Cincinnati Reds at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

75-86, 37-43 Away

Final
5 - 1

Toronto Blue Jays

78-83, 41-39 Home

Bleday hits 24th homer, Lowder pitches 6 innings for first win since August as Reds beat Blue Jays

Cincinnati Reds vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Rhett Lowder (7-12) allowed three hits in six scoreless innings to win for the first time since August 28, stopping a four-start losing streak.

Cincinnati improved to 29-18 against AL opponents. The Reds were 46-68 vs. the NL.

Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts and was booed by some in the sellout crowd of 42,482. Guerrero, who has slumped this season while playing with injuries, apologized Friday for comments that this $500 million, 14-year contract was for past accomplishments.

Blue Jays right-hander Trey Yesavage (5-6) allowed one run and two hits in two innings. The 23-year-old rookie right-hander returned last Monday after missing 42 games because of left knee surgery and finished with a 3.69 ERA in 20 starts, striking out 97 in 97 2/3 innings.

Bleday led off the second inning with his 24th home run, a 413-foot drive to center.

Cincinnati boosted the lead to 3-0 the third against Spencer Miles on shortstop Andrés Giménez's fielding error and Eugenio Suárez's RBI double. Rodríguez tripled with two outs in the fifth off John Klein.

Giménez hit a run-scoring groundout in the seventh against Connor Phillips.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer (3-9, 6.14 ERA) is expected to start Sunday’s season finale against Reds LHP Brandon Williamson (5-4, 4.89). Scherzer said he will decide during the offseason whether to retire.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Keys popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Okamoto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Antone relieved Ashcraft
	9th Inning	Stewart grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz grounded out to second.

Statistics

CIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
12	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
2	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
2	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	121
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	7
39	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.7	Runs Created	1.1
.182	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.226
.364	Secondary Average	.161
.308	On Base Percentage	.235
.671	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.461
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
35.5	Batter Rating	13.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.182	Isolated Power	.065
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.154	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.182	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.8	MLB Rating	66.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0