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April 17, 2026 · AL Cent

Cincinnati Reds vs Minnesota Twins

April 17, 2026Target FieldCloudy 43°F · 14 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
12-8
2
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
11-9
1

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T4 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez doubles (2) on a line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. Elly De La Cruz scores. Sal Stewart scores. CIN 2, MIN 0
B5 Austin Martin Austin Martin out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Will Benson. Brooks Lee scores. Ryan Kreidler to 3rd. CIN 2, MIN 1

Box score

  123456789 R
CIN 000200000 2
MIN 000010000 1

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Reds AWAY 2

Brandon Williamson started for Reds, leaving with a 2–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Brandon Williamson Starter 5.1 93 1 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Brandon Williamson threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 30 32% 3 4 4 11 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 20 22% 1 7 2 9 1
    Cutter 17 18% 0 1 3 9 4
    Sinker 15 16% 2 2 4 5 2
    Curveball 8 9% 0 0 0 7 1
    Sweeper 3 3% 0 1 0 2 0
  • Connor Phillips Reliever 0.2 10 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Graham Ashcraft Reliever 1.0 16 0 0 HLD
  • Tony Santillan Setup 1.0 12 0 0 HLD
  • Emilio Pagán Reliever 1.0 13 0 1 SV
Twins HOME 1

Joe Ryan started for Twins, leaving trailing 1–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Joe Ryan Starter 6.0 94 2 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Joe Ryan threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 64% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 43 46% 7 10 7 13 6
    Slider 15 16% 1 2 2 9 1
    Sweeper 12 13% 0 5 2 3 2
    Sinker 9 10% 1 1 0 3 4
    Splitter 9 10% 1 2 0 3 3
    Knuckle Curve 6 6% 0 0 0 6 0
  • Justin Topa Reliever 1.0 11 0 0
  • Kody Funderburk Reliever 1.0 8 0 0
  • Cole Sands Reliever 1.0 20 0 2

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 4th · off Ryan
  • Suárez 2B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
TJ Friedl LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .145 .272 .145 .417
Matt McLain 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .183 .333 .225 .558
Elly De La Cruz SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 .269 .352 .551 .903 2B
Sal Stewart 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .300 .405 .657 1.062 SB
Nathaniel Lowe DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .308 .273 .581
Spencer Steer RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .235 .381 .616
Dane Myers CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .296 .240 .536
Tyler Stephenson C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .163 .294 .302 .596
Eugenio Suárez 3B 4 0 2 2 0 1 .257 .333 .414 .747 2B
Will Benson RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .265 .267 .532
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Byron Buxton CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 .236 .300 .431 .731
Austin Martin LF 2 0 1 1 1 0 .325 .500 .450 .950
Luke Keaschall 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .265 .276 .541
Josh Bell 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .254 .354 .463 .817
Victor Caratini C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 .352 .310 .662
Matt Wallner RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .183 .275 .338 .613
Brooks Lee SS 3 1 0 0 1 0 .228 .279 .404 .683
Tristan Gray 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .344 .536 .880
Ryan Jeffers DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .397 .449 .846
Ryan Kreidler 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .667 .953
Trevor Larnach PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 .436 .433 .869

Pitching lines

AWAY · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Brandon Williamson 5.1 3 1 1 4 2 0 93 4.35 W
Connor Phillips 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.25 HLD
Graham Ashcraft 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 1.64 HLD
Tony Santillan 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 HLD
Emilio Pagán 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.35 SV
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Joe Ryan 6.0 3 2 1 0 6 0 94 3.29 L
Justin Topa 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.72
Kody Funderburk 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.08
Cole Sands 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 3.68

Manager comparison

AWAY · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 2.9 R
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · CIN
5-5 L1 +7 run diff
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HOME · MIN
7-3 L1 +22 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.