MLB

Kansas City Royals at Cincinnati Reds

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Kansas City Royals
23-38, 8-21 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
3 - 4
Cincinnati Reds
31-29, 16-15 Home

Blake Dunn's walk-off single in 10th lifts Reds past Royals 4-3

Reds walk off in 10th on Blake Dunn's single

Steer homered twice and Will Benson hit a tying solo shot in the ninth for the Reds, who only had four hits in the game.

The Royals led 3-2 when pinch-hitter Benson homered off Royals closer Lucas Erceg.

The Royals had runners on first and third with one out in the 10th, but Jac Caglianone lined out to short and Brock Burke (2-2) struck out Kyle Isbel to end the threat.

Royals left-hander Noah Cameron allowed one hit — Steer's solo home run in the fifth — and struck out eight with no walks in seven innings.

Kansas City had lost eight of Cameron's 10 starts this season but he was dominant on Tuesday, tying career highs with seven innings pitched and eight strikeouts.

Cameron, who took a no-hitter into the seventh in his major league debut on April 30, retired the first 13 batters he faced on Tuesday with four strikeouts.

With one out in the fifth, Steer hit a solo home run for the Reds' first hit. Cameron struck out three batters in the fifth and retired seven straight following Steer's homer.

John Schreiber (0-3) took the loss.

Reds left-hander Andrew Abbott, who had a 1.85 ERA over his previous six starts, allowed three earned runs on five hits in six innings.

All three runs, four of the five hits and two of four walks allowed by Abbott came in the fourth inning.

The Royals loaded the bases twice in the fourth. The first run scored from third on Caglianone’s groundout. Two more runs scored on Michael Massey’s two-out single.

Steer homered again in the eighth off Matt Strahm to cut the Reds' deficit to 3-2. It was Steer's fourth career multihome run game.

Up next Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (3-1, 3.48 ERA) opposes Reds RHP Chase Burns (7-1, 1.96) in Wednesday's series finale.

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Scoring Summary

10th Inning Dunn singled to right, Steer scored.
10th Inning Friedl struck out swinging.
10th Inning Schreiber relieved Erceg
10th Inning Friedl hit for Stephenson
10th Inning Isbel struck out swinging.
10th Inning Caglianone lined out to shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 7
11 Strikeouts 11
3 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
5 Hits 4
3 Stolen Bases 0
8 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 32
0 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
21 Runners Left On Base 3
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 0
12 Fly Balls 14
0 Caught Stealing 0
187 Pitches 134
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 3
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
5 Total Bases 13
44 Plate Appearances 34
0.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
0 Extra Base Hits 3
3.0 Runs Created 2.4
.143 Batting Average .125
.000 Pinch Hit Average .333
.143 Slugging Percentage .406
.314 Secondary Average .344
.318 On Base Percentage .176
.461 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .583
1.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
2.7 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.3
20.0 Batter Rating 29.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 10.7
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.25 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.94
.000 Isolated Power .281
0.73 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.18
.182 Walks Per Plate Appearance .059
.171 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .219
6.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.1
67.8 MLB Rating 74.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Great American Ball Park

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 25,824 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cle.png" class="logo-micro">Cleveland 35 27 .565 - W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chw.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago 32 29 .525 2.5 L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/min.png" class="logo-micro">Minnesota 29 33 .468 6 W2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/det.png" class="logo-micro">Detroit 24 38 .387 11 W2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/kc.png" class="logo-micro">Kansas City 23 38 .377 11.5 L1

2026 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/mil.png" class="logo-micro">Milwaukee 37 21 .638 - W3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/pit.png" class="logo-micro">Pittsburgh 33 28 .541 5.5 W4
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/stl.png" class="logo-micro">St. Louis 31 28 .525 6.5 L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chc.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago 32 29 .525 6.5 L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cin.png" class="logo-micro">Cincinnati 31 29 .517 7 W1
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