A double from Luis Matos was the Giants’ only hit until Wilmer Flores provided a solo shot with two outs in the ninth.
games of this series, San Francisco managed only three over the final two games and had to settle for a split in Cincinnati.that snapped their seven-game winning streak a blip with Alex Cobb on the mound in the series finale, but they lost for only the second time in the last 12 games the 35-year-old All-Star has started. The 12th-year veteran was opposed by a left-hander making his ninth career start, Andrew Abbott, who held San Francisco scoreless for eight innings.
The game so happened to be a confluence of Cobb’s worst splits. He has been much better at Oracle Park than away from it and so despises early work that he has adjusted his throwing routine to avoid it. His ERA in day games rose to 5.04, compared to 1.83 in evening starts. The Reds got a home run from their No. 9 hitter for the second straight game as Luke Maile started the scoring with a two-run shot in the third inning, the damage doubled by walking the previous batter, Will Benson . Walnut Creek native Christian Encarnacion-Strand drove in one of the Reds’ three runs in a fourth-inning rally that opened a 5-0 advantage.
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