Cleveland Guardians @ Cincinnati Reds

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
S. KwanLF	0-4	0	0	0	.311
J. RamirezDH	2-5	0	0	0	.296
C. Santana1B	2-4	0	0	1	.222
G. AriasSS	0-2	0	0	0	.255
K. ManzardoPH	0-1	0	0	0	.221
W. BrennanCF	0-1	0	0	0	.000
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J. NoelRF	0-2	0	0	0	.150
N. JonesPH-RF	1-2	0	0	0	.181
A. MartinezCF-2B	1-4	0	0	0	.294
Wi. Wilson3B	1-3	0	0	0	.192
D. Schneemann2B-SS	1-4	0	0	0	.265
A. HedgesC	0-2	0	0	0	.143
B. NaylorPH-C	1-1	1	0	0	.190

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
L. Ortiz	5.0	6	2	2	7	100-66	4.66
H. Gaddis	1.0	2	1	0	2	14-11	1.00
K. Allard	2.0	1	0	0	0	28-18	1.06

According to ESPN Analytics

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CIN

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Great American Ball Park

1:40 PM, May 18, 2025

Cincinnati, Ohio

Attendance: 27,628

Game Time:2:46

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ramon De Jesus
First Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Second Base Umpire - Ben May
Third Base Umpire - Austin Jones

Will Benson's first 2-homer game leads Reds to 3-1 win and 3-game sweep of Guardians

— Will Benson had his first two-homer game, going deep for the fourth straight day to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory on Sunday and their first three-game sweep of the Cleveland Guardians since 2012.

May 18, 2025, 08:15 pm - AP


CLE
CIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	1
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	-	3	9	0

Scoring Summary

		CLE	CIN
4th	Benson homered to right (399 feet), Stephenson scored.	0	2
6th	Benson homered to right (380 feet).	0	3
7th	Santana singled to right, Naylor scored.	1	3

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Guardians
4
Reds
5

Game 1

5/16

Guardians
1
Reds
4

Game 2

5/17

Guardians
1
Reds
3

Game 3

5/18

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

Tarik Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start first 2 NLCS games

Tarik Skubal will start Game 1 of the NLCS for the Dodgers, followed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2.

Guardians' Williams, White Sox's Burke to start for ALCS bid

After finishing Game 4 of the ALDS on the mound, Guardians right-hander Gavin Williams will get the ball to start Game 5, while the White Sox will go with righty Sean Burke.

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Cleveland Guardians @ Cincinnati Reds

Will Benson's first 2-homer game leads Reds to 3-1 win and 3-game sweep of Guardians

A. Abbott3-0

L. Ortiz2-5

E. Pagan12

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