TJ Friedl and Elly De La Cruz had RBI doubles. Gavin Lux followed with a two-RBI single.In the sixth, Austin Wynns walked with the bases loaded to give the Reds a 6-1 lead. The Reds had an expected batting average of just .

The Reds return to Cincinnati and are off Thursday. They begin a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.

Nick Martinez tossed 5.2 innings in what was ultimately an 8-6 Reds loss against the San Francisco Giants.

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Instead, the Giants rallied from a five-run deficit to the delight of an announced crowd of 35,186 at Oracle Park to eventually tie the game in the eighth inning and win it 8-6 in the 10th. Mike Yastrzemski won it with a two-run home run in the 10th against Emilio Pagan that landed in McCovey Cove.

Jeff Brantley: "I don't know that any other shortstop can make that play. No. 1, they can't jump that high. And No. 2, they can't reach that far."

SAN FRANCISCO − The Cincinnati Reds only needed to drive in three runs over two games to take the first two games of their series against the San Francisco Giants, and that tells you a great deal about how good the Reds' pitching has been.