 3 - Red Sox defeat the Reds after being down 3-0

Trevor's Game Notes

Stolen Victory: The Red Sox came back to defeat the Reds in game 2 of their series in Cincinnati.After being down 3-0, Boston got on the board with a solo home run from Dom Smith. 

In the 6th inning, Wilyer Abreu and Connor Wong hit back-to-back doubles, cutting the lead down to 1 run. With Wong's RBI double, he extended his hit streak to 12 games. Jarren Duran also extended his hit streak to 12 games. He contributed to Boston's comeback in the 8th inning with his 2nd single of the game. After Refsnyder's pinch hit, RBI single to tie the game, Duran would score the game winning run off a sac fly to left field from Rafael Devers. 

Game-winning robbery: To secure the game for the Red Sox, Jarren Duran made a highlight real play catching what would've been a game-tying home run from Stuart Fairchild.

Shut Down Bullpen: Nick Pivetta was the only Red Sox pitcher to allow any runs in the game, as he would allow  2 home runs in the 5 innings he pitched. After Pivetta was pulled from the game, a plethora of Red Sox relievers made appearances to keep the Reds with 3 runs. Brennan Bernardino, Cam Booser, Greg Weissert, Zack Kelly, Chris Martin, and Kenley Jansen all made short relief appearances to help the Red Sox comeback in this game. It looks like Cora will be using an opener in tomorrow's game, which is why no Boston reliever went multiple innings.

The Red Sox will finish the series against Cincinnati tomorrow at 1:40 p.m. If the Red Sox do go with an opener, the likely starter would be Brennan Bernardino. 

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WHO: Red Sox (40-36) at Cincinnati Reds (36-39)
WHEN: 4:10 p.m.
WHERE: Great American Ball Park
SERIES TO DATE: 0-1 (0-0/0-1)
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Nick Pivetta (4-4, 3.88) vs. RHP Frankie Montas (3-5, 4.62)
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Connor Wong (R) C
Rafael Devers (L) 3B
Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
Masataka Yoshida (L) DH
Dominic Smith (L) 1B
David Hamilton (L) SS
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF

SP Nick Pivetta

REDS

TJ Friedl (L) CF
Elly De La Cruz (S) SS
Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B
Spencer Steer (R) 1B
Jake Fraley (L) RF
Jonathan India (R) 2B
Nick Martini (L) DH
Luke Maile (R) C
Will Benson (L) LF

SP Frankie Montas

WHAT'S UP

The Red Sox snapped a 5-game winning streak last night in a 5-2 loss against the Reds. Kutter Crawford allowed 3 home runs, but managed to pitch into the 7th inning holding the Reds to 3 runs. 

Boston entered ranked first in the majors in both batting average (.294) and on-base percentage (.369) during June. Despite this, they only managed to get 2 hits in the game. Jarren Duran (2-for-4, R, HR, RBI) and Connor Wong (2-for-4, R, HR, RBI) both hit solo HR to extend their career-long hitting streaks to 11 games.