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Oakland Athletics @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-08-05 · Night game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 16544 · 85°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 3 mph, R To L · 2:22

Cincinnati Reds defeated Athletics 3–2. Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Lawrence Butler homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 5th — Matt McLain homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Jonah Heim doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Noelvi Marte. Tyler Soderstrom scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elly De La Cruz SS	3	0	1	0	1	1
Sal Stewart 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2
Dane Myers CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eugenio Suarez DH	3	0	0	0	0	3
Noelvi Marte RF	2	1	1	1	0	0
JJ Bleday LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Trevino C	3	0	1	1	0	1
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Matt McLain 2B	3	1	1	1	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jose Suarez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Blewett	2.0	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Lopez	5.0	4	2	2	1	9
Hayden Juenger	0.2	2	1	1	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching