Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Nick Martinez was perfect through four innings on Sunday. He gave up a solo home run in the fifth, but it all snowballed in the sixth when Martinez allowed three runs that gave San Francisco a 4-0 lead.

The Reds were in all three games of their first series against the Giants but only came away with one victory. At times, it felt like a few of their 2024 shortcomings drifted into ‘25 -- especially at inopportune times.

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Matt Chapman belted a two-run homer and turned in several key defensive plays to lead the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

For a while, it looked like the Giants might have a chance to celebrate a no-hitter at Great American Ball Park for the second consecutive season. Seven months after Blake Snell no-hit the Reds, fellow left-hander Robbie Ray flirted with making his own history,

Matt McLain and Christian Encarnacion-Strand each homered, Elly De La Cruz socked an important RBI-single off Justin Verlander, and Nick Lodolo settled in after some early jitters to toss 6 innings of Quality Start™ ball.