Cincinnati Reds at Chicago White Sox

CIN 5 — 4 CWS

Final (10) — 2026-08-11

MVP: Sean Burke 7.0 IP, 8 K, 1 ER

Cincinnati Reds defeated Chicago White Sox 5-4. Sean Burke led the way with 7.0 IP, 8 K, 1 ER. Brock Burke earned the win and Sean Newcomb took the loss. Emilio Pagan recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	7	0
CWS	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0

WP Brock Burke (5-4)

LP Sean Newcomb (1-3)

SV Emilio Pagan (14)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Doyle homered to center (415 feet). (0-1)

Bot 2: Quero homered to left center (378 feet). (0-2)

Bot 4: Vargas homered to left center (407 feet). (0-3)

Bot 4: Antonacci doubled to center, Grichuk scored, Quero to third. (0-4)

Top 5: Suárez homered to left center (401 feet). (1-4)

Top 8: De La Cruz singled to right, McLain scored, Toglia to second. (2-4)

Top 8: Stephenson singled to right, De La Cruz scored and Toglia scored, Bleday thrown out at third. (4-4)

Top 10: De La Cruz hit sacrifice fly to center, McLain scored. (5-4)

CIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
De La Cruz	SS	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.271	.351	.496	.847
Stewart	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.254	.331	.472	.803
Bleday	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.223	.338	.456	.794
Stephenson	C	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	.248	.330	.409	.739
Suarez	DH	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	.206	.286	.416	.702
Rodriguez	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.118	.211	.176	.387
Myers	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.254	.348	.348	.696
McLain	2B	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.295	.344	.639
Hayes	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.191	.234	.425
Toglia	1B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

CWS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Doyle	CF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.224	.288	.313	.601
Murakami	1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.237	.369	.538	.907
Vargas	3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	.235	.342	.472	.814
Grichuk	LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.261	.292	.511	.803
Montgomery	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.230	.317	.372	.689
Montgomery	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.213	.294	.441	.735
Quero	C	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	.197	.271	.253	.524
Antonacci	2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.273	.364	.404	.768
Acuna	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.238	.267	.271	.538
Benintendi	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.308	.429	.737
Peters	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.327	.412	.739

CIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lodolo	4.0	5	4	4	5	3	70-46	4.86	1.44
Mey	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	21-17	4.73	1.43
Johnson	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	8-6	4.67	1.30
Antone	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	9-8	2.84	1.08
Burke	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	18-11	2.79	1.26	W, 5-4
Pagan	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	17-13	4.10	1.10	S, 14

CWS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Burke	7.0	3	1	1	0	8	1	94-69	2.99	1.08
Hudson	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	10-8	3.26	1.31
Taylor	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	36-21	2.20	1.03
Newcomb	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10-6	2.66	1.13	L, 1-3

Venue: Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois (38,113)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Roberto Ortiz, First Base Umpire: Jim Wolf, Second Base Umpire: Alan Porter, Third Base Umpire: Alex Mackay

Broadcast: CHSN | RDTV