Cincinnati Reds at Tampa Bay Rays

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Cincinnati Reds

15-8, 9-2 Away

Final
6 - 1

Tampa Bay Rays

12-10, 4-3 Home

Rookie Sal Stewart hits his 8th homer as Reds top Rays 6-1 for 4th straight win

Cincinnati Reds vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

Stewart put Cincinnati on the board with a two-run homer in the first inning, ending Jesse Scholtens' scoreless streak to start the season at 9 2/3 innings.

With his eighth homer, Stewart matched Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox for the lead among major league rookies and St. Louis' Jordan Walker for the National League lead. Stewart has the rookie lead in RBI (21) and extra-base hits (13).

The 23-year-old first baseman also snagged a line drive with the bases loaded for the final out.

Rhett Lowder (3-1) needed 33 pitches to get through the first inning, issuing a bases-loaded walk to Yandy Díaz. He settled in from there, allowing five hits and two walks in six innings.

Three relievers worked an inning apiece for Cincinnati. The Reds entered the game with a bullpen ERA of 2.31, the best in the majors.

Scholtens (1-1) allowed five runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

TJ Friedl doubled in the third and scored on Elly De La Cruz’s single. Eugenio Suárez added a two-run double in the sixth for Cincinnati.

In the seventh, Stewart hit a two-out double, stole third and scored on a wild pitch by Trevor Martin.

Cincinnati's Ke’Bryan Hayes ended a career-worst 0-for-33 slump with a single in the sixth, ending the longest active streak in the majors. He went 1 for 4 and is batting .071.

Up next Right-hander Chase Burns (1-1, 2.42 ERA) starts for Cincinnati on Tuesday against Tampa Bay lefty Steven Matz (3-0, 3.80).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Simpson lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Walls walked, Palacios to second, Fraley to third.
	9th Inning	Palacios singled to left, Fraley to second.
	9th Inning	Fortes popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Mullins flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Fraley walked.

Statistics

CIN		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
135	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	7
38	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	1
4.8	Runs Created	2.1
.243	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.459	Slugging Percentage	.219
.243	Secondary Average	.188
.263	On Base Percentage	.297
.723	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.516
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.1
45.0	Batter Rating	12.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.55	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.216	Isolated Power	.031
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
11.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
87.5	MLB Rating	67.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0