Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Toronto 4,
Cincinnati 3
When: 6:40 PM ET, Saturday, August 19, 2023
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - Shane Livensparger, 3B - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 38461
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - Shane Livensparger, 3B - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 38461
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Toronto
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | LF-RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 |
| Bo Bichette | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .319 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .251 |
| Davis Schneider | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .367 |
| Alejandro Kirk | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| Cavan Biggio | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .224 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Santiago Espinal | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Daulton Varsho | CF-LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Davis Schneider (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Davis Schneider 4, Alejandro Kirk, Cavan Biggio, Santiago Espinal, Daulton Varsho 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (57), Bo Bichette (60), Davis Schneider (6), Daulton Varsho (45) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (22), Bo Bichette (25), Daulton Varsho (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield 2 (43), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (33), Matt Chapman (47) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Daulton Varsho (14, 2nd off Law/Stephenson) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Cavan Biggio (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Bassitt (W 12-6) | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3.92 |
| Trevor Richards (H 9) | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 |
| Tim Mayza (H 20) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.05 |
| Jordan Hicks (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Jordan Romano (SV 30) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.66 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Bassitt 79-56, Trevor Richards 12-8, Tim Mayza 10-5, Jordan Hicks 14-9, Jordan Romano 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Bassitt 8-2, Trevor Richards 1-0, Tim Mayza 1-0, Jordan Hicks 1-0, Jordan Romano 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Bassitt 22, Trevor Richards 3, Tim Mayza 3, Jordan Hicks 3, Jordan Romano 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Mayza 2-0 | ||||||||
Cincinnati
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| TJ Friedl | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .274 |
| Matt McLain | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .298 |
| Elly De La Cruz | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .261 |
| Spencer Steer | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Joey Votto | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .206 |
| Noelvi Marte | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Christian Encarnacion-Strand | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Tyler Stephenson | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .243 |
| Will Benson | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Henry Ramos | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .243 |
| Stuart Fairchild | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .230 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Elly De La Cruz (11) | |||||||||
| 3B - Elly De La Cruz (5) | |||||||||
| HR - TJ Friedl (11) | |||||||||
| TB - TJ Friedl 4, Elly De La Cruz 5, Christian Encarnacion-Strand 2, Tyler Stephenson | |||||||||
| RBI - TJ Friedl (47), Elly De La Cruz (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - TJ Friedl 2 (40), Spencer Steer (31), Stuart Fairchild 2 (29) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Noelvi Marte (1, 3rd off Romano/Kirk), Christian Encarnacion-Strand (1, 2nd off Romano/Kirk) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Tyler Stephenson (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brandon Williamson (L 4-3) | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4.47 |
| Fernando Cruz | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.47 |
| Alex Young | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.89 |
| Derek Law | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brandon Williamson 101-66, Fernando Cruz 18-10, Alex Young 16-9, Derek Law 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brandon Williamson 6-1, Fernando Cruz 0-1, Alex Young 2-0, Derek Law 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brandon Williamson 27, Fernando Cruz 5, Alex Young 4, Derek Law 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Derek Law 1-0 | ||||||||