It’s Wednesday, June 11 and the Reds (35-33) are in Cleveland to take on the Guardians (34-32). Nick Lodolo is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Logan Allen for Cleveland.

Will Benson, the man mainly responsible for the Reds winning the cup, received the Frank Robinson Most Outstanding Player award for the series. Benson, who did not play Wednesday because the Guardians started a left-hander, hit .474 (9 for 19) with four homers and eight RBI against Cleveland.

For the second straight game, Guardians pitching kept the Reds' run production at a minimum. Cleveland left-hander Logan Allen allowed just two runs on four hits through six innings. He struck out six Reds hitters and walked just one. Cleveland's bullpen allowed just one hit through the final three innings.

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"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.

In baseball’s emotional crucible, the line between competitive fire and obvious disrespect toward officials remains razor-thin. In a week that has seen several hair-trigger ejections throughout Major League Baseball,