{"id":93627,"date":"2025-04-19T05:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/reds-slug-three-hrs-while-cruising-past-orioles\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T05:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:57:21","slug":"reds-slug-three-hrs-while-cruising-past-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/reds-slug-three-hrs-while-cruising-past-orioles\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds slug three HRs while cruising past Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\"MLB:Apr 18, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain (9) celebrates after hitting a home run with shortstop Elly De La Cruz (44) during the fourth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Elly De La Cruz and Matt McLain hammered three-run home runs as the Cincinnati Reds ripped the host Baltimore Orioles 8-3 in Friday night’s series opener.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jeimer Candelanio also homered for Cincinnati, which matched its third-highest run total of the season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Winning pitcher Andrew Abbott struck out 11 batters in six innings. The Reds halted a two-game skid and won for the fifth time in their last seven games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Cedric Mullins’ second-inning solo home run was Baltimore’s lone hit through four innings and Heston Kjerstad smashed a two-run shot in the eighth, but the Orioles managed only two other hits. Starting pitcher Cade Povich couldn’t get out of the fourth inning.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Orioles had their first winning streak – two games – of the season end as Cincinnati struck for seven runs across the third and fourth innings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Abbott (2-0) has won in both of his outings this season. He allowed one run on two hits with one walk.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Povich (0-2) allowed seven runs on six hits and five walks with four strikeouts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jose Trevino had three hits, drew a walk and scored three runs for the Reds. Teammates Santiago Espinal and Austin Hays, a former Baltimore player, each had two hits.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Mullins belted his fifth home run of the season to lead off the second.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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De La Cruz’s fourth homer came with two outs in the third. Candelario began the bottom of the fourth with a home run. Four batters later, McLain unloaded for his fourth long ball this year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Reds tacked on another run in the sixth when Hays singled and McLain scored on a subsequent throwing error on Baltimore second baseman Jorge Mateo.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Kjerstad’s homer came off Scott Barlow.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Orioles reliever Scott Blewett went 2 2\/3 innings, giving up one unearned run on four hits.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Reds didn’t commit an error after four fielding miscues a day earlier in a home loss to Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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–Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n


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