Reds 6-1 Diamondbacks (Aug 24, 2025) Sport Recap

PHOENIX — — Spencer Steer hit a three-run homer in Cincinnati’s five-run eighth inning, and the Reds prevented a sweep by topping the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Sunday.

Austin Hays had three hits for Cincinnati, and Noelvi Marte had two hits and scored two runs. Brady Singer struck out 9 whereas pitching six innings of one-hit ball.

The Reds (68-63) improved to 3-3 on a nine-game journey. They additionally moved inside 1 1/2 video games of the New York Mets for the third NL wild card.

Arizona wasted a pointy efficiency by Zac Gallen, who struck out seven in six innings. The Diamondbacks completed with two hits.

Marte sparked the decisive sequence for the Reds with a leadoff single in opposition to Kyle Backhus (0-3). He superior on Elly De La Cruz’s flyout and scored on Hays’ tiebreaking single off Juan Burgos.

Following a Gavin Lux single, Steer hit a 397-foot drive to left for his sixteenth homer. TJ Friedl tacked on a two-out RBI single that gave Cincy a 6-1 lead.

Graham Ashcraft (8-5) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a sacrifice fly within the first to account for Arizona’s solely run. Cincinnati tied it within the sixth when Marte tripled and scored on a throwing error on Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo.

Key second

Steer’s homer was a giant swing for Cincinnati going right into a three-game collection in opposition to the Dodgers.

Key stat

For the eighth time this season, the Reds gained the collection finale whereas trailing 0-2. They are the one crew within the majors that has not been swept this 12 months.

Up subsequent

Reds: RHP Hunter Greene (5-3, 2.63 ERA) begins on Monday evening in his native Los Angeles in opposition to Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-2, 4.17 ERA).

Diamondbacks: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-7, 5.40 ERA) faces Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff (4-1, 2.47 ERA) on Monday evening in Milwaukee.

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