Cincinnati Reds’ Christian Encarnacion-Strand Bay Area native from Pleasant Hill, right, hits a two-run home run is congratulated by Elly De La Cruz (44) in the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Aug 30, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman:

#1 You can’t keep a good man down the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park coming off that one hitter loss thrown by San Francisco Giants starter Alex Cobb on Tuesday the Reds came back on Wednesday and were not relenting in game three of the series as Christian Encarnacion-Strand belted a home run and got three RBIs as the Reds defeated the Giants 4-1.

#2 Encarnacion-Strand who comes from Pleasant Hill CA was pleased to see so many of his friends, family, neighbors, and fans to support him on his visit to San Francisco.

#3 Giants pitcher Logan Webb had a struggle against Cincinnati Reds hitters, Elly De La Cruz and Luke Maile had two hits, and Hunter Greene out pitched Webb.

#4 Greene had a great outing for the Reds going 5.1 innings and striking out six batters. It was his third win and first win since June 17th to defeat the Giants. Greene gave up three hits and had help from his bullpen as the Reds used five pitchers.

#5 Giants open a four game series in San Diego against the Padres at Petco Park on Thursday night starter for the Giants has not been announced and for the Padres Pedro Avila (0-1 ERA 2.63) first pitch 6:40pm PT.

Stephen Ruderman was filling in for Michael Duca who does the Giants podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com