CLEVELAND — Jose Ramirez and a struggling Guardians offense look to rebound from June 9's loss against the Cincinnati Reds June 10 at Progressive Field. Slade Cecconi (1-2, 4.87 ERA) is set to take the mound for the Guardians opposite Andrew Abbott (5-1, 2.18 ERA).

The Reds fell behind 5-0 after a grand slam by Carlos Santana off Nick Lodolo and it was never really a close game after that. Lodolo gave up six runs in just 3 1/3 innings. Reds manager Terry Francona said Lodolo had good stuff on Wednesday,

Carlos Santana slugged his sixth career grand slam and the Cleveland Guardians beat Cincinnati 11-2 on Wednesday, snapping the Reds’ five-game win streak and denying manager Terry Francona a season sweep of his former team.

The Guardians scored more than five runs for the first time in the month of June and Carlos Santana won somebody a new car with a grand slam.

The Guardians' fiery right-hander revealed the emotional tightrope baseball players walk, yet his mature post-game reflection shows why Cleveland values his competitive spirit.

Terry Francona returned to Cleveland for the first time since being named Cincinnati’s manager and the Reds opened a three-game series against the Guardians on Monday.

Francona's reaction to his first game back in Cleveland since his 2023 retirement? "I mean, it's an America's Cup game, with the added pressure."

The Reds hadn’t won the Ohio Cup outright since 2014, when Francona was in his second season managing Cleveland. The Reds won five of their six meetings against the Guardians, falling 11-2 in Wednesday’s series finale.

The Reds extended their winning streak over the Guardians this season to five straight games with the Tuesday, June 10 1-0 victory.

"It's a good check to see where we're at. It's gonna show what areas we need to work on, what areas we excel at," Nick Martinez said.