ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays took advantage of the Cincinnati Reds bullpen to score twice in the eighth inning for a come-from-behind 2-1 win Sunday.

The Rays loaded the bases with two outs against the Reds. With one out, Reds reliever Fernando Cruz walked Yandy Diaz, Brandon Lowe reached on an infield single and Isaac Paredes walked.

Cruz struck out Amed Rosario, but catcher Austin Wynns could not handle the pitch and pinch runner Jose Caballero scored to tie the game. Lucas Sims came in to replace Cruz and walked Richie Palacios to score Lowe and give the Rays the 2-1 lead.

“Good at-bat by Yandy. Great job by (Caballero) by putting pressure on him,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.

“Cruz is nasty, tough to lay off some of those, but when you’re nasty sometimes you’ve got to go out of the zone significantly. Great at-bat by Richie as well.”

Garrett Cleavinger (7-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Pete Fairbanks earned his 20th save of the season.

“It’s nice that we play nine,” Lowe said. “Unusual way to win, but 11:35 a.m. start time. I’ll take any kind of win.”

Reds starter Hunter Greene gave up just two hits in seven scoreless innings. He had a no-hitter through 5 2/3 innings before Lowe hit a single to right field. Greene struck out five, walked one and hit two batters.

“Tough loss, but I’ve got to keep just going out there and doing my job,” Greene said. “Hopefully we’re able to get some more momentum going back home.”

Wynns had an RBI single in the second inning that scored Stuart Fairchild after he reached on one of the Rays’ three errors. On the play, Wynns got caught up trying to extend the single into a double and Santiago Espinal was thrown out at home to end the inning.

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had three hits and four stolen bases, giving him 55 this season. He also reached base on an error in the eighth inning and made a spectacular sliding catch in short left field to rob Rays shortstop Taylor Walls of a hit in the sixth inning.

“That was fantastic, it definitely gave me an extra boost,” Greene said. “It’s pretty fantastic when he makes plays like that. It’s not the first time he’s done it.”

TRADE

The Rays also made a deal prior to the game when they sent reliever Jason Adam to the San Diego Padres for right-hander Dylan Lesko, outfielder Homer Bush Jr. and catcher J.D. Gonzalez.

“This was an extremely tough morning saying goodbye to Jason, who has meant so much to our organization on and off the field,” Rays president Erik Neander said. “But we are excited to see these three guys we obtained from San Diego grow in our system.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: Left-hander Jeffrey Springs (Tommy John surgery) has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list and is expected to start Tuesday against the Miami Marlins. … Right-hander Drew Rasmussen (right flexor strain) pitched two scoreless innings in Triple-A Durham on Saturday and could return to the Rays as a reliever in August.

UP NEXT

Right-hander Carson Spiers (3-2, 3.83 ERA) will start for the Reds against the Chicago Cubs on Monday. Springs will make his season debut against the Marlins on Tuesday.

Rays 2, Reds 1

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
India 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.263
De La Cruz ss	4	0	3	0	0	0	.263
Stephenson dh	4	0	0	0	0	3	.234
Steer lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	.237
Candelario 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.228
Fairchild cf	2	1	0	0	0	1	.230
a-Friedl ph-cf	2	0	0	0	0	0	.208
Espinal 3b	3	0	1	0	0	0	.221
b-Fraley ph	1	0	1	0	0	0	.279
Slater rf	2	0	0	0	1	2	.111
c-Benson ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.193
Wynns c	2	0	1	1	0	1	.368
Totals	33	1	6	1	1	10

Tampa Bay	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Y.Díaz 1b	3	0	0	0	1	0	.270
1-Caballero pr-3b	0	1	0	0	0	0	.236
B.Lowe 2b	4	1	2	0	0	0	.262
Paredes 3b-1b	2	0	0	0	1	0	.245
J.Lowe rf	4	0	0	0	0	3	.212
Siri cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199
Rosario dh	4	0	0	0	0	2	.307
Palacios lf	2	0	0	1	2	0	.236
DeLuca cf-rf	3	0	1	0	0	2	.176
Rortvedt c	3	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Walls ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	.144
Totals	28	2	3	1	4	8

Cincinnati	010	000	000_1	6	0
Tampa Bay	000	000	02x_2	3	3

a-popped out for Fairchild in the 7th. b-singled for Espinal in the 9th. c-struck out for Slater in the 9th.

1-ran for Y.Díaz in the 8th.

E–Paredes 2 (7), Rortvedt (5). LOB–Cincinnati 7, Tampa Bay 8. RBIs–Wynns (2), Palacios (21). SB–De La Cruz 3 (55), Steer (16), DeLuca (8), Caballero 2 (27), B.Lowe (2).

Runners left in scoring position–Cincinnati 3 (Steer 2, Candelario); Tampa Bay 5 (DeLuca 2, Rortvedt 2, J.Lowe). RISP–Cincinnati 1 for 8; Tampa Bay 1 for 7.

Runners moved up–Stephenson.

Cincinnati	IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Greene	7		2	0	0	1	5	100	2.97
Cruz, L, 3-8, BS, 0-3		2-3	1	2	2	2	2	34	4.81
Sims		1-3	0	0	0	1	1	10	3.67

Tampa Bay	IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Armstrong	2		3	1	0	0	1	29	5.40
Uceta	2		1	0	0	0	4	32	0.51
Rodríguez	1		0	0	0	0	1	6	2.65
Zuber	2		1	0	0	1	2	38	2.70
Cleavinger, W, 7-2	1		0	0	0	0	1	17	3.21
Fairbanks, S, 20-22	1		1	0	0	0	1	9	3.11

Inherited runners-scored–Sims 3-1. HBP–Rodríguez (Wynns), Greene 2 (DeLuca,Paredes). WP–Cruz.

Umpires–Home, Adam Hamari; First, Austin Jones; Second, Edwin Moscoso; Third, Vic Carapazza.

T–2:29. A–19,873 (25,025).