In the continuation of Friday's suspended game, the Reds pulled out a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Diamondbacks on Saturday afternoon on Christian Encarnacion-Strand's game-winning double in the 10th inning at Great American Ball Park.

Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson is back in the rotation with Corbin Burnes' season-ending elbow injury. Friday's suspended game was completed.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand doubled to score Jake Fraley for the winning run in the 10th inning when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Saturday in the completion of a game that was suspended after six innings Friday night after a long rain delay.

Earlier this week we posited the question - should the Cincinnati Reds activate Christian Encarnacion-Strand when he’s healthy and done rehabbing, or should they option him to AAA to continue to shake off the rust he’d shown across the last two frustrating big league campaigns?

The Reds are going nowhere fast. It's time to get a jump on a 2026 playoff run by trading players now. Who should they deal?

Tonight’s Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball slate features the Arizona Diamondbacks taking on the Cincinnati Reds in friday afternoon MLB action.

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz will not be in the lineup for Cincinnati’s series opener against Arizona on Friday night after his flight from the Dominican Republic, where he was mourning the death of his older sister, was canceled.