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Baltimore Orioles @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-07-04 · Night game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 33047 · 89°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 5 mph, R To L · 3:02

Baltimore Orioles defeated Cincinnati Reds 8–5. Baltimore Orioles opened the scoring in the 1st — Samuel Basallo homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field. Gunnar Henderson scores. Pete Alonso scores. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 2nd — Elly De La Cruz singles on a line drive to right fielder Leody Taveras. TJ Friedl scores. Baltimore Orioles took the lead in the 4th — Blaze Alexander singles on a line drive to right fielder Spencer Steer. Colton Cowser scores. Leody Taveras scores. Jackson Holliday to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Samuel Basallo homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field. Gunnar Henderson scores. Pete Alonso scores — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	10
CIN	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	11

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gunnar Henderson SS	5	1	1	0	0	2
Adley Rutschman DH	5	1	2	2	0	1
Taylor Ward LF	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pete Alonso 1B	3	1	3	1	2	0
Samuel Basallo C	4	1	1	3	1	2
Colton Cowser CF	4	1	1	0	1	1
Leody Taveras RF	4	1	0	0	1	1
Jackson Holliday 2B	2	1	0	0	2	0
Blaze Alexander 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elly De La Cruz SS	4	0	2	1	1	1
Sal Stewart 1B	4	2	1	0	1	0
JJ Bleday LF	4	0	1	0	1	0
Eugenio Suarez 3B	5	0	2	2	0	1
Nathaniel Lowe DH	4	0	0	0	1	2
Spencer Steer RF	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jose Trevino C	4	1	3	1	0	0
TJ Friedl CF	4	1	1	1	0	0
Matt McLain 2B	3	0	0	0	1	2