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Oakland Athletics @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-08-06 · Day game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 17617 · 84°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 5 mph, R To L · 2:40

Cincinnati Reds defeated Athletics 6–5. Cincinnati Reds opened the scoring in the 1st — Elly De La Cruz homers (19) on a fly ball to left center field. Athletics took the lead in the 4th — Tyler Soderstrom singles on a ground ball to center fielder Dane Myers. Henry Bolte scores. Tommy White scores. Jonah Heim to 2nd. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 5th — Eugenio Suárez walks. Matt McLain scores. Sal Stewart to 3rd. JJ Bleday to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Tyler Stephenson homers (10) on a fly ball to center field — worth 14% 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	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	9
CIN	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	8	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Henry Bolte CF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Tommy White 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jonah Heim DH	3	1	1	0	1	1
Tyler Soderstrom LF	4	0	1	2	0	1
Max Muncy 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lawrence Butler RF	4	1	1	0	0	0
Brian Serven C	4	1	1	2	0	0
Alika Williams SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Ornelas 2B	3	0	1	0	1	2

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elly De La Cruz SS	5	1	1	1	0	1
Sal Stewart 1B	4	2	2	1	0	1
JJ Bleday LF	3	1	2	1	1	1
Tyler Stephenson C	4	1	1	1	0	2
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eugenio Suarez 3B	2	0	1	1	2	1
Dane Myers CF	3	0	0	1	1	3
Héctor Rodríguez DH	3	0	0	0	1	2
Noelvi Marte RF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Matt McLain 2B	3	1	0	0	0	2