Cincinnati Reds at Kansas City Royals

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Cincinnati Reds

27-28, 13-14 Away

Final
7 - 4

Kansas City Royals

29-26, 17-10 Home

Nick Martinez, Tyler Stephenson help Reds to a 7-4 win over the Royals

Salvador Perez offers Royals hope with 2-run HR

Martinez (3-5) allowed three singles through six shutout innings and finished seven innings allowing three runs on six hits with two strikeouts and no walks.

Stephenson hit a two-run homer to left in the fifth inning, his second of the season, boosting the Reds' lead to 6-0. Stephenson had three of Cincinnati’s 14 hits.

Michael Lorenzen (3-6) allowed six runs on a career-high 11 hits with three walks and two strikeouts in five innings as the Royals lost for the third time in four games.

Cincinnati jumped ahead 1-0 in the first on TJ Friedl’s leadoff double and Austin Hays’ sacrifice fly. The Reds lead the majors with 46 first-inning runs and have outscored opponents 46-21 in the first.

Gavin Lux and Stephenson drove in runs with two of the Reds five singles in the third inning before Will Benson added a sacrifice fly for a 4-0 lead.

Salvador Perez hit a first-pitch, two-run homer in the seventh, snapping Martinez’s homerless streak at 42 2/3 innings. Nick Loftin added a sacrifice fly, cutting Kansas City's deficit to 6-3.

Vinnie Pasquantino had three hits and extended his hitting streak to 10 games, including four straight with multiple hits. Maikel Garcia extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

After playing shortstop for all but three innings this season, Elly De La Cruz was the designated hitter, with Garrett Hampson making his first start at short.

Key moment Making his major league debut, John Rave bunted for a hit, putting runners at the corners with no outs in the seventh. Cleveland challenged the safe call at first, which was overturned and Martinez retired the next two batters, escaping the inning.

Key stat Martinez needed just 67 pitches to shut out the Royals for six innings.

Up next Former Royals RHP Brady Singer (5-3, 4.88) takes the mound for Cincinnati, while Kansas City did not announce a starter for Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Massey flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino scored on a balk, Rave to second, Perez to third.
	9th Inning	Waters struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Waters hit for Loftin
	9th Inning	Rave walked, Perez to second, Pasquantino to third.
	9th Inning	Garcia fouled out to first.

Statistics

CIN		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	4
7	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
14	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	13
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	110
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	11
45	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
8.1	Runs Created	2.8
.350	Batting Average	.226
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.525	Slugging Percentage	.355
.250	Secondary Average	.161
.378	On Base Percentage	.265
.903	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.620
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
7.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.8
51.5	Batter Rating	26.0
40.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.67	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.14
.175	Isolated Power	.129
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.067	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
14.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
100.8	MLB Rating	78.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0