{"id":694748,"date":"2026-05-09T23:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/694748\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T23:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:18:49","slug":"chase-burns-strong-start-and-a-big-fifth-inning-help-reds-snap-8-game-skid-with-3-1-win-over-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/694748\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Burns’ strong start and a big fifth inning help Reds snap 8-game skid with 3-1 win over Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"

CINCINNATI (AP) \u2014 Chase Burns<\/a> threw six innings of one-run ball, Matt McClain drove in two runs and the Cincinnati Reds<\/a> snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Burns (4-1) struck out two and allowed four hits. The No. 2 pick in the 2024 MLB<\/a> Draft lowered his ERA to 2.11, good for third in the National League and seventh in the majors.<\/p>\n

The Reds’ skid was their longest since also dropping eight straight early in the 2024 season. <\/p>\n

Houston’s Braden Shewmake<\/a> started the scoring with a homer in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

The Reds answered in the bottom of the frame. After Cam Smith<\/a> dropped a pop-up in right field to allow Jose Trevino<\/a> to load the bases, McClain drove in two with a single to left and Elly De La Cruz<\/a> brought one more across with another single.<\/p>\n

Zach Cole<\/a> fired a strike to home to throw out McClain and end the inning, one batter after his throwing error allowed the go-ahead run to cross.<\/p>\n

Pierce Johnson<\/a> worked a hitless ninth to pick up the save.<\/p>\n

Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti<\/a> (4-1) allowed five hits and three runs (one earned) in 5 2\/3 innings for his first loss of 2026. He struck out five and walked three.<\/p>\n

Yordan Alvarez<\/a> had a double and two walks. His .327 batting average ranks third in the American League.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

LHP Andrew Abbott (1-2, 5.13) starts for Cincinnati in the final game of the series. Houston has not announced a starter.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI (AP) \u2014 Chase Burns threw six innings of one-run ball, Matt McClain drove in two runs and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,27690,451,708,50,1177,76469,54,1176,19,4,1133,4678,2264,43882],"class_list":["post-694748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-braden-shewmake","tag-cam-smith","tag-chase-burns","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-elly-de-la-cruz","tag-event_recap","tag-houston-astros","tag-jose-trevino","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-pierce-johnson","tag-spencer-arrighetti","tag-yordan-alvarez","tag-zach-cole"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116547181861554034","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}