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May 25, 2026 · NL East

Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets

May 25, 2026Citi FieldPartly Cloudy 71°F · 4 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
28-25
7
vs
HOME
New York Mets
22-32
2

Game Highlights

Published May 25, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Spencer Steer Spencer Steer grounds into a force out, shortstop Bo Bichette to second baseman Marcus Semien. Sal Stewart scores. Eugenio Suárez to 3rd. Nathaniel Lowe out at 2nd. Spencer Steer to 1st. CIN 1, NYM 0
T2 Tyler Stephenson Tyler Stephenson strikes out swinging. CIN 2, NYM 0
T3 JJ Bleday JJ Bleday homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field. CIN 3, NYM 0
T4 Spencer Steer Spencer Steer singles on a ground ball to center fielder A.J. Ewing. Eugenio Suárez scores. Nathaniel Lowe scores. CIN 5, NYM 0
T4 Tyler Stephenson Tyler Stephenson homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Spencer Steer scores. CIN 7, NYM 0
B6 Marcus Semien Marcus Semien homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. CIN 7, NYM 1
B7 Carson Benge Carson Benge grounds out, shortstop Elly De La Cruz to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. Brett Baty scores. CIN 7, NYM 2

Box score

  123456789 R
CIN 021400000 7
NYM 000001100 2

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 7

Nick Lodolo started for Reds, leaving with a 7–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Brock Burke took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Lodolo Starter 6.0 98 1 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Lodolo threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 33 34% 4 7 3 16 3
    Curveball 26 27% 8 2 4 9 3
    Sinker 20 20% 0 7 3 4 6
    Changeup 19 19% 3 1 7 4 4
  • Brock Burke Setup 0.2 13 1 0
  • Tejay Antone Middle 0.1 16 0 0
  • Sam Moll Middle 1.0 12 0 3
  • Graham Ashcraft Reliever 1.0 13 0 2
Mets HOME 2

Nolan McLean started for Mets, leaving trailing 0–7.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nolan McLean Starter 3.1 78 7 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nolan McLean threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 47% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 33 42% 5 8 6 8 6
    Sweeper 23 29% 5 1 2 15 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 10 13% 1 4 1 2 2
    Curveball 7 9% 0 1 2 4 0
    Cutter 3 4% 1 0 0 1 1
    Changeup 2 3% 0 0 1 1 0
  • Austin Warren Middle 1.2 36 0 3 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Jonathan Pintaro Reliever 2.2 40 0 3
  • Tobias Myers Reliever 1.1 20 0 3 inherited 1, stranded 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 2nd · off McLean
  • Steer Forceout (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Blake Dunn RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .317 .378 .488 .866
Elly De La Cruz SS 5 0 0 0 0 4 .282 .347 .516 .863
JJ Bleday LF 4 1 1 1 1 2 .270 .377 .596 .973 HR (7)
Sal Stewart 3B 3 1 0 0 0 2 .253 .351 .480 .831
Eugenio Suárez DH 3 2 2 0 1 0 .237 .315 .371 .686 2B
Spencer Steer 1B 4 1 1 3 0 1 .271 .338 .442 .780
Tyler Stephenson C 4 1 1 2 0 3 .181 .284 .307 .591 HR (4)
Matt McLain 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .198 .296 .326 .622
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 2 1 1 0 2 0 .272 .346 .561 .907 2B
HOME · NYM
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carson Benge DH 3 0 1 1 0 0 .247 .313 .337 .650
Bo Bichette SS 4 0 3 0 0 1 .227 .274 .323 .597
Mark Vientos 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .232 .270 .390 .660
Marcus Semien 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .219 .268 .316 .584 HR (4)
A.J. Ewing CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 .385 .386 .771
MJ Melendez LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .333 .366 .699
Nick Morabito RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .083 .000 .083
Brett Baty 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .236 .309 .354 .663 2B
Luis Torrens C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .185 .250 .259 .509
Tyrone Taylor RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .186 .210 .320 .530

Pitching lines

AWAY · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Lodolo 6.0 6 1 1 0 7 1 98 5.57 W
Brock Burke 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 13 3.65
Tejay Antone 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 5.87
Sam Moll 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 2.74
Graham Ashcraft 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.33
HOME · NYM
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nolan McLean 3.1 5 7 7 2 6 2 78 4.40 L
Austin Warren 1.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 36 1.56
Jonathan Pintaro 2.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 40 0.00
Tobias Myers 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 3.41

Manager comparison

AWAY · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 2.9 R
HOME · NYM
Carlos Mendoza
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 1.8 R IBBs 1.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · CIN
5-5 L1 +7 run diff
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HOME · NYM
4-5 ?1 -13 run diff
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Season series: 4-2 with CIN listed first across 6 prior meetings.

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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.

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