
CIN
73-72

SD
79-66
Postgame · final
Line score, top performers, model verdict against Vegas, and how the closing line shaped up vs the actual outcome.
Final
CIN wins
CIN 4 · SD 2 (by 2)
Model verdict
✗ Missed
Picked SD +7pp
Against the spread
No spread
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Final play
“End of the 9th inning”
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Historical comparables
basis · elo_diff + win_prob + day_of_year + total_runs
Recap · MLB
incinnati Reds went into San Diego Padres and beat them, 4–2.
ESPN didn't ship a closing line for this game; book settlement summary unavailable.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
CIN · top performer

Will Benson
RF
2-1
AB-H
1
R
1
RBI
SD · top performer

Jackson Merrill
CF
4-2
AB-H
1
R
1
RBI
MLB · Box scoreSTATCAST


CIN
73-72
| Batting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
SPRINT26.530 | ||||||||
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT2872 | ||||||||
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SPRINT27.354 | ||||||||
| 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT26.735 | ||||||||
| 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT2872 | ||||||||
| 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 5-32 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Pitching | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR |
| 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
SD
79-66
| Batting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
| 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
SPRINT28.483 | ||||||||
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
SPRINT26.735 | ||||||||
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
SPRINT2872 | ||||||||
| 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
SPRINT28.688 | ||||||||
| 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT28.891 | ||||||||
| 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 3-29 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Pitching | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR |
| 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
Stat compare
Headline stats · full table below
5
Hits
3
4
Runs
2
0
Errors
1
Current series
CIN wins series 2-1
Season series
CIN leads series 3-2
Headlines · top performers
Biggest swing: 51pp · Top 9th Inning
W. Benson
RFBatter of the gamePerfect day
1-for-2 · 1 HR · 2.500 OPS
Z. Littell
SPStarting pitcher
6.0 IP · 4 K · 2 ER · 2 H · 1 BB
J. Merrill
CFBatter of the game
2-for-4 · 1 R · 1.000 OPS
M. King
SPStarting pitcher
5.0 IP · 2 K · 2 ER · 3 H · 1 BB
How it ended
CIN beat SD 4-2. Stephenson's play in the top 9th inning drove the biggest swing of the night (51pp).
Last play
End of the 9th inning
Win probability
SD vs CIN
Clutch moments · top swings
ranked by WP impactBenson · homered to (409 feet).
Merrill · tripled to right, Laureano scored.
Stephenson · homered to left (357 feet), Lux scored.
Linescore (innings)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Period scoring
CIN won 3 · SD won 1
Inn 1
Stewart 1
Inn 2
Benson 1
Inn 3
Inn 4
Inn 5
Merrill 1
Inn 6
Inn 7
Inn 8
Inn 9
Stephenson 2
Play-by-play · 526 plays
End of the 9th inning
CIN 4·SD 2
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Merrill struck out swinging.
·
CIN 4·SD 2
−1pp
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Emilio Pagan pitches to Jackson Merrill
·
CIN 4·SD 2
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Laureano grounded out to second.
·
CIN 4·SD 2
−3pp
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Emilio Pagan pitches to Ramon Laureano
·
CIN 4·SD 2
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Sheets flied out to center.
·
CIN 4·SD 2
−5pp
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
· ·
CIN 4·SD 2
Emilio Pagan pitches to Gavin Sheets
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pagán relieved Phillips
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Bottom of the 9th inning
CIN 4·SD 2
Middle of the 9th inning
CIN 4·SD 2
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Marte struck out looking.
· ·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking
· ·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2
·
CIN 4·SD 2
Team stats
CIN
Away
Stat
SD
Home
4
Runs
2
5
Hits
3
0
Errors
1
14
TB
6
3
HR
0
2
BB
2
9
K
8
5
LOB
8
STATCAST · Tonight’s standouts
5 of 14 players in cohortPlayer projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
127
projections · 81 high confidence
Strikeouts
Hits
Total bases
RBIs
Earned runs
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
56.9%
ensemble · SD favored
Elo Static
57.3%
P(SD win)
33%
weight
Elo Pitching
57.7%
P(SD win)
33%
weight
Bullpen Park
56.0%
P(SD win)
34%
weight
Disagreement
0.73 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
95% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
3 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.