Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins

CIN 5 — 4 MIN

Final — 2026-04-18

MVP: Taj Bradley 6.0 IP, 5 K, 2 ER

Cincinnati Reds defeated Minnesota Twins 5-4. Taj Bradley led the way with 6.0 IP, 5 K, 2 ER. Kyle Nicolas earned the win and Cole Sands took the loss. Tony Santillan recorded the save.

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

WP Kyle Nicolas (1-0)

LP Cole Sands (0-1)

SV Tony Santillan (1)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Jeffers tripled to center, Martin scored and Bell scored. (0-2)

Top 2: Stephenson hit sacrifice fly to center, Stewart scored. (1-2)

Bot 3: Keaschall singled to right, Martin scored. (1-3)

Top 4: Stephenson singled to left, Suárez scored. (2-3)

Bot 5: Lee singled to center, Bell scored, Larnach to second. (2-4)

Top 7: De La Cruz singled to left, Hinds scored, Myers to second. (3-4)

Top 8: Hinds sacrificed into double play, center to first to shortstop to second, Suárez scored, McLain thrown out at second. (4-4)

Top 9: Myers singled to center, Steer scored. (5-4)

CIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Friedl	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.137	.259	.137	.396
Benson	LF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.188	.297	.281	.578
De La Cruz	SS	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	.265	.344	.530	.874
Stewart	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.297	.404	.635	1.039
Suarez	DH	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	.270	.341	.432	.773
Lowe	1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	.231	.333	.346	.679
Stephenson	C	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	.174	.291	.304	.595
Hinds	RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.077	.071	.077	.148
Hayes	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.060	.130	.060	.190
Myers	CF	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.269	.345	.269	.614
McLain	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.333	.225	.558
Steer	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.246	.391	.637

MIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Buxton	DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.234	.294	.416	.710
Martin	RF	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.295	.475	.409	.884
Bell	1B	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.361	.465	.826
Jeffers	C	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	.278	.381	.463	.844
Keaschall	2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	.222	.273	.296	.569
Larnach	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.242	.419	.394	.813
Lee	SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.233	.292	.400	.692
Kreidler	CF	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.214	.389	.714	1.103
Gray	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.281	.333	.500	.833
Clemens	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.147	.275	.324	.599
Outman	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100
Wallner	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.181	.272	.333	.605

CIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Abbott	4.2	6	4	3	3	3	97-52	5.84	1.39
Moll	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	15-8	1.86	1.42
Johnson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	11-9	3.24	1.38
Burke	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	28-16	0.96	1.29
Nicolas	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	15-9	6.23	2.86	W, 1-0
Santillan	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12-9	0.00	1.39	S, 1

MIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Bradley	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	99-62	1.63	1.24
Topa	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	10-7	4.35	1.90
Funderburk	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	10-5	2.00	1.27
Orze	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	15-13	4.15	1.52
Sands	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	12-9	4.32	1.67	L, 0-1

Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota (20,198)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Nic Lentz, First Base Umpire: Hunter Wendelstedt, Second Base Umpire: Edwin Moscoso, Third Base Umpire: Vic Carapazza

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