Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Angels

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Cincinnati Reds

67-61, 31-32 Away

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Los Angeles Angels

61-66, 34-32 Home

Rengifo has tiebreaking RBI single in the 8th to back Kikuchi in the Angels' 2-1 win over the Reds

Bryce Teodosio doubled off reliever Graham Ashcraft (7-5) to open the eighth and took third on a wild pitch. Oswald Peraza grounded out, with Teodosio holding, and Rengifo fisted an RBI single over third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes’ head for the lead.

Reid Detmers (4-3) struck out two in a scoreless eighth for the victory. With Angels closer Kenley Jansen unavailable because of a left rib-cage injury, Luis Garcia retired the side in order in the ninth for his first save.

Both starters excelled in no-decisions, Reds right-hander Nick Martinez allowing one run and two hits in six innings, and the left-handed Kikuchi allowing one run and seven hits in seven innings, escaping a first-and-third, no-out jam in the second and a two-on, no-out jam in the sixth.

The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the third when Hayes doubled and scored on Noelvi Marte’s two-out RBI single. The Angels countered in the fourth on Yoán Moncada’s homer to left-center, his ninth of the season.

Angels shortstop Zach Neto was pulled to start the sixth because of left-wrist soreness after getting hit by a Martinez changeup in the third.

Key moment A lack of communication between Teodosio, the Angels center fielder, and right fielder Jo Adell allowed Marte’s lazy fly ball to drop in the gap in the sixth, putting two on with no outs. But Kikuchi got Elly De La Cruz to fly to left and Andujar and Hayes to ground out to preserve a 1-1 tie.

Key stat Kikuchi finished the sixth inning once in his previous nine starts and averaged 101 pitches through an average of five innings in his previous four starts. But he was much more efficient Wednesday, needing 88 pitches to complete seven innings.

Up next The Reds and Angels are off Thursday. Reds right-hander Zack Littell (9-8, 3.52 ERA) was set to start Friday night at Arizona. Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson was slated to start Friday at home against the Chicago Cubs.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Steer grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Hays flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Andujar struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	García relieved Detmers
	9th Inning	Schanuel at first base.
	8th Inning	Adell struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
10	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
115	Pitches	129
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	0
10	Total Bases	9
33	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
2.0	Runs Created	2.6
.219	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.310
.125	Secondary Average	.207
.242	On Base Percentage	.273
.555	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.583
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
17.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.094	Isolated Power	.138
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
70.3	MLB Rating	69.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0