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August 31, 2026 · NL Cent

San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds

August 31, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 90°F · 7 mph, R To L
AWAY
San Diego Padres
73-65
5
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
65-73
0

Game Highlights

Published August 31, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T4 Jackson Merrill Jackson Merrill singles on a ground ball to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Manny Machado scores. Ty France to 2nd. SD 1, CIN 0
T4 Xander Bogaerts Xander Bogaerts doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to left fielder JJ Bleday. Ty France scores. Jackson Merrill scores. SD 3, CIN 0
T4 Dustin Harris Dustin Harris singles on a ground ball to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Xander Bogaerts scores. SD 4, CIN 0
T7 Ty France Ty France singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores. SD 5, CIN 0

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 000400100 5
CIN 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

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

Padres AWAY 5

Michael King started for Padres, leaving with a 4–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Michael King Starter 6.0 96 0 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael King threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 27 28% 3 11 4 6 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 25 26% 4 3 4 11 3
    Changeup 21 22% 4 2 2 9 4
    Slider 14 15% 1 1 4 5 3
    Sweeper 9 9% 0 2 0 5 2
  • Kyle Hart Middle 2.0 29 0 4
  • Wandy Peralta Middle 1.0 20 0 1
Reds HOME 0

Brady Singer started for Reds, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Pierce Johnson took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Brady Singer Starter 4.1 87 4 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Brady Singer threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 44 51% 2 9 10 16 7
    Slider 33 38% 7 4 4 10 8
    Sweeper 5 6% 0 1 0 3 1
    Cutter 5 6% 1 0 2 1 1
  • Julian Garcia Middle 1.2 21 0 3 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Pierce Johnson Middle 1.0 19 1 0
  • Tony Santillan Setup 1.0 10 0 0
  • Tejay Antone Middle 1.0 15 0 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 4th · off Singer
  • Merrill 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · SD
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Fernando Tatis Jr. RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 .281 .349 .438 .787 2B
Jake Cronenworth 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .218 .302 .295 .597
Manny Machado 3B 5 1 4 0 0 0 .220 .307 .405 .712 2B
Ty France 1B 5 1 3 1 0 0 .292 .359 .508 .867
Jackson Merrill CF 4 1 2 1 0 2 .241 .294 .419 .713
Xander Bogaerts DH 5 1 1 2 0 3 .217 .316 .322 .638 2B
Dustin Harris LF 5 0 2 1 0 1 .300 .368 .367 .735
Luis Campusano C 4 0 2 0 0 1 .287 .392 .460 .852
Sung-Mun Song SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .192 .295 .250 .545
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Héctor Rodríguez RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 .227 .301 .439 .740
Elly De La Cruz DH 2 0 0 0 2 1 .270 .351 .477 .828
Sal Stewart 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 .337 .489 .826 2B
JJ Bleday LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .216 .330 .425 .755
Tyler Stephenson C 3 0 1 0 1 2 .251 .330 .427 .757
Eugenio Suárez 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .206 .298 .410 .708
Matt McLain SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .191 .288 .341 .629
Dane Myers PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .256 .349 .370 .719
Edwin Arroyo 2B 4 0 0 0 0 4 .229 .268 .264 .532
TJ Friedl CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .165 .246 .252 .498

Pitching lines

AWAY · SD
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Michael King 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 96 3.11 W
Kyle Hart 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 29 3.77
Wandy Peralta 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 3.41
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Brady Singer 4.1 10 4 4 0 5 0 87 4.83 L
Julian Garcia 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 3.32
Pierce Johnson 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 19 4.54
Tony Santillan 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6.75
Tejay Antone 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 3.83

Manager comparison

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 4.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
9-1 W5 +24 run diff
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HOME · CIN
3-7 L2 -41 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with SD listed first across 3 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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