Overview
- Nick Lodolo delivered a six-inning, one-earned-run start Sunday, allowing six hits, two walks and four strikeouts to record his first win in more than a month.
- Spencer Steer opened the scoring with a two-run opposite-field homer in the fifth and Sal Stewart added an insurance two-out RBI double in the eighth.
- Brock Burke and Tejay Antone worked tidy, scoreless seventh and eighth innings to bridge from the starter to the closer.
- Closer Emilio Pagán struggled in the ninth by walking two, allowing a hit and yielding a sacrifice fly but still escaped with the save, highlighting late-inning concerns after his recent return from the injured list.
- The victory salvaged the three-game set, moved Cincinnati to 41-48 and leaves the club facing short-term rotation and bullpen decisions as it hosts Philadelphia and Chicago before the All-Star break.