Texas Rangers at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

3-2, 0-1 Away

Final
3 - 14

Cincinnati Reds

2-2, 2-2 Home

De La Cruz's 4 hits, career-high 7 RBIs lead Reds to 14-3 rout of Rangers

Elly De La Cruz bashes 2 HRs in Reds' 14-3 rout

Singer, who was acquired in November from the Kansas City Royals, became the first Reds pitcher with seven-plus scoreless innings in a debut since Tom Seaver on June 18, 1977, against Montreal. The 28-year-old right-hander struck out eight, walked two and allowed one hit.

De La Cruz hit a three-run home run to center for a 6-0 lead in the second inning. It was his first homer of the season. He added a two-run shot in the seventh.

The Reds (2-2) batted around in the sixth to double their lead to 12-0. The 14 runs were Cincinnati’s most since a 19-2 victory over St. Louis on Sept. 29, 2023.

Rookie Kumar Rocke allowed six earned runs in three innings for Texas (3-2). Jake Burger hit his first home run for the Rangers in the ninth.

Cincinnati first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand was hit by a pitch on the wrist in the sixth. He stayed in the dugout for the seventh.

Key moment Matt McLain, who missed the 2024 season with a shoulder injury, hit his third home run of the season to give Cincinnati a 2-0 lead in the first. Gavin Lux added an RBI double for the Reds’ fourth straight hit to start the game and a 3-0 lead.

Key stat Cincinnati entered as one of two teams without a steal attempt this season before De La Cruz's broke the streak in the first inning.

Up next The series resumes Tuesday when the Reds send right-hander Carson Spiers against RHP Nathan Eovaldi (0-0, 3.00 ERA), who is coming off his second opening-day start in a row for Texas.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Taveras flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Heim singled to center.
	9th Inning	Smith struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Burger homered to right center (386 feet), Pillar scored.
	9th Inning	Pillar doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
9	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	14
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	14
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	38
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	25
36	Plate Appearances	44
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
2.6	Runs Created	10.6
.156	Batting Average	.368
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.658
.281	Secondary Average	.447
.250	On Base Percentage	.455
.563	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.112
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	11.5
24.0	Batter Rating	85.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.7
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.72	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.52
.156	Isolated Power	.289
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.079
6.0	Runs Produced	28.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
72.0	MLB Rating	120.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0