{"id":787061,"date":"2026-05-10T18:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787061\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T18:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:16:50","slug":"reds-snap-8-game-skid-with-3-1-win-over-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787061\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds snap 8-game skid with 3-1 win over Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CINCINNATI \u2014\u00a0Chase Burns threw six innings of one-run ball, Matt McClain drove in two runs and the Cincinnati Reds snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burns (4-1) struck out two and allowed four hits<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The No. 2 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft lowered his ERA to 2.11, good for third in the National League and seventh in the majors<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Reds&#8217; skid was their longest since also dropping eight straight early in the 2024 season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Burns (4-1) struck out two and allowed four hits. The No. 2 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft lowered his ERA to 2.11, good for third in the National League and seventh in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds&#8217; skid was their longest since also dropping eight straight early in the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>Houston&#8217;s Braden Shewmake started the scoring with a homer in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds answered in the bottom of the frame. After Cam Smith dropped a pop-up in right field to allow Jose Trevino to load the bases, McClain drove in two with a single to left and Elly De La Cruz brought one more across with another single.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Cole fired a strike to home to throw out McClain and end the inning, one batter after his throwing error allowed the go-ahead run to cross.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce Johnson worked a hitless ninth to pick up the save.<\/p>\n<p>Houston&#8217;s Spencer Arrighetti (4-1) allowed five hits and three runs (one earned) in 5 2\/3 innings for his first loss of 2026. He struck out five and walked three.<\/p>\n<p>Yordan Alvarez had a double and two walks. His .327 batting average ranks third in the American League.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>LHP Andrew Abbott (1-2, 5.13) starts for Cincinnati in the final game of the series. Houston has not announced a starter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2014\u00a0Chase Burns threw six innings of one-run ball, Matt McClain drove in two runs and the Cincinnati&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":694474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[30319,7448,1578,10595,1266,50,1573,63996,83410,13570,62,52,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-787061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-app-sports","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-associated-press","11":"tag-cincinnati","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-ohio","15":"tag-ohio-cincinnati-reds","16":"tag-ohio-cincinnati-top-stories","17":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116551656818346449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}