CINCINNATI (Interstat) — The Cleveland Guardians defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-1 on Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park, earning a split of the two-game series. Cleveland’s Joey Cantillo pitched four scoreless innings, allowing four hits with eight strikeouts. The Guardians broke open a scoreless tie with a four-run fifth inning, highlighted by a Travis Bazzana single that scored Steven Kwan and a sacrifice fly from Patrick Bailey. Kyle Manzardo added a two-run homer in the seventh. Cleveland compiled 12 hits while holding Cincinnati to six. Reds starter Brady Singer allowed six hits over 4 1/3 innings but took the loss. Noelvi Marte drove in Cincinnati’s lone run with a sixth-inning single. Winning pitcher Erik Sabrowski struck out two in two-thirds of an inning. The Guardians improved to 56-54; the Reds fell to 50-57. Attendance was 17,084, and the game lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes.