Overview
- Cincinnati beat Oakland 3-2 on Wednesday night when Noelvi Marte's sixth-inning sacrifice fly scored Sal Stewart and Emilio Pagán closed with a 1-2-3 ninth for his 13th save.
- Rhett Lowder earned his first win since April 20 by allowing two earned runs over six innings in a quality start that snapped an 11-start winless stretch.
- Oakland starter Jacob Lopez struck out nine over five innings but was removed after 87 pitches, and reliever Hayden Juenger allowed the singles that set up the go-ahead run.
- The Reds improved to 55-58 and have surged recently, winning 10 of their last 14 games, while the A's fell to 45-69 with their seventh straight loss and a 12-series slide.
- Cincinnati and Oakland will try new starters in the series finale with Mason Barnett lined up for the A's and Andrew Abbott expected to pitch for the Reds.