Reds avoid sweep behind Lodolo’s complete game
Published 8:36 pm Wednesday, July 23, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nick Lodolo pitched his first complete game with eight strikeouts, Nick Fraley and Santiago Espinal each had two hits and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Washington Nationals 5-0 on Wednesday.
Lodolo (8-6) allowed four hits with no walks. The 27-year-old left-hander made his 21st start of the season and has 124 1/3 innings pitched, a single-season career best.
Noelvi Marte hit an RBI double and Jose Trevino’s sacrifice fly drove in Jake Fraley in the eighth inning. Matt McLain and Elly De La Cruz each had an RBI in the ninth to cap the scoring.
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De La Cruz drew a leadoff walk in the fourth, stole second base and scored on a single by Jake Fraley off starter Michael Soroka (3-8) to give the Reds a 1-0 lead.
The Nationals had their five-game home win streak against Cincinnati snapped.
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Jackson Rutledge replaced Konnor Pilkington with one out in the eighth and gave up back-to-back singles to Austin Hays and Fraley before Marte doubled to left field and Trevino’s sac fly made it 3-0.
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The Reds, who lost the first two games of the series, avoided being swept for the first time this season. Cincinnati set a franchise record with 33 straight series without being swept, breaking the mark of 32 set by the 1970 Reds, who went on to win the National League pennant.
Up next
Cincinnati’s Nick Martinez (8-9, 4.73 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Friday in the opener of a three-game series against Tampa Bay. The Rays haven’t yet announced their starter. Washington’s MacKenzie Gore (4-9, 3.59) takes the mound Friday against Minnesota’s Zebby Matthews (1-2, 6.26) to kick off a three-game set.
Reds 5, Nationals 0
| Cincinnati | Washington | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||||
| Friedl cf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Abrams ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lux 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Wood lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| McLain 2b | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rosario dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| De La Cruz ss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lowe 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hays dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Call rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fraley rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | House 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marte 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | García 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Millas c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trevino c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Adams ph-c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benson lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Young cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Espinal 1b-3b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 8 | 3 | Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Cincinnati | 000 | 100 | 022 | = | 5 |
| Washington | 000 | 000 | 000 | = | 0 |
E–House (3). DP–Cincinnati 0, Washington 2. LOB–Cincinnati 8, Washington 3. 2B–Marte (6), García (21). SB–De La Cruz (27). SF–Trevino (3).
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|
| Cincinnati | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodolo W,8-6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Washington | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soroka L,3-8 | 5 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Henry | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pilkington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rutledge | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lara | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pilkington pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
HBP–Soroka 3 (Friedl,Marte,Marte).
Umpires–Home, Jordan Baker; First, James Jean; Second, Stu Scheuwater; Third, Dan Merzel.
T–2:22. A–21,567 (41,376).
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