Suárez Three-Run Blast Flips the Script in Cincinnati's 4-3 Win

Eugenio Suárez hit a 389-foot home run to right center in the sixth that erased a two-run deficit and swung Milwaukee's win probability from 72% all the way down to 47% in a single swing. Cincinnati held on from there, escaping Milwaukee with a 4-3 final.

Milwaukee looked in control early. Joey Ortiz launched a 408-foot shot to center in the second, scoring a teammate and staking the Brewers to a 2-0 lead — the kind of cushion that, with Robert Gasser dealing, felt meaningful. Gasser went five innings, allowing just 3 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 5, and for most of the first half of this game, Milwaukee's pitching staff was doing exactly what it needed to do.

Then the sixth inning happened. With Elly De La Cruz and Sal Stewart on base, Suárez turned on a pitch and drove it 389 feet to right center. All three runs scored. Just like that, Cincinnati led 3-2, and the win probability had lurched 25 points in the Reds' favor. That's the story of this game — one swing that completely rewrote the narrative. De La Cruz, who finished 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored, and Stewart, who went 2-for-4, both did the work of getting on base to set the table. Suárez did the rest, finishing 1-for-4 with 3 RBI and a run scored.

Milwaukee answered immediately. Jake Bauers hit a 386-foot homer to right center in the seventh to knot it at 3-3, and for a moment it looked like the Brewers might steal the momentum back. They didn't. In the eighth, De La Cruz scored again — this time on a Tyler Stephenson sacrifice fly to right — and Cincinnati had the lead for good at 4-3. On the mound, Chase Burns came out of the bullpen and threw 3 innings of 2-hit, 5-strikeout ball, though he did allow 2 earned runs and walked 3. It appears Burns was sharp enough when it mattered most, and Cincinnati's bullpen management looks like it paid off in the end. The Reds came into Milwaukee, fell behind early, and found a way out. That's a win worth noting.