SAN FRANCISCO − Hunter Greene was rewarded for a great outing Monday night.
After the Cincinnati Reds squandered Greene's first two starts of the season, they mustered enough offense late at Oracle Park against the San Francisco Giants to find a 2-0 win. That marked Greene's first win of 2025, and it was an 8.2-inning gem.
Reds right fielder Blake Dunn, who was added to the game late on Monday after Jake Fraley was scratched (left side pain), struck the decisive blow with a two-run, bases-loaded double in the top of the eighth inning.
For Greene (1-1), the win came in what was easily his most dominant outing of the year to date, and against a San Francisco team (8-2) that entered the night with the best record in baseball. Greene struck out six and recorded two outs in the ninth as he attempted to notch a complete-game shutout.
In the ninth inning, Greene worked through the top of the Giants' order. He sat down leadoff man LaMonte Wade Jr. and No. 2 hitter Willy Adames before Jung-Hoo Lee singled to bring the Oracle Park crowd of 30,138 to life.
Matt Chapman's walk further stoked the Giants fans. It also ended Greene's night, and forced Reds manager Terry Francona to turn to Tony Santillan for the final out, and he provided it against Heliot Ramos, who lined out to Hurtubise.
Greene faced Giants ace Logan Webb in a rematch of Opening Day starters from the clubs' March 27 meeting on Opening Day. Webb struck out 10 Monday night and scattered four hits over seven innings but the Giants' bullpen capitulated.
Camilo Doval issued a walk and a hit-by-pitch to Spencer Steer and Jacob Hurtubise, respectively. After Reds catcher Jose Trevino successfully put down a sacrifice bunt, T.J. Friedl was walked to load the bases.
Reliever Erik Miller then took the ball and surrendered the one-out double to Dunn, which scored Steer and Hurtubise.
The Reds improved to 4-7 with the win.
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