Cincinnati Reds at Tampa Bay Rays

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Cincinnati Reds

16-8, 10-2 Away

Final
12 - 6

Tampa Bay Rays

12-11, 4-4 Home

Elly De La Cruz hits 2 of Reds' 5 home runs in 12-6 victory over Rays

Cincinnati Reds vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

De La Cruz, who went 3 for 6 with five RBI, hit a two-run homer to begin the scoring in the first inning and he added a solo shot in the ninth for his eighth of the season to make it 12-2. It was De La Cruz’s sixth career multihomer game, passing Pete Rose for the most in Reds history by a switch-hitter.

Stewart drove in two runs on a single to center field in the sixth for a 9-0 lead and he added a sacrifice fly in the seventh. He's tied with Houston's Yordan Alvarez for the major league lead with 24 RBI.

Cincinnati (16-8) has won five straight for its best start after 24 games since the 2006 team began 17-7. The Reds are eight games over .500 for the first time since early August of 2023.

Chase Burns (2-1) struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings, allowing only two runs on Jonathan Aranda’s homer in the sixth. The Reds had not allowed a home run in their previous six games.

Tampa Bay starter Steven Matz (3-1) only lasted three innings after permitting four runs.

Ke’Bryan Hayes, Dane Myers and Spencer Steer each hit a solo home run in the first five innings for Cincinnati. Myers finished with four runs scored.

Hayes, who entered 4 for 56, drove a shot over the wall in right field for his first extra-base hit of the season and Myers followed with his first home run for the Reds.

The Rays have lost four of their last five games.

Up next Cincinnati goes for a series sweep on Wednesday with LHP Brandon Williamson on the mound against Tampa Bay RHP Nick Martinez.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vilade flied out to center.
	9th Inning	DeLuca doubled to first, Caminero scored and Aranda scored, Williamson to third.
	9th Inning	Williamson walked, Simpson scored, Aranda to second, Caminero to third.
	9th Inning	Aranda walked, Palacios scored, Caminero to second, Simpson to third.
	9th Inning	Caminero walked, Simpson to second, Palacios to third.
	9th Inning	Simpson walked.

Statistics

CIN		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
4	Ground Balls	13
11	Strikeouts	12
12	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
3	Stolen Bases	1
10	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	35
5	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
23	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
201	Pitches	184
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
26	Total Bases	13
49	Plate Appearances	42
810.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	3
11.8	Runs Created	5.4
.270	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.703	Slugging Percentage	.371
.784	Secondary Average	.371
.429	On Base Percentage	.357
1.131	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.729
0.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
11.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
78.0	Batter Rating	40.0
7.4	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.10	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.38
.432	Isolated Power	.143
0.91	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.58
.204	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.167
.514	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
24.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
113.3	MLB Rating	84.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0