Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies

The Cincinnati Reds cruised to an 8-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields, with the postgame ABS review highlighting the effective use of challenges by Cincinnati to maintain momentum. Across six total challenges, four were overturned, underscoring a productive day for replay support, particularly for Cincinnati, who saw all three of their challenges successfully reversed. Colorado’s single overturn out of three attempts was less impactful in the grand scheme, reflecting Cincinnati's stronger command within the game's critical moments.

This game’s narrative was shaped by a series of mid-to-late inning ABS interventions that changed the course of pivotal plate appearances. Notably, during Cincinnati’s bottom of the 5th inning, two challenges led to calls being overturned that altered the count from 0-1 to 1-0 for JJ Bleday and from 2-2 to 1-3 for Jose Trevino, swing counts that potentially extended at-bats and contributed to the Reds’ offensive surge. Similarly, Hunter Goodman’s strike call was overturned in the 6th inning for Colorado, turning a 2-2 count into 1-3, yet failure to capitalize on such bursts only amplified the Rockies' struggles.