Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

74-72, 34-38 Away

Final
2 - 1

San Diego Padres

79-67, 44-27 Home

De La Cruz and Andujar lead late rally that gives the Reds a 2-1 win over the Padres

Cincinnati Reds vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Andrew Abbott (9-6) threw eight sparkling innings to help Cincinnati pull even with San Francisco in the wild-card standings, two games behind the New York Mets for the NL's final postseason berth.

Nick Pivetta pitched four-hit ball for seven scoreless innings and the Padres had a 1-0 lead on Fernando Tatis Jr.'s home run before the Reds broke through against relievers Kyle Hart and Adrian Morejon in the eighth.

Hart allowed TJ Friedl's one-out bunt single before Morejon came on with two outs and gave up De La Cruz's single to right to bring in Friedl, who beat Tatis' throw with a headfirst slide to score the tying run from second base.

De La Cruz stole second before Morejon (11-5) walked Austin Hays and yielded Andujar's single that dropped in front of left fielder Ramón Laureano to bring in De La Cruz with the go-ahead run.

The Padres dropped three games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West with 16 to play. San Diego holds the second of three National League wild cards.

Tatis homered to left with one out in the fifth off Abbott, his 21st. It was San Diego's first homer this series after the Reds hit five in the first two games.

With two outs in the seventh, Laureano leaped at the wall to rob Ke’Bryan Hayes of a homer.

On Tuesday night, Tatis made a perfectly timed leap to get his glove well above the right-field wall to rob Tyler Stephenson of a two-run shot. Stephenson later hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to left and the Reds won 4-2.

Key moment Tony Santillan allowed Gavin Sheets' leadoff double in the ninth before retiring the side for his sixth save.

Key stat The Reds have won four of five.

Up next Reds RHP Brady Singer (13-9, 3.98 ERA) starts Friday night on the road against the Athletics.

Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (4-6, 3.91) pitches Thursday night at home against the Rockies.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Johnson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Johnson hit for McCoy
	9th Inning	Merrill flied out to center, Iglesias to third.
	9th Inning	Laureano popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Iglesias ran for Sheets
	9th Inning	Sheets doubled to left.

Statistics

CIN		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
10	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	115
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	10
39	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
2.7	Runs Created	1.9
.206	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.206	Slugging Percentage	.313
.176	Secondary Average	.188
.308	On Base Percentage	.235
.514	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.548
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
16.0	Batter Rating	15.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.38
.000	Isolated Power	.125
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
69.3	MLB Rating	69.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0