Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

73-72, 33-38 Away

Final
4 - 2

San Diego Padres

79-66, 44-26 Home

Robbed by Tatis earlier, Stephenson hits 2-run homer in 9th to lift Reds over Padres 4-2

Cincinnati Reds vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Stephenson homered into the lower balcony of the brick warehouse in the left-field corner of Petco Park on a 2-1 pitch from All-Star closer Robert Suarez (4-6) to give the Reds a 4-2 lead.

In the fourth, Tatis made a perfectly timed leap to get his glove well above the right-field wall to rob Stephenson of a two-run shot. Tatis nearly doubled off Gavin Lux, who almost went all the way to second base before having to retreat to first. It was Tatis’ fourth home run robbery in 27 home games since July 8.

The Padres dropped two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers atop the NL West. San Diego holds the second of two National League wild cards.

Cincinnati pulled within three games of the New York Mets for the final NL playoff berth.

The Reds took an early lead for the second straight night, this time on home runs by Sal Stewart in the first and Will Benson in the second, both off Michael King.

San Diego tied it in the fifth on Jackson Merrill's RBI triple and Jake Cronenworth's sacrifice fly off Zack Littell. Merrill hit a tying, two-run triple in the sixth inning of Monday night's 4-3, 10-inning win.

Benson hit his head on the right-field wall while making a leaping catch of Jose Iglesias' flyball to end the second and was on the ground for several minutes. He remained in the game before being replaced by a pinch hitter in the seventh.

Key moment Suarez walked Lux ahead of Stephenson's no-doubter.

Key stat Connor Phillips (2-0) got the win and Emilio Pagán earned his 27th save.

Up next Reds LHP Andrew Abbott (8-6, 2.88 ERA) and Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (13-5, 2.85) are scheduled to start the series finale Wednesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Merrill struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Laureano grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Sheets flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Phillips
	9th Inning	Marte struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Stephenson homered to left (357 feet), Lux scored.

Statistics

CIN		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	29
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	6
34	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.2	Runs Created	1.3
.156	Batting Average	.103
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.438	Slugging Percentage	.207
.375	Secondary Average	.276
.206	On Base Percentage	.182
.643	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.389
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
31.0	Batter Rating	18.5
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.281	Isolated Power	.103
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.219	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.172
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.1
77.8	MLB Rating	65.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0