Cincinnati Reds at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

4-3, 1-0 Away

Final
5 - 3

Texas Rangers

4-3, 0-1 Home

Reds beat Rangers 5-3 in their 1st road game with 3 homers, the last in the 9th

Cincinnati Reds vs. Texas Rangers: Game Highlights

Spencer Steer and Elly Del La Cruz also homered for the Reds.

Steer opened the ninth with a double off reliever Chris Martin (1-1) before Stephenson lined a full-count pitch into the Rangers' bullpen in right-center for his first homer.

Tony Santillian (1-0), the fourth of five Reds pitchers, pitched a perfect eighth inning. Emilio Pagán worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.

The Rangers played their first home game for new manager Skip Schumaker after taking two of three games in series at Philadelphia and Baltimore. The last time they played six games before their home opener was 2008.

Steer's two-run homer in the second and De La Cruz going deep to lead off the sixth both came off MacKenzie Gore, the All-Star left-hander that came to Texas from Washington in January in a trade for five prospects. It was the third homer, all solo shots, for De La Cruz this season.

Gore struck out nine without a walk while allowing those three runs over six innings in his first home start.

Texas got even at 2 in the bottom of the second on No. 9 batter Danny Jansen's double under the the glove of diving left fielder Steer off Brady Singer, the Reds starter who struck out five and walked one while pitching into the sixth.

Brandon Nimmo had a one-out triple in the Texas seventh before Wyatt Langford's RBI double for a 3-3 tie.

Up next Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder, still a rookie after making his MLB debut in 2024 and then missing all of 2025 because of forearm and oblique strains, makes his second start this season Saturday. Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker, their No. 5 starter, makes his season debut.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Nimmo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jansen popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Carter lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan
	9th Inning	Friedl in left field.
	9th Inning	McLain flied out to right.

Statistics

CIN		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
11	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	2
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	16
37	Plate Appearances	37
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	6
5.5	Runs Created	4.5
.270	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.457
.270	Secondary Average	.286
.270	On Base Percentage	.270
.811	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.727
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
41.0	Batter Rating	33.0
12.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.270	Isolated Power	.229
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.057
10.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
89.5	MLB Rating	80.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0