Cincinnati Reds at Kansas City Royals

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Cincinnati Reds

28-28, 14-14 Away

Final
7 - 2

Kansas City Royals

29-27, 17-11 Home

De La Cruz hits 2 long homers, Singer sharp against former team, Reds top Royals 7-2

De La Cruz hit a 436-foot shot to center in the fourth inning that tied the score at 2 against Jonathan Bowlan, then a go-ahead 451-foot drive into the right-center fountain in the sixth off Taylor Clarke (1-1). De La Cruz has 11 home runs this season. He tied Pete Rose's team record for switch-hitters with five multihomer games, including two this year.

Singer (6-3), acquired from the Royals in November, allowed two runs and seven singles.

Tyler Stephenson homered in the second, but Kyle Isbel and Jonathan India had RBI single in the bottom half.

Key moment TJ Friedl singled to lead off the eighth inning and scored from first on an infield squibber. Pitcher John Schreiber's rushed throw bounced into right field for an error. De La Cruz was walked intentionally before Schreiber walked Stephenson and Spencer Steer.

Key stat Singer retired 14 of his last 16 batters and matched his season high for innings.

Up next Reds RHP Hunter Greene (4-2, 2.54 ERA) and Royals LHP Noah Cameron (1-1, 0.93 ERA) start Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Isbel struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Massey to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Massey singled to center.
	9th Inning	Rave grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Waters flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Gibaut relieved Santillan

Statistics

CIN		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	19
1	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	122
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	8
40	Plate Appearances	36
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
7.2	Runs Created	2.2
.294	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.588	Slugging Percentage	.235
.441	Secondary Average	.088
.400	On Base Percentage	.278
.988	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.513
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
7.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
47.0	Batter Rating	18.0
11.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.15	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.39
.294	Isolated Power	.000
0.55	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.150	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.147
13.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
94.5	MLB Rating	72.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0