Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

66-60, 30-31 Away

Final
4 - 1

Los Angeles Angels

60-65, 33-31 Home

Lux hits 2-run homer and Singer pitches triple-happy Reds to 4-1 win over Angels

TJ Friedl had a leadoff single in the first inning off Victor Mederos, making his second career start, and Lux followed with his fifth homer for a 2-0 lead.

Elly De La Cruz led off the fifth with his fourth triple before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Austin Hays to make it 3-1. Hays tripled in the third but was stranded.

Ke’Bryan Hayes hit the Reds' third leadoff triple when center fielder Luis Rengifo let the ball get over his head in the eighth. Matt McLain's sacrifice fly pushed it to 4-1. The three triples were the most for the Reds since they hit five in a 17-9 win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on July 13, 2019.

Brady Singer (11-9) went six innings for Cincinnati and allowed only an RBI double by Taylor Ward in the first. Singer is 3-1 in four August starts, yielding five runs over 21 2/3 innings.

Scott Barlow replaced Luis Mey with two on and two outs in the eighth and struck out Jo Adell swinging to keep it 4-1. Barlow fanned three more in the ninth for his first save this season.

Mederos (0-1) gave up three runs on nine hits and three walks in five innings.

Key moment Singer retired nine straight batters until Nolan Schanuel and Mike Trout hit back-to-back singles with one out in the sixth. Singer retired Ward on a shallow fly to right and struck out Yoán Moncada looking to keep it 3-1.

Key stat The Reds (66-60) used their ninth straight victory over the Angels (60-65) to pull within one game of the Mets for the final National League wild card.

Up next Reds RHP Hunter Greene (5-3, 2.47 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-8, 4.88).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Neto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rengifo walked.
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Moore struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hays flied out to right.

Statistics

CIN		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	15
3	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	10
41	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
7.1	Runs Created	3.4
.306	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.556	Slugging Percentage	.303
.333	Secondary Average	.212
.341	On Base Percentage	.324
.897	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.627
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
7.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
37.5	Batter Rating	17.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.22
.250	Isolated Power	.061
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.0	MLB Rating	71.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0