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September 1, 2026 · NL Cent

San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds

September 1, 2026Great American Ball ParkClear 92°F · 5 mph, R To L
AWAY
San Diego Padres
73-66
3
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
66-73
4

Game Highlights

Published September 1, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Manny Machado Manny Machado out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Samad Taylor scores. SD 1, CIN 0
B1 JJ Bleday JJ Bleday singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jase Bowen. Héctor Rodríguez scores. SD 1, CIN 1
T5 Fernando Tatis Jr. Fernando Tatis Jr. homers (18) on a line drive to right field. SD 2, CIN 1
B5 Héctor Rodríguez Héctor Rodríguez singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jase Bowen. Edwin Arroyo scores. Héctor Rodríguez to 2nd. SD 2, CIN 2
B8 Jose Trevino Jose Trevino singles on a line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Elly De La Cruz scores. Sal Stewart to 3rd. Matt McLain to 2nd. SD 2, CIN 3
B8 Juan Brito Juan Brito out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Samad Taylor. Sal Stewart scores. SD 2, CIN 4
T9 Fernando Tatis Jr. Fernando Tatis Jr. homers (19) on a fly ball to right field. SD 3, CIN 4

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 100010001 3
CIN 100010020 4

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 3

Randy Vásquez started for Padres, leaving with the game tied 2–2. Out of the bullpen, Adrian Morejon took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Randy Vásquez Starter 4.2 69 2 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Randy Vásquez threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 30 43% 4 5 11 6 4
    Sinker 18 26% 1 5 1 5 6
    Changeup 10 14% 1 1 0 5 3
    Cutter 9 13% 0 3 2 3 1
    Slider 2 3% 1 0 0 0 1
  • Bradgley Rodriguez Middle 1.1 22 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Yuki Matsui Middle 1.0 22 0 2
  • Adrian Morejon Setup 0.2 27 2 0 L
  • David Morgan Middle 0.1 1 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
Reds HOME 4

Nick Lodolo started for Reds, leaving with the game tied 2–2. Out of the bullpen, Emilio Pagán took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Lodolo Starter 6.0 100 2 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Lodolo threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 68% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 40 40% 2 4 12 17 5
    Sinker 22 22% 0 2 5 8 7
    Changeup 20 20% 3 1 5 8 3
    Curveball 18 18% 5 2 2 8 1
  • Luis Mey Middle 1.0 20 0 2
  • Brock Burke Setup 1.0 19 0 2 W
  • Emilio Pagán Closer 1.0 13 1 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 8th · off Morejon
  • Trevino 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · SD
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B 5 2 2 2 0 1 .282 .349 .449 .798 2 HR (18, 19)
Samad Taylor LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .344 .425 .430 .855 3B, SB
Manny Machado 3B 2 0 0 1 1 1 .219 .306 .403 .709
Ty France 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .288 .356 .503 .859
Jackson Merrill CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .243 .295 .421 .716 2B
Xander Bogaerts SS 2 0 0 0 2 0 .216 .317 .321 .638 SB
Luis Campusano DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .285 .390 .457 .847
Sung-Mun Song PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .293 .248 .541
Jake Cronenworth PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .301 .294 .595
Austin Hays DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 .219 .250 .315 .565
Dustin Harris DH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .300 .377 .367 .744 SB
Freddy Fermin C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .194 .265 .303 .568
Jase Bowen RF 3 0 1 0 0 2 .169 .207 .289 .496 3B
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Héctor Rodríguez RF 4 1 2 1 0 2 .243 .312 .457 .769 2B
Elly De La Cruz DH 3 1 1 0 1 1 .271 .352 .476 .828
Sal Stewart 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .268 .338 .489 .827
JJ Bleday LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .217 .329 .423 .752
Matt McLain SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 .189 .287 .339 .626
Jose Trevino C 4 0 1 1 0 1 .230 .234 .373 .607
Juan Brito 2B 3 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .233 .241 .474
Dane Myers CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .347 .367 .714
Edwin Arroyo 3B 2 1 1 0 1 0 .232 .276 .275 .551 2B
TJ Friedl CF 1 0 0 0 1 0 .165 .248 .251 .499

Pitching lines

AWAY · SD
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Randy Vásquez 4.2 5 2 2 1 3 0 69 4.02
Bradgley Rodriguez 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 2.02
Yuki Matsui 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 22 1.99
Adrian Morejon 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 27 2.77 L
David Morgan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.01
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Lodolo 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 100 5.08
Luis Mey 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 3.75
Brock Burke 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 19 2.58 W
Emilio Pagán 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13 4.19 SV

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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