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SAN FRANCISCO − The fourth series of the season was the charm for the Cincinnati Reds.
The Reds will go for a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday after they prevailed in another pitching duel with the Giants, 1-0, at Oracle Park on Tuesday. A crowd of 30,261 attended.
The Reds plated the eventual game-winning run in the third inning on catch Jose Trevino's groundout. The play seemed relatively innocuous at the time given the early stage of the game, but Cincinnati's pitching staff recorded its second shutout in as many nights, and made the run stand up.
Reds starting pitcher Nick Lodolo (2-1) went six innings, striking out three and scattering three hits. Lodolo was relieved by Graham Ashcraft, who faced the minimum number of batters over two innings.
Emilio Pagán came on for the final three outs, recording his second save of 2025.
Giants' starter Landen Roupp (0-1) conceded seven hits to Reds batters but limited the damage to the lone run that crossed.
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Trevino's ground out to in the third inning scored Spencer Steer from third. Steer (2-for-4) doubled to reach base.
In the fifth inning, Trevino had an opportunity to help the Reds tack on, and they attempted to score Steer from third again, this time via a squeeze play. But the Giants fielded the play well, and Steer was tagged out at home.
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The Giants threatened to tie the contest in the bottom of the inning after first baseman Casey Schmitt reached on a single, his second hit of the game to that point. He advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, and then third on a fly-out.
Upon reaching third, it appeared Schmitt would walk across home plate to tie the game on Heliot Ramos' deep liner to right field, but Jake Fraley backtracked at full speed, caught up with it, and made a sliding catch on the warning track.
From the the base of the wall, Fraley held the ball aloft to show he'd completed the catch.
While Ashcraft held back the San Francisco bats in the seventh and eighth innings, the Reds made one final attempt to get an insurance run across.
Gavin Lux doubled and moved to third with just one out. Jeimer Candelario and Steer struck out to end the threat in the top of the ninth, though.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Reds beat San Francisco Giants, seek series sweep
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