The Cincinnati Reds struck first in the first game of this, the 2022 Major League Baseball season that finally, mercifully got around to getting started. That came in the Top of the 2nd after Tyler Stephenson took a curveball off his foot, moved up to 2B on a Nick Senzel single, and later scored on a ribbie off the bat of Kyle Farmer to take a 1-0 lead.
That proved to be a lead the Reds would never relinquish.
The Top of the 3rd had a similar tune, though it was a pair of bloops into RF for singles and a Tommy Pham walk that set the stage for an RBI-single by Joey Votto, all of which came with nary an out.