Cincinnati RedsvsChicago White Sox
CIN 9/CHW 8
Things to say
The Reds edged the White Sox 9-8 on the road in Chicago.
01
opener
Man, that one was a rollercoaster. Reds win it 9-8 at Rate Field. Nine runs on the road, they just kept answering every time Chicago punched back.
02
key player
The top of the Reds order was cooking all day — heart of the order kept turning it over and left the yard when it mattered. That's a three-hit, multi-RBI kind of afternoon.
03
hot take
White Sox manager went to the pen way too early. Your starter's got a lead, let him work into the seventh. Once that bullpen door opened, it got ugly.
04
deep cut
Nobody's talking about it, but Chicago left the tying run on in the late innings twice. Eight runs and it still feels like they left a couple on the table.
05
exit
Anyway, it's a getaway day — they run it back tomorrow, so we'll see if the Sox bounce back.
The recap
Getaway day at Rate Field turned into a slugfest, and the Reds walked out of Chicago with a 9-8 nail-biter. Both bullpens got roughed up after the starters exited, and every time the White Sox clawed back, Cincinnati answered right back through the heart of the order.
The turning point was the late-inning rally that flipped a one-run deficit, and the Reds' pen barely nailed down the door in the ninth. Ugly, high-scoring, and exactly the kind of one-run road win that keeps a scuffling club hanging around.