Tyler Stephenson’s breakout sport lifts Reds over Royals

Tyler Stephenson clubbed a two-run homer for considered one of his three hits, Nick Martinez pitched seven high quality innings and the visiting Cincinnati Reds beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Monday.

Stephenson got here in batting .177 however matched the private hit whole from his earlier six video games. He had three RBIs for the Reds, who obtained two hits apiece from TJ Friedl, Santiago Espinal and Garrett Hampson.

Martinez (3-5) yielded six hits with no stroll, and all three runs he allowed got here within the seventh, together with Salvador Perez’s two-run homer. Cincinnati has received two of three after shedding three straight.

The Reds had their manner with Kansas City starter Michael Lorenzen (3-6), who allowed six runs, 11 hits and three walks over 5 innings. It marked the primary time this season a Royals starter allowed greater than 5 runs in a contest.

Cincinnati wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Friedl opened the sport with a double that made it to the appropriate discipline wall and finally got here dwelling on Austin Hays’ sacrifice fly.

The Reds added three extra runs within the third once they banged out 5 hits towards Lorenzen. Gavin Lux and Stephenson every delivered RBI singles and Will Benson got here via with Cincinnati’s second sacrifice fly to proper discipline.

Meanwhile, Martinez allowed his first baserunners within the fourth through singles to ex-Red Jonathan India and Vinnie Pasquantino. However, he averted any harm after Perez grounded into an inning-ending 4-3 double play.

In the fifth, the spotlight of Stephenson’s large day got here when he despatched Lorenzen’s first-pitch sinker, with a person on, nicely over the left discipline wall.

The Royals lastly obtained to Martinez within the seventh. After Pasquantino’s second single, Perez clubbed a towering homer to left discipline for Kansas City’s first extra-base hit. Maikel Garcia then doubled and finally scored on Nick Loftin’s sacrifice fly.

Espinal supplied some insurance coverage with an RBI double within the eighth.

Kansas City loaded the luggage within the ninth however plated just one run through Emilio Pagan’s balk. The Royals have totaled 11 runs whereas shedding three of 4.

–Field Level Media