Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins

CIN 5 — MIN 4

Final — 2026-04-18

Game MVP: Taj Bradley — 6.0 IP, 5 K, 2 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	11	1
MIN	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	0

WP Kyle Nicolas (1-0)

LP Cole Sands (0-1)

SV Tony Santillan (1)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Jeffers tripled to center, Martin scored and Bell scored. (2-0)

Top 2: Stephenson hit sacrifice fly to center, Stewart scored. (2-1)

Bot 3: Keaschall singled to right, Martin scored. (3-1)

Top 4: Stephenson singled to left, Suárez scored. (3-2)

Bot 5: Lee singled to center, Bell scored, Larnach to second. (4-2)

Top 7: De La Cruz singled to left, Hinds scored, Myers to second. (4-3)

Top 8: Hinds sacrificed into double play, center to first to shortstop to second, Suárez scored, McLain thrown out at second. (4-4)

Top 9: Myers singled to center, Steer scored. (4-5)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Andrew Abbott	4.2	6	4	3	3	3	97-52	5.84
Sam Moll	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	15-8	1.86
Pierce Johnson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	11-9	3.24
Brock Burke	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	28-16	0.96
Kyle Nicolas	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	15-9	6.23	W, 1-0
Tony Santillan	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12-9	0.00	S, 1

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Taj Bradley	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	99-62	1.63
Justin Topa	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	10-7	4.35
Kody Funderburk	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	10-5	2.00
Eric Orze	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	15-13	4.15
Cole Sands	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	12-9	4.32	L, 0-1

Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota (20,198)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Nic Lentz, First Base Umpire: Hunter Wendelstedt, Second Base Umpire: Edwin Moscoso, Third Base Umpire: Vic Carapazza

Broadcast: TWTV | RDTV