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Oakland Athletics @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-08-04 · Night game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 21714 · 86°F, Clear · Wind 3 mph, L To R · 2:35

Cincinnati Reds defeated Athletics 5–4. Athletics opened the scoring in the 4th — Jeff McNeil singles on a line drive to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Tyler Soderstrom scores. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 8th — Eugenio Suárez walks. Sal Stewart scores. Passed ball by catcher Jonah Heim. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Eugenio Suárez walks. Sal Stewart scores. Passed ball by catcher Jonah Heim — worth 25% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	8
CIN	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	5	5	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lawrence Butler RF	4	1	0	0	1	2
Jacob Wilson SS	4	0	1	2	0	1
Tyler Soderstrom LF	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jonah Heim C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff McNeil 1B	4	0	2	1	0	2
Tommy White 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Donovan Walton 2B	1	1	0	0	1	0
Alika Williams 2B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Cortes DH	2	0	0	0	0	1
Max Muncy DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Bolte CF	4	1	3	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elly De La Cruz SS	3	2	1	2	1	1
Sal Stewart 1B	2	1	1	1	1	0
JJ Bleday RF	3	0	1	0	1	2
Tyler Stephenson C	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eugenio Suarez DH	3	0	1	0	1	1
Ivan Johnson DH	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dane Myers CF	4	0	0	0	0	2
TJ Friedl LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Héctor Rodríguez RF	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Matt McLain 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0