Steer hits a 2-run homer and Reds win rain-shortened game 4-2 over Twins.
HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO, JUN 18 – Spencer Steer's two-run homer and Nick Lodolo's strong pitching helped the Reds secure their fourth consecutive win in a game halted by heavy rain after six innings.
- On Wednesday night, June 18, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 4-2 in a rain-shortened game at Great American Ball Park.
- The game’s start was postponed for two hours and seven minutes due to intense rain and strong winds that soaked the playing field.
- Twins' Byron Buxton hit a leadoff home run on Nick Lodolo's first pitch, but Spencer Steer responded with a two-run homer that gave the Reds the lead in the first inning.
- Nick Lodolo threw six innings, giving up three hits and two runs while securing his first victory in five outings, as the game was called with two outs in the sixth inning due to rain.
- The Reds extended their winning streak to four games, improved to 39-35, moved four games above.500, and remain within one game of the third National League wild-card spot.
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