Giants go down swinging in 2-1 loss to Reds
A nice pitching performance from Robbie Ray and the bullpen went for nought in a 2-1 loss.
CINCINNATI, OHIO - APRIL 14: Willy Adames #2 of the San Francisco Giants runs the bases after hitting a home run during the fifth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on April 14, 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) | Getty Images The most telling statistic in the San Francisco Giants’ 2-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds is the two teams’ pitch counts. Four Giants pitchers combined to throw 145 pitches in eight innings.
The Reds got through nine innings against the free-swinging Giants in just 111 pitches, an average of 12. 3 per inning. The Giants had seven hits but only one walk, getting their lone run when Willy Adames crushed his third home run of the season in the 5th inning.
Cincinnati got only three hits in the game but two of them were solo home runs off Robbie Ray (2-2), which gave the Reds the first game of the series. The defining moment came in the bottom of the 4th, when Reds first baseman Sal Stewart fouled off four pitches before going deep on Ray’s ninth pitch of the at-bat. Sal Stewart slugs his 5th home run of the season 💪 pic.
twitter. com/rhX7XY3FeV — MLB (@MLB) April 14, 2026 The Giants pitchers didn’t make too many mistakes apart from that fastball to Stewart and a hanging slider that Spencer Steer turned into a 401-foot bomb in the 3rd. Way to get us started, Spence‼️ @spenc__er pic.